B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free-
| B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- | |
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| LIVE-GYM by B'z | |
| Start Date | September 17, 2012 |
| End Date | October 7, 2012 |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Shows | 7 |
B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- was a LIVE-GYM tour by B'z that toured both coasts of the United States and Canada. The tour began with a show in San Francisco on September 17, 2012 and concluded with a seventh show in Los Angeles on October 7th, 2012, that was streamed live for fans all over the world at no cost. This tour was the first in which B'z performed on the east coast of the United States, with shows in both Maryland and New York.
2012 was the second consecutive year in which B'z toured North America following their previous summer venture, B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -long time no see-, that covered three dates and marked their first shows on the continent in eight years. The LIVE-GYM itself takes its name from "Into Free -Dangan-", an English version of "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" that was premiered during the 2011 tour. The song was announced as the global theme to the video game Dragon's Dogma before being released as a worldwide digital single on April 4, 2012.
On July 25, 2012, B'z released their self-titled debut English album worldwide via iTunes. The five songs included were English renditions of Japanese singles, with three of the songs in "Splash", "Into Free -Dangan-", and "Juice" having been premiered during the previous North American tour. The remaining songs were made up of "Love Bomb", an English reversion of "Ai no Bakudan" that served as the theme to a Pepsi NEX summer line campaign, and an English edition of "Ultra Soul" that was first played during the 2011 charity show with Linkin Park.
All five songs from the English album were included in the setlist for the tour, along with a number of classics not played in a number of years. This tour marked the first time that "GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanymaku-" had been played live and was also the first time since 2006 that "Shoudou" had been performed by the band.
Touring Band
- B'z: Tak Matsumoto (GUITAR), Koshi Inaba (VOCALS)
- Support Members: Shane Gaalaas (DRUMS), Barry Sparks (BASS), Ohga Yoshinobu (GUITAR), Takanobu Masuda (KEYBOARDS)
Setlist EXTRA
- Love Bomb ☆ ☆
- GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- ☆
- Ultra Soul ☆
- Splash ☆
- Brighter Day ☆
- Easy Come, Easy Go!
- MOTEL
- Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta
- ZERO
- Mienai Chikara ~INVISIBLE ONE~
- Negai
- Into Free -Dangan- ☆
- Juice ☆
- IT'S SHOWTIME!!
- Shoudou
ENCORE
- Home ☆
- BLOWIN'
☆ Performed live for the first time
☆ English version or original English song
Tour Datesx
09.17 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias United States|border|25x20px|アメリカ合衆国の旗]] San Francisco, California — The Warfield
09.19 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias United States|border|25x20px|アメリカ合衆国の旗]] Seattle, Washington — The Showbox SODO
09.20 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias Canada|border|25x20px|Template:country alias Canadaの旗]] Vancouver, British Columbia — Orpheum Theater
09.26 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias Canada|border|25x20px|Template:country alias Canadaの旗]] Toronto, Ontario — Sound Academy
09.28 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias United States|border|25x20px|アメリカ合衆国の旗]] Silver Spring, Maryland — The Fillmore
09.30 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias United States|border|25x20px|アメリカ合衆国の旗]] New York, New York — Best Buy Theater
10.07 [[ファイル:Template:country flag alias United States|border|25x20px|アメリカ合衆国の旗]] Los Angeles, California — Gibson Amphitheatre