22nd March 2012, 12:16 PM
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Osaka’s L’arc-en-Ciel becomes first Japanese band to headline Madison Square Garden
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They’ve got no major radio play, no prime video exposure and no mainstream media trumpeting their fame and glory.
So how did L’Arc-en-Ciel, a Japanese band with a French name, become the first rock group from the Land of the Rising Sun to headline Madison Square Garden?
On Sunday, the four-man band from Osaka will play the storied 19,000-seat arena, which surprised even the show’s promoter. Three month ago, the company (AEG) booked the group into the smaller Theater in the Garden — capacity: 5,000. But so many tickets were sold, they were bumped up to the big room.
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