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The second edition of “IWA ROCK presented by e-Broad,” the rock festival produced by comedian Nozomu Iwao of the duo Football, has been announced, and it’s been revealed that Hello! Project’s BEYOOOOONDS will make their first appearance at the event. With the idol group sharing a bill alongside serious rock acts like ACIDMAN, fans on 5ch’s Hello! Project board reacted with a mix of surprise and excitement, with comments like “It’s funny how BEYOO. just got tossed into an actual rock festival.” At the same time, discussion turned to how the group would go over in a rock crowd, and whether it’s even appropriate to bring Hello!-style fan cheering — like glow sticks (“kinglade”) — into the venue.
What people said
BEYOO. sticks out like a sore thumb
This is Iwao's skill at work
A one-night-only chemical reaction that could only come from this four-way mashup
Don't you want to witness history?
This is the last nuclear explosion of 2026
Thank god Iwao's a Hello! Project otaku
If they can pull this off, they're gonna blow up
Are they gonna turn into a loud-rock idol group or something?
Probably footage of them totally freaking out once they heard who they're sharing the stage with
If they don't do it with this lineup, when are they ever gonna do it?
These are bands whose fans stage-dive
if they load the set with songs like that, the other bands' fans will probably get into it too
Just do NOT play any of the goofy comedy songs
https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv351499603
By "Atsui" I mean the kind of thing Yabai T-shirts Yasan or Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai do (Japanese novelty rock bands known for joke songs)
it's a tongue-in-cheek, self-aware style of song
so having members who take being in a band seriously perform that feels kind of disrespectful
They're an idol group at the end of the day, so who cares
The cheap ticket price makes it feel like even more of a steal
Acidman's not really into that kind of thing
We're bringing glow sticks, and we're doing call-and-response and dance-copy moves for every group
That's what pride as a Hello! Project otaku means
Iwao's probably booking us expecting exactly that anyway
https://natalie.mu/owarai/news/691742
Comment from Shiori Nishida (BEYOOOOONDS):
"I'm so happy to be part of such a wonderful event! I want everyone seeing BEYOOOOONDS for the first time to enjoy it too, so we'll bring our Hello! Project spirit and put on an exciting, true-to-ourselves performance! Also, the day of the event happens to be Iwao-san's birthday!! With that in mind, we'll give it everything we've got to make it a wonderful day. Thank you!"
I want to see video of all the BEYOO. members singing happy birthday to him
Background and Talking Points
“IWA ROCK presented by e-Broad” is a rock festival produced by Football’s Nozomu Iwao, who is himself known as a Hello! Project fan, and this announcement of BEYOOOOONDS’ appearance was revealed as the highlight of the festival’s second edition. Tickets are priced at 7,500 yen, and alongside ACIDMAN, the bill features bands built around upbeat, hard-driving rock sound — a crowd quite different from the one BEYOOOOONDS usually performs for, which became the central topic of discussion in the thread. While some found it amusing that BEYOOOOONDS seemed to have been “thrown into” a genuine rock festival, others expressed unease about the mixing of two different fan cultures, including calls for fans to refrain from bringing glow sticks (“kinglade”) out of respect for the rock bands’ audience. It was also announced that the event date falls on Iwao’s birthday, prompting celebratory comments from the performers. Note: speculation in the thread about the agency’s reasoning for choosing BEYOOOOONDS has been left out of this summary, as it is unsubstantiated conjecture.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “BEYOOOOONDS to Perform at “IWA ROCK presented by e-Broad”!“.
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