Gyunou Fest’s Last Live at Studio Coast

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Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Good News: The Autumn Gyu Agricultural Festival is being held this weekend featuring many of our favorite units like MIGMA SHELTER, NaNoMoRaL, and Yanakoto Sotto Mute!!

Bad News: It’s the final Gynou Fest to be held at Studio Coast before the venerable venue closes for good.  

Good News: It’s being livestreamed on Nico Nico!! 

Note: A premium NicoNico subscription is required to view the entirety of the show.

Bad News: Only the Main Stage acts are being livestreamed so we won’t be able to catch second stage performances like the new APOKALIPPPS featuring their newest member, Yurapico.

Good News: Still! That’s almost seven hours of our favorite idols bidding farewell to Studio Coast’s unapparelled main stage and it’s legendary Octagon of Monster Sound. The line-up includes:

  • MIGMA SHELTER
  • NaNoMoRaL
  • Yanakoto Sotto Mute
  • NEO JAPONISM
  • crossnoesis
  • Devil ANTHEM.
  • B.O.L.T.
  • Qumari Depart
  • Task have Fun
  • Maneki Kecak
  • sandal telephone

Bad News: The livestream will not include WAGAMAMA RAKIA’s set.

Good News: The main stage will see an appearance by rival idol supergroups Eveninglory and Blood Cherry from Gyuno Films upcoming, crowdsourced idol/zombie film IDOL NEVER DIES. A special report on the latest news about the film will also air during WAGAMAMA RAKIA’s timeslot.

All in all, that’s more good news than bad news! Here’s the timetable: 

While I am sure that Gynou Fest will find a new home for Spring, the end of Studio Coast hits hard. We have lost a lot of live music venues since the beginning of the pandemic, but the closure of Studio Coast, at least, doesn’t appear to be entirely COVID-related.  It seems that their lease is expiring in early 2022 and, being housed on a prime piece of real estate overlooking Tokyo Bay and two blocks from the Keiyo Line, the cost of renewal was simply too steep for the operators. Hopefully, they can discover a suitable new facility to lease. Tokyo can’t afford to lose too many more of these high-quality, mid-size venues. At the very least, let’s hope the engineers behind the Octagon are able to find a new home for their legendary sound monster.