A career-spanning box-set titled Strange Euphoria was released in June 2012, containing many of the band’s biggest hits, unreleased demos and rare live cuts.
At the first day, the mayor of Honolulu Peter Carlisle made a surprise appearance and declared May 31 “L’Arc~en~Ciel Day”, saying he felt the band “made a great contribution to cultural activities, and built a bridge of friendship between Hawaii and Japan”.
Honolulu on May 31
Tokyo on May 26–27
During Ariel’s time in prison, the band worked on an album containing instrumental arrangements of Peterpan songs. Even though the album was instrumental, the vocalist Ariel was still involved by giving the band ideas any time his bandmates visited him in prison. The album, titled Suara Lainnya , was released…
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Osaka on May 19–20
The band revealed via the NME that they would release two studio albums in 2012, The Land at the End of Our Toes , and The Sand at the Core of Our Bones . From 17 May 2012, the band allowed fans to watch the recording process of The Land…
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Yokohama on May 12–13
The band also performed at the annual KROQ Weenie Roast concert on May 5, 2012.
Seoul on May 5