On March 22, 1989, the band started the Taboo tour. At this point they had stopped putting their hair up that extensively, and Sakurai had even given up on dyeing his. The tour was scheduled to run to the end of May, but it was cancelled abruptly when Imai was arrested for LSD possession in April. The incident was covered in newspapers and tabloids at the time, but since, the band has kept it very quiet. Buck-Tick went on hiatus and Imai had to appear at a court hearing, which was attended by hundreds of concerned fans and was covered on television. The guitarist was given a suspended sentence , and the band’s agency was flooded with fan letters pleading for them not to disband. The band held a press conference in July, where they announced that Buck-Tick is the five members, and that none of them could be replaced.
On March 22, 1989, the band started the Taboo tour. At this point
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