Zazen Xstasy


Zazen Xstasy was a live show performed by Japanese musician Ringo Sheena at the Kaho Theater (Kaho Gekijou in Iizuka City, Fukuoka. The event took place on July 30, 2000. The event's official name is "".
A video recording of the event was released on DVD by EMI Music Japan on September 17, 2008 as part of the celebration for the 10th anniversary of Ringo Sheena's debut.

Ticket lottery

Due to the high demand for tickets exceeding the capacity of the Kaho Theater, tickets for the concert were sold by lottery. The high demand for tickets resulted in many being sold at auction for a higher price. Toshiba EMI broadcast a live-stream of the performance, which was viewed by approximately 17,300 people, a new national record in Japan.
Sheena invited fans who had not managed to get tickets to play extras in the filming of the promotional video for Yattsuke Shigoto on July 28, where band members had a dress rehearsal before the public performance. Inspired by a rock band vocalist who told his fans to "wear black to tomorrow's show" and then did not wear black himself, Sheena asked all the guests to wear red for the day. No music was recorded during filming. The track used in the video was the recording from the performance at Shibuya Public Hall on April 15, 2000 from the "Gekokujou Xstasy" tour. Thus, at the end of the video, the beginning of another song, "Benkai Debussy", can be heard.

Performance

The show was a one-night performance that took place at the Kaho Theater in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture.
The scenic design and stage effects incorporated and other Japanese-style effects. Sheena and members of the backing band, Gyakutai Glycogen, were all costumed in . As part of the stage performance, Sheena crucified a mannequin dressed in the image of her bandage-like costume from her previous nationwide tour "Gekokujou Xstasy." She also used similar Japanese themes in her later nationwide tour "Sugoroku Ecstasy". A photograph of this was posted on the homepage of Kaho Theater.
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  4. "Remote Controller"
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  7. "Identity"
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  9. "Unconditional Love"
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  14. "My Luxury Night"
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  16. "Stoicism"
  17. Encore
  18. "Born in Japan"

Backing band