Sting / Tokyo 2023 2nd Night / 2CDR

Sting / Tokyo 2023 2nd Night / 2CDR / Uxbridge
Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan 12th March 2023


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Sting has returned to Japan with the latest model “MY SONGS Tour” based on the new work “THE BRIDGE”. The latest original recording that reports on the Japan tour currently in progress is decided to be released at the same time.
This work is the second release of this week’s simultaneous release. It is a transcendental audience recording of the “March 12, 2023: Ariake Arena” performance. This week is the first report and two works will be released at the same time, and by the time this article is published, it may still be in the middle of the final Nagoya performance …. First of all, let’s organize the position of each title by comparing it with the schedule of coming to Japan.

・ March 8: Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
・ March 9 “OSAKA 2023”
・March 11: Ariake Arena
・March 12: Ariake Arena ← This work
* March 13: Joe Sumner solo performance
・ March 14: Nippon Gaishi Hall

Above, all 5 performances (+1). Western Japan is placed at the beginning and end, and the Tokyo performance is sandwiched in the middle. It was the concert on the second day in Tokyo that was imbued with this work.
And the sound is shocking! “OSAKA 2023 (Uxbridge 1863)”, which was released at the same time, was also superb, but this work is even more surprising. If you put it in words, it will be “just like a sound board”, but that alone does not convey the sound of this work. While “OSAKA 2023” had a super tight feeling that ignored the existence of the atmosphere, this work has a super beautiful hall sound that is slightly wrapped. Normally, ringing causes cloudiness and turbidity, but in the case of this work, it is completely the opposite. Translucent clearness and an uplifting sense of elongation have increased, and each note is a glossy terra terra. Do you say, “It is clearer because there is a ringing”, it is shining brightly.
As a matter of fact, it is the original master of the recording artist who provided it for the first time this time, but an unknown sound world where electric current runs down the spine. Audience recording is a thing that shows various expressions depending on the individuality of the taper, but what kind of sound is possible ….
It is the latest full show to Japan that is drawn with such a brilliant super beautiful sound. Frankly speaking, the set is the same as “OSAKA 2023”, but let’s organize it here as well.

● THE POLICE (8 songs)
・Synchronicity: Wrapped Around Your Finger/King Of Pain/Every Breath You Take
・Others: So Lonely/Roxanne/Message In A Bottle/Walking On The Moon/Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
● Solo (14 songs)
・Ten Summoners Tales: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You / Fields Of Gold / Shape Of My Heart / Heavy Cloud No Rain (★) / Seven Days
・The Bridge: If It’s Love (★)/Loving You (★)/Rushing Water (★)
・Others: Englishman In New York/Fragile/Mad About You (★)/Brand New Day/Desert Rose/What Could Have Been (★)
*Note: “★” marks are songs that were not performed on the previous visit to Japan (2019).

Anyway, you can enjoy the latest “MY SONGS Tour” coming to Japan with the best sound. I will do my best. Even if the official live album of “MY SONGS Tour” was not made, there is no problem if there is this work … No, even if the official work is released, it will not exceed this work. I’ve used the phrase “beauty because of the audience” so far, but I’ve never felt it as keenly as this time. You can feel “light” and “color” in sound without sight.
A new masterpiece that goes beyond mere latest reports and gives you a musical experience in another dimension with a brilliant sound that only a customer record can achieve. Please experience it to the fullest.

★ Superb audience recording of “March 12, 2023: Ariake Arena”. It is an original master handed over from the recording artist himself, and the hall sound slightly clad in a thick core of the sound board class is super beautiful. Translucent clearness and an uplifting sense of elongation have increased, and each note is a glossy terra terra. You can fully experience the latest “MY SONGS Tour” with a different dimension of sound that you can feel “light” and “color” in sounds that you can’t see. It is a new masterpiece from Japan that boasts to the world.

新作『THE BRIDGE』も踏まえた最新型“MY SONGS Tour”で日本に戻ってきたスティング。今まさに実行中のジャパン・ツアーを速報する最新オリジナル録音が2作同時リリース決定です。
本作は、今週同時リリースの第二弾。「2023年3月12日:有明アリーナ」公演の超絶級オーディエンス録音です。今週は第一報にして2作が同時リリースですし、本稿が公開される頃はまだ最終名古屋公演の最中かも……というタイミング。まずは、逐一来日スケジュールと照らし合わせ、各タイトルのポジションを整理していきましょう。

・3月8日:広島サンプラザホール
・3月9日『OSAKA 2023』
・3月11日:有明アリーナ
・3月12日:有明アリーナ ←★本作★
*3月13日:ジョー・サムナーの単独公演
・3月14日:日本ガイシホール

以上、全5公演(+1)。最初と最後に西日本を配し、真ん中に東京公演を挟むちょっと変わった流れ。本作に吹き込まれているのは、その東京2日目にあたるコンサートでした。
そして、そのサウンドこそが衝撃! 同時リリースの『OSAKA 2023(Uxbridge 1863)』も超極上でしたが、本作はさらにビックリ感まで上乗せした超絶級。言葉にするなら「まるでサウンドボード」となるわけですが、それだけでは本作のサウンドをお伝えし切れていない。『OSAKA 2023』が大気の存在も無視した超タイト感だったのに対し、本作はほんのりと纏ったホール鳴りが超美麗。通常、鳴りは曇りや濁りの原因にもなるのですが、本作の場合はまったく逆。透き通るクリアさと伸びの高揚感が増し、1音1音が艶っ艶のテラっテラ。「鳴りがあるからこそ一層クリア」と言いますか、キラキラと眩しく輝いているのです。
実のところ、今回初めて提供してくださった録音家のオリジナル・マスターなのですが、背筋に電流が走る未知の音世界。オーディエンス録音はテーパーの個性によって様々な表情を見せてくれるモノですが、こんなサウンドがあり得ようとは……。
そんな輝きの超美麗サウンドで画かれるのは、最新来日のフルショウ。ざっくばらんに言ってセットは『OSAKA 2023』と同一なわけですが、最後にここでも整理しておきましょう。

●THE POLICE(8曲)
・シンクロニシティー:Wrapped Around Your Finger/King Of Pain/Every Breath You Take
・その他:So Lonely/Roxanne/Message In A Bottle/Walking On The Moon/Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
●ソロ(14曲)
・テン・サマナーズ・テイルズ:If I Ever Lose My Faith In You/Fields Of Gold/Shape Of My Heart/Heavy Cloud No Rain(★)/Seven Days
・ザ・ブリッジ:If It’s Love(★)/Loving You(★)/Rushing Water(★)
・その他:Englishman In New York/Fragile/Mad About You(★)/Brand New Day/Desert Rose/What Could Have Been(★)
※注:「★」印は前回来日(2019年)には演奏しなかった曲。

とにもかくにも、極上にもほどがあるサウンドで最新“MY SONGS Tour”来日が楽しめる。コレに尽きます。もし“MY SONGS Tour”の公式ライヴアルバムが作られなかったとしても、本作があれば問題ない……いや、仮に公式作がリリースされたところで、本作を超えることはないでしょう。これまでも「オーディエンスだからこその美」という言葉を使ってきましたが、今回ほど痛感したことはない。視覚のない音に「光」「色彩」まで感じるのです。
単なる最新レポートの域を超え、客録だけが成し得る光り輝くサウンドで異次元の音楽体験まで味わわせてくれる新名盤。どうぞ、存分にご体験ください。

★「2023年3月12日:有明アリーナ」の超絶級オーディエンス録音。録音家本人から譲られたオリジナル・マスターで、サウンドボード級の極太な芯にほんのりと纏ったホール鳴りが超美麗。透き通るクリアさと伸びの高揚感が増し、1音1音が艶っ艶のテラっテラ。視覚のない音に「光」「色彩」まで感じる異次元のサウンドで、最新“MY SONGS Tour”をフル体験できる。世界に誇る日本発の新名盤です。

Disc 1 (54:53)
1. Intro
2. Message in a Bottle
3. Englishman in New York
4. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
5. Band Introductions
6. If It’s Love
7. Loving You
8. Rushing Water
9. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
10. Fields of Gold
11. Brand New Day
12. Shape of My Heart
13. Heavy Cloud No Rain

Disc 2 (57:22)
1. Seven Days
2. Mad About You
3. What Could Have Been
4. Wrapped Around Your Finger
5. Walking on the Moon
6. So Lonely
7. Desert Rose
8. King of Pain
9. Every Breath You Take
10. Roxanne
11. Fragile

Sting – Vocal, Bass, Guitar
Dominic Miller – Guitar, Vocal, Bass
Zach Jones – Drums
Kevon Webster – Keyboards
Gene Noble – Backing Vocal
Melissa Musique – Backing Vocal
Shane Sager – Harmonica, Vocal

Uxbridge 1865

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