Yamapi to appear on Hey, Hey, Hey

[inala.livejournal.com]

An email was sent to Fan Club members yesterday announcing that Yamapi will be making a solo appearance on Heyx3, the recording will be on Sunday June 27 and giving details to ballot for tickets. There was no mention of NEWS.

There is no official confirmation as yet to what this is about but there are rumours of a new solo single and concert tour.

Comments

[buttrflykis31.livejournal.com]

hes gonna appear but theres no word about a new single or anything yet? isnt that kind of odd? even for JE... >_

[inala.livejournal.com]

my opinion is that after Yamapi's comments at the Family Club, they definitely know NEWS fans aren't happy with the lack of NEWS as a group, and they're trying to keep Yamapi's upcoming solo work as low key as they can for now.

[bellemainec.livejournal.com]

and in his nikki this week, didn't he say something along the lines of "I want to do concerts. When there is a concert, you'll all come won't you?" So....

Pi does not drop a hint like that, for no reason....

So, if nothing else, I guess he was right when he said News fans have to wait...... and that does not make me happy at all.

[mao246.livejournal.com]

That means we are looking at august 4th release..? (the rumoured single i mean) oh dear.. more shit to order D=

[imee0882.livejournal.com]

and he said that he won't betray NEWS, maybe he said because people may think that he'll leave NEWS and do solo, it's just an assurance that even he will do some solo concert, his still be in the group and thre will still be NEWS.

[buttrflykis31.livejournal.com]

thats what i was thinking too actually... bc if they film at the end of this month and dont show it until mid-july, then that would be plenty of time for them to start promoting his single.

im definitely a YamaPi fan, but honestly, Loveless didnt do that well... so maybe they should stop pushing him as a solo artist...

and TegoMasu is going strong, so fangirls blaming YamaPi's solo work for the lack of NEWS releases is ridiculous!

*End Rant* >_

[akane-sakurai.livejournal.com]

Ok. I'm officially dissapointed.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pi solo work, and the idea of a new release makes me happy, but... what's up with this way of doing things? Argh.

"Keep waiting for NEWS"... my ass.

[crazyfaucet.livejournal.com]

Why can't we all just relax!! We all love Pi and he's keeping busy which is good! If he says he won't abandon NEWS then trust him. Trust is a 2 way street people! It's only been 4 months since they released Sakura Girl! FOUR WHOLE MONTHS! not long enough that we can't endure!

[s2anthy.livejournal.com]

I'm actually disappointed as well. As a leader, Yamapi has the duty to take care of his members, but it seems (from what I have observed) that he's just getting more and more solo work (to the point where it looks like he cannot be bothered with them anymore =/), why not a new NEWS single or a new NEWS concert? Then he can sing his solo songs, do his solo dances; it's really a win win not only for his fans but also for his NEWS fans.

I am a Yamapi fan, but I'm MORE of a NEWS fan but I am quite disappointed at the moment, everything they have released has been really mediocre compared to other J.E groups (and I don't even want to go down the path of comparison, but I can't help it :P). I believe, if they had tried even abit more harder to make fans happy (I dunno caught up in a while for dinner, cos it seems they do that best)or let us know that they still exist as a group, then that would make me more relieved.

For now, Yamapi's words mean nothing to me, I need to see physical evidence. All talk, no do leads to nowhere.

I'm sorry this whole comment had nothing to do with him going on Hey!x3 But since he's going on by himself, hope he's 6x as hilarious to make up for the other members that aren't there with thim.

/end rant :(

[stigma2008.livejournal.com]

i love yamapi

i love tegomass

but i love NEWS more

please johnny give attention to the official band rather to the sub-units
please let them have a new album and a concert tour

we've been waiting for that for more than a year

[zvemi.livejournal.com]

So, you think it's Yamapi who gets to decide about NEWS activities? ... NOT. Reassuring the fans is pretty much the only thing he can do at the moment and we should be glad he actually did it. That's his way of leting us know NEWS still exists as a group, isn't that what you want?

[x5yn4k4x.livejournal.com]

I have some choice words that begin with the letters F and Y, but I'll just keep them to myself.


I love Pi to death, but I'm sick of solo work and I'm sick of the inconsistency in his voice from song to song. I want NEWS. :/

[shigefan1992.livejournal.com]

Well this is good news =)

Although after I got happy I was a bit disappointed as well, I guess we'll have to wait a bit longer for some NEWS activities, but either way with Ryo coming out with a new single with K8 there wasn't much hope of NEWS doing much since they can't have Ryo totally flatlined all over the place.

Either way, I wish him luck if he does come out with a new single, I actually did like Loveless, I still don't know why it didn't sell as well...

Anyway thanks alot for the info =)

[nands-kisa.livejournal.com]

Now makes sense about Pi saying in his Nikki that he was writing some lyrics. And i know i should be happy for him releasing a solo single. But sorry, above all the solo works and duets i prefer NEWS as a whole.

And i'm counting on him in being interesting at Hey!3x instead of always being serious and expressionless!

[khaus414.livejournal.com]

I've got a UCK and an OU... wanna play scrabble? :P
Fingers crossed for a NEWS-update soon! xx

[x5yn4k4x.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes I do. <3

[khaus414.livejournal.com]

XD
~~~<3

[heroismine.livejournal.com]

I dont think its Yamapi's fault, I dont think he made this decision, I just think his solo work was wrong timing, it was a bad move for johnnys.

the fans are just anxious now, you cant take that away from them because they had been waiting for so long, I know fans like us can wait for a long time if johnnys would reassure us, and I know yamapi already did that but they should mention about their future plans, so we have something look forward to, then fans wouldnt feel this way :(

[blood-opal.livejournal.com]

Loveless didnt do that well... so maybe they should stop pushing him as a solo artist...

Yamapi's Loveless sold only 1k less than NEWS' Sakura Girl in its first week. How is that not doing well? :\ Not that I want Yamapi to go solo because I'd much rather see him with NEWS but in terms of CD sales, Johnny isn't really losing all that much.

[s2anthy.livejournal.com]

No I don't think it is up to Yamapi to decide, however he should at least have a good say on behalf of the group. I'm happy for you that you are reassured with just his words, but how about being spectacularly over the moon if he had reassureed us with some evidence of what it is that NEWS will be doing in the future? Especially since he's going on Heyx3 alone, I'm just sad that he can't disclose more information about this.

It's good seeing all these discussions on the comm, it's been so dead lately, so good thing some people can get what they want off their chests because it shows that many of us STILL CARE FOR THEM.

[s2anthy.livejournal.com]

reassured**

[yamarhox.livejournal.com]

yea it's kinda odd making an appearance without any further info. about a new single or whatsoever. thus it makes me more curious to know this. well in my opinion. I LOVE PI, he's the reason why i became a JE fan. but whenever i listen to NEWS' songs i realize that I REAlly LOVE THEIR VOICES. it's total impact was just amazing. that's why i'm still hoping for more NEWS. more NEWS plus more Pi equals to happiness <3

[nuerulez.livejournal.com]

agree with you here.
but i don't know how much longer i can wait.

[naturalwhite.livejournal.com]

in terms of CD sales, tegomass is far behind either NEWS or Yamapi, but still, they get promoted more now...

[strawberryparty.livejournal.com]

he'd better be going on announce a bitchin' tour. ya know, the whole "they'll never expect this"-method.

shut up. i can dream.