Producing a live performance, the Johnny’s way - Nikkei Entertainment Jul 2012

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Producing a live performance, the Johnny’s way

In 2008, Arashi became the 3rd group to perform in the National Olympic Stadium of Tokyo, after artistes SMAP and Dreams Come True. Since then, their yearly concerts have become a summer entertainment staple. In a place which definitely can’t be easily used as a repeat concert venue, they have tailor-made it into an euphoric dimension. 

How do those fascinating Kokuritsu concerts come about? We asked Matsumoto Jun, who’s known as the “Man with the Ideas”, about the secrets behind their stage production.

Part 1: The thing which we treasure the most is...

Part 2: We were trained for this, thanks to our Junior days.