The Tokyo Concert Experience

  With almost two months to process, on top of a really significant delay, I apologize, I can confirm that the December fifth King Crimson concert at Tachikawa Stage Garden was definitely a memorable one and worth of being a farewell to a legendary musical group that for over five decades pushed the boundaries of what’s possible on record and on stage. Reflecting on that event almost two months after it happened also feels like it was ages ago. Back then the light at the end of the tunnel looked way closer than it does now. King Crimson was the first international band-maybe the only one so far- to tour Japan since the lockdowns imposed after the pandemic came to effect. When I got my tickets, five months prior to the event, this date was supposed to be the last one of a tour that also stopped by the Tokyo International Forum, the Nagoya Civic Assembly Hall and the Osaka Festival Hall. Two extra dates at Orchard Hall were added at the tail end. That venue was when I last saw them ...