JEDDAH: On their second visit to the Kingdom, legendary Japanese band Flow performed a massive concert on Thursday at Anime Village in the City Walk area as part of Jeddah’s 2022 season.
Surrounded by hundreds of fans from across the Kingdom, Flow performed a number of his most popular tracks including “Chala Head Chala”, “Go!!!”, “Sign”, “Colors” and “World End” .
Flow is a globally known and beloved rock band, especially among “otako”, or anime and manga fans, having performed songs for several series including “Naruto”, “Code Geass”, “Durarara!! ” “Seven Deadly Sins” and “Dragon Ball”.
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Sultan Tamboosi, 28, said he’s been a fan of Flow for years and got to know the group from ‘Naruto’ and ‘Code Geass’.
“I came across their concert announcement while checking the weekend schedule, and I just couldn’t believe my eyes,” he said. “It was really exciting to see them right in front of me. It was something I never expected to see!”
Launched in 1998, Flow is made up of singers Kohsi and Keigo, drummer Iwasaki, bassist Got’s and guitarist Takeshi Asakawa. As of April 2022, the band have released 38 singles, two collaboration singles with Granrodeo, and 11 studio albums.
“‘Naruto’ is the anime that introduced me to Flow,” said 24-year-old Rayan Khan. “I had goosebumps during the concert. One day I was watching them on a device and now they were playing in front of me, playing with us and asking us to jump everywhere. I can’t put my feelings into words. »
Eman Alsarraj, 22, said: “It was like a dream come true. I never thought I would ever meet them in real life, but it happened! And I sang with them when they performed ‘Go!!!’ from “Naruto”.
In an exclusive interview with Arab News, Flow said they were very excited to be in Jeddah and visiting Saudi Arabia for the second time.
“The first time we were in Riyadh, and this time we are here in Jeddah. We really enjoyed our time on stage live in front of Saudi Arabian fans, who are really impressive,” the band said.
The five men had a lot of good things to share about the season in Jeddah itself, saying they enjoyed their time before the gig, walking around City Walk and playing games. Flow documented the day and posted two videos on Twitter. The first clip shows lead guitarist Asakawa bungee jumping, while the second shows the entire band riding a hot air balloon.
“We are happy to come to Saudi Arabia and satisfied with the reaction of the Saudi public,” the men added. “We promise to deliver an even better performance than this and we sincerely thank you all.”
After the concert ended, per tradition, Flow took a group photo with his fans and shared it on Twitter. “We finished our performance here!! Thank you to the public and local staff for making this event possible! writes the group.
On Thursday night, Flow shared a photo of them in Anime Village on Twitter, writing, “This is Anime Village where we’ll be performing our show tonight,” they captioned it. “It’s like an anime theme park! It’s really unbelievable.”
The five artists and their team arrived in Jeddah on Thursday morning June 8.
This is Flow’s first international concert since the pandemic outbreak. They performed several times in Japan after lockdown restrictions were lifted.