Visual kei band Plastic Tree announced today on their official site that their drummer will cancel his appearance in the nationwide tour. Their drummer Sato Kenken has been hospitalized for acute hepatitis and has been in the hospital for 4 days. With thorough examinations, it is said that he will need to stay in the hospital for at least another two weeks. The tour will still go as planned and will have a support drummer to back the band up in absence of their member.
Members stated that even though these are hard times and a member of theirs is undergoing intensive pain and anguish, it is for the better that we go on happily and not just disregard it, but keep it within our hearts. We want to make this hard journey with Sato and be able to bear his burdens so they can become light.
The nationwide tour will start on the 15th of this month at the Yokohama BLITZ and continue till the Niigata LOTS on April 13th touring to 13 different locations. Their final performance is scheduled the next day at the Tokyo Nippon Budoukan.
| Band name | Plastic Tree |
| Band type | rock band (4 members) |
| Debut | 1 December, 1993 (active) |
| Official website | http://www.plastic-tree.... |
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Kenken D: Get well soon!
Hope he gets better soon
oh no..I hope he gets out soon!
I wish him a quick recovery
whats with musicians getting acute hepatitis and other illnesses
omg 2 more weeks?! i hope he gets better!!!!
Hoping Sato chan will recover and join the band soon.
thanks for the updated
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they are still continuing the ao no unmeisen tour..
i really hope Kenken will be better soon..
I really hope Satou get better soon... I really know how painful it can be because someone very close to me had it. Get well Satou!
I'm so sorry for them... Hope Kenken will be better soon!
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this is also a translate from their official site:
[Official] And a message from the Plastic Tree members regarding this decision.
Under the current circumstances with Satou Kenken in the hospital, we are truly sorry to cause everyone to worry so much. We apologize from the bottoms of our hearts.
We have decided to continue this tour "Ao no unmeisen" as planned with a support drummer.
All of the members, including Satou Kenken, exist together as Plastic Tree. And so it greatly troubled us and we thought long and hard about making this decision.
However, without being locked into an option, completely of our own free will, we feel that we have made the best decision for the sake of his recovery, and for the sake of Plastic Tree.
Even though Satou Kenken's absence is truly unfortunate for all of the fans, and for us as Plastic Tree, we will take his spirit on the trip with us.
If we could somehow take that feeling from everyone at all of the venues and through the music, it would make all of the members happy as well.
Still under the tree that never rots.
We hope to meet everyone.
Plastic Tree
Arimura Ryuutarou
Hasegawa Tadashi
Satou Kenken
Nakayama Akira
really? Because the translator in twitter translate their announcement like this:
[Official] Regarding Plastic Tree's spring tour "Ao no unmeisen," we previously announced that Dr Satou Kenken was hospitalized with acute hepatitis.
As the result of a thorough examination, the diagnosis has determined that he needs rest and must be hospitalized for two weeks without seriously doing anything. We hope he makes a strong recovery, but based on the examination results, Satou Kenken must not perform for the time being.
However, to fulfill the desires of all of the fans looking forward to the spring tour, as a result of a conference with the members, the performances will continue as planned with a friend of Plastic Tree filling as support drummer.
For everyone who has bought tickets, and for all of the fans looking forward to the performances, we deeply apologize for causing you so much worry.
Plastic Tree / J-ROCK / AKATSUKI label
Questions: AKATSUKI label 03-5485-5678 (11:00~18:00)
hello,are you sure you're not making a mistake in this news? Because as far as I know, the Plastic Tree staff has just announced their exclusive Spring Tour Goods, how come they suddenly canceled it?
please do a double check before submitting a news. Thanks.
It seems to be true... sadly.
Hope he will be okay soon...