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About Dir En Grey Fans

* Tooru "Kyo" Nishimura - Vocals
* Kaoru Niikura - Guitar
* Dai "Die" Andou - Guitar
* Toshimasa "Toshiya" Hara - Bass
* Shinya Terachi - Drums

In 2005, Dir en grey played their first shows in Europe. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (as part of the It Withers and Withers tour) sold out without any sort of promotion save for newsletters by import record stores and internet-based word of mouth. The band also appeared at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. These events apparently inspired a change in the band's live routine. They had not performed alongside other bands since their being signed to a major label, but after these festivals, Dir en grey had a French band, Eths, open up for them at their show in Paris. Later that year, they invited long-time associate Wednesday 13 and his band to play at a show in Japan. Dir en grey also performed in the Japanese leg of the international Taste of Chaos tour. 2005 saw the first domestic European releases as well, such as that year's album, Withering to death., which eventually reached #31 in the Finnish album charts (Dir en grey's first non-Asian chart position). The subsequent single, CLEVER SLEAZOID, later became #15 of the singles charts in the same country.

In early 2006, the first concerts in the United States took place, performed in Austin, Texas (SXSW06), New York (Avalon Club ) and Los Angeles (Wiltern Theater). All dates sold out in a very short amount of time. The audience comprised of people from several countries. Soon afterwards, the American release of Withering to death. and the live DVD TOUR05 It Withers and Withers followed. After more shows in Germany in summer 2006, singer Kyo was again hospitalized in July, due to inflamed vocal cords. While two concert dates in Japan had to be postponed, Dir en grey were still able to join Korn's Family Values Tour.

This October, the band will be back in Japan to perform at Loud Park festival, along with bands like Megadeth, Slayer and Children of Bodom. Their 22nd single, Agitated Screams of Maggots is scheduled to be released on November 15. They are continuing their Inward Scream tour in Japan and will be touring from November to December 2006.

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• http://netlog.com/Kyo_NishimuraKeri KuronekoKuronekoKeriKyo_Nishimurahttp://en.netlogstatic.com/p/tt/000/440/440911.jpgUnited StatesNew Hampshire
  Keri Kuroneko

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