Thanks for the detailed report. It sure sounds like a very different concert experience this time. I think when they saw how crazy things were last year they assumed these dome tours would be good enough to let all the fans attend the cons. But the compromise to that is that they made too many changes in order to accommodate what I'm sure they think is a need to make it all "big". I have a feeling I'm going to be disappointed somewhat, too, but maybe they'll change things by the time they get to Sapporo... ^__^