BABYMETAL - 1ST CANADIAN STOP IN 2023 (1ST IN 8YRS, 3RD SHOW EVER) - TORONTO FULL SHOW -09/18/2023

Official Website: Official YouTube channel: @BABYMETAL Outdoor Venue - RBC ECHO BEACH, Toronto Canada (capacity: 5000) Tour: BABYKLOK 2023 (with Dethklok & Jason Richardson) Date: Monday Sept 18 2023 (temperature that evening was around 12 °C/53°F) SETLIST: 00:00 prologue 01:50 DEATH 06:27 Chocolate!! 10:49 PA YA!! 15:00 19:58 23:15 Mirror 28:12 34:40 !! (preceded by KAMI Band solos) 41:34 47:18 !!!!! 52:46 of Resistance 1:00:54 epilogue *About midway through the show, the image stabilization on my camera got too much into BABYMETAL’s music and decided it wanted to HEADBANG for any close-up zooms instead of doing its job. In the kitsune spirit, may I ask you to please HEADBANG along with it. 😊 Apologies if this caused distress for any viewers, no clue why this happened, OTFGK! 🦊 Brief BIO: Babymetal (Japanese: ベビーメタル, Hepburn: Bebīmetaru) is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as “Su-metal“, Moa Kikuchi as “Moametal“ and Momoko Okazaki as “Momometal“. The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the “Kami Band“ at performances. The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Su-metal (vocal and dance), Moametal (scream and dance), and Yui Mizuno as “Yuimetal“ (scream and dance), with the concept of creating a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013, following Nakamoto’s departure from Sakura Gakuin. Babymetal have released four studio albums since their inception: the first, Babymetal, came out in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide in April 2016. The group released their third album Metal Galaxy in October 2019. Their fourth album, The Other One, was released in March 2023. Babymetal has embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia.