Phantasmagoria began a limited revival on December 31st of last year. Part of the limited revival included a 60 minute premium live to celebrate the release of their maxi-single Diamond Dust. According to an interview, the members originally contemplated embarking on a full revival after the live, but eventually decided against it. That, along with KISAKI's announcement to form a new band, means that Phantasmagoria's Diamond Dust in Truth ~新たな約束~ (Diamond Dust in Truth ~Aratana Yakusoku~) live on April 5th at 大阪 (Osaka) BIG CAT will be their last ever. This post is a recap of all the important information regarding that day.

① On April 4th, the night before the live, the band will hold a special instore event at Like an Edison. Only those who purchased Diamond Dust and Seeds of Brain from the Osaka branch of Like an Edison received a ticket to the event. Phantasmagoria will hold a talk session and sign copies of Diamond Dust (but nothing else).

② Everyone who enters the live hall will receive a bag with three glow in the dark bracelets. The bracelets come in blue, green, and pink, and everyone is asked to wear them to create atmosphere during the live. You can preview the bracelets here.

③ The band will hold their last-ever fan photography session immediately after the live. The first 300 attendees to purchase over 5,000 yen's worth of goods will be entered into a raffle. 100 attendees will randomly be selected from the raffle, and those people will get to take part in the fan photography session. The 200 people that lose the raffle will be given a small consolation prize.

④ Original goods exclusive to the event will be sold at the live. Also, a special gachagacha (capsule toy) machine will be set up before the live at 16:00 JST. The machine will contain many special Phantasmagoria items such as photo booth prints, tissues, stickers, and photographs.

⑤ The Osaka branch of closet child will be holding a special promotion on the day of the live. If you purchase five or more articles of clothing (brand names only; clothing, purses, shoes, etc.), you can receive a special signed polaroid of Phantasmagoria, taken just before the live. The shop will have a desk set up at the live hall from 16:00 to 20:00 JST. If you're actually interested, see this page for more information.

⑥ A two-type memorial CD, actuality, will be sold at the live. The A type will include a DVD with live footage from Phantasmagoria's March 19th live. The B type will include a bonus track. The CD will is live-limited, so attending the live will be the only way of purchasing it. More specific details can be found in this post.

⑦ The entire event will be streamed online in real-time. This is thanks to a partnership between Phantasmagoria and INDIVISUAL. The event will be streamed live, for free, through USTREAM, for fans all over the world to see. The live stream is scheduled to start on 2010-04-05 at 18:00 Japan standard time. Please see below for more details.

As I said, Phantasmagoria's last live will be streamed online in real-time thanks to a partnership with INDIVISUAL. The stream will be hosted at USTREAM.

Want to watch the Phantasmagoria last live stream online? Here's how:

1. Bookmark the Phantasmagoria event page at USTREAM. Make sure you can actually view live streams there beforehand.
2. Bookmark the official INDIVISUAL Facebook or twitter. The USTREAM channel may change on the day of, or they may get started late or have technical difficulties, etc. So be sure to check these official sources before the event is scheduled to start.
3. The event starts on 2010-04-05 at 18:00 Japan time. (That's 5 AM on the US east coast and 2 AM on the US west coast.) Use this site to convert to your time (be sure to input the correct date as well). Although the stream is supposed to start at 18:00 JST, the live itself is not scheduled to start until 19:00 JST. Be aware of this.

*Want to record the Phantasmagoria last live stream? Here's how:**

• This event will be streaming, and most downloaders won't work with it. Test out your downloader beforehand on a USTREAM live stream to see if it works.
• I will be using Replay Media Catcher to record the live stream. I have already tested it and it does work for streams. Due to a bug, I've had to reinstall it every time I restart my computer, but it does work after that. Check that it's working before the event starts.

You can download a trial version here. The trial version only saves 75% of the recording. The full version of the program is $39.95 USD, but, well, if you want to download a cracked version from a torrent site, I certainly can't stop you...

• Please encourage your friends to record the live as well. As of right now, I'm the only one that plans to record it, and I may not wake up in time, my computer my break down or freeze, my internet connection may go out, etc. These things often happen to me at crucial moments. So! I encourage you to try to record the event, and I hope you'll ask your friends to do the same. The more “backups” we have, the more chances there are for someone to actually get the full thing. If none of us record it, this moment will most likely be lost forever!

• Do you need help using the program, or with something else? You are more than welcome to contact me for help. You can leave a comment here, send me a private message over LiveJournal, or send me an email at yamachi@gmail.com.

• USTREAM events are sometimes made available for streaming afterward, but I don't expect it in this case. Let's record it just in case.

• INDIVISUAL may say that it's not allowed to record the event. Hopefully they don't, but if they do... Well~

That should cover everything, I think. Feel free to ask questions. And I hope all of you are able to watch this awesome event! Only about one more day until it takes place, and Phantasmagoria disbands for the last time!

• Current music: Phantasmagoria 「神歌」
• Current mood: excited