Tokyo, Japan, March 15 & 16, 1997 Grade: B- Time: 115 Minutes Format: No longer available
Set List:
MARCH 15, 1997:
1. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
2. Do To You
3. Straight From the Heart
4. Heat of the Night
5. I Think About You
6. Kids Wanna Rock
MARCH 16, 1997:
7. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
8. Do To You
9. Straight From the Heart
10. Kids Wanna Rock
11. I Think About You
12. Can't Stop This Thing We Started
13. One Night Love Affair
14. Everything I Do...
15. 18 Til I Die
16. Hey Elvis
17. Cuts Like a Knife
18. Black Pearl
19. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
20. Run to You
21. It's Only Love
22. Star
23. There Will Never Be Another Tonight

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The Show:
The final two nights of the Japanese tour that started in Tokyo for two nights on March 5 & 6. The Japanese audiences are so respectful and quiet sometimes that you would think it's not a rock concert they are in. A good indication of this is during the March 16 show when Bryan hears a singer in the audience and they trade lines on Lonely Nights. The entire audience is quiet during this part which would never happen in any other country. It doesn't make for a better or worse show, it's just different. These are both good shows since Tokyo is like the New York of Japan and he's always had great success there and is treated well by the fans. This is the only video with models on the "runway" stage during the first song at both shows.

The Songs:
These two shows have the only recordings (so far) of Straight From the Heart, Heat of the Night and Black Pearl during the 18 Til I Die tour. This is the first time Hey Elvis is performed live which is obvious the way Bryan fumbles his way through the lyrics. It's Only Love is performed with an audience member playing guitar with Keith (who he seems more impressed by) and Bryan singing his Tina Turner impression on the second verse.

The Recording:
I was told they were terrible, but the truth is they aren't. I graded both shows a B- since the clarity of the picture isn't perfect, but the camera is steady and focussed on Bryan mostly with some panning out of the full band. Location of the camera is similar to both the
Pittsburgh '94 and New Jersey '94 videos.


Capture stills taken from the DVD::