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2004

February
0422nd single "READY STEADY GO" release *Oricon chart first appearance No.1
March
0323rd single "Hitomi No Jyunin" release *Oricon chart first appearance No.1
319th album "SMILE" release *Oricon chart first appearance No.2
April
21Album "DUNE-10th Anniversary Edition" release
May
08Special live entitled "SMILE TOUR 2004 Zenyasai" at Sony Music Fes.2004
（Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan）
(Invited 10,000 people from the people who purchase the album "SMILE")
11"SMILE TOUR 2004" starts from Yokohama Arena
12Yokohama Arena
15Nagoya Rainbow Hall
16Nagoya Rainbow Hall
22Sendai Shimin Taiikukan
23Sendai Shimin Taiikukan
29Sapporo Kitaeeru
30Sapporo Kitaeeru
June
0224th single "Jiyuu eno shoutai" release *Oricon chart first appearance No.1
(Commercial film song for Daihatsu "MOVE CUSTOM")
09Osakajo Hall
10Osakajo Hall
12Osakajo Hall（Additional show）
13Osakajo Hall（Additional show）
18Marin Messe Fukuoka
19Marin Messe Fukuoka
23Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan
24Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan
26Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan（Additional show）
27Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan（Additional show）
(7 venues, 18 performances / 250,000 people)
29Album "SMILE" release in USA
30Official band score "SMILE" from Sony Magazines release
July
24Appear at event "THE ROCK ODYSSEY 2004" (Osaka Dome)
25Appear at event "THE ROCK ODYSSEY 2004" (International Stadium Yokohama)
31Hold "L'Arc-en-Ciel Live in USA" in Baltimore, MD, USA
(1st Mariner Arena) as part of event "OTAKON 2004"
September
02Poster Book "SMILE TOUR 2004" release from PIA corporation /
Only available on mail order (No OTC sales)
30Live Photo Book "SMILE TOUR 2004" release from PIA corporation
October
01Start recording
December
08LIVE DVD "LIVE IN USA -at 1st Mariner Arena July 31, 2004" release
19Holds Secret Gig at event "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST FESTIVAL" (Osaka-Jo Hall)
24Appears on "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2004" (TV Asahi Network)
25Holds Secret Gig at event "Tencha San -DANGER III-" (Nippon Budokan)
(Appears also as P'UNK-EN-CIEL)
26Holds Secret Gig at event "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST FESTIVAL" (Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo Daiichi Taiikukan)