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2009

February
25 Music Clip collection "CHRONICLE 4" released, debuts at #3 on Oricon
March Wins Most Requested Act of 2008 at the Second J-MELO Awards
Chosen as the listener-requested No. 1 Artist on NHK WORLD "J-MELO", broadcast to 180 countries around the world
L'Arc~en~Ciel won the award for the second year in a row!
25 DVD "DOCUMENTARY FILMS~Trans ASIA via PARIS~"released Debuts on Oricon at #4
May
13 LIVE DVD "LIVE IN PARIS," "DOCUMENTARY FILMS~Trans ASIA via PARIS~ at Yahoo! Movies
preceded by a special trailer to commemorate the anniverary of the film
14-15 "Driver's High"(LIVE IN PARIS ver.)P.V. broadcast!
SPACE SHOWER TV "NEW CUTS"
MUSIC!ON TV "Sakidori"
20 LIVE DVD "LIVE IN PARIS" released. Debuts on Oricon at #1!
Photo collection "à Paris" Casual Version on sale
22-24 DVD "DOCUMENTARY FILMS~Trans ASIA via PARIS~"
LIVE DVD "LIVE IN PARIS," Photo collection "à Paris"
An event to commemorate the anniversary of its release was opened at Akasaka Sacas,
titled "L'Arc~en~Ciel MUSEUM"
29 NHK Special TV event "L'Arc~en~Ciel LIVE IN PARIS" broadcast!
July
03-04 At the Japan Expo, the special film "TOUR 2008 L'7~Trans ASIA via PARIS" was shown
08 "L'Arc~en~Ciel LIVE IN PARIS" broadcast on NHK World Premium Channel
Originally Broadcast on NHK 5/29/09, the TV Special "L'Arc~en~Ciel LIVE IN PARIS"
was internationally re-broadcast on "NHK World Premium Channel"
August
15 "L'Arc~en~Ciel LIVE IN PARIS at Le Zenith de Paris" broadcast on NHK BS2!
September
02 Best Album"Clicked Singles Best 13" Blue-Spec CD version released. Blu-spec CD™ is Sony Music Entertainment's
uses materials and manufacturing techniques for Blu-ray discs to create high-quality CDs.
November
05-08 At Japan's largest musical-instrument event "Instrument Fest 2009," the bass model used by tetsuya debuts!
10 Chaku-uta® ver. & Chaku-uta Full® version on sale digitally
15 Fuji TV NEXT's "Inazuma Rock Festival 2009" broadcast ※tetsuya performs
22 NHK BS2's "Osaka Hatsushisso Stage WEST WIND" broadcast, bands from the Inazuma Rock Festival 2009 appear!
※tetsuya performs
December
06 Performances of "BLESS" on NHK:
NHK's "Sunday Sports"
NHK's "MUSIC JAPAN"
09 33rd Single"Hurry Xmas 2009" re-rereleased.
※Rerelease of 2007's "Hurry Xmas." Limited edition for 2009 with new packaging and special tracks
25 Performance on Tv Asahi's "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2009"