Five person visual kei band,�Alice Nine, released their new single "Senkou" on the 25th and yesterday they held a special gift exchange event with fans to promote the song.� Fans were allowed to personally hand gifts and letters to the band and in exchange, the band handed out posters to the fans. �Over 5,000 fans of the band showed up for the special event.

The event was held at the Tokyo Miraiza Ikebukuro and fans lined up to greet the band with loud cheers.� All five members appeared in traditional summer yukata, much to the pleasure of their female fans.

Vocalist Sho announced, "I will treasure the letters and presents that I got personally from everyone.� I got a lot of power from you and that will take us forward into tomorrow!"

Starting in July, the band had a large scale tour across Japan that took them to 27 different cities.� They recently celebrated their anniversary on the 24th in front of 2,000 screaming fans at a Tokyo tour stop.� On January 6th next year, they will also hold their first ever Budokan concert.

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Source: Oricon