On May 7, it was revealed that popular group Arashi would be holding their 15th anniversary live concerts titled "ARASHI BLAST in Hawaii" on September 19th and 20th in Oahu, Hawaii.

Reportedly, they will set up a special open-air stage with a view of the ocean in the suburbs of Honolulu, and a total of 30,000 audience members will attend the 2-day live concerts. 

For Japanese fan club members attending the concerts, there will be a tour to Hawaii with a charter flight, and also, there will be reserved seats for the local fans.

Hawaii is a special place for Arashi members, as they held their debut press conference on the cruise ship off the coast of Honolulu, back on September 15 1999. After the debut, Arashi's live concert in Hawaii was once planned for November 2001, however, it was canceled in consequence of the September 11 attacks. 

Although they held a fan event in Hawaii in 2002, they never had a chance to hold a live concert there.

Member Sakurai Sho commented, "That's the place of our start, so we always wanted to do that. We were wishing to hold an anniversary event in Hawaii." Fellow member Aiba Masaki added, "I want people who have been supporting us from way back to come to the concert. I want to share the memory with them." 

Sakurai also revealed his idea for the concert, "Since it will be by the ocean, we want to do something special which can be done only there, such as entering the stage from the ocean or sky."

Source: Sanspo (1+2+3) & Daily Sports Online (1+2)
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