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>>4872219
>There are tons of japanese acts who have made a nice home in the states who didn't seem to have a market
I can't think of a single one....
Wait, Dir en Gray (Grey?)?

I would love for MM and H!P to try to take on the US but we're dealing with people that have never taken a chance for as long as Musume has been around, atleast not that I can think of. "Cold and calculated" seems to be the motto over at UFA, and it works. The closest we got was AX, and there were probably some very late night meetings and phone calls about if they were gonna go through with it.
I just can't see them pony up the serious money needed for a US tour, or even a small tour just hitting the major cities like you talked about.
I hope I'm wrong though.

>>4872184
>When I've seen Jrock bands do similar tours in the states, they just advertised it as a concert on their myspace/site/twitter/etc.
Come on, getting these 9 girls on stage at some club somewhere isn't gonna happen, even if it would be 10 times as awesome. There's a huge difference between flying these girls + huge staff around playing arenas and what have you and just a band touring. It's not that big a deal getting 5 guys + shit around a country, or even the world. Here's a flyer for a tour Have Heart did, bigger than any pop act I can remember. It's just too costly to make it happen I guess.

>>4872410
Naaaah, son. Go to LA and get your wota on.