Libera Albums Top Sellers in Japan!

UPDATED April 21, 2012

Libera has updated their web site to say,

"We are delighted that our albums are doing so well in Japan. Our music currently occupies 3 of the top 4 positions in the Japan Billboard Classical Album chart. We have also charted at number 31 in the top 40 of the overal Album Chart. Thank you to all our Japanese supporters."

This is amazing! Congratulations, Libera! 

April 14, 2012

Libera happily posted on their web site,

"Thanks to all our Japanese supporters we are delighted to report that our music currently occupy the top 4 spots at Amazon Japan. Thank you."

Brilliant news! Congratulations to Libera and their Japanese fans! :D

Loose Moose Episode 2: Part 1

So...I know we're a little behind here but Loose Moose Episode 2 is out! :) So here's my review of part 1! If you haven't seen it yet then you must watch! :D

First up is "Gang Signs." It's a local gang lookin' all tough, hangin' out at a park. The accents are awesome but a lot harder for me to understand than their usual British accents. Here are some of the random words we heard in their "rap": boy, rough, gang, gardens, knives, hoodies (I heard hideous), shoes, Diet Coke, potatoes, iPods, elephants, fish fingers, apples, Coke cans, shopping. Yeah, this is quite the rap...lol.

Now coming from a musical school this sketch is my favorite. It consists of Josh - or "Fab (Fav?) (Blad?)" as they call him - listening to some music. But this is not just any music. Oh no, this music was written by the amazing "Beeth-oven." Love their reactions when they're talking about where they've heard him before. The best is the end when they ask when his next album is coming out. :)

Best lines:
Alex: What is up?! What is down?! What is up?! 
Alex again: Not too shabby, not too shabby, not too bad! 
Josh: This guy single-handedly revolutionized the Baroque period into the Classical!
Josh: Drum and bass? This guy's got the viola, figured bass!
Liam: FIGURED BASS! OH YEAH!!!
All: Beeth-ov-en! Yeah!  Josh: IT'S BEETHOVEN!!!!

Next is "Agent Cody Banks." OK, the best part about this sketch was Jonathan's American accent! It was actually really good! lol. Loose Moose always has the best music, too! Gotta love those spy movies. He's on "Mission Rabbit's Foot" trying to achieve vengeance for America. If only he can shake off those d*** Russian spies! (Keeping it rated G here! lol)

Alex, Liam and Josh look like three little prairie dogs sticking their heads up out of the ground! lol! Love them looking back and forth really fast! They're hiding behind the branch (which I actually didn't see coming) or the time lapse of them all getting out of the garbage can is great.

But acting backwards to pull off jumping up into a tree?!! Epic! :D

And Mission Rabbit's Foot? Well...at least he got the bad guy in the end...uh...oh wait...he just got Sam! In a fedora! :) Oh well, it was for AMERICA! (Pronounced just the way we say it! lol!)

The final sketch, "Andrew-Dora Taylor Cookery Nookery," was just the best! Did you see it's sponsored by the Heavy Breathers Society?! :D Jonathan is hilarious! With his little "Ooohh!" whenever the camera would come around! And his always calling everything "naughty" was just awesome! And he named all his plants! Actually everything he said was funny just because of that voice! :D

Liam was awesome as Pablo. The "HELP" sign on the guitar was hysterical! Made me die laughing!

I'm pretty sure the one egg was all Jonathan's mom was going to let him use... :) And the bit with the alchohol is actually something I've seen them do on cooking shows before. That little "this is not for the cooking, it's for me later," thing. When everything is done cooking he pulls something out of the oven. Thanks to Google, I figured out that's a container of yogurt with fruit! :D I loved how the whole thing was a perfect spoof on those cooking/gardening shows! And "Andrew-Dora Taylor's book is now available outside half-decent bookstores." lol

Keep up the great work, guys! Will try to review Part 2 soon!

Arundel Concert 2012 Poster

Libera released the poster for their Arundel 2012 concert! It's beautiful and looks a lot like the US 2011 poster except it doesn't have swirly vines on it. :) They didn't even bother to show the premium ticket prices since those 100 tickets sold out in a record 51 minutes!

There's still time to get general admission tickets though. The concert is only 18 days away! It might be even better than the Singapore and Tokyo concerts! Can't wait to find out! 

Tokyo Concert #2

Tokyo concert #2 went very well! Patrick went and again shared his photos. Thank you, Patrick!

The line waiting to get into the concert.

Patrick's view of the stage! Great seat!

Patrick said that concert #2 was slightly different than concert #1. Ciaran did not sing "Dies Irae" as a solo, but had 5 other boys singing with him. Stefan helped with the solo on "Exultate," and Eoghan was almost the complete soloist on "How Shall I Sing That Majesty."

The line for the Meet & Greet was even longer than for concert #1!

Will post more later. :)

Tokyo Concert #1

Tokyo concert #1 went really well! Patrick has shared his pictures and details of the concert with us! Thank you, Patrick! :D

The line waiting to get into the concert.

What Bunkamura Hall looked like 15 minutes before the concert.

Patrick made this panorama from 3 pictures put together. :)

The song list was the same as the Singapore concerts. The only difference was that "Greatful Heart" was sung as a duet by Stefan and Ralph instead of a solo by Stefan.

The programs are beautiful! They have 28 full-color pages with no advertisements. People who had premium tickets got a program included. Programs purchased separately cost 1500 yen or $18.50 US each.

The Meet & Greets in Japan are different than in other countries. No photographs or videos are allowed while you're going through the line. It also appears that the 24 boys were divided up in groups of 6, and people went through only 2 tables of 6. Patrick was able to take some pictures while waiting. Great thinking, Patrick! :D

Kuba, Isaac & Stefan

Matthew R-A, Henry, Matthew J, Kuba, Isaac & Stefan

This picture was posted by EMI Japan International.

You can see Barney, Lucas & Matthew Menezes.

Thanks to Yuni for the link! :D

Premium ticket holders also received a box with a surprise in it. A thermos mug with "Libera" engraved on it! Very nice!

Can't wait to hear about concert #2!

My Singapore Meet & Greet Video

I finally finished a video of the Singapore Tour. It has videos and pictures from both Meet & Greets with a few surprises. Hope you like it.  ~Lauren

Libera on Japanese NTV

UPDATED April 11, 2012



Libera was on Japanese NTV today. There were 10 boys there - Cassius, Barney, Stefan, Dylan, Ralph, Matthew J, Eoghan, Michael U-R, Tom and Ciaran. 

First they had a nice, long profile about Libera. Then they sang "Song of Life" live. Ralph did a great job singing the solo! Then they interviewed them.

Ralph says sometimes he gets a cold and thinks his voice might be getting a little bit lower, but he doesn't see any signs yet of a voice break. Barney says while they're in Japan he'd like to visit Tokyo Tower. Ciaran has a cute grin when he says he wants to go everywhere in Japan. Matthew J wants to visit Mt. Fuji! Ah, me, too!

They tell about the 2 Tokyo concerts and show their CD, which is already signed for some lucky show host. Great job, boys!

Patrick took some great screen shots if you'd like to view them all here. Thank you, Patrick! :D






Libera will be appearing on the Japanese TV station NTV on Thursday, April 12th between 8:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. This will be the TV debut of "Song of Life!" You can read more about it here. We can't view it here in the US, so hopefully someone in Japan will record it and post it on YouTube. :D