J-rock royalty L’Arc~en~Ciel is celebrating 30 years in the industry! They celebrated this milestone with a special concert titled “30th L’Anniversary Starting Live L’APPY BIRTHDAY!”. The groups first release was an indie single titled “Floods of Tears / Yasouka” released in 1992. However, the band held their very first live performance on May 30th, 1991 in Osaka.

L’Arc~en~Ciel performed 21 songs in total spanning their long career including the hits “HONEY” and “flower”. Fans were also in for a surprise when they performed “Dune” from their very first indie studio album of the same name.

In celebration of the concert and anniversary a new digital single titled “Mirai” was released, the song was also performed during the encore portion of the concert.

The setlist for the concert is as follows:

1. X X X
2. Caress of Venus
3. CHASE
4. winter fall
5. flower
6. metropolis
7. DAYBREAK’S BELL
8. REVELATION
9. NEO UNIVERSE
10. get out from the shell
11. 花葬
12. EVERLASTING
13. MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM
14. Driver’s High
15. HONEY
16. READY STEADY GO
17. あなた [encore]
18. ミライ [encore]
19. Dune [encore]
20. GOOD LUCK MY WAY [encore]
21. 虹 [encore]

The concert is planned to be aired on August 22nd, but further details have yet to be revealed. A blu-ray/DVD announcement is also expected shortly.