honeydip x cruyff in the bedroom Live in Hong Kong 2025
Date:  14 June 2025 (Sat)
Time:  18:30 Open／19:00 Start
Venue:  Portal (1/F, The Burrow, No. 212 Choi Hung Road, San Po Kong, Kowloon)
Line-up:  honeydip / cruyff in the bedroom

Organiser:Exclamation Music
Co-Organiser: Vinyl Junkie Recordings
Ticketing Partner: TickCats / Infree Records / White Noise Records

【Ticketing】
Price:
Early Bird HK$480 (Limited Quantity)
Standard HK$550 ※Free Standing

Ticket available from 8th February 2025 (Saturday) HKT 12:00 noon
Early Bird Period: Until 31st March 2025 HKT 23:59 (while stocks last)

Online Ticketing：https://tickcats.co (Available from X th August 2024)
Ticket selling points:
– White Noise Records （199 Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po／Tel: 2591 0499）
– Infree Records （Flat B, 2/F, 34 – 36 Nullah Road, Tung Lok Mansion, Prince Edward / Tel: 6152 3082）

Enquiry：[email protected]（Chinese, English, Japanese）
※To protect your own interests, please be reminded the above mentioned is the ONLY official sales point of the show. Please do not purchase tickets from any unofficial sources to avoid potential loss.

【About honeydip】

The summer mirage of Japanese shoegaze band honeydip, reuniting after a long separation of twenty years, returns with a reissue of their classic album “Another Sunny Day” and tours overseas for the first time!

Vocal guitarist Shibuya Jun, guitarist Hara Eiji, bassist Kajimoto Takahito and drummer Hayashi Masato, formed the band in 1995. honeydip stood out in the peak of Japanese shoegaze at the end of the last century with their unique tone. Ethereal string sounds construct vast soundscapes, the floating and sinking progressions tread restlessly, and the transparent vocals sing of youthful melancholy, embodying honeydip’s emotional aesthetics. In 2000, the band signed with Embryo, the record label under LUNA SEA guitarist SUGIZO, and released the renowned album “Another Sunny Day.”

During the band’s active eight years, they released four albums. Even after their disband in 2004, their music continued to influence the next generation of shoegaze fans. The music video for “Summer’s Gone,” a track from “Another Sunny Day,” has just crossed 700,000 views on YouTube this year – the densely clouded sky, the girl wading through glimmering scales, capturing the lonely summer that ended in tears, continues to be a classic in the hearts of countless fans.

【About cruyff in the bedroom】

Recognized as the “Japanese King of Shoegazer” and one of the “Big Three of Japanese Shoegaze”, the renowned cruyff in the bedroom is set to perform in Hong Kong for the first time!

cruyff in the bedroom emerged in 1998 amidst the football fever of Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup. The trio, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Hata Yusuke, guitarist Sannohe Shigekazu, and bassist Hironaka Hideyuki, formed the band. Named after the band’s favourite Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, several of their early works incorporated football as key visual element.

Infusing the emotional shoegaze foundation with tenuous pop melodies and sweet, soft vocals, cruyff in the bedroom weaves a unique tone. As of today, the band has released seven albums along with multiple singles and EPs. In 2013, twenty four Japanese and international bands, including familiar names like RINGO DEATHSTARR, PLASTIC GIRL IN CLOSET, and Shin’da Boku no Kanojo recorded a tribute album titled “JESUS CRUYFF SUPER STAR” to celebrate cruyff in the bedroom’s 14th anniversary, showcasing the band’s solid position in the shoegaze scene.

Moreover, the vocalist and guitarist Hata Yusuke is also the organizer of shoegaze event “Total Feedback,” which has been held monthly at Koenji HIGH in Tokyo since 2008.

【About Lucid Express】

The Hong Kong-made shoegaze band, Lucid Express, creates a surreal landscape within an industrial building. In their ten-year journey together, this psychedelic train has traveled to various cities in Asia, Europe, and the United States, leaving behind a restless trail. As the special guests for this performance, Lucid Express keeps their connection with the Japanese shoegaze scene, and weaving a dreamy night alongside honeydip and cruyff in the bedroom.