Babymetal and Dethklok Tour Sells Out YouTube Theater – Rafu Shimpo

October 11, 2023; Inglewood, CA; CAPTION at YouTube Theater. Brutal guitar riffs and choreography, crowd surfers and towel waving, mosh pits and performers sharing hand hearts with the crowd.  If some of these terms seem incongruous at a single concert, welcome to the world that is Babymetal.  Two sold-out crowds at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood witnessed all of this as the self-proclaimed “kawaii metal” Japanese group, composed of lead singer SU-METAL and “scream and dance” members MOAMETAL and MOMOMETAL, performed on October 11th and 12th for the last stop of their Babyklok tour, sharing headlining duties with the metal band Dethklok. October 11, 2023; Inglewood, CA; CAPTION at YouTube Theater. While this was the fifth time Babymetal has headlined in Los Angeles, it was the first for Momometal to perform as a permanent member.  MOMOMETAL (real name Momoko Okazaki) replaces founding member YUIMETAL, who announced her departure from the group in 2019.  Until her April installation, MOMOMETAL was performing as an unnamed temporary member, sharing the position with two others.  “Every day is so much fun that I can’t help it”, MOMOMETAL said in an exclusive e-mail interview with the group.  “I’m even more excited to rev the engine
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