2008

Versailles made its first tour in Europe in March 2008 with concerts in Sweden, Finland, Germany, France (The group first visited us on April 6, 2008 at the Loco.) And Spain with (?? ? ? ? ? in the first part )
May 3, 2008 Versailles performed in front of 30,000 people during the Hide Memorial Festival organized by X-Japan. They were also invited on stage by X-Japan during the festival's final concert on May 4.
 

    
Versailles en concert au Hide Memorial Festival

On May 6 they gave their first solo concert at Daikanyama UNIT. The room was full, all seats had been sold.
Versailles begins in the United States with a concert on May 30 at Project A-Kon in Dallas at Texas, and on June 3 at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, California. It was reported on the personal blog of Jasmine You and Teru that the concert at Project A-Kon pulled welcomed more than 3000 people, and that the concert at Knitting Factory was completely sold-out. The activity of the group was further strengthened after the release of their first album, "Noble" on July 9 with a tour that reached its peak with a concert in Arlington and New York in early October.
 

    
The stage costumes for "Noble" and the album: click on the album cover to listen to it on youtube -
The Pamphlet of the world tour (click on the image to upload the PDF )
 

Peu après cependant, un autre groupe (américain), nommé également Versailles, avait déposé le nom, ce qui a contraint le groupe japonais à changer de nom. Finalement, ils ne changèrent de nom que pour leur tournée aux États-Unis, pour trouver ce nom ils lancèrent le défi au fans via internet. Le nom final retenu fut : "Versailles -Philharmonic-Quintet". En remerciement de l'effort produit par les fans, le groupe a composé un titre nommé "PRINCE", disponible gratuitement sur leur site officiel. 
En novembre Versailles entame sa première tournée Solo pour promouvoir leur premier maxi Single "A Noble was born in the Chaos" (sorti en mars 2008). Ce CD vendu seulement au concert du 19 mars au Shibuya Shibuya-AX fut aussi finalement vendu lors de leur tournée européenne ( source : Orient Extrême )
 

MV Aristocrat's Symphony :

On December 12, 2008 the first single released as Versailles -Philharmonic-Quintet: PRINCE & PRINCESS, available in a regular edition, and 5 limited editions. This single has three titles: "Prince", "Princess" and "Silent Knigth" for the regular edition and two titles ("Prince" and "Princess") for the editions of the members.
Each of the 5 editions corresponding to a member of the group. For the occasion they wore new costumes, which will be repeated regularly during their career for singles outings. These costumes were made with the collaboration of the clothing brand Alice and the Pirates and Baby the Stars Shine Bright. The group also collaborated with this brand for the creation of a clothing line.
 
 

    
Click on the cover of the single (first image) to listen to it on Youtube. Prince & Princess costumes with a feathered Kamijo ...
 

    
Clothes from the Versailles and Alice and the Pirates collection - Princess line and Prince line

In November 2008, Hizaki and Kamijo paraded in clothes of these brands during a show with other visual artists. (Articles on JaME - MARUIONE Individual Fashion EXPO IV? - Interview dans les coulisses de l'Individual Fashion EXPO IV? )

 

On December 23, during the Final of the tour at Shibuya C.C Lemon hall, Kamijo announced that Versailles had signed with Warner Music Japan and that they would therefore be making their major debut in June 2009.