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Live: Legend 1999 & 1997 Apocalypse
is the second live video release by the Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. The album contains
live footage of two shows, entitled Legend "1999" and Legend "1997" (named after birth years of the
members of Babymetal), performed in Japan in 2013. It was released in 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray
formats on October 29, 2014.
On February 2, 2013, Babymetal announced a show at NHK Hall on June 30, 2013, with tickets
reportedly sold out almost immediately, on March 15, 2013.After the show, the band announced the
show Legend "1997" set for December 21, 2013 at Makuhari Messe. About 8,000 people were present
in the crowd for Legend "1997".

Live: Legend 1999 & 1997 Apocalypse was first announced on August 16, 2014, with an official trailer
released on September 11, 2014.The video was released on October 29, 2014, containing the two
concerts, Legend "1999" Yuimetal & Moametal Seitansai, and Legend "1997" Su-metal Seitansai,
and were released in standard DVD and Blu-ray editions, and "Babymetal Apocalypse Web" fanclub
exclusive "Babymetal Apocalypse Limited Box" editions additionally containing merchandise such as
commemorative T-shirts and messages from the three members.

To commemorate the release, a digest of the shows was regularly broadcast by Yunika Vision onto
Tokyo Station and Seibu-Shinjuku Station from October 23, 2014 to November 2, 2014. Customers
who purchased the album at Tower Records stores could receive merchandise, such as a collaborative
poster for No Music, No Idol?, volume 70, which had been announced prior on October 20, 2014.
A promotion including a calendar card was also made available with a purchase;this was limited to the
Tower Records store in Shinjuku.
The concert was performed on June 30, 2013, in between the 14th birthdays of Mizuno and Kikuchi.
3,600 attended the show at NHK Hall. Notably, Mizuno and Kikuchi cover the Petitmoni song
"Chokotto Love" and Morning Musume song "Love Machine" (which were both released in 1999),
respectively. The songs are subtitled Big Time Changes and From Hell With Love, respectively,
and are named after albums released by heavy metal band Seikima-II. Additionally, Nakamoto
debuts the power ballad "No Rain, No Rainbow", with Mizuno and Kikuchi later appearing to play
the piano together; the song would later appear on the band's second album Metal Resistance.

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