LIVE REVIEWS
NEX _FEST
MAKUHARI MESSE, TOKYO
Bring Me The Horizon and Babymetal join forces for a futuristic thrillride
Bring Me The Horizon bring Nex_Fest to the boil
REPORTEDLY PLANNED FOR several years but postponed due to the pandemic, Nex_Fest Tokyo is the inaugural, Bring Me The Horizon-curated all-day event, bracketed by smaller Nex_Fest Extra shows around Japan. HANABIE draw a huge early crowd, setting the festival’s tone for fusing Eastern and Western sounds into something larger than the sum of its parts.