with Yoshiki |
Went to what has to be one of the best L.A. parties of the year so far at Soho House at the weekend. It was thrown by Japanese superstar Yoshiki, who, with his band XJapan, has sold more than 30 million albums around the world, although he has yet to break big in the U.S.
Yoshiki, who is a classically trained pianist and talented composer as well as a red hot rock star, is subdued and modest offstage. But he knows what he wants. When he was told he couldn’t book the recording studio he wanted in Los Angeles for him and his band because the heavy metal band Metallica were using it, he simply bought the studio.
The last time Yoshiki and XJapan were in the UK they performed at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Next time, he tells me, he will be playing in a somewhat larger venue.
“Where?” I asked.
“Wembley Stadium,” he replied.