無許可ライブ

Mukyoka Raibu ・ムキョカライブ

AI translation

Meaning

GLAY野外無観客ライブin函館・恵山
In 2020, while live activities were on hold because of the novel coronavirus, for 「GLAY野外無観客ライブin函館・恵山」, the YouTube stream of an audience-free live show planned by GLAY, a stage was set up without the production company having filed an application with Hokkaido.
In the end, the cause was a gap in understanding among the production company, Hokkaido and Hakodate City, which had not shared things like whether “application documents” were needed, so it was neither “unauthorized” nor “unapplied-for.” But news outlets such as 函館新聞 ran it as the 「GLAY無許可ライブ」 (“GLAY unauthorized live”), and it was covered many times on TV variety news shows too.
On top of that, before the facts had been checked, TERU posted on Twitter to the effect of “If it really was unauthorized, I think we should cancel the stream. What do you think?”, which added a little fuel to the fire.
Still, thanks to this whole chain of events, the video itself racked up views, creating a nice publicity effect.
Later, 函館新聞 published an apology. The mayor of Hakodate made a comment, things calmed down, and it was sublimated when HISASHI turned it into joke material on YouTube.