X JAPAN’s Documentary Film “We Are X” to Be Premiered at Sundance Film Festival in US.
“We Are X” will be premiered at Sundance Film Festival as a nominee for World Cinema Documentary Category on January 23th (Local Time). “We are X” is a documentary film on X JAPAN’s career. It tells stories about how the band influenced the Japanese rock scene, the death of the members, and Yoshiki’s character. The director,Steven Kijack,who has also directed “Stones in Exile” and “Scot Walker 30th Century Man”, followed X JAPAN for over 1 year.... Read More
SEIKIMA II ‘s Exclusive Nico Nico Video Stream of Concert Performance and Dai Kuro Mass on January 20th.
Nico Nico Video is going to stream “SEIKIMA II 30th Anniversary Limited Reunion Zoku Zenseki Shikei Tour OsakaKuro Mass Exclusive Stream!” This stream will air their concert performance called “Kuro Mass” to be held in January in Osaka. Also they will stream their video clips till the start of the show. “SEIKIMA II 30th Anniversary Limited Reunion Zoku Zenseki Shikei Tour OsakaKuro Mass Exclusive Stream!” Date and Time :January 20th (Wed) 5PM View URL:http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv244151140 Broadcast... Read More
KANA-BOON’s New Releases for 2 Months in a row and Their Tour including First International Shows Announced.
KANA-BOON’ is going to release “Run and Run” on January 20th and a new album “Origin” on February 17th . The upcoming album’s promotional tour “KANA-BOON no Kakuzukesareru Band Man Tour 2016” will start in April.This 21-show tour begins at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 9-1, Chiba and goes overseas for the first time to Music Zone @E-Maz Hong Kong on July 9th and THE WALL, Taipei Taiwan for the very last day of the tour. KANA-BOON “Run... Read More
HER NAME IN BLOOD’s US Performance at “KNOTFEST” and Behind the Scene Footage Made into a Music Video.
The music clip of HER NAME IN BLOOD’s song “WHEN THE WORLD IS GONE” has been published on YouTube. “WHEN THE WORLD IS GONE” is included in their major label debut album “BEAST MODE” released in September. The video features the footage from their performance, local street shots and behind-the-scenes at KNOTFEST organized by Slipknot in October in California, US. Official Website: http://www.hernameinblood.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hnibofficial Twitter:... Read More
SuG’s European Tour Ended. “SLVS” an Unreleased Song in Japan Was Performed.
SuG drew the curtain for their “ SuG 2015 EUROPE TOUR at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finnland on the 8th of December (local time). The tour came close to being postponed due to the Paris terrorist attack, but with strong will of the members, the only cancelled the Paris show and performed the rest of the tour. The tour started in Werkstatt in Kern Germany, and went to 6 cities. They not only played the single’s title track “SICKS”, but also played “SLVS” , a song... Read More
Nao Yoshioka Awarded Best New Artist on Soul Media for the First Time as a Japanese Singer.
Nao Yoshioka, a Japanese soul singer, signed an indie label based in US, Purpose Music Group, and made her US debut. This marks the first achievement as a Japanese singer. She was the runner up at Apollo theater’s amateur night and made it to the top dog, rare for a Japanese singer, got signed by SWEET SOUL RECORDS , a Japanese indie label, which distributes international good quality music. In July 2015, Purpose Music Group collaborated with SWEET SOUL RECORDS, and released... Read More
Eir Aoi Closed her International Tour 2015 in Mexico.
Eir Aoi had her first solo show in Mexico for the first time on the 6th of December. This show also marked the final day of her world tour starting in Paris , France in July 2015, which went to nine venues in eight countries. Her 2015’s tour drew about 50 thousand fans in paris, London, Shanghai, San Francisco, Philippines, Atlanta, Taiwan, Hong Kong. And for the final day of the tour, 1000 fans gathered at the venue in Mexico. Eir’s show ended as a big success,... Read More
Jin Akanishi Won Chinese Awards in Two Categories, Including Popular Artist Award.
Jin Akanishi Won “Asia Popular Artist Award” and “Annual Music Award” at iQiyi All Star Carnival 2016, a Chinese Culture Award held in Beijing on the 5th of December. iQiyi All Star Carnival is an award held by iQiyi , a Chinese distributor, for the whole Asian territory’s excellent films, music, and TV dramas. Akanishi won “Asia Popular Artist Award” given for an artists who are activeand has some career in that territory, and “Annual Music Award” presented... Read More
HY’s final show at Okinawa, will live streamed on niconico live
HY announced the final show of their national tour “HY SMILE ▽ LIFE TOUR 2015” at Okinawa Convention Center in Okinawa, will be live streamed on niconico live. During the live show, they will announce the new information. The fans won’t be there at the venue on that date, don’t miss the live streaming. Niconico live’s exclusive live streaming, the final show of HY 15th anniversary national tour “HY SMILE ▽ LIFE TOUR 2015” live streaming : Dec.23rd (Wed. national... Read More
Frederic’s Sold-out-Show at LIQUIDROOM Will be Streamed on Nico Nico Video.
Frederic is going to stream on Nico Nico Video their show at LIQUIDROOM Tokyo, the final day of their Japan solo tour “Frederism Tour 2015”. “Frederism Tour 2015” is a promotional tour for their latest album “OTOTUNE”. This LIQUIDROOM show is the final day of the tour and has already been sold out. Those who couldn’t get the tickets should not miss this opportunity. “Frederism Tour 2015 Tour Final @Ebisu LIQUIDROOM” Date and Time:December 22nd 2015 (Tue)... Read More