Rock band MUCC kicked off their nationwide “MUCC Tour 2010 ‘Chemical Parade’” tour yesterday in Hibiya in celebration of their latest album, “Karma“. After they wrap up their tour in Japan, they revealed that they will jet off to Europe for their “‘Chemical Parade’ in EURO” tour!
Their European tour has been long awaited for by fans overseas, and …
On November 6th and 7th Waseda University will hold their annual “Waseda Festival 2010“, and they’ve just announced a special guest appearance by veteran pop group Every Little Thing.
The duo will be performing on campus in the Memorial Chapel at 2PM. Although the concert is open to the general public, students of Waseda University are granted a discount …
The “FNS Music Festival” is an annual music program hosted by Fuji Television, and this year, the 4-hour show will be broadcasted live on December 4th. Viewers and fans alike will be delighted with the lineup the festival boasts this year, in addition to Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (SMAP) acting as the main host.
The primary performance list was released on November 1st, …
D☆DATE member, Seto Koji released a new photobook “ET CETERA” on October 29th and held the ‘release & handshake event’ on the 31st. The photo shoot was located in Hawaii, and apparently it was the first time the star visited the island state. He revealed that the best part about Hawaii was its sunset, and he wishes to visit the …
As we announced previously, Japan will hold a special series of concerts for ‘International AIDS day’ on December 1st. The three “Act Against AIDS 2010” concerts will be performed simultaneously in Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya.
“Act Against AIDS 2010 LIVE IN OSAKA” has just added their second wave of guests, which include pop/jazz singer Tsuji Ayano and pop star Yonekura Toshinori. …
It’s been reported that actor/model Mizushima Hiro won the prestigious “Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction” award for his breakout work, “KAGEROU“. “KAGEROU” was submitted under Mizushima’s real name, Saito Tomohiro, and was eventually selected from 1,285 entries.
Mizushima Hiro left his managing agency back in September to pursue a writing career.
Mizushima will attend the “Poplar Publishing” press conference on the …
Pop/ska group ROCK’A’TRENCH has announced that they will release new single, ”Music is my Soul” on December 1st.
“Music is my Soul” is their second single of the year and the eighth overall for the band. As per usual, it will be released in CD and CD + DVD versions. But there’s a special prize in store for avid …
Earlier, An Café’s kanon unveiled a tiny teaser for kanonxkanon’s “Calendula Requiem” PV at the New York Anime Festival, and although we couldn’t make it out clearly, we knew it was going to be something quite stunning indeed.
Splashing into the scene with its vibrant visuals, the PV looks to be set in a spirit world where traditional Japanese …
Late night music program, Countdown TV was broadcasted on October 31st, and featured AKB48 and Porno Graffitti as this week’s guests. For the episode, Ikimonogakari’s upcoming album “Ikimonobakari” was discussed over the air (set to release November 3rd), and the hosts also delivered the top 10 ranking of best albums, as well as the weekly top 30 singles ranking.
Check out the …
Hip-hop/rock band Dragon Ash will be releasing their new single “SPIRIT OF PROGRESS E.P.” on November 3rd, and they have released two streaming music videos on their label’s site to stir up interest in the release.
The first video, “ROCK BAND,” features live jam footage and concert clips from the band interspersed with images of different members singing from …
As promised, Ayabie vocalist Aoi has continued to pursue a career in music despite four members of the band dropping out and creating a new band without him.
Aoi is now on his second single without his bandmates, and this one is called “Surrender Love“.
He has just recently released the PV for the track, so check it out …
AKB48 member, Ohshima Yuko professed that she’s a huge fan of clothing brand, A BATHING APE.
Yuko recently wrote on her blog, “I’m a APE girl today, both my T-shirt and hoodie. A lot of Milo-san’s (the character of BAPE). I am now relaxing at home after the shoot.”
The brand is internationally renown for its original graphics and designs; in …
“SP the Motion Picture: Yabou volume” which stars V6 member Okada Junichi, premiered on October 30th, and the main cast -Okada Junichi, Tsutsumi Shinichi, and Maki Yoko – appeared at ‘TOHO Cinemas Scala-za’ to greet the audience.
Even though the weather was terrible because of the typhoon, the theater was packed full of eager fans. Okada thanked the audience for coming, saying, “I’m happy that …
Gossip magazine, “Shukan Josei” reported that ex-Morning Musume member Kago Ai is dating MEN’s NO-NO fashion model, Mikawai Takeshi.
According to “Shukan Josei”, they were seen at a cafe, being quite the “love-love” couple. Although Kago tried his best not to stand out, they were recognized anyway. Mikawai is 185cm tall, whereas Kago’s height is only 151cm. Naturally, such a height disparity …
Ex-AKB48 member, Hoshino Michiru has reinvented her career as ’Michiru‘, a solo artist and songwriter.
She’s already prepared her debut song, “I ♡YOU no Gomoji“, which will start distributing via Chakuuta on November 10th. The song will be included in a wedding song compilation album, “~LOVE&PEACH~ Kekkon no Uta“, scheduled to be available for the 24th. Indeed, “I ♡YOU no Gomoji” has …
