A special announcement was made on October 16th through the radio show, "Fukuyama Masaharu no all night Nippon Saturday special Tamashii no radio" - �Fukuyama Masaharu will hold a huge nationwide arena tour beginning on�February�24th, 2011! �The artist will make a round of 17 cities, performing on 46 stages in total. �It's been a year and 8 months since he held his last tour in 2009, which attracted approximately 500,000 fans; Fukuyama Masaharu's new tour is slated to accommodate 600,000 fans!

Fukuyama has also revealed the jacket covers for his 3-CD best album, "THE BEST BANG!!".

The front cover for the 'limited edition' album shows a young Fukuyama (aged 19) before he debuted as a singer; the reverse exhibits the singer in the present time at 41 years old.

[caption id="attachment_99827" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="THE BEST BANG!! Limited Edition (front)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_99828" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="THE BEST BANG!! Limited Edition (reverse)"][/caption]

There will be two more versions of the album: a "limited production edition" and a "regular edition". Jacket covers for both albums display 44 images of Fukuyma Masaharu, as drawn from his singles and full-albums covers over the years. There's even a picture of the singer from his infancy!

[caption id="attachment_99829" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Cover jackets for Limited Production Edition & Regular Edition"][/caption]

Oddly enough, 2011 will be the "singer Fukuyama" year, whereas 2010 was the "actor Fukuyama" year.

Source & Images: Oricon style