Every December, guitar/bass/drum magazine GiGs, releases a special on various artists. While this is the December issue, the magazine is on stands this month for ¥838 ($10.23 USD) and music fans can order it from CDJ.
Pop group, Choshinsei, will grace the cover and have a feature in the December extra issue of GiGs’ “MUSIQ? SPECIAL ‘OUT of MUSIC’ Vol.11″. Other …
Previously, we reported that AKB48’s latest single “Beginner,” sold more than 560,000 copies on the first day of its release. Now, three days into the release of the single (at the time of this writing), total sales are at 740,000 copies and climbing!
Before AKB48 came onto the scene though, the No.1 single of 2010 was Arashi’s “Troublemaker,” which …
As we previously reported, 9nine will be releasing a new single called “Cross Over” on December 1st, and it will be the first single from their new record label. We also reported that “Cross Over” is being used as a ending theme song for the anime “STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no Takt (輝きのタクト)”.
Now, just recently, the group has revealed the PV for …
We earlier mentioned that on October 31st the Hibiki Music Festival was going to be held at the Odaiba Seaside Court in an effort to bring together different music genres at one location. Unfortunately, the festival has been officially canceled due to an approaching typhoon.
The official site for the music festival released an apology and explanation for the …
The special featured guest for this week October 31st episode of NTV’s “Music Lovers” will be the pop group Ikimonogakari.
They will appear in the live studio to perform their debut single “SAKURA,” followed by “Kimagure Romantic,” and “Arigatou.” The band will be releasing their first best album, “Ikimonogakari ~Members BEST selection~,” on November 3rd and have tried to choose songs …
Recently re-united rock band LUNA SEA has decided to release two old performance lives from 1999 and 2000 via DVD on December 15th. The two selected lives will be the “FIRST ASIAN TOUR 1999 in HONG KONG” and “CONCERT TOUR 2000 BRAND NEW CHAOS ACT2 in Taipei.”
The “FIRST ASIAN TOUR 1999 in HONG KONG” contains footage from their first performance …
The Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra will release a DVD compilation of their spring anniversary live shows on December 22nd.
The DVD will be a compilation of two major live events held by the Orchestra last spring. The first performance was held on March 27th, “Tokyo Ska Paradise Kokugikan,” at the Ryougoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall in Tokyo as a celebration of the …
The live-action film of the popular manga “Paradise Kiss” will be released in May 2011, and its poster has already been revealed!
As many of you already know, Kitagawa Keiko and Mukai Osamu will star in the movie, hence their inclusion on the poster. The poster includes the catchphrase of the movie, which is “Encounter by Destiny? That’s not enough to describe …
Fukuoka figure company Dive will be releasing some special figurines based off of the rock band GO!GO!7188 and reggae star RYO the SKYWALKER in November.
The GO!GO!7188 figures will actually be cute bobble-head figures. All three members, Yuu, Akko, and Turkey, will get a figure, and the company is making sure to pay special attention to the guitars and basses on …
It’s been announced that musical trio GIRL NEXT DOOR will sing a theme song for the new Ultraman movie “Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire.” The movie was made to celebrate the franchise’s 45th anniversary of the Ultraman series.
The theme song is titled “Unmei no Shizuku ~Destiny’s star~,” and this will be their first …
The MUSIC STATION performances for October 29th have just been released, so check it out below!
AKB48 member, Itano Tomomi, made a blog entry about the photo shoot she did for a Kimono catalog.
She wrote that this was the first photo shoot she had done in a Kimono this year.
Check out previews of the photo shoot below.
Source & Photos: Itano Tomomi Official Blog
Gossip magazine “FRIDAY” reported in its latest issue, published on October 29th, that Tanaka Rena and Sato Yuki are dating.
“FRIDAY” added some photos of them riding a motorcycle together, holding each other’s hand, and coming out from an apartment together. It seems like they met each other through the drama “Haken no Oscar“, which was broadcasted in August 2009.
Both of …
Four member unit Hi-Fi CAMP, who are releasing their album “2nd BEST“ on November 3rd, have surpassed the 100,000 download mark!
The album is being promoted with a digest megamix free to download, and it has been met with overwhelming response – from October 26th to the 28th, the digest megamix has been downloaded over 100,000 …
Third generation group J Soul Brothers, who recently announced their debut single “Best Friend’s Girl”, out November 10th, have managed to shine at the top of the Recochoku Chaku Uta Charts, snatching the #1 spot. Although they have some fierce competition on the charts, including Kana Nishino’s “Kimitte” and Kobukuro’s “Nagareboshi”, the seven member group are already making …
