Rock band Kegawa no Maries has announced that they will be disbanding after their nationwide tour. The band formed nearly 9 years ago, and are slated to release their last album, "THE END", on September 7th.

The news was officially announced by vocalist Shima Ryouhei through a nationwide radio broadcast on the night of September 6th. He reported, "Good evening everyone, this is Kegawa no Maries. Right now, it is September 7th, 12:00 am. From now, our 3rd album will go on sale. The title is 'THE END'. With this album -- which was recorded at Abbey Road -- we will stop our activities and disband after the final performance of our tour. I will say it again. Our 3rd album is titled 'THE END'. After this album and tour, we, Kegawa no Maries, will disband."

Prior to this announcement, a sticker saying "LAST ALBUM" was put on copies of 'THE END' in stores. The album comes in both limited and regular editions with a special message by Shima.

Kegawa no Maries is scheduled to hold their nationwide tour titled, "Kegawa no Maries TOUR 2011 'Who Killed Marie?'", starting October 8th, with its finale at Nippon Budokan on December 5th. Tickets will be available to the public starting September 10th. Meanwhile, tickets for the Nippon Budokan performance will go on sale starting October 1st.

Check out the track list to "THE END" and the tour dates below!

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<Kegawa no Maries THE END>

01. The End Of The World
02. HEART OF GOLD
03. Last Waltz
04. Yume no Ato
05. Shanghai Kunyang
06. Rhapsody in the Mood
07. The Ballad Of Saturday Night
08. Kegawa no Maries no Hello! London
09. Tonari ni Ite ne
10. Dandelion
11. JUBILEE
12. THE END

<Kegawa no Maries TOUR 2011 'Who Killed Maries?'>

October 8th - Mito Lighthouse (Ibaraki)
October 10th - HEAVEN'S ROCK Utsunomiya VJ-2 (Tochigi)
October 11th - Morioka Club Change WAVE (Iwate)
October 13th - Sapporo PENNIE LANE24 (Hokkaido)
October 15th - Sendai Rensa (Miyagi)
October 22nd - Nagoya BOTTOM LINE (Aichi)
October 23rd - Nagano JUNK BOX (Nagano)
October 27th - Kanazawa van van V4 (Ishikawa)
October 28th - Niigata LOTS (Niigata)
November 2nd - Takasaki club FLEEZ (Gunma)
November 5th - Tamakatsu DIME (Kagawa)
November 6th - Hiroshima CLUB QUATTRO (Hiroshima)
November 8th - Kochi X-Pt. (Kochi)
November 9th - Morioka IMAGE (Morioka)
November 11th - Fukuoka DRUM Be-1 (Fukuoka)
November 12th - Kumamoto DRUM Be-9 V1 (Kumamoto)
November 18th - Hamamatsu Madowaku (Shizuoka)
November 20th - Nanba Hatch (Osaka)
December 5th - Nippon Budokan (Tokyo)

Source: natalie