Rock band The Birthday has announced that they will be releasing their new album, "VISION", on July 18th! To coincide this album's release, the band will kick off their nationwide tour, "The Birthday TOUR 2012 'VISION'", in September.

'VISION' is The Birthday's 6th original album, and it's also their first since releasing "I'M JUST A DOG" in June of 2011. The DVD that comes with the Limited Edition will contain video clips of "ROKA" and "Sayonara Saishu Heiki", as well as live footage from 'Quattro�Quattro Tour'12', which was held back in April.

Meanwhile, The Birthday's nationwide tour will kick off on September 22nd at Yokohama BAY HALL for a total of 27 shows. Details on ticket pre-reservation will be included in the First Press Edition of the band's upcoming single, "Sayonara Saishu Heiki" (June 13th release).

Check out the tour dates below!

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Saturday, September 22nd - Yokohama BAY HALL (Kanagawa)
Wednesday, September 26th - SOUND SHOWER ark (Shizuoka)
Thursday, September 27th - Saga U?STONE (Saga)
Saturday, September 29th - Himeji Beta (Hyogo)
Wednesday, October 3rd - Sendai Rensa (Miyagi)
Friday, October 5th - Aomori Quarter (Aomori)
Sunday, October 7th - Music Showa Session (Yamagata)
Saturday, October 13th - Amami Oshima ROAD HOUSE ASIVI (Kagoshima)
Tuesday, October 16th - Sakurazaka Central (Okinawa)
Saturday, October 20th - Miyazaki WEATHER KING (Miyazaki)
Sunday, October 21st - Oita T.O.P.S Bitts HALL (Oita)
Saturday, October 27th - Hiroshima CLUB QUATTRO (Hiroshima)
Sunday, October 28th - Matsue AZTiC canova (Shimane)
Tuesday, October 30th - Tokushima club GRINDHOUSE (Tokushima)
Thursday, November 1st - Niihama JEANDORE (Ehime)
Saturday, November 3rd - Gifu CLUB ROOTS (Gifu)
Wednesday, November 7th - Iwaki club SONIC (Fukushima)
Friday, November 9th - Niigata LOTS (Niigata)
Saturday, November 10th - Kanazawa EIGHT HALL (Ishikawa)
Thursday, November 15th - Wakkanai HEART BEAT CAFE (Hokkaido)
Saturday, November 17th - Zepp Sapporo (Hokkaido)
Sunday, November 25th - Zepp Fukuoka (Fukuoka)
Wednesday, November 28th - Zepp Nagoya (Aichi)
Friday, November 30th - Zepp Namba (Osaka)
Saturday, December 1st - Okayama CRAZYMAMA KINGDOM (Okayama)
Monday, December 10th - Kyoto Taku Taku (Kyoto)
Wednesday, December 12th - Matsuzaka M'AXA (Mie)

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