Metal band Nightmare has announced that they will be holding a national hall tour, called “Spring Tour 2011“, at the beginning of next year.
This year actually marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s formation, and in celebration, they have released a best album and have held a national tour. This time, the tour will take them to seven cities across …
Rock group acid android have announced the release of a live DVD, “acid android live 2010,” for release on February 23rd, which will be quickly followed up by a live DVD box set on March 30th.
This year has been quite busy for acid android, as they released their full album, “13:day:dream“, as well as their mini album, “code.” Through these …
We mentioned previously that a special charity event, “LOVE for HAITI,” will be held on January 12th at the SHIBUYA-AX to raise money for the victims of the Haitian earthquake that happened a year ago. Well, the charity concert is receiving a lot of attention and has even announced some additional guests.
The event was founded by …
Rock band STRAIGHTENER will be releasing their self cover album on January 12th, and to help promote the release, they will be holding a special “STOUT” live event which will be broadcast on Ustream.
The album features re-recordings of nine older STRAIGHTENER tracks done by the current members, as well as a new song, “VANISH.” No further details have …
On December 25th hip-hop group RIP SLYME held their Christmas live “SWEET 10 X’mas LIVE” at Zepp Tokyo. Not only did they give their fans with a great show but they also surprised them with the announcement of a new album and national tour.
RIP SLYME has a tradition of doing one man shows each year on Christmas as they love …
Outdoor music festival “ROCK IN JAPAN FES” has announced the dates and venues for 2011.
This will be the 12th running of the music festival and the festival will move to the Ibaraki Hitachi Kaihin and he festival will run for three straight days from August 5th through the 7th. The performers along with additional ticket info will be released at …
On December 30th at Tokyo’s Shinagawa Stellar Hall pop duo Do As Infinity will be holding their “Yuku Nenrairu Nen Infinity 10→11” Countdown Live. The tickets are already sold out for the event, but the group has decided to hold a live stream of the concert on Nico Nico Douga so all their fans can see the show.
The set list …
Hip-hop duo HALCALI has announced their first release for 2011, a mini album called “TOKYO CONNECTION.”
The mini album will come out on February 9th and is the first mini album released by the duo. It is a direct sequel to their May released album “TOKYO GROOVE.” Many producers who have worked with HALCALI in the past will be …
Rapper KREVA has announced that his first release of 2011 will be a new maxi single “Idome” on February 16th.
This will be the first official release from the rapper since his mini album “OASYS” and the new single will continue to display the distinctive lyrics and unique feel that KREVA pioneered with the mini album. The mastering sound …
Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View held their annual “J-WAVE HAPPY CHRISTMAS LIVE” on December 22nd, this year featuring the rock band ROCK’A’TRENCH in a special acoustic live event.
The performance space was completely filled with happy fans. ROCK’A’TRENCH opened the live event with “My Sunshine” before going into a unique assortment of songs. They performed their new single “Music …
Hello!Project idol group Berryz Koubou has announced their first release for 2011, “Heroine ni Narou ka!,” for March 2nd.
2011 will be the 7th anniversary for the idol group and this single will be a celebration of that occasion. It will be released in five different versions; limited edition DVD jacket A, limited edition DVD jacket B, limited …
Rock band The Yatou is getting ready to release their debut album “8:10 pm” on February 9th and they have already finished the PV for the main track “WHO AM I?“. Although the PV is finished and waiitng to be distributed to the public, they have a special plan for the release of the video.
The Yatou is made …
Pop-rock group SCANDAL has announced that they will be releasing their first 2011 single,”Pride,” on February 9th.
The song is being described as a melodious rock number with the message that one should never give up on their dreams; in order to achieve it, you must consistently evolve. The song has already been appointed to be the ending theme for MBS’s …
Pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki will be ringing in the new year with her special concert event, “ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A ～do it again～“, at Tokyo’s Yoyogi Stadium on December 30th and 31st.
For those of us who weren’t able to nab tickets, Ayu has announced that her New Year’s Eve performance (31st) will be airing …
Pop duo Moumoon has announced that they will be releasing a new full length album on March 2nd.
It has been almost two years since their last full length album, “Moumoon,” was released. For all of 2009 and 2010 the duo were focusing on singles and mini album releases, all of which will be collected for the currently untitled full length …
