Rock duo VAMPS recently kicked off their “VAMPS LIVE 2010 BEAST WORLD TOUR” on the 26th in Taiwan.
The tour will take them to ten stops across the world. It started in Taiwan and will take them to America, Spain, France, Shanghai, and even Chile. The first stage was at Taiwan’s TWTC NANGANG EXHIBITION HALL and they put on an intense …
KAT-TUN’s Ueda Tatsuya on the 26th has his solo live at The First Gymnasium in Yoyogi. It was reported last month that during KAT-TUN’s concert in Taipei, Ueda broke his left big toe however, still resumed performing on the next concert date as though the pain is not bothering him.
Ueda’s solo concert tour started early …
Visual kei group, THE KIDDIE, has formally announced on their official website that fans should look forward to their new album, titled “BRAVE NEW WORLD“, set for release on November 24th.
As usual, it will have 2 editions. The limited edition will come with a DVD and a CD containing 12 tracks + 1 bonus …
Metal Japanese band UnsraW recently posted new dates for their autumn 2010 European concert tour titled, ‘REBORN EU TOUR ‘10‘. For you lucky European fans, drop by the A.S.S. page (in German) for more details on how to purchase a ticket.
Here are the tour dates:
November 21 (Spain) – Barcelona Salamandra 2
November 22 (United Kingdom) – London Islington 02 Academy
November …
Rock bands NICO Touches the Walls and flumpool will be teaming up to double headline their Janauary tour. It will be called “NICO touches the Walls x flumpool Split Tour 2011″ and will feature both groups equally.
Both bands were formed within the same agency and from the same generation of rockers, so they seemed to be a matching …
Female pop duo PUFFY (aka Puffy AmiYumi) held the last day of their concert tour at the Taipei International Convention Center on September 25th. PUFFY held their first overseas concert there back in 1998, and it was so successful that they planned for a second concert for 1999. However, it was cancelled due to the devastating earthquakes which struck the …
Idol group AKB48 performed at Yakushiji, one of the World Heritage Sites in Nara, on September 26th. Although only 22 members were present for the event, they energetically sang 15 songs in front of 4,500 fans. This is the first time for AKB48 to sing at a Buddhist temple, and more specifically, at a World Heritage Site.
The girls were very …
Exciting news! On September 29th at the SHIBUYA-AX, veteran pop duo Do As Infinity will hold their live show “Do As Infinity 11th Anniversary LIVE ~More! Core! Rare! Here!~“. For us international fans who can’t make it, they’ll be streaming the show live on Nico Nico Douga.
The 29th will mark exactly their 11th career anniversary, and they want …
Actress/gravure model Yasuda Misako participated in the night running event titled, “NIKE RUN CLUB – Girls Special”, on September 25th at Komazawa Koen in Tokyo.
The event, which hosted 200 participants, includes a 2.2 kilometer course that will run for three weeks. “It’s cool and the scenery was good. I plan on running for two weeks,” Micha (her nickname) said …
Japanese music site, “Music Japan Plus“, announced previously that they would have the visual-kei group DoremiDan on their streaming TV to answer questions on September 27th. Judging by the popularity of the responses, they’ve already announced an additional streaming program, this time featuring the group SCREW.
SCREW will run the same setup as DoremiDan and will stream themselves answering …
On September 23rd, hip-hop duo mihimaru GT wrapped up their nationwide tour, “mihimaLIVE Tour ‘10 ~University of mihimaru GT ☆mihimalogy Jissen Kouza~” at Kyoto Kaikan Hall.
This was one of the shows that got cancelled earlier in the year due to vocalist hiroko’s physical condition. To reward the patient fans, mihimaru GT put on an interesting concept for the …
AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai members Nakagawa Haruka and Oota Aika, injured their hands on the AKB48 television show on September 23rd.
The girls were participating on their TV Tokyo show “Shuukan AKB,” when they were injured during a ball game segment. Oota was sent to a doctor for diagnosis and treatment for her right hand, which forced her to miss part one of their handshake event. Part two of the handshake event was held later in the day and it was announced that her attendance in the event would depend on the doctor’s decision.
Japanese hip-hop group, SOUL’d OUT has announced their participation for an upcoming music event titled BEAT CONNECTION 2010. The members of SOUL’d OUT, Diggy-MO’, EdgePlayer:Bro.Hi, and S’capade:Shinnosuke were all putting full effort in their solo activities in the past years. It has been two years since they last performed in JIN ROCK FESTIVAL 2008 as a group.
Angela Aki will be starting her year end “MY KEYS PLUS + TOUR 2010 LIFE” tour soon, and has decided to open up additional seats for sale at her shows to better accommodate her fans.
The idea behind the added seats was that she wanted as many fans as possible to participate in her concerts. The extra seats will be provided for the October 13th show at Kanagawa Prefecture Hall, and the November 11th show at Tokyo’s NHK Hall, which will now have two nights of shows. Both concerts will go on sale tomorrow on September 25th at 10 am at Play Guide.
Angela Aki’s new tour is in celebration of her new album, “LIFE,” and the fifth anniversary of her major debut. As always, the concert will feature her singing while playing the piano.
Check out the full tour dates after the jump.
