ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to release new single in April

Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has announced that they will be releasing their new single, “Kakato de Ai wo Uchinarase“, on April 11th.

The band is currently in the midst of their arena tour, commemorating the release of their best-of album, “BEST HIT AKG“.

The new single will contain two new songs including the title number and the coupling track, “Reload Reload“. A limited …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION releases best hits album in the states!

Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has announced that they have released their very first greatest hits album “BEST HIT AKG” in the states.

The album is available now on iTunes and Amazon and contains songs from six of their albums and mini albums, including their new song “Marching Band“.

The band has garnished international popularity through their work associated with popular anime …


Check out Oricon’s weekly charts for January 30th

Oricon has revealed the latest results of its weekly charts for the week of January 30th. Check them out after the jump!


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION reveals details on their best-of album

Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has revealed the details for their upcoming best-of album!

The band’s first best-of album will be titled “BEST HIT AKG“, and is slated for release on January 18th. For the album, they have selected 16 songs from their 6 full length albums and 2 mini-albums. It will also contain their latest single, “Marching Band“, for …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to release new single + best-of album

Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be releasing their new single, “Marching Band“, on November 30th.

As tokyohive previously reported, “Marching Band” was written as the CM song for Shinken Zemi High School Course. It’s described as a support song with a straightforward message that will encourage all those who listen to it.

For its coupling tracks, the single will …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to perform at Waseda University’s school festival

It’s been revealed that rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be performing at Waseda University’s school festival, “Waseda Festival 2011“, on November 5th.

This will be the band’s second time performing in the Waseda Festival after holding a stage at this event in 2003. The festival has also been given a subtitle, “Sayonara Yutori Generation“.

A limited number of …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to write new song for Shinken Zemi High School Course

It’s been revealed that rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be writing a new song for “Attack Pledge Project” by Shinken Zemi High School Course.

The “Attack Pledge Project” is a campaign to support high school students who take correspondence courses. It collects students’ oaths for their future, and the artist writes a song based on those oaths. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION …


“ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2011″ reveals its complete line-up!

The complete line-up for this year’s “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2011“, which will go down from August 5th till August 7th at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki, was finally disclosed the other day.

This month, 43 more artists were added to the list that already had 74 artists, and among the new additions are ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, NICO Touches the Walls, …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION collaborates for new song, “All right part2″!

Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has revealed that their newest song will be their first ever collaboration!

Their upcoming song “All right part2” – which was written for “ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents NANO-MUGEN FES. 2011” – is the joint effort of the band and chatmonchy’s vocalist/guitarist, Hashimoto Eriko.

This marks the first time that ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has collaborated with …


Asian Kung-Fu Generation’s Gotou Masafumi writes “Suna no Ue” for relief efforts

Asian Kung-Fu Generation’s  Gotou Masafumi has written and recorded a song called “Suna no Ue“, or “Above the Sand”, aimed at volunteers and rescue workers in the disaster area. The song can be heard here on their official site.

Gotou wrote, “This song is aimed at those taking action toward reconstruction and those lending their hands to …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION to broadcast concert live via USTREAM

Last September, rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION kicked off their 75-concert tour across Japan. It was announced today on the band’s official website that their penultimate performanceat the Tokyo International Forum will be broadcasted live on USTREAM!

The stream will kick off on March 25th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm JST, and will not be re-run, so …


Osaka’s live event, “REQUESTAGE”, announces their artist line-up

FM802’s request program, “ROCK KIDS 802”, has announced their guest line-up for their popular live event, “REQUESTAGE”. This is the 9th “REQUESTAGE”, and it will be at Osaka-jo Hall on April 30th.

The five artists that will perform and pump up Osaka this spring are ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, UVERworld, KREVA, Sekai no Owari, and Perfume.

“ROCK KIDS 802” will be selling tickets on air …


Asian Kung-fu Generation announce music video collection DVD

Rock band Asian Kung-fu Generation have announced a new music video collection DVD, “Eizou SakuhinShuu 7 Kan,” scheduled for release on January 19th, 2011.

The collection is the 7th compilation released for their music videos and it will contain all of their PVs from their 2008 mini album “Mada Minu Ashita ni” track “Mustang” up to the title track from their …


ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Japan tour kicks off next week

Japanese rock band, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will kick off their Japan tour titled “Tour 2010-2011 VIBRATION OF THE MUSIC” next week on September 8th. It was announced earlier that Daisuke Kanazawa from Fujifabric will join the tour as a supporting keyboardist.

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be holding a long tour of 75 performances in various cities across Japan. …


Rockin’ in Hokkaido

This year Hokkaido will be home of the “RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 in EZO” on 8/13-8/14 at the Tarukawa Wharf of Ishikari Bay New Port.

Every year Hokkaido hosts this great “outdoor event” and by outdoor they mean camping. Yes this means if you want to go, you can camp and barbecue and enjoy great music from an array of …


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