THE BACK HORN announces new single, “Sirius”

Rock group THE BACK HORN has just revealed that they will be releasing a brand new single in March, titled “Sirius“!

The single officially hits stores on March 7th and is their twentieth overall. The title track “Sirius“, is a song containing the band’s ambition to continue their live activities as a band through 2011, and is said to be a …


“ROCK IN JAPAN” announces their 1st line-up

Rock festival, “ROCK IN JAPAN FES . 2011” has finally announced it’s first round of artists. The two day festival will be held at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki-ken from August 5th to the 7th.

Ticket sales for the event have begun on May 14th, via the internet, starting at 12:00 and will end on 18th at 11:59PM. One day tickets …


Five more artists announced for “Japan Jam 2011″ rock festival

This year’s “Japan Jam 2011” rock festival at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba is going to go down from May 3rd to May 5th and the lineup was just expanded with five more artists.

The rock festival was established last year in 2010 and due to the great reception they decided to go for a second round this year. Unlike other …


Check out THE BACK HORN’s new song for “SAVE WOMAN”!

Rock group THE BACK HORN has written a new song for “SAVE WOMAN”’s upcoming CM!

The commercial will advertise two of SAVE WOMAN’s newest skin-whitening products. The title of THE BACK HORN’s refreshing and easy-going new track is “Clione”. No release has been confirmed for the song, but fans can expect to see more information posted on the band’s official …


Hashimoto Rui’s SOUND SHOOTER event to feature the HIATUS

Photographer Hashimoto Rui will be sponsoring two “SOUND SHOOTER” live performances in Tokyo and Osaka, and the HIATUS has just joined the list of artists who will be appearing on stage in Tokyo!

“SOUND SHOOTER” is a special collaboration between the photographer and “vintage rock” artists, a combination concert and photography exhibit. Fans can look at collections featuring their favorite bands at the …


THE BACK HORN re-broadcast their Ustream event

Those who missed the Ustream live broadcast of THE BACK HORN (as posted earlier this week) can rejoice – the band will be re-airing their “Live Talk Asylum” session!

The re-airing of the segment will be on September 18th at 9PM on their official Ustream channel.  The original broadcast of the program was so successful with their fans that they received …


The Back Horn host first Ustream event

Rock band The Back Horn will be celebrating the release of their new album with a Ustream live appearance.  The album, “Asylum,” will come out on September 15th, but the group will be running a special program on September 13th at 10PM.

The Back Horn have never done a Ustream live broadcast before, so this is …


UVERworld & THE BACK HORN to perform at a special event for Gundam movie

Popular rock groups UVERworld and THE BACK HORN will be attending and performing at the premiere screening for the movie “Gekijyouban Kidou Senshi Gundam00.” The event is titled “Gundam00 Supporter’s Gathering 2010 – A trailer for the trailblazerII-” and will be held at the Makuhari Messe event hall on August 29th.

UVERworld will be performing the theme song of the …


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 …


THE BACK HORN to sing theme song for Gundam 00

THE BACK HORN’s new single “Tozasareta sekai” will be used for new gundam movie, “Mobile Suit Gundam oo – A Wakening of the Trailblazer.” This new release will be the conclusion of the “00 series.”

THE BACK HORN had previously participated in the Gundam TV series theme song in 2007.

“Tozasareta sekai” will be released on August 4th before the release of the movie on September 18th.

Check out the trailer after the cut.