Pop group Ikimonogakari has announced that their first best album, "Ikimonogakari ~Members BEST selection", will be released on November 3rd.

They made the announcement on September 1st at their Budokan concert.� During the encore MC segment, guitarist Mizuno Yoshiki talked about how they put the album together and said, "The three of us talked together and each of us personally chose the songs we through should be included."

The best album will be 2 discs, and it will include hit songs such as "SAKURA," "Akaneiro no Yakusoku," "Kaeritaku Natta yo," "Kimagure Romantic," "JOYFUL," "YELL," "Kimi ga Iru", and others.� Besides their famous singles, it will also include some coupling tracks and live recorded versions of their songs.� They also will be rearranging and rerecording some of their songs so fans can experience them all over again.

It will be released in a limited edition DVD version as well.� The DVD will include footage of them reflecting on their album with commentary from the band.� It will also include a poster and booklet.

To top all this excitement off, Ikimonogakari is going on tour from November to December.� The tour will be called "Ikimonogakari no Minasan, Konnitsua-!! 2010~Nandemo Arena~!!!"� They have added stops at Makuhari Messe Event Hall on November 6th, November 20th and November 23rd at Kobe's World� Hall, November 27th at the Saitama Super Arena, and December� 9th at the Aichi Gagishi Hall.� With the previously announced stops, this now adds up to 11 performances.





Source: natalie