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03.07.2009 14:59 - Rast, R.
translation: Claire
Twenty years after their disbandment,
DEAD END will return on August 15th to take part in the event
JACK IN THE BOX 2009 SUMMER at Makuhari Messe, organized by DANGER CRUE RECORDS.
Formed officially in 1984, the group has been mentioned as a main influence for many well-known bands, such as
L'Arc~en~Ciel,
LUNA SEA,
Janne Da Arc,
Kuroyume and many others. Returning with their official members,
MORRIE (vocals),
You (guitar),
CRAZY COOL JOE (bass) and
Minato (drums), the band will share the stage with bands such as
VAMPS,
MUCC,
SID,
Kinniku Shoujotai and
cali≠gari.
To celebrate the occasion, the band have also opened an
official MySpace page, where more information and the song
Embryo Burning, from their 1988 album
shambara, can be found.
related artists: DEAD END
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03.07.2009 14:49 - Non-Non, Claire
translation: Claire
source: J-ROCK
After the departure of their drummer
Sasabuchi Hiroshi in March,
Plastic Tree have revealed his replacement. Having been involved with the band as a support member since
Sasabuchi's departure, new drummer
Satou KenKen has joined the band as an official member, as of July 3rd.
Plastic Tree would like to thank their fans for supporting them throughout this period and hope that this support will continue. Please visit the band's
official website for more information.
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03.07.2009 14:47 - Anu
translation: Claire
The psychobilly trio SPIKE, known for mixing suits with a devilish look, are about to release their second full-length album. The 11 track CD is called I'll See You On The Other Side and comes out on July 3rd, after which the band will start touring Japan.
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03.07.2009 14:45 - Rast
translation: Claire
Tsubasa Imai, from Tackey & Tsubasa, will release a new live DVD on August 5th. TSUBASA IMAI ☆Dance and Rock★ Tour’09 will feature footage from his concert held at Osaka Umeda Geijutsu Gekijou Main Hall on March 15th with a total of 21 tracks, plus a special CD including four brand new songs: Theme of D&R -Black boots-, Tada..., Toriko and Solitude.
The limited edition of the release will also come with an additional DVD featuring 40 minutes of special footage from the tour, plus a logo sticker and a booklet including live photos, while the regular version will come with a performance of Yumemonogatari featuring Shibutani Subaru.
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03.07.2009 14:43 - Rast
translation: Claire
ALSDEAD announced the release of their third single for October 7th. Titled PARADOX, the single will contain three tracks, currently untitled, and will be sold in advance during their concert at Meguro Rockmaykan on September 24th.
related artists: ALSDEAD
related items: PARADOX
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03.07.2009 14:41 - Rast
translation: Claire
Atari Kousuke announced the release of a new single for September 9th. Sora ga sora, his first single since Koi, released on March 25th, will be used as the theme song for the upcoming movie "Katen no shiro", set to be released in theaters all over Japan on September 12th.
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03.07.2009 14:37 - Rast
translation: Claire
SPITZ will release their first single of this year on August 26th. Kimi wa taiyou, their 35th single so far, will be used as the theme song for the animated movie "Hottarake no shima ~haruka to mahou no kagami~" and will also feature the b-side Okera.
related artists: SPITZ
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03.07.2009 14:31 - Rast
translation: Claire
Shortly after releasing their major debut single ASCENDEAD MASTER, Versailles have already announced the release of their second full-length album for September 16th. Though currently untitled, the album, their first as a major band, will be available in both CD and CD+DVD formats, the latter also coming in a digipak with a luxurious booklet.
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02.07.2009 17:00 - Rast
translation: Claire
Guitarist Kazune announced that he will leave Serial⇔NUMBER on August 21st, right after the end of their summer tour Otsukare Samba♪でSUN SUN SUMMER Tour-'09, set to take place at Akasaka BLITZ. Kazune apologizes for the abrupt announcement and explains that he has been having different opinions about the future of the band, and feels that he would not be able to continue with the other members in the same way. The band also apologizes and asks the fans to keep supporting them.
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02.07.2009 16:56 - Rast
translation: Claire
Hideaki Tokunaga announced the release of a new live DVD for July 29th. HIDEAKI TOKUNAGA CONCERT TOUR 08'-09'SINGLES BEST will feature his concert held at Saitama Super Arena on March 15th with a setlist including his most famous hits in a total of 18 tracks. The limited edition will also come with a bonus disc featuring the music video of Anata shika mienakatta, while the regular edition will come with different jacket artwork. A Blu-ray edition of the concert will also be available in stores on the same day.
On August 19th, Tokunaga will also release his second single of 2009. Hello is already being used as the CM song for Yamazaki's "Funwari Shokupan" and will also be used as the theme song for the program "Sukkiri!" throughout August. The single will contain four tracks, including the title track, the b-side Anata shika mienakatta and their respective instrumental counterparts. The limited edition will also come with a DVD contaning the PV for Hello, while the regular edition will feature different jacket artwork.
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02.07.2009 16:54 - Rast
translation: Claire
SMAP announced the release of their first single in over a year for August 26th. Sotto kyuuto, their first release since the album super.modern.artistic.performance, which came out in September last year, will be used as the theme song for the upcoming Fuji TV drama "Ninkyo Helper", starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi. The single will have its lyrics written by Asou Tetsurou and melody composed by hit-maker Kubota Toshinobu.
related artists: SMAP
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02.07.2009 16:52 - Rast
translation: Claire
In midst of commemorations of their 5th anniversary as a major band, UVERworld will release a new single on August 5th. Although there are not many details available, the single, titled GO-ON, will be released in both CD and CD+DVD formats.
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02.07.2009 16:48 - Rast
translation: Claire
After a long time with their activities on hold since the departure of vocalist
Jun and guitarist
Nono,
NEU are set to return to the scene. The band announced through their official website that they have recruited three new members, vocalist
Mitsu and guitarists
Takumi and
Kayu, and that there will be new pictures, an important announcement and also the beginning of each member's blogs on July 18th. The band's new website can be accessed
here.
related artists: ν ［NEU］
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02.07.2009 10:16 - Kay
Following her performance at Otakon in Baltimore, Kanon Wakeshima has announced two in-store appearances in California. These appearances will both feature an exclusive in-store performance, followed by an autograph session.
July 20th - San Francisco - Amoeba Music
July 21st - Los Angeles - Royal T Cafe
For those in the Los Angeles area, Royal T Cafe will also be exhibiting Kanon’s artwork on the day of the event.
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02.07.2009 09:56 - Rast
translation: Kay
In addition to their major debut album DANCE FLOOR MONSTERS, set to go on sale on July 8th, the telephones have also announced the release of their first live DVD for August 26th. SUPER DISCO Hits!!! the telephones ONE-MAN SHOW!!! will feature footage from their first one-man concert, which was held in December last year at Harajuku Lafforet Museum, with a total of 23 songs.
The DVD, released as a double-disc set, will also contain four music videos and further live footage, this time from their performance at Shibuya DUO Music Exchange on May 30th 2008, the last date from their promotional tour for the album JAPAN, released in January last year.
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02.07.2009 09:53 - Rast
translation: Kay
source: Official Homepages
9GOATS BLACK OUT will release their first live DVD on July 25th, titled
2009 shibuya BOXX live in Bright Garden. To begihn with, the DVD will only be available at live houses and it will include 13 songs recorded at the band's first one-man concert on April 11th at Shibuya BOXX, plus offshot footage and the PV for
sink. Two commercial spots about the DVD are already available at the band's official
YouTube channel.
Zoro announced the release of their second full album for September 9th. Although there are not many details available, the album will be released in both CD and CD+DVD versions and will be followed by their fifth one-man concert, titled
$GAMBLE$, at SHIBUYA-AX on October 30th.
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02.07.2009 09:49 - Rast
translation: Kay
In addition to the single FRIENDLY which will come out on July 22nd, Asai Kenichi announced the release of another single. Titled Mad Surfer, the single will come out on August 26th and will be used as the ending theme song for the anime "BLEACH". Also including the b-side SAD PARTY, the single will be available in two different versions, the limited of which will also come with a DVD contaning the music videos of FRIENDLY, Mad Surfer and SPRING SNOW.
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02.07.2009 09:44 - Rast, R
translation: Kay
Base Ball Bear have already announced the release of a new single for August 5th. Stairway Generation, the band's 11th single, has been used as the opening theme song for the anime "Gintama" since April this year and is set to stay on air until September. The disc will also include two other tracks, USER UNKNOWN and Renai hakusho, and its first press will also come with a random sticker and other special contents.
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02.07.2009 09:15 - Rast
translation: Kay
source: Official Homepages
Superfly will release her first double A-side single on July 29th. Koisuru hitomi wa utsukushii/Yasashii kimochi de, her eighth single so far, will feature four tracks: Koisuru hitomi wa utsukushii, used as the CM song for "Canon IXY DIGITAL", Yasashii kimochi de, used as the theme song for Fuji TV's "Mezamashi TV", a live version of Skip Beat, originally released by Kuwata Band, recorded during her performance at NHK Hall on November 9th, 2008, and lastly Late For The Sky.
Crystal Kay will release a new double A-side single on August 12th in order to celebrate her 10th anniversary. After Love -First Boyfriend- feat.KANAME(CHEMISTRY)/Girlfriend feat.BoA, as the title suggests, will feature collaborations of KANAME from CHEMISTRY and BoA, plus both songs' instrumental counterparts and also a third track titled Deaeta kiseki.
Both title-tracks will also be used as tie-ins: After Love -First Boyfriend- feat.KANAME(CHEMISTRY) will be used as the CM song of "ITOEN TULLY'S COFFE" from July 3rd, while Girlfriend feat.BoA will be used as the image song for the Japanese edition of the movie "He's Just Not That Into You", set to be released on theaters in August 1st.
Angela Aki announced the release of a new single for September 16th, the successor of her hit single Tegami ~haikei juugo no kimi e~, which came out a year ago. Though there are not many details available, Ai no kisetsu is currently being used as the theme song for NHK's morning novel "Tsubasa" and, as of July 4th, it will start to be used everyday when trains depart from the Honkawagoe Station, in Saitama.
The single will also be followed by the release of a new live DVD including footage from her concerts held at Nippon Budokan and Osaka-jo Hall last year. Other details on this release are expected to be released at a later date.
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02.07.2009 08:40 - Kay
This autumn, MUCC will make their way back to Europe for an extensive tour. Amongst the seventeen tourdates, there is one UK concert, namely on October 21st at the Carling Academy Islington in London.
Although the tour is called their world tour, so far only European dates have been announced, though several in South America are expected. More information about the concerts can be found in their tour schedule.
related artists: MUCC
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30.06.2009 15:35 - Rast
translation: Claire
abingdon boys school announced the release of their third single this year for August 26th. Kimi no Uta, curiously their first song titled in Japanese, will be used as the opening theme to Fuji TV's anime "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0" starting on July 9th and will be released in two versions. The limited edition will also come with a DVD contaning footage from the recording of the single and a different cover from the regular edition.
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30.06.2009 15:22 - R.
translation: Claire
girugamesh announced further details about the second part of their three-single release campaign, set to hit the stores on August 5th. Titled BORDER, the single will also include the song Suiren and will be released in CD and CD+DVD formats. The limited CD+DVD edition will feature footage documenting their latest European tour "CRAZY TOUR 09" IN EUROPE as well as their concert at Sakura-Con in America.
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30.06.2009 15:20 - Rast, R.
translation: Claire
HOME MADE Kazoku will release a new live DVD titled LIVE 2009 ～HOME PARTY in Nippon Budokan～ on September 9th. As the title suggests, the DVD will feature footage from their sold-out first concert at Nippon Budokan held on January 11th, plus off-shot footage from their natiowide tour held towards the end of 2008. The same concert will also be released in the Blu-ray format, under the same title, on the same day.
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30.06.2009 15:12 - Rast, R.
translation: Claire
GARNET CROW announced the release of their 30th single for August 19th. Hana wa saite tada yurete, consisting of a ballad number, will feature three songs in total: the title track, its instrumental counterpart and also the b-side Ai ni niteru.
Less than a month later, the band will also release their 7th original album. Titled STAY ~yoake no Soul~, the album, set to go on sale on September 9th, is expected to include their latest singles Yume no hitotsu, Hyakunen no kodoku and Doing all right, plus Hana wa saite tada yurete.
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30.06.2009 15:09 - Rast, R.
translation: Claire
Acid Black Cherry will release their second full-length album, currently untitled, on August 26th. The album will feature their latest singles - 20＋∞Century Boys, Jigsaw, Nemuri hime and the upcoming Yasashii uso, set to go on sale on July 29th. Like their first album BLACK LIST, it will be available in three versions, each with a different jacket cover.
The regular edition of the album will come with the CD only, plus a 42-page booklet, while the other two versions will come with a DVD. The first one will include the music videos for all four singles, as well as alternate versions, plus off-shot footage and also an interview with yasu. The other version will feature footage from Acid Black Cherry's concert held at LIQUIDROOM ebisu on March 4th with a total of nine tracks, plus footage from the album's creation with narration by Hiroaki Asai over 70 minutes.
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