Shingo to Leave GOTCHAROCKA

Bassist Shingo has decided to depart from GOTCHAROCKA due to differences in musical direction, family matters and recent health issues.

In late January, Shingo was hospitalized for a high fever and contracting the flu which affected his band activities, and his participation in lives and in-store events.

Shingo's last performance will be at a live on March 30th at TSUTAYA O-WEST.

Jui, JUN, Toya and GOTCHAROCKA staff give their apologies for the sudden announcement and ask that their much-loved fans still continue to support the trio in the future.

Most importantly, GOTCHAROCKA stress that at this time, they will not disband but will continue on as a trio.

As a result of Shingo's departure, there are a few changes. First, the group's planned special live to record the audience singing, GR&GR's Goudou Kikaku "Choukyou", scheduled for March 20th, has been moved to April.

Also GOTCHAROCKA's upcoming releases for May and June have been pushed back a month to June and July, respectively. No further details of these two-month consecutive releases are yet known.