Rock band Anzen Chitai gave up on last night's concert halfway through due to problems with its frontman. Vocalist Tamaki Koji (52) seemed to be drunk as he got into arguments with audience members, forgot lyrics and finally collapsed on stage. People were already walking out of the show at the Fukuoka Sun Palace Hotel and Hall when organizers brought it to a halt. Kyodo Nishi Nihon announced...
JUJU performs her new cover of My Little Lover’s “Hello, Again” at the MTV Japan studios. The songstress will be participating in MTV Jammed, where fans can submit requests to have her perform a surprise concert at their event. Past shows have featured popular Japanese artists dropping in on everything from a Kobe amusement park to high school graduation ceremonies. source: JAPANTODAY
Recently , Acid Black Cherry is holding his Arena Tour, which leads him along Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and since this is also his first tour after his recovery, from the very beginning the tour had been...mu-mo". Please check it out if you have the chance to. Also, Acid Black Cherry will be taking part in the "HALLOWEEN PARTY 2010" presented by VAMPS next month. more @ source source: MJP
On October 9th and 10th, SMAP will be holding their first ever overseas concert in Shanghai at the Shanghai Stadium. SMAP recently accepted an interview with Shanghai reporters after filming an episode of their Fuji TV program SMAP X SMAP. Having starred in this spring's Fuji TV drama Tsuki no Koibito, Kimura Takuya was quick to greet reporters in Chinese. During the course of the interview, Kimura...
... and thinking of several things in my head while I answer the requests so even if I don’t react, I generally read all of them. “My eyesight is really good because I don’t read books. In a 4-hour concert I think I’ll read 1000 to 2000 fans. “Mind you, sometimes I’ll think ‘Oh what, it’s for Goro, not me’ (laughs).” Kimura’s group member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (36) also said on radio he read messages...
...that it will host what it describes as "the first-ever U.S. appearance" of the virtual idol singer Hatsune Miku during the J-Pop Summit Festival on September 18. The center will hold a "digital film concert" for this Japanese idol singer whose "voice" is generated on-the-fly by computer software; Crypton Future Media created her as its first "Character Vocal Series 01" release based on YAMAHA's Vocaloid2...
From July 17th, EXILE will be heading out on their first Stadium Tour "EXILE LIVE TOUR 2010 'FANTASY'" mobilizing the largest group of spectators, which will eventually come down to about 1.1 million...range of celebrities, like Michael Jackson and a great number of others, however, the creation of costumes for an Asian artists is his first time with those of EXILE. more @ source source: MJP
Rock band X Japan held an urgent press conference on Thursday to announce a few pieces of news, including their first North American tour and a new album. It has already been known since January that...about 10 songs, including "Jade," "ART OF LIFE," and English versions of "Tears" and "Rusty Nail." It is also said that "Jade" will be released as their first U.S. single. source: tokyograph
On June 9th ONE OK ROCK have just released their latest album "Niche Syndrome", which has made it to the Top4 of ORICON Weekly at the first attempt. With a great start like that, they have then headed...booked for " ROCK IN JAPAN FES2010", " SUMMER SONIC2010", " MONSTER baSH2010" and such, whereas on November 28th their first Budokan solo performance will be held. more @ source source: Mjp+
