Masayoshi Takanaka will release a Blu-ray of the second of his two sold-out London concerts as part of his “SUPER TAKANAKA WORLD LIVE 2026” on August 12th via Lagoon Records. The release captures the guitarist’s full April 1st headline show at O2 Academy Brixton, part of the opening leg of his first ever world tour, where 5,000 fans packed the venue.
The London shows opened a tour that took Takanaka through eight cities across the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Tickets for both London dates sold out within hours, a remarkable feat for an artist whose commercial peak came decades before most of the audience was born.
The limited first edition pairs the Blu-ray disc with a 2-CD set of the live audio and a colour booklet, priced at 8800 yen. The regular edition includes the Blu-ray and colour booklet for 5500 yen. Pre-orders are now available via CDJapan, with advance orders through Takanaka’s official website opening on July 7th at 6pm JST, bundled with a bonus gift.
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The release lands as Takanaka reaches the 50th anniversary of his solo debut, framing the London night as both a career culmination and a statement of where his music sits in 2026. The concert leaned heavily on the global city pop revival that has carried his catalogue to a new generation of overseas listeners, with the crowd singing back instrumental guitar lines like terrace chants across classics including ‘Blue Lagoon’ and ‘Ready to Fly’.
Takanaka returns to the capital with an extended two-hour headline set at the sold-out Palace Bowl Presents City Pop Waves, the UK’s first outdoor festival dedicated to Japanese music, held at Crystal Palace Bowl on August 7th. He shares the bill with Himiko Kikuchi, who will perform her 1987 jazz fusion album ‘Flying Beagle’ in full, alongside Junko Yagami and a DJ set from Ginger Root.
The tracklist covers the full set from the night, eighteen songs spanning five decades of his work:
- Blue Lagoon
- Radio Rio
- Blue Curacao
- Brasilian Skies
- Oh! Tengo Suerte
- Tokyo Reggie
- Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile)
- Jungle Jane
- Shake It
- Nagisa Moderato
- Saudade
- Palm Street
- Taj Mahal
- Thunder Storm
- Ready to Fly
- Kurofune
- Jumping Take Off
- You Can Never Come to This Place
Masayoshi Takanaka
SUPER TAKANAKA WORLD LIVE 2026
Release Date: 12/08/2026
Label: Lagoon Records
Pre-order: Regular edition | Limited edition
