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MILLENNIUM PARADE call off 2024 world tour citing quality issues

26th August 2024

MILLENNIUM PARADE, the creative collective led by Daiki Tsuneta of King Gnu, have canceled their upcoming world tour,...

Hikaru Utada joins Sam Smith for 10th anniversary duet of ‘Stay With Me’

26th August 2024

Hikaru Utada has teamed up with global superstar Sam Smith for a duet version of the iconic single...

XANVALA drop bloody ‘JABARA’ video ahead of new album ‘BANQUET’

24th August 2024

XANVALA have just unleashed their latest music video ‘JABARA’ ahead of their awaited 3rd full album ‘BANQUET’. The...

GACKT revives YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz after 12 years for limited 5-year run

23rd August 2024

GACKT has announced a YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz reunion, 12 years after their disbandment. According to GACKT’s official announcement,...

ELAIZA unveils POLKADOT STINGRAY produced single ‘FREAK’

18th August 2024

ELAIZA has released her latest single ‘FREAK’ along with a music video. The single released digitally on August...

JUBEE drops video for Takeshi Ueda collaboration ‘PICK UP THE PIECES’

14th August 2024

Rapper and producer JUBEE has released the music video for ‘PICK UP THE PIECES (Mass Infection Mix)’ from...

BAND-MAID and The Warning unite for empowering single ‘SHOW THEM’

14th August 2024

BAND-MAID have teamed up with Mexican female rock band The Warning for their latest single ‘SHOW THEM’. The...

MIYAVI drops high-octane ‘Running In My Head’ video alongside new album release date

12th August 2024

MIYAVI has unveiled the music video for his infectious rock romp ‘Running In My Head’ as well as...

Kenshi Yonezu offers first look at new album 'LOST CORNER' with single 'RED OUT'

Kenshi Yonezu previews ‘LOST CORNER’ album with new track ‘RED OUT’

10th August 2024

Kenshi Yonezu has released his new single ‘RED OUT’ ahead of his sixth studio album, ‘LOST CORNER’, set...

Third generation BiS announce disbandment amid WACK leadership changes

10th August 2024

The third generation of BiS (Brand-new Idol Society) have announced that the group will cease activities following a...

News

Arlequin drop new video despair-fuelled single ‘Chi wo Kayowasero, Sono Inochi Subete ni.’

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

Watch ‘BABYMETAL Legend – 43 The Movie’ in cinemas across Europe next week

Events

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

matsuri ’25 global stream announced – Ado, YOASOBI & ATARASHII GAKKO!

Hitsujibungaku to tour West Coast on first US headline run

Features

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Yoshiki honours David Lynch: A look back at their surreal collaboration on X Japan’s ‘Longing’

The best music collaborations out of Japan this year

Live Reports

(ARCHIVE) An Cafe live in London (2014): The oshare kei icons’ last UK show

NANO & MADKID live in San Francisco: Rock and pop collide on joint US tour

Phantom Siita live in San Jose: Retro horror meets idol pop

Interviews

Minori Nagashima – serval DOG – interview: “After dropping out of middle school… that’s when I picked up the guitar”

NIGHTMARE interview: Visual kei legends talk 25 years, DEATH NOTE fame, and first European tour

tricot reflect on first anime theme ‘Call’ for You Are Ms. Servant and 15 years in music

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES

News

MILLENNIUM PARADE call off 2024 world tour citing quality issues

Hikaru Utada joins Sam Smith for 10th anniversary duet of ‘Stay With Me’

XANVALA drop bloody ‘JABARA’ video ahead of new album ‘BANQUET’

GACKT revives YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz after 12 years for limited 5-year run

ELAIZA unveils POLKADOT STINGRAY produced single ‘FREAK’

JUBEE drops video for Takeshi Ueda collaboration ‘PICK UP THE PIECES’

BAND-MAID and The Warning unite for empowering single ‘SHOW THEM’

MIYAVI drops high-octane ‘Running In My Head’ video alongside new album release date

Kenshi Yonezu previews ‘LOST CORNER’ album with new track ‘RED OUT’

Third generation BiS announce disbandment amid WACK leadership changes