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WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA ASIA-EUROPE TOUR 2025 SUMMER TIME GHOST

WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA set for first European shows with Utaha on ‘SUMMER TIME GHOST’ tour

25th April 2025

WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA have announced their upcoming Asia-Europe tour, SUMMER TIME GHOST, set to take place this summer. These...

LiSA adds Los Angeles date at The Roxy to first North America Tour

23rd April 2025

LiSA has added a new Los Angeles date to her upcoming ANOTHER GREAT DAY North America Headline Shows...

Hikaru Utada makes surprise Coachella return with Arca

21st April 2025

Hikaru Utada returned to Coachella for the first time in three years with a surprise appearance during Arca’s...

ONE OK ROCK release video for ‘C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y.’ featuring Paledusk and CHICO CARLITO

ONE OK ROCK go heavy on ‘C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y.’ with Paledusk and CHICO CARLITO

20th April 2025

ONE OK ROCK have released the official video for ‘C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y.’, featuring Paledusk and rapper CHICO CARLITO. The track...

KIZU announce “1st last album”, drop single ‘R/E/D/’, celebrate 8th anniversary

19th April 2025

Visual kei band KIZU have just dropped the video for latest single ‘R/E/D/’, as well as announcing their...

MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2025 final nominees revealed: Fujii Kaze, Creepy Nuts, YOASOBI, and Mrs. GREEN APPLE dominate

17th April 2025

With just over a month to go, MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (MAJ) has dropped the final list of nominees...

Margins United returns with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tohji and more for second London edition

16th April 2025

East and Southeast Asian celebration festival Margins United returns for its second event in London, with Harajuku pop...

MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2025: Final voting nears as YMO named symbol of inaugural ceremony

16th April 2025

MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2025 has rolled out a slate of new announcements ahead of its inaugural ceremony this...

coldrain set for biggest UK/EU tour yet, kicking off this November

15th April 2025

Post hardcore outfit coldrain have announced a major UK and European headline tour for late 2025, their largest...

Ayumi Hamasaki confronts herself in ‘mimosa’, celebrating 27th anniversary

15th April 2025

Iconic songstress Ayumi Hamasaki has released ‘mimosa’ in celebration of her 27th anniversary. The track released digitally on...

News

Paledusk to make major label debut with ‘HUGs’, opening theme for Gachiakuta

Fujii Kaze confirms third album ‘Prema’, shares lead single ‘Hachikō’

SixTONES release WIND BREAKER season 2 opening theme ‘BOYZ’ worldwide, alongside Netflix variety show

Events

FACT confirm full lineup for final ROCK-O-RAMA event at Makuhari Messe

ASP announce “ASP in the U.K Tour”, their first international headline tour

KAF to perform at mixed-reality event Fantastic Reality in Los Angeles this July

Features

anklet: “We didn’t know left from right” – Tokyo’s new indie voice on building a band from nothing

JJJ to remain POP YOURS 2025 headliner in tribute following his passing

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

Live Reports

YOASOBI live in London: J-pop storytellers bring blockbuster ambition to Wembley

BABYMETAL live in London: A 15-year climb culminates in landmark show at The O2

kanekoayano live in London: No longer just Kaneko Ayano with a band

Interviews

IRORI Records artists comment on first UK shows at The Great Escape 2025: go!go!vanillas, Kroi, Ako, and Bialystocks

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE interview: Dancing through doubt and doing it their way

Hitsujibungaku interview: US debut, anime themes, and life beyond Tokyo’s indie circuit