ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION broadcast concert live via USTREAM

Last September, rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION kicked off their 75-concert tour across Japan. It was announced today on the band’s official website that their penultimate performanceat the Tokyo International Forum will be broadcasted live on USTREAM!
The stream will kick off on March 25th from 5:30pm to 6:30pm JST, and will not be re-run, so be sure to catch the show in real-time!
We’ll keep you updated when the USTREAM channel for the concert has been decided.
Source: Asian Kung-Fu Generation Official Website

X-JAPAN VIOLET UK and Marilyn Manson rock

J-rock legends X-JAPAN performed at the music and fashion show, “ASIA GIRLS EXPLOSION“, on March 6th in Yoyogi, Tokyo. As we reported earlier, X-JAPAN’s YOSHIKI organized the event with the producer of “Tokyo Girls Collection”.
American rockstar Marilyn Manson and model Tominaga Ai were featured on the runway, and it’s reported that actress Shenae Grimes (from the TV show, ‘90210‘) attended the event as well. During the fashion show, YOSHIKI provided the music with his piano as the models walked, combining live music and fashion on the same stage.

Girugamesh’s world tour kicks off in Russia with great success

Rock band Girugämesh enjoyed a great start to their 2011 world tour, “Here we go“, by kicking off their first show in Moscow to a horde of screaming fans.
Local fans were ecstatic at the opportunity to see Girugämesh once more, since the band last visited Moscow in May of 2009.
On March 5th, Girugämesh came out to a packed house, and thanked their fans in Russian (“Spassibo“). They then proceeded to perform tracks from their latest album, “GO“, in addition to their beloved old hits.
The March 6th episode of NHK’s “J-MELO” will feature clips from Girugämesh’s live performance in Moscow; the program plans to show the stages for “destiny” and “Mienai Kyori“.
For those of us who may not be able to catch the program, you can also check out photos from the concert below!

ONE OK ROCK new tour to feature guest artists Perfume + more

4 member rock band ONE OK ROCK will be embarking on a national tour called “Answer is aLive” starting on the 25th of April, and have announced their plans to have multiple guest acts on several dates.
The band, who released their newest single “Answer is Near” on February 16th, have planned 10 dates for their new tour. Guest acts will include OKAMOTO’s, coldrain, Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, and mega techno-unit Perfume, in addition to some other groups. Kashiyuka, Nocchi and A~chan will be joining ONE OK ROCK on the final date of the tour, set for June 4th, in Okinawa’s Namura Hall.

9mm Parabellum Bullet to release new single Atarashii Hikari

Rock band 9mm Parabellum Bullet has just announced that they’ll be releasing a new single in May!
The upcoming single is their first release of 2011, and it’s titled “Atarashii Hikari”. Scheduled to hit shelves on May 18th, the single will come in both a regular and limited edition. The ‘limited edition’ will include a special password, which can be used to unlock footage of the band’s performance at EMI Music Japan’s fiftieth anniversary live. Downloads will be made available for anyone who purchases a copy of the limited edition from May 18th to May 30th.
Check out the track list for both the single and downloadable live below!

SCANDAL New release 10th single Haruka

Pop and rock girl group SCANDAL recently released their new single “Pride” last month, but it’s been revealed that they will be singing the theme song for an upcoming 3D animation called “Tofu Kozo” as well. The song, which is going to be SCANDAL’s 10th single, will be titled “Haruka” and is set to be released on April 20th.
The movie “Tofu Kozo” is a 3D animation film based on the novel titled, “Tofu Kozo Sugoroku-dochu Furibashi” by Kyogoku Natsuhiko. It is attracting the attention of many because it is the first full feature 3D animation movie in Japan. Not only that, but a gorgeous cast of actors, such as Fukada Kyoko, Takeda Tetsuya, Koike Teppei, and Oizumi Yo, will be providing their voices for this movie.

HOT NEWS Bump of Chicken reveals CM for their new song, “Tomodachi no Uta”

Bump of Chicken’s new song, “Tomodachi no Uta” (Song of Friends), will begin on-air promotions beginning on February 17th, starting with a commercial.
“Tomodachi no Uta” is being used as the theme song for the movie “Doraemon New: Nobita and the Iron Warriors – Fly, Angels!-“, which will be released in March, and the single itself will be released on February 23rd.

HOT NEWS Stereopony to appear at Anime Boston!

Female rock band Stereopony has just announced on their official website that they will be coming to the United States!
The group will be attending Anime Boston 2011 as a special guest, alongside Japanese band girugamesh. For those of you who would like to attend, the anime convention will take place at the Hynes Convention

Perfume x SCANDAL

 In today's, 16th Desember, new addition of a TV information magazine, TV Bros., a full 4 pages article of special talk between Perfume and SCANDAL is inserted.

These girls become friends at NHK's Music Japan, where Perfume were the MC and SCANDAL were the performer. This time, they prepared a big Jenga for this talk. At each block, a topic is written and the talk starts from there.