Rock Identity announced the last date of miyavi's Europe Circuit today. It will take place at the Astoria in London, England, on June 25th. Ticket sale starts on May 9th. Updated tour dates: 05.14 Anaheim, House of Blues (USA) 05.16 Los Angeles, Avalon (USA) 05.18 San Francisco, Slim's (USA) 05.21 Santiago (CL) 05.24 Sao Paolo (BR) 06.21 Cologne, Live Music Hall (GER)&...

Lead will hold their tour this year, starting in August. The tour has been scheduled for 5 days during the month of August, in 5 cities. 8/5 Sendai Seinen bunka Center 14:00/1500 8/5 Sendai Seinen bunka 17:30/18:30 8/10 Fukuoka Kokusaikaigi 14:00/15:00 8/10 Fukuoka Kokusaikaigi (17:30/18:30 8/12 Nagoya Aichiken Seinenkin Kaikan 17:30/18：30 8/14 Osaka Kokisaikouryuu Center 14：...

w-inds. has released their 2008 Live tour schedule. The tour will be a 2 month nation-wide tour, 15 cities total. 7/12 Pacifico Yokohama University Hall 7/13 Pacifico Yokohama University Hall 7/16 Matsudo (Chiba) Mori Hall 7/17 Matsudo (Chiba) Mori Hall 7/20 Utsunomiya (Tochigi) Cultural Center 7/22 Ishikawa Meeting Hall 7/23 Ishikawa Meeting Hall 7/24 Nagano Culture Center 7/30 Kawag...

FLAME has announced their 2008 Fan Club event. The event will be a 2-day event at the end of June and beginning of July. 6/28 Osaka BIG CAT 7/06 Akasaka BLITZ You must be a member of the fanclub to join these events....

R&B hip hop artist DOUBLE will release her 5th album entitled "The BEST COLLABORATIONS" on May 28, 2008. Her album consists of 18 songs as well as a DVD special Collaboration with Hip Pop Queen, Amuro Namie. Feature collaborations include both Japanese and American Hip Hop artists: American: De La Soul Ak'Sent Japanese: Ai ZEEBRA Amuro Namie m-flo S-word and more. ...

In addition to the concerts in Paris, France on July 5th and New York, USA on September 13th, X Japan will travel to Taiwan and perform a concert at the Taipei World Trade Center on August 2nd. ...

After UnsraW had to perform their concerts without vocalist Yuuki due to his severe illness, the band announced that they are going to pause activities after their shows in May, until Yuuki has fully recovered....

As announced on their official website, machine will perform at the JAPAN EXPO in Paris on July 4th. They're also planning a special fanclub only tour through the city....

The group surprisingly announced that they will suspend activities indefinitely. Band leader Shinichi Ubukata wrote the following explanation on the official website: "ELLEGARDEN has been in the process of creating a new album since last year, owever, during the band's activities, there arose a difference in opinion regarding the motivation for creating a new album. We no longer feel we are a...

Nippon Project is glad to announce that it will be the first of its kind to host a WEBTV on its website. This innovation seeks to promote more than the Japanese musical product, and has been possible with the continuous approval that Nippon Project is receiving throughout the world. NPChannel is a free-access television channel with music videos (promotional videos), artist messages and interv...

Suicide Ali's New Mini Album Uketsugareta Yubiwa On Sale May 15th April 29th, 2008 - Wasting no time in establishing themselves in the visual kei / industrial genres, Suicide Ali is set to release their second mini-album on May 15th. Entitled "Uketsugareta Yubiwa", the album will be internationally exclusively through the Tainted Reality Online Store and Suicide Ali lives in Japan. The mini...

In an effort to reach out further to his international fanbase, next music inc. (sic) and Tainted Reality have opened an official Myspace page for Kaya. The profile contains a preview of his new single, several new photos of Kaya, plus a clip for his first PV, "Chocolat". The page can be accessed at

http://www.myspace.com/kayaofficial. ...

The popular event returns to Europe, with the following dates already confirmed: 05.15 Le Vauban, Brest (FR) 05.16 La Loco, Paris (FR) 05.17 Centre des Arts D'Enghien-les-Bains, Paris (FR) 05.23 Ninkasi kao, Lyon (FR) 05.30 TBA, Madrid (ESP) 05.31 TBA, Berlin (GER) 06.06 Les Docks, Lausanne (CH) 06.07 TBA, Helsinki (FIN) Events in Zurich (CH), Amsterdam (NL) and Portgual have been me...

CLJ Records will release NOBLE, the new album by Versailles, in July. Furthermore, Matenrou Opera's GILIA will be available on May 14th. It will include eight songs, that means three tracks more than the Japanese version....

Musician Gackt will act in his first Hollywood film. The movie, titled "Bunraku," is an action film written and directed by Guy Moshe, starring Josh Hartnett and Demi Moore. The film is named after a type of traditional Japanese puppet theater, but the universe it is set in also draws inspiration from origami, video games, and other sources. Hartnett plays a drifter on a quest for revenge. Gack...