"YOSHIKI CLASSICAL WORLD TOUR " Announcement and Dates

Yoshiki known as the drummer and leader of Japan's monster band X-Japan announces "YOSHIKI CLASSICAL WORLD TOUR" Part 1 in support of his recently released album "Yoshiki Classical". Yoshiki performed at the Grammy museum two nights ago in Los Angeles, California and the event was streamed on NicoNico where the announcement was made for the upcoming tour.

The tour dates are as follows and you can purchase tickets through the website here:

April 25, 2014 COSTA MESA / CA Segerstrom

April 28, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO / CA Davies Hall

May 1, 2014 MEXICO CITY / MEXICO Blackberry Auditorium

May 10, 2014 TORONTO / CANADA Queen Elizabeth Theater

May 21, 2014 MOSCOW / RUSSIA Crocus city Hall

May 23, 2014 BERLIN / GERMANY Tempodrom

May 26, 2014 PARIS / FRANCE Trianon

May 29, 2014 LONDON / UK Royal Festival Hall

June 6, 2014 BEIJING / CHINA Beijing Exhibition Center

June 8, 2014 SHANGHAI / CHINA Oriental Arts

"Yoshiki Classical" sees collaborations between Yoshiki and legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Symphony and the Quartet San Francisco. The end result is a beautiful symphonic collection driven by soaring strings, smart piano pieces and the melodic style of Yoshiki's earlier work. Bringing this magnitude of work to the world stage should be a very entertaining event.

Most of you know Yoshiki as one of the biggest influences in the 'Visual Kei Movement' with X-Japan who is a rock band legend but, he is also a genius composer who has created some amazing works including the Golden Globe Theme in the U.S. Now if we could get him to release Violet UK, all would be perfect in the Jrock world!!

So who is going to grab a ticket? Make sure you let us know all about it!

X JAPAN & YOSHIKI take No.1 on “Niconico live music broadcast award 2013”

 Niconico live broadcast aired over 1000 music programs featured countless artists in 2013. Out of all of these programs, “X JAPAN x Nico Live SP~24hour KOGEKI ZOKKOCHU~ YOSHIKI GA Nicofare NI KORIN!!!” took the No.1 ranking spot for live broadcasts in 2013.

“Guest count”, “comment count”, and “time slots” were used to calculate the ranking of broadcasts from January 1, 2013 to November 26. “X JAPAN x Nico Live SP~24hour KOGEKI ZOKKOCHU~ YOSHIKI GA Nicofare NI KORIN!!!” was broadcast from September 27 to 28 and became big news. “YOSHIKI CLASSICAL”, YOSHIKI’s first solo album in eight years, and X JAPAN’s first Blu-ray were released on September 25. Two days later, on the 27th, YOSHIKI appeared at Niconico headquarters for a live broadcast. During the show, YOSHIKI revealed the contents of his shopping bag and even ate a disgusting looking blue curry on air.

On the next day, the 28th, the members of X JAPAN gathered at Nicofare and entered as YOSHIKI sprayed white smoke with a CO2 canister. There were so many call-ins that the phone lines shut down, a first for the show. That night, YOSHIKI suddenly appeared at Shibuya Center-gai for a live broadcast. He walked around Center-gai amidst all the noise, prompting viewers to wonder if it the footage was real.

YOSHIKI, who has never appeared on live broadcasts other than this one, said he really liked the Nicofare experience.

Starting on December 15, “X JAPAN x Nico Live SP~24hour KOGEKI ZOKKOCHU~ YOSHIKI GA Nicofare NI KORIN!!!” will be rebroadcast as “X JAPAN WEEK DAY 1~7”.

“In 2014, I will go on a solo world tour, and I think X JAPAN will announce… I love NicoDO so much, I want to buy it!” – YOSHIKI

■Live broadcast information

X JAPAN WEEK DAY1~7

December 15 (Sunday) ~ December 21 (Saturday)

ch.nicovideo.jp/xjapanweek

“X JAPAN WEEK” will broadcast X JAPAN’s legendary concert for seven days straight. The miraculous ”X JAPAN Nicofare NI SHUKETSU!” and “YOSHIKI Shibuya Center-gai KORIN!!””, which was on the verge of panic, will be rebroadcast.

[DVDRip] X JAPAN - Blue Blood Tour 爆発寸前GIG (2001.09.05/MKV/992.14MB)

1989年に発売されたVHS版のDVD化であり、渋谷公会堂で行われたライブの模様を収録している。曲は「BLUE BLOOD」「SADISTIC DESIRE」「EASY FLIGHT RAMBLING」「WEEK END」「STEB ME IN THE BACK」「オルガズム」「20th CENTURY BOY」他、全12曲。

曲目リスト

1. Prologue World Anthem

2. Blue Blood

3. Sadistic Desire

4. Easy Fight Rambling

5. Week End

6. Stab Me In The Back

7. Piano solo

8. Drum solo

9. Guitar solo

10. 紅

11. オルガズム

12. I'll Kill You

13. 20th Century Boy

14. X

15. Unfinished

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X JAPAN & hide violin cover 【Take Live Digest】

X JAPAN Holds Special, 24-Hour Program On Niconico Live: YOSHIKI Makes Live Appearance

 Beginning 11PM on September 27, X JAPAN’S special program, “X JAPAN × Nico Nama SP ~24 Jikan Kougeki Zokkou Chu~ YOSHIKI Nama Shutsuen mo Kettei!!”, will be broadcasted live for 24 hours on “Niconico Live: Q”.

Just as the title suggests, YOSHIKI will be making a live appearance, which will surely make of an incredible show. This will certainly be an unforgettable day for fans with X JAPAN also making their first live appearance on “MUSIC STATION” in 16 years. 

Within the special program, all six of their new live video releases (released on September 25) will be broadcasted along with music videos and songs from their singles and albums. Questions to be answered by YOSHIKI during his live appearance is being collected on YOSHIKI’S official Facebook and Twitter, so don’t forget to participate. Guidelines for submitting questions will be announced in the near future. The answer to the key question of what time YOSHIKI will be appearing will be revealed on YOSHIKI’S official Facebook and Twitter. 

At the end of the program, messages from viewers collected during the airtime will be featured during the end roll. 

Niconico Live Broadcast Program Information “X JAPAN × Nico Nama SP ~24 Jikan Kougeki Zokkou Chu~ YOSHIKI Nama Shutsuen mo Kettei!!” 

September 27, 2013, 11PM~ 

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch 

X JAPAN - LIVE 9.25 on Blu-ray

X JAPAN : Six Blu-ray release

X JAPAN 6 Blu-ray as below will be released at 2013/09/25 (6,300yen each), and "X JAPAN Blu-ray BOX" (including 6 Blu-ray) will be released at the same date (42,000yen).

 

"X JAPAN RETURNS 1993.12.30 完全版"

"X JAPAN RETURNS 1993.12.31 完全版"

"X JAPAN 青い夜(aoi yoru) 完全版"

"X JAPAN 白い夜(shiroi yoru) 完全版"

"X JAPAN DAHLIA TOUR FINAL 完全版"

"X JAPAN THE LAST LIVE 完全版"

X Japan - Forever Love from The Last Live

X Japan : Born To Be Free \ Yoshiki on ABC World News

X-Japan Announces South East Asia And Latin America Tour Including a New Album in English

X-JAPAN has announced at a press conference in Tokyo at Madame Tussauds, on May 20th, a new tour starting with five dates in September in Latin America.[dates and cities not yet confirmed]

Their south-east Asian tour will begin on October 28th in Seoul and will include shows in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei, the final show on November 8th, 2013 in Bangkok.

X-JAPAN has been in the studio currently working on ther first album to be released outside of Japan with English lyrics. The album includes popular "X " songs from throughout their career re-recorded in English, as well as songs written for the album, including the recently released single JADE.

X JAPAN World Tour Volume I

hide 20th Anniversary NicoNico Live Broadcast

This year being the 20th Anniversary of hide's solo career, NicoNico will broadcast around the world "hide Memorial Day Special 2013". The program subject and title is "hide 24-hour Nico Live 20th Anniversary Solo Career Special" on May 2nd, 2013. 

Also hide fans can take part in the "We Love hide 2013" contest by submitting self-created videos and illustrations of hide to the "We Love hide"channel. The contest is now open and the deadline for submissions is April 28th. Winners will be announced during the the program on May 2nd. You must register to watch and it is free to do so. It is best to register ahead of time so you don't miss any of the program. Register here.

*NOTE-X-Japan video's will not be included.

Viewing times for the broadcast are as follows:

May 2nd - 07:00 Los Angeles　

May 2nd - 10:00 New York　 

May 2nd - 11:00 Sao Paulo

May 2nd - 15:00 London　

May 2nd - 16:00 Paris　

May 2nd - 18:00 Moscow

May 2nd - 23:00 Tokyo

ToshI (X JAPAN) to Release New Records Worldwide!

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It has just been revealed that X JAPAN's TOSHI will release new materials for his solo work! As announced earlier about ToshI's "Worldwide Project", now his official website has been updated with upcoming releases...yes, we mean RELEASES for THIS MONTH! 

New full album titled "CHERRY BLOSSOM" and new single "Love Is Maria" will be released at the same time globally on March 27th. While both will be released via digital stores such as iTunes, Amazon, etc in 111 countries, pre-orders for CDs will be opened on the same day at official website before to be released actually on April 16th. The album will contain 8 songs including the title track "CHERRY BLOSSOM", and the single will have 2 songs in total with the track "Love Is Maria" and its karaoke version. 

Two spots for songs "CHERRY BLOSSOM" and "Love Is Maria" are now available as well at official YouTube Channel, so please check it out.

 

ToshI FULL ALBUM "CHERRY BLOSSOM" 

Digital Release Date: 2013/03/27

CD Release Date: 2013/04/16

Price: 2,400 Yen

ToshI New Single "Love Is Maria"

Digital Release Date: 2013/03/27

CD Release Date: 2013/04/16

Price: 1,100 Yen

LUNA SEA and X JAPAN member SUGIZO fractures his ankle

LUNA SEA and X JAPAN’s guitarist SUGIZO revealed through his official Twitter that he has fractured his ankle.

On the night of September 13th, SUGIZO tweeted, “It’s the day before my live and I really sprained my ankle!!“, and visited the hospital right after his rehearsals. Then before dawn on the 14th, SUGIZO followed up with a tweet saying, “I’m sorry everyone. My tour starts tomorrow, but my ankle, it was fractured… (T_T) that explains why it was so painful…

SUGIZO held a fan club event on the 14th, and will be kicking off his tour in Osaka on the 16th. He will also hold ‘SUGIZO GIG 2012 ASCENSION to The CONSCIENTIA‘ at Akasaka BLITZ on the 17th.

In response to fans’ concerned replies, SUGIZO commented, “I will hold my lives, without a doubt. I will give it my all during my tour… But my movements may be a little slower than usual (/ _ ; ) I’m sorry…”

Around noon on the 14th, SUGIZO tweeted, “I’m taking painkillers so I’m doing okay right now. There’s a fan club gig today. I’m in this kind of condition, but the time I get to spend with everybody is priceless. I’m looking forward to it…”

Source: Oricon via Yahoo! Japan

Bid for a dinner with YOSHIKI!!

Only some time ago YOSHIKI's fans were pretty shocked about the news of him being hospitalized due to his bad health condition but it seems like he is feelign well again recently.

He was invited by the Japanese ambassador in D.C. and joined him for dinner, as he wrote via Twitter.

Also right now an auction is taking place - people can bid for a 90 minute Dinner with YOSHIKI himself taking place in Tokyo or LA. It seems like a lot of well-known people are also taking part in the auction to have dinner with the musician! 

You can check it out here!


The received money will be used for charity work and therefore, so we hope for ambitious bidding for this once in a life-time experience! 

Also all fans should keep an eye on the musician as he tweeted recently, that he has a lot of things in mind for next year - for example writing the Hello Kitty Theme song! Please look forward to that!

[Single] X JAPAN - Jade [2011.06.28]

The Official X Japan Website

Tracklist

1. Jade

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