the GazettE - DIVISION Release Date Revealed + Tours

Some news from the GazettE!
Before, we had announced the release of their 6th studio album "DIVISION" in January. 4 months later, the band has revealed the album's official release date.

"DIVISION" will be released on August 29th, but nothing else is known about the album as of yet.

Before releasing the album, they will be holding a nationwide tour titled "STANDING LIVE TOUR12 -HERESY PRESENTS- HETERODOXY" in July. Afterward, the band will embark on another tour titled "LIVE TOUR12 -DIVISION- GROAN OF DIPLOSOMIA 01" in October. 

Tour Dates:

STANDING LIVE TOUR12-HERESY PRESENTS-HETERODOXY Schedule:

July 4th at Sendai Rensa
July 5th at Sendai Rensa
July 7th at Zepp Sapporo
July 11th at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST
July 12th at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST
July 17th at Akasaka BLITZ
July 18th at Akasaka BLITZ
July 24th at Zepp Namba (Osaka)
July 25th at Zepp Namba (Osaka)
July 27th at Zepp Fukuoka
July 30th at Zepp Nagoya
July 31st at Zepp Nagoya
August 8th at Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo)
August 9th at Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo)The GazettE's second tour for the year is titled


"LIVE TOUR12-DIVISION-GROAN OF DIPLOSOMIA 01"
This tour will begin in October and tickets go on sale on September 8th. See the schedule below.


 LIVE TOUR12-DIVISION-GROAN OF DIPLOSOMIA 01 Schedule:

October 8th at Yokosuka Art Theater
October 10th at Orix Theater (Formerly Osaka Pension Hall)
October 11th at Orix Theater (Formerly Osaka Pension Hall)
October 13th at Nara 100-Year Assembly Hall Great Hall
October 14th at Shiga Prefectural Theater, Lake Biwa Hall Great Hall
October 16th at Kobe Culture Hall, Great Hall
October 18th at Matsuyama Community Center, Camellia Hall
October 22nd at Kurashiki Art Hall
October 23rd at Hiroshima Aster Plaza Great Hall
November 1st at Kanagawa Culture Hall
November 2nd at Nagano Hokuto Culture Hall Middle Hall
November 6th at Omiya Sonic City Great Hall
November 7th at Omiya Sonic City Great Hall
November 9th at Tochigi Art and Culture Center
November 12th at Fuchuu Forest Art Theater (Dream Hall)
November 14th at Mie Prefecture Culture Hall Great Hall
November 17th at Fukuoka City Hall Great Hall
November 19th at Kumamoto Prefectural Theater Performance Hall
November 21st at Misato Culture Hall Great Hall
November 22nd at Ichikawa Culture Hall Great Hall
November 24th at Niigata Prefectural Assembly Hall
November 26th at Aomori Civic Hall
November 28th at NHK Hall (Tokyo)
November 29th at NHK Hall (Tokyo)

Source: Vkh

[Concert] The GazettE -Tour 11-12 VENOMOUS CELL Finale OMEGA (09.05.2012)

Tracklist

DISC 1
1. INFUSE INTO
2. VENOMOUS SPIDER'S WEB
3. SLUDGY CULT
4. VORTEX
5. THE SUICIDE CIRCUS
6. MY DEVIL ON THE BED
7. 13 STAIRS[－]1
8. RUTHLESS DEED
9. Chijou
10. UNTITLED
11. AGONY
12. CLEVER MONKEY
13. VERMIN
14. HEADACHE MAN
15. Filth in the beauty
16. PSYCHOPATH
17. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
18. OMEGA

DISC 2
1. Ride with the Rockers
2. REMEMBER THE URGE
3. Akai One Piece
4. COCKROACH
5. DISCHARGE
6. LINDA~candydive Pinky heaven~

DOWNLOAD (MPG)
DOWNLOAD (MP4)

L'Arc~en~Ciel - WORLD TOUR 2012 Live in Jakarta, Indonesia

Opening

Source: kurenai2602 @youtube

Ready Steady Go

My Heart Draws a Dream

Stay Away

Hitomi no Jyuunin

Driver's High

Anata

Seven Heaven

Source: upiel @Youtube

The Fourth Avenue Cafe

Source: pokcay via youtube

Honey

Source: Jimbo bon via Youtube

Chase & Good Luck My Way

Revelation

Link

Niji

Fate

Source: komtugeder @youtube

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas - Short Tour

Short tour takes place in three locations of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka from 5/19.
Pleased to announce the guest band!

5.19(SAT) Osaka BIG CAT

OPEN/START - 17:00/18:00

Price - 3,000 yen
GUEST - Nothing's Carved In Stone
INFO - Kyodo Information 06-7732-8888 

5.26(SAT) Nagoya BOTTOM LINE

OPEN/START - 17:00/18:00

Price - 3,000 yen
GUEST - Nothing's Carved In Stone
INFO - Kyodo Information 06-7732-8888

6.3(SUN) Tokyo SHIBUYA O-EAST

OPEN/START - 17:00/18:00

Price - 3,000 yen
GUEST - HER NAME IN BLOOD
INFO - Creative Man 03-3462-6969 

※ tickets sold out and is already with three performances. 

Please acknowledge it beforehand. 


Source: OHP

D - Upcoming live Tours

Though D is currently in the midst of their European tour, updates are still coming from the band, and already there have been a couple of tours and miscellaneous lives announced to follow once they return to Japan!

D South American Tour
May 17 (Thu) @ Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 19 (Sat) @ Sao Paulo, Brazil
May 21 (Mon) @ Santiago, Chile

D TOUR 2012 – One Man Tour

July 28 (Sat) @ Nagoya E.L.L
July 31 (Tue) @ HEAVEN’S ROCK Saitama Shintoshin VJ-3
August 1 (Wed) HEAVEN’S ROCK Saitama Shintoshin VJ-3
August 4 (Sat) @ Niigata GOLDENPIGS~RED STAGE~
August 5 (Sun) @ Kanazawa AZ
August 8 (Wed) @ Sapporo Sound Lab mole
August 11 (Sat) @ Sendai CLUB JUNK BOX
August 18 (Sat) @ Kyoto MUSE
August 19 (Sun) @ Umeda CLUB QUATTRO
August 21 (Tue) @ Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
August 23 (Thu) @ Hiroshima Namiki Junction
TOUR FINAL: August 26 (Sun) @ Shibuya AX

Other Lives

Like an Edison PRESENTS EDISIDE -AGAIN-Nagoya
May 28 (Mon) @ Nagoya E.L.L.

“OSAKA MUSE 25th Anniversary” Lucky Members!!
May 29 (Tue) @ Osaka MUSE

OSAKA MUSE 25th Anniversary One Man
May 30 (Wed) @ OSAKA MUSE

Like an Edison PRESENTS EDISIDE -AGAIN-Tokyo
June 4 (Mon) @ Akasaka BLITZ

Versailles Presents Tokyo Metropolis
June 24 (Sun) @ Ebisu LIQUIDROOM
[with Versailles, Moi Dix Mois]

Source: shattered-tranquility, OHP

ONE OK ROCK's "Start Walking the World Tour" 2012

J-rock band ONE OK ROCK will have an Asian tour this summer. The tour is aptly called "Start Walking The World Tour" where the four-member group will performed in key Asian cities .Moreover, they will be joined by some of the known J-rock groups like 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Mao Abe, Hello Sleepwalkers, and CROSSFAITH.

ONE OK ROCK "Start Walking the World Tour" details:
May 30 - [Tokyo] Studio Coast. Guest: 9mm Parabellum Bullet
May 31 - [Tokyo] Studio Coast. Guest: Mao Abe
June 4 - [Osaka] Namba Hatch. Guest: MowMow LULU Gyaban; Opening Act: Hello Sleepwalkers
June 5 - [Osaka] Namba Hatch. Guest: CROSSFAITH

June 9 - [Taipei] Legacy Taipei
June 16 - [Seoul] AX-Korea
June 30 - [Singapore] *SCAPE Singapore

Tickets for domestic performances will go on sale starting Apr 28th. For international performances, click the colored link in each country above.
For more info, click HERE.

Source: jpopasia

[LIVE] L’Arc~en~Ciel – Premium Night 2012

Tracklist 
1. CHASE -English version-
2. GOOD LUCK MY WAY
3. Caress of Venus
4. X X X -English version-
5. shade of season
6. DRINK IT DOWN
7. wild flower
8. ibara no namida
9. DAYBREAK’S BELL
10. NEXUS 4
11. SEVENTH HEAVEN
12. Driver’s High
13. REVELATION
14. Shout at the Devil
15. Mirai Sekai
16. Link
17. READY STEADY GO

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Calmando Qual - New Album & Tour

 

Great news for Calmando Qual fans! The band is releasing their third album this Summer!

BLACK SHEEP comes out on June 27th and costs 2,500 yen. It will be limited to 1000 copies. Fans who wish to get it before the release date will have to chance to pick up the album at their May 18th live at Ikebukuro CYBER.

To celebrate this release, the band will embark on a tour during May and June. The tour final will be a oneman live!

May 18th @ Ikebukuro CYBER
Calmando Qual / BLOOD / 【空ーくぅー】 (Kuu) / PLUNKLOCK / アネモネ (Anemone) / Antikythera / THE VELVET
Tickets: 2,800 yen

May 22nd @ Ikebukuro Chop
Calmando Qual / MUNIMUNI / dieS / 101A
Tickets: 2,400 yen

May 26th @ Shinsaibashi Club Alive!
Calmando Qual / THE SOUND BEE HD / 【空ーくぅー】 (Kuu) / BLOOD / Backlow
Tickets: 2,500 yen

May 27th @ Kobe Mersey Beat
Calmando Qual / THE SOUND BEE HD / 【空ーくぅー】 (Kuu) / BLOOD / セツナ神姫 (Setsuna Shinki) / CRONOS
Tickets: 2,500 yen

June 13th @ Ikebukuro CYBER
Calmando Qual / others…

June 15th @ Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
Calmando Qual / others…

June 16th @ Kumamoto DRUM Be-9 V1
Calmando Qual / others…

June 22nd Ikebukuro CYBER
Calmando Qual (oneman)

Source: OHP via Shattered-Tranquility

Nega - New Album "VANITAS" & 7th Anniversary ONEMAN TOUR 2012

NEGA will release their second full album, titled "VANITAS", on May 30th.The album will come in two types. The A type will contain a PV while the B type will contain a bonus track.

Tracklist

CD:

1. VANITAS VANITATUM

2. PURGATORY

3. FABLE IN THE COLD BED (Album ver.)

4. GOODBYE HUMAN

5. 糜爛故に

6. V-ROCK IS DEAD

7. 躊躇うことなく「　」を傷付けた指先は、戸惑うことなく穢れた「　」を飾る

8. 虚しき「生」の寓意≒「死」の真意

9. WILL

10. 2012

11. DELUGE (Album ver.)

12. HINDSIGHT

13. OMNIA VANITAS

14. REASONANCE (Bonus Track) [Type B only]

DVD:

虚しき「生」の寓意≒「死」の真意 (Munashiki 「Sei」 no Guui ≒ 「Shi」 no Shini) (PV) [Type A only]

Inside the album, there will be a special “draft paper”. Anyone who presents this “draft paper” at NEGA's special 7th anniversary oneman will receive two privileges:

- MMFP, a new song which was deemed “too extreme” for inclusion on the album.

+ 

- OMNIA VANITAS, a booklet of poetry and photography which gives insight into the world of VANITAS.

And finally, for those who purchase both types of the album from the UNDER CODE official web shop, they will receive a one-of-a-kind personalized comment DVD and a making of DVD of the PV from the A type.


Sources: M-H, weloveucp, OHP

2012 Overseas Tour Dates

Many overseas tours and concerts are already planned for 2012!
At the moment I've got 16 artists/bands on my list, but probably I've still forgotten many.

If you can still think of a band that is not on this list please comment this post and I will add it!
The reason I'm posting this is because we forgot to post so many 2012 tour dates in the past few months.

I'm now trying to sum it all up for you!
(Btw, D tour dates for Europe are up since today. I added them as well!)

Dates for Tours/Concerts:

1. -OZ- 

01.06.2012 A-kon @Dallas, Texas

2. amber gris 
February 4th/5th PARIS MANGA @Paris, France

3. AYABIE
01.06.2012 A-kon @Dallas, Texas

4. BLOOD - European Tour

EURO TOUR 31.3. – 15.04.
(Dates to follow soon!)

5. BLOOD STAIN CHILD

February 10th - February 12th, Naka-Kon @Overland-Park, Kansas

+ European Spring Tour 2012?

6. D - European Tour

Saturday, April 21 Wien, Austria
Sunday, April 22 Munich, Germany
Tuesday, April 24 Milano, Italy
Friday, April 27 Marseille, France
Saturday, April 28 Toulouse, France
Sunday, April 29 Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday, May 01 Paris, France
Wednesday, May 02 Amsterdam, Holland
Friday, May 04 Cologne, Germany
Saturday, May 05 Bruxelles, Belgium
Sunday, May 06 Hamburg, Germany
Tuesday, May 08 Helsinki, Finland
Wednesday, May 09 Moscow, Russia

7. exist†trace - America East Cost Tour

March 18, 2012 (SUN) @Hiro Ballroom, New York
March 20, 2012 (TUE) @Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia
March 24, 2012 (SAT) @Tekkoshocon, Pittsburgh

8. HITT

12.04.2012: Warsaw/Poland @ Progresja

9. L'arc en ciel - World Tour

March 3rd Hong Kong @Asia World-EXPO ARENA
March 7th Bangkok, Thailand @IMPACT ARENA
March 10th Shanghai, China @MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA
March 17th Taipei, Taiwan @TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall
March25th New York, USA @Madison Square Garden
April 11th London, UK @indigO2
April 14th Paris, France @Le Zenith de Paris

10. LM.C - World Tour

5.11 Moscow, Russia
5.13 Helsinki, Finland
5.15 Berlin, Germany
5.16 Warsaw, Poland
5.17 Budapest, Hungary
5.19 Munich, Germany
5.20 Lyon, France
5.21 Paris, France
5.23 London, U.K
5.24 Bochum, Germany

(Rest to be announced soon!)

11. Megaromania - European Tour

2012.3.16(FRI) Paris (France) - Glazart
2012.3.17(SAT) Bochum (Germany) - Zeche
2012.3.18(SUN) Leipzig (Germany) - Moritzbastei
2012.3.19(MON) Utrecht (NL) - Tivoli de helling
(More dates to follow!)

12. PLUNKLOCK - European Tour

24.02.2012 : Moscow / Russia
25.02.2012 : Falun / Sweden @ Arenan
26.02.2012 : Vienna/ Austria @ Reigen
29.02.2012 : Warsaw/ Poland @ Progresja
1.03.2012 : Prague/ Czech Republic @ Matrix
2.03.2012 : Munchen/ Germany @ Garage Deluxe
3.03.2012 : Cologne/ Germany @ MTC
4.03.2012 : Amsterdam/ Netherlands @ Winston
7.03.2012 : Helsinki / Finland @ Gloria
8.03.2012 : Berlin / Germany @ K17
9.03.2012 : Budapest / Hungary @ Crazy Mamma
10.03.2012 : Bucharest / Romania @ TBA
11.03.2012 : Paris / France @ Glazart

13. Satsuki x Kaya - European Tour

2.19 Moscow Russia @ Milk
2.21 London UK @ Underworld
2.24 Cologne Germany@ mtc
2.25 Paris France @ divan du monde
2.26 Marseille France @ pag
2.28 Milan Italy @ Legend54
2.29 Munich Germany @ Feierwerk
3.02 Poznan Poland @ Blue Note
3.03 Hamburg Germany @ headcrash

Planned Tours/Concerts (No dates yet):

1. SCREW - European Tour

2. Lin - Summer European Tour (?)

3. A (ACE) - European Tour May 2012