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B'z has kicked off their seven stop tour LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- last night at the Warfield in San Francisco. During the show, they premiered songs found on their first English album「B'z」. In addition to that, the band performed a lot of classics from their catalog. One could say, that the set list has a certain PLEASURE Tour touch to it.
The audience was mainly comprised of Asian fans. If you're looking to catch one of Tak's guitar picks, we suggest you queue up early enough to get a spot close to the stage. Japanese fans tend to be at the venue very early. Also, if you're looking to buy merchandise, prepare to pay in cash just in case. Merchandise at the Warfield was cash-only.
Their next stop of the tour is tomorrow, September 19, at the Showbox SODO in Seattle. Followed by shows on September 20 in Vancouver, September 26 in Toronto, September 28 in Silver Spring, September 30 in New York with a final show on October 6 in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre.
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Tickets for all venues are on sale NOW! Below, we have direct links to access the venue of your choice—click on the location of your interest to see further information!
09.17
San Francisco, California — The Warfield
09.19
Seattle, Washington — The Showbox SODO
09.20
Vancouver, British Columbia — Orpheum Theater
09.26
Toronto, Ontario — Sound Academy
09.28
Silver Spring, Maryland — The Fillmore
09.30
New York, New York — Best Buy Theater
10.07
Los Angeles, California — Gibson Amphitheatre
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The ticket sale dates and prices for all venues have been announced, along with direct links to access them for when the time comes! Click on the venue of your interest to see further information!
09.17
San Francisco, California — The Warfield
09.19
Seattle, Washington — The Showbox SODO
09.20
Vancouver, British Columbia — Orpheum Theater
09.26
Toronto, Ontario — Sound Academy
09.28
Silver Spring, Maryland — The Fillmore
09.30
New York, New York — Best Buy Theater
10.07
Los Angeles, California — Gibson Amphitheatre

The first show of the LIVE-GYM 2011 C'mon Dome Tour has just wrapped up, and we have the set list right here for you. There have been a few changes, but nothing too major. I liked the fact that they threw in a few more rarely played songs. Changes made to the set list are marked as bold.
Check out the set list after the break!

B'z sales have been steady and strong, and even after almost 23 years, they still maintain a strong position in the charts. With the release of their new album "C'mon", which debuted at number 1 in the Oricon Weekly Chart with 272,397 copies sold, they've broken the 80 million barrier in terms of total sales. Their total sales now amount to about 80,600,000 albums and singles sold - a first in Japanese history. They are at the top in Japan, with Mr. Children (54.9 million) in second place and Ayumi Hamasaki (49.5 million) in third place.
Will B'z ever stop producing music? No. Read on for the full article.
Hello folks.
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to update OFF THE LOCK for a few days as I was sick and luckily recovered just in time to go to Berlin and see X JAPAN live on stage. It was pretty good ![]()
Before the concert, they distributed a survey and among the questions, there was one "What was the first band you listened to that got you into J-Rock?" and I replied with "B'z".
Let's hope that B'z makes it to Europe one day as well...
On to the news!
There have been quite a lot of good news the past days.
UStream Account indicates LA Performance will be streamed
An Account called PEPSINEX_LIVE has been spotted on UStream and it looks like they're testing the equipment for streaming the show right now. On the channel page it says " PEPSINEX_LIVE started broadcasting: B'z LIVE in L.A.(300Mbps) 1 days ago". And since the account is called Pepsi NEX... they might also stream the PEPSI NEX special performance on September 28th. Who knows? We expect official news in the next days. Stay tuned!
Source: http://www.ustream.tv/user/PEPSINEX_LIVE (Account was deleted I think, so I took screenshots)
B'z participating in Linkin Park secret concert in LA on August 31st
Linkin Park is inviting B'z to perform with them at their special secret concert. All you have to do is create a page at http://www.give2gether.com/projects/music-for-relief/, raise $500 for Japan with your page and get 2 tickets to the secret concert on August 31st!
C'mon full version is on air
The full version of C'mon is now broadcasted by radio stations across Japan. C'mon proves to be a good song, but it's far from hard-rock as you'd imagine. It's a song for a commercial after all. It does convince me with its bright melody and brilliant guitar solo (Tak
). Look forward to listening to it!!
B'z performing at TV Asahi's Dream Festival
It was announced that B'z would be performing at the TV Asahi Dream Festival in Nippon Budokan on September 25th. A ticket costs 9,000 Yen and B'z will be performing at 3 PM. I couldn't find any information on whether it's on television or not, but I suppose it will be.
B'z guest in a radio show on J-WAVE
On July 18th, J-WAVE is hosting a special radio program called "J-WAVE HOLIDAY SPECIAL PEPSI NEX presents GO NEXT! GO SUMMER!". B'z will be there as a guest on the show. It will be broadcasted from 9AM to 5:55PM. I'll try to get you guys the B'z bit of the show
From the morning paper in Japan:

The title of the tour has yet to be determined. As the tour begins in September, we can deduce that the new album will be out in July/August. However, August is more likely as B'z second single, Don't Wanna Lie, is going to be released on June 1st.
Hall Tour
9/23 Sundome Fukui
9/24 Sundome Fukui
10/1 Marine Messe Fukuoka
10/2 Marine Messe Fukuoka
10/9 Kobe World Kinen Hall
10/10 Kobe World Kinen Hall
10/16 Toki Messe, Niigata Convention Center
10/22 Hiroshima Green Arena
10/23 Hiroshima Green Arena
10/27 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center - Kitayell
10/29 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center - Kitayell
10/30 Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center - Kitayell
11/3 Saitama Super Arena
11/5 Saitama Super Arena
11/6 Saitama Super Arena
Dome Tour
12/4 Fukuoka Yahoo JAPAN Dome
12/10 Nagoya Dome
12/11 Nagoya Dome
12/15 Kyocera Dome Osaka
12/17 Kyocera Dome Osaka
12/18 Kyocera Dome Osaka
12/22 Tokyo Dome
12/24 Tokyo Dome
12/25 Tokyo Dome
The tour logo has been posted on B'z Official Website today:

I hope you all like it as much as I do. I think it's very original. Furthermore, support members have been announced along with revealing the logo:
Masuda Takanobu -- Keyboards
Barry Sparks -- Bass
Shane Gaalaas -- Drums
Ohta Shinichiro and Akihito Tokunaga are not on the dream team this time.
Today, the official goods for the B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- tour have been announced!
As, unfortunately, I'm not able to go to Japan to see the concert(will explain why later), I've already told my friends what to get for me.
Anyway, if you just want to have a look at them, or know what they are, I translated them all for you.
If you happen to not be a B'z PARTY member, you likely already know you can't buy ''ACTION'' tickets before fanclub members. If you wish to attend an ACTION concert — namely the one detailed below — you can read more below.
As of this writing, there are still ''ACTION'' tickets available for the concerts in the "Nagano Big Hat" venue on May 4th and May 5th.
Note: I do not believe you can buy tickets from outside Japan, so you'll likely need to arrange something with a friend overseas.
B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION"
Nagano Big Hat
May 4th/May 5th, 2008
18:00 Start (May 4th)
17:00 Start (May 5th)
Ticket Price: 8000 Yen (~$80 / ~50€)
Tickets available at:
Lawson Ticket (May 4th Tickets No Longer Available) (L-Code: 74807)
Pia (Both dates still available) (P-Code: 288-513)
E-Plus (May 4th Tickets No Longer Available)