In other words, all the people who bought the CD+DVD version of B'z past two singles, will have nothing but the music video of C'mon as an extra. Who came up with such a crappy idea?
Limited as well as regular editions will include a card with which you can enter a lottery to win tickets for a special B'z live in September. (see below)

B'z new song C'mon, which is also the title of the new album, will be the new PEPSI NEX commercial song starting from July. B'z will likely also be featured in the commercial. In addition to that, PEPSI NEX' summer campaign gives you the chance to win 2 tickets for a special B'z performance called "PEPSI NEX presents B'z 1DAY LIVE" at Shibuya AX on September 28th.

On to other news: the support members for the North American, as well as the Japanese tour have been announced! Also, the Japanese tour is called B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -C'mon-.

Keyboards: Takanobu Masuda
Drums: Shane Gaalaas
Bass: Barry Sparks
Support Guitar: Yoshinobu Ohga

B'z - 「C'mon」

01. C’mon
02. Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo
03. Hito Shizuku no Anata
04. Homebound
05. Don’t Wanna Lie
06. DAREKA
07. Boss
08. Too Young
09. Pilgrim
10. The Meister
11. Dead End
12. Mei Mei
13. ultra soul 2011

Price(limited edition w/ DVD): 3780 Yen
Price(regular edition): 3059 Yen

Release date: 2011.07.27

Pre-order your copy now! (Thanks to Lebon14!)

Normal Edition: [YesAsia (Global)] [YesAsia (US)] [CDJapan.co.jp] [Amazon.co.jp] [HMV.co.jp]

Limited Edition: [YesAsia (Global)] [YesAsia (US)] [CDJapan.co.jp] [Amazon.co.jp] [HMV.co.jp]

Update: The blog posting has been removed to prevent leaking of information, apparently. (hahahahaha)

(Translated from Japanese)

Good evening.
Today, I participated in the recording for Koshi Inaba's new solo album ♪
This time I was playing the first violin, too, and the songs from Koshi's new album are really great!!
The songs I got to hear were all wonderful☆

[...]

Source: Kozue Hayashi Official Blog (Post has been deleted)

For those who are wondering why she said "too", she was also involved in the recording of B'z latest album "MAGIC". Namely "MY LONELY TOWN" and "TINY DROPS".

Limited Edition Price: 3780 Yen (tax incl.)
Regular Edition Price: 2940 Yen (tax incl.)

Tracklisting:

01. Introduction
02. DIVE
03. Time Flies
04. MY LONELY TOWN
05. long time no see
06. Ichibu to Zenbu
07. PRAY
08. MAGIC
09. Mayday!
10. TINY DROPS
11. Dare ni mo ienee
12. Yume no Naka de Aimashou
13. Freedom Train

B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't no magic"

Schedule

January 14, 2010 -- Aomori Civic Cultural Hall
January 15, 2010 -- Odate Shimin Bunkakaikan
January 17, 2010 -- Sendai Sunplaza Hall
January 19, 2010 -- Fukushima-ken Bunka Center
January 22, 2010 -- Asahikawa Shimin Bunkakaikan
January 24, 2010 -- Hokkaido Kousei Nenkin Kaikan
January 26, 2010 -- Hakodate Shimin Kaikan

February 12th, 2010 -- Fukuoka Yahoo Japan! Dome
February 13th, 2010 -- Fukuoka Yahoo Japan! Dome
February 17th, 2010 -- Nagoya Dome
February 19th, 2010 -- Nagoya Dome
February 20th, 2010 -- Nagoya Dome
February 24th, 2010 -- Kyocera Dome Osaka
February 26th, 2010 -- Kyocera Dome Osaka
February 27th, 2010 -- Kyocera Dome Osaka
March 3rd, 2010 -- Tokyo Dome
March 4th, 2010 -- Tokyo Dome
March 6th, 2010 -- Tokyo Dome
March 7th, 2010 -- Tokyo Dome

There have been some rumors about B'z lately. With "PRAY" officially announced(also available for download as ringtone as of 8/24) as a theme song for a movie, and a new song(the title is "My Lonely Town", by the way) that has been played at SHOWCASE 2009 and Summer Sonic 2009, fans speculate whether a new album is going to be released in the near future, or not. I'm guessing B'z still has got a few songs up their sleeves they can produce an album with.

The other day, I got some inside info from a friend, who read an interesting post by a B'z fan somewhere on the internet. That fan claimed he was eavesdropping on the SHOWCASE 2009 staff, and apparently heard that the new album is scheduled for November. The LIVE-GYM is to follow early 2010.

I, myself, have been speculating about an album release due end of the year, so this could only confirm my prediction. It would really make sense, since they didn't announce another single with PRAY(which was the case with "Eien no Tsubasa", though). On the other hand, the release window could've been too tight to release another single shortly after "Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE" was released, since we're talking about September. As a single has not been announced, it is highly likely, that the song will hit the movie's official soundtrack CD.

This is still all rumors and speculation, but what is your take on it?  What do you think?

Before I reveal the tracklisting to you, though, I got news for our fellow europeans: Stevie Salas is coming back to Europe in September to rock the stage! Furthermore, his album "Be What It Is" is going to be released in Europe at the end of June. People from Germany can already pre-order it here at Amazon Germany. The release date seems to be June 26.

Now, on to the good stuff! Here's the tracklisting:

"SET IT ON BLAST"
Release: July 15, 2009

01. GET YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR
02. NISHI GIRL
03. BLOCK ROCKIN (FEATURING TAK MATSUMOTO)
04. OMG
05. FORGIVE AND REMEMBER
06. THE UPRISE (FEATURING GANDHI)
07. WARMTH OF THE SUN
08. ROCK THE HOUSE
09. I'M NOT LOOKING BACK
10. OLDER THAN AMERICA
11. TWO SOULS WAR'N IN A BAG OF SKIN (LIVE FROM ARBOR LIVE CANADA)

Price: 2500 Yen
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I was recording my brand new cd called 'set it on blast' right up to 1 hour before I got on the plane to europe to start this tour... Talk about tight!!! This cd is well funky with brian tichy, matt sorum, tm stevens, steve faronne, joey heredia, dorian heartsong, jara slapbak, bernard fowler, dan rothchild, gandhi, tak matsamoto from the bz japan and a few other cool friends.

This is not unusual as Koshi Inaba has been recording some songs with Stevie Salas in the past, too. For example the English version of "Shoumen Shototsu" called "Head on Collision" which is featured on Stevie Salas' album "Be What It Is"(Amazon.com). Furthermore, Koshi Inaba is featured in Stevie Salas' essential collection called "the sun and the earth"(Amazon.com). There, he plays the harp on the song "Pumpin' It Up".

There has been no word on an overseas release date, but the album will be released in Japan on July 15th, 2009.

If you wanna grab a copy, you can pre-order it here:

CDJapan.co.jp
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