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Today, the opening ceremony for the new Gibson Brands Showroom was held in Tokyo. Under the motto “Play. Record. Listen.”, the showroom showcases Gibson’s latest and greatest guitars as well as recording and listening equipment by TEAC and Onkyo respectively. During the opening ceremony, various personalities said a few words. Tak Matsumoto was not able to attend the opening ceremony and thus congratulated through a video message that was played at the ceremony.

Among all those guitars on display, you can even find a very rare Tak Matsumoto custom model: The TAK MATSUMOTO DC STANDARD GOLDTOP AGED which was limited to only 20 pieces in its pilot run. The guitar on display has been signed by Tak Matsumoto himself. The Gibson Showroom Tokyo opens to the public tomorrow, on July 2nd, 2014. It is located in Tokyo’s Chuo-ku and is very close to Tokyo station. You can see a map here.

TAK MATSUMOTO DC STANDARD GOLDTOP AGED on display. (left) Source: http://ameblo.jp/e-earphone/entry-11887203328.html

Source: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201407/01056386.html

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With the release of Tak Matsumoto’s new album 「New Horizon」just around the corner, the special campaign website just went live with detailed instructions on how to take part in the lottery for one out of 300 「New Horizon」 limited edition vinyl LPs. Each copy of 「New Horizon」ships with a card that contains a 16 digit code which you’ll have to input on the special campaign’s site along with your contact details. You will most likely need a Japanese address if you would like to participate in the lottery, which you can get through www.tenso.com.

The special campaign ends on June 15th, 2014 11:59PM Japan time. Here’s the link to the special campaign website: https://houseofstrings.jp/sp/

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The band has today announced that 15,900,000 Yen have been collected by selling charity bracelets during last year’s 25th anniversary tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-. The proceeds will be donated to SAVE THE CHILDREN JAPAN, an organization which helps children affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The band will continue to support children in need who have been affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Looks like this year it is time for some solo projects! Koshi Inaba will finally get his own official website, which will go live on February 26th at midnight. (Japan Time) The site will be gradually updated to feature new information on Koshi Inaba’s works. The first update will give us a glimpse of Koshi’s new album which is currently in production. One of his new songs from the upcoming new album will be made available online.

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Tomorrow, B’z will officially release their homevideo package of their 25th anniversary tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 ENDLESS SUMMER. Just like with every other release, the band has released a message for their fans commemorating the release.

That summer is still ongoing!!
Please get excited again while watching the video!
Koshi Inaba

B’z 25th year is completely collected in this release.
A must-see! A real “Pleasure”!
Tak