Billboard Japan Music Awards 2011
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The annual Billboard Japan Music Awards take place on March 3rd, 2012. B’z has been nominated in the categories “Top Pop Artist 2011” and “Animation Artist of the Year 2011” for providing a song to the Detective Conan series with their 49th single “Don’t Wanna Lie”.
Last year, Koshi Inaba was nominated for “Top Pop Arist 2010” but unfortunately didn’t get an award for his solo work. Also, it has already been one year since Tak Matsumoto won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album! I remember it like it was yesterday. Such a great moment.
“GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” Interview Subtitled
News As promised, here is the subtitled version of the interview. Enjoy!
NEW SINGLE “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” 4/4 OUT!!
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GO FOR IT, BABY!
That’s the motto for B’z 50th single! It will come out on April 4th, 2012! This year, B’z will also be involved in Pepsi commercials. “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” will be the title song for the new Pepsi Nex ad campaign. The first commercial with the title “Tshirts live” will go on air February 28th.
The limited edition of the single will feature the “GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” music video as well as three performances from the PEPSI NEX presents B’z 1 DAY LIVE at Shibuya AX:
- Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo
- Ichibu to Zenbu
- Liar! Liar!
“GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-” will be available for download as “Chaku-Uta”(Ringtone) as of February 24th, 9:00 AM.
The commercial as well as making of and interview can be seen on B’z Official YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Bz
We will post a translation of the interview later this day! Stay tuned!
Special campaign: Send in your postcards that came with the single to win one of 2000 B’z x PEPSI NEX special t-shirts! You’ll have to send it in by April 30th.
B’z – GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku-
1. GO FOR IT, BABY -Kioku no Sanmyaku- (PEPSI NEX commercial theme song)
English: GO FOR IT, BABY -Mountains of Memories-
2. Honoka naru Hi (仄かなる火)
English: Vague Fire
3. Ryuusei Mask (流星マスク)
English: Shooting Star Mask
Price(limited edition w/ DVD): 1,785 yen
Price(regular edition): 1,260 yen
Release date: 2012.04.04
“Vermillion Studio” Website Closing Down By March 15th
News I didn’t deem this news worthy, but apparently some people get it wrong. Therefore, this post is to clear up all the misinterpretations.
What you’ve probably seen is this:
This notice is about Vermillion Studio closing down by March 15. It’s an online store where you can buy (expensive) Vermillion merchandise such as parkers and necklaces. This does not mean that Vermillion Records is shutting down! Why the hell would they do that anyway?
Oh… and if you’re thinking about buying a thing or two there, please note that all items are on sale since they’re trying to clear out their shelves!
So yeah… just a few more days and we should get some real B’z news 😉
So long!
Tobias
“Into Free -Dangan-” Theme Song for Dragon’s Dogma
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Just as expected, B’z has gone official with some exciting news. Their hit song “Samayoeru Aoi Dangan” is going to be re-released in a re-recorded, English version as Into Free -Dangan- which will be the theme song for Capcom’s upcoming game Dragon’s Dogma. The game is slated for a May 24th, 2012 worldwide release.
Interestingly enough, Shane Gaalaas helped out on the lyrics! He’s credited in the lyrics section.
Lyrics: Shane Gaalaas, Koshi Inaba
Music: Tak Matsumoto
Following the news, a trailer featuring the song has been uploaded to B’z official YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHuxBr0FS_E.
For those who can’t see it because of stupid rights regulations, you can also check out the trailer on Capcom’s official website: http://www.capcom.co.jp/DD/collabo04.html
Further news regarding the release date of the song are yet to be announced. Get hype and wait a bit!
B’z Shooting Pepsi NEX Commercial in Sydney
News Hello folks, long time no see!
There haven’t been a lot of news concerning B’z lately. They wrapped up their C’mon tour around christmas and then went on break. But for how long? Apparently not for too long as we got word from Sydney that B’z is currently shooting a new Pepsi NEX TV commercial. The first shot that was tweeted by user @greenapple21 which showed a bunch of people on top of a parking garage. She claimed it was B’z shooting a new promo video. However, the picture was taken too far away to confirm.