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YouTube user kamedayori has just amazed us here at OFF THE LOCK. A friend passed along this video of BURN being played on piano so well that we just felt we had to post it. Enjoy and congratulations to whoever is playing this: They’re exceptionally good!

Again, great job!

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With the B’z LIVE-GYM 2008 “ACTION” arena tour ready to kick off on April 19th, the official B’z LIVE-GYM page has added new goods for fans to enjoy.

Namely they added:

Work Cap
Towel Muffler
Tank Top

If you want to check out all goods, click here.

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Today is the day we have all been waiting for!

BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN BURN

A lot of people are already jamming out to the latest release by B’z: BURN -Fumetsu no Face- (BURN ーフメツノフェイスー). It’s their first single of 2008 and their 45th single to date. Keep up the good work, B’z! Will B’z be able to make BURN their 41st consecutive No.1 single? We’ll keep you posted on the state of sales and its rankings on the Oricon charts!

If you’re still undecided and don’t know whether you should buy BURN or not, Jd is already writing up his review for you to enjoy. Stay tuned for that.

Lastly, with BURN being released, the official B’z website has been updated to feature a BURN wallpaper on their special page. Click here to check it out.

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The official B’z website has been updated today to include the latest messages from Tak and Koshi concerning their latest release, BURN -Fumetsu no Face-, which is due tomorrow. We translated the messages for you -OFF THE LOCK Style- (going back with that one).

Read on to find out what they had to say.

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Today, the official B’z fanclub (B’z PARTY) shipped out the latest issue of the fanclub’s official magazine, “be with!”. It features “TAK’S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL” because, as we all know, Tak’s birthday was on March 27. In addition, there’s a great backstage report from the LIVE-GYM 2008 “ACTION” tour and related tidbits.

As is the case with every issue, there’s a special “FLASH BACK” page devoted to the ongoings of B’z from the olden days. This time, they went with 1998.

If you wish to grab one of these issues, you may want to try getting it from Yahoo! Auctions Japan.

If you aren’t fortunate enough to get your hands on the issue, don’t fret. As soon as I receive mine, I’ll post a detailed report of its contents. Stay tuned.

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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)