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Tak Matsumoto Making Appearance on Grammy Awards Broadcast

Posted on February 9, 2016
Tak Matsumoto News

tak_solo2016Tak Matsumoto will make an appearance on this year’s live broadcast of the Grammy Award ceremony on Japanese channel WOWOW. The broadcast will run from 9AM to 2PM on February 16th, Japanese time. Matsumoto is expected to appear on the program at around 9:30AM and will talk about his experience when he won his very own Grammy in 2011. Furthermore, he will talk about this year’s ceremony and its highlights.

Tak is currently in Los Angeles, recording new B’z tracks in their private L.A. studio. His new solo album is due for a Spring 2016 release.

「B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-」 Commercial On Air

Posted on February 9, 2016
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With about two weeks left until the release of the home video of their 2015 tour 「B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-」 on DVD and Blu-ray, the commercial made its TV debut during the broadcast of Detective Conan last Saturday. This version of the commercial features songs 「Uchouten」, 「RED」 and 「Las Vegas」. Check it out!

Koshi Inaba Scores Fifth Consecutive No.1 Single with “Hane”

Posted on January 22, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

Oricon—Japan’s leading music sales tracking service—has announced that Koshi Inaba’s latest solo single 「Hane」 has debuted at the top of the charts with 88,000 physical copies sold. This is his fifth consecutive single to do so as a solo artist, following 1998’s「Tooku Made」, 2003’s 「KI」, 2004’s 「Wonderland」, and 2010’s 「Okay」.

Currently, Koshi is on tour as part of Koshi Inaba LIVE 2016 ~enIII~ with dates planned through a March 6th finale at the Nippon Budokan. You can expect to see more video coverage of Koshi’s recent activities on this website, along with translations of recent interviews he has given to the press, in the coming days.

Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage- Promo Video

Posted on January 20, 2016
Tak Matsumoto News

An update to the official B’z website today brings a promotional teaser video of Tak Matsumoto’s upcoming solo tour「Tak Matsumoto Tour 2016 -The Voyage-」which will see him playing large venues such as Osaka Jo Hall and Nippon Budokan for the first time as a solo artist. The nationwide tour is to be held at five venues beginning in mid April and ending with a finale on May 7th.

Tak will be joined on the tour by drummer Jason Sutter, who has previously toured with Foreigner, Chris Cornell, and Smash Mouth. Colleague and friend Masayoshi Yamashita of fellow Japanese rock act LOUDNESS will be appearing on bass, while frequent B’z backing guitarist Yoshinobu Ohga and keyboardist Akira Onozuka round out the remaining support members.

Koshi Inaba LIVE 2016 ~en III~ Kicks Off in Yamanashi

Posted on January 16, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

koshien3_1Following his appearance on All Night Nippon Gold yesterday, Koshi Inaba has kicked off his latest rendition of the en-series of tours today. The show at the i-Messe Yamanashi spanned 22 songs, which included all songs from his new single 「Hane」. Koshi Inaba’s tour runs until March 6th where he will perform at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.

We have the set list for this show right here for you. For further set list updates, please refer to the B’z Wiki article on the latest tour.

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Koshi Inaba x Danshun Tatekawa Special Conversation

Posted on January 16, 2016
Koshi Inaba News

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Given his recent interest in Rakugo, Koshi Inaba sat down with famous Rakugoka Danshun Tatekawa to talk about the art of Rakugo. Danshun Tatekawa is also known for his recent role in the TBS hit drama 「Shitamachi Rocket」, for those that are not familiar with Rakugo. The video is available directly on YouTube and has also been posted on Koshi Inaba’s website as part of his series of conversation videos.

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