Sun, September 7, 2008 (6:06pm EDT)
Reports of Hikaru Utada releasing a second English album have now been officially confirmed. U.Blog has spotted a press release from Vivendi and Universal Music which lists the new Utada release in their schedule for the second half of fiscal 2008, which is the next six months. No specific date has been given yet.
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Sun, September 7, 2008 (5:39pm EDT)
It has been officially announced that Morning Musume's next single will be a cover of the Pink Lady hit "Pepper Keibu." The decision stemmed from Ai Takahashi and Risa Niigaki's appearance in NTV's biographical drama special "Hit Maker: Yu Aku Monogatari," in which they played the popular '70s duo.
The "Pepper Keibu" cover goes on sale September 24. The new version is said to be more danceable than the original, and the music video will feature all nine Morning Musume members dancing in Pink Lady outfits. The coupling song for "Pepper Keibu" will be a cover of another song written by Yu Aku - Hiromi Iwasaki's 1975 hit "Romance."
Then on November 26, the group will release a Yu Aku tribute album called "COVER YOU," supervised by Hiroshi Itsuki, who joined Up-Front Agency earlier this year. The album includes a cover of "Izakaya," originally a duet between Itsuki and Nana Kinomi, but this time Itsuki will be paired up with Ai Takahashi instead.
The "Pepper Keibu" cover goes on sale September 24. The new version is said to be more danceable than the original, and the music video will feature all nine Morning Musume members dancing in Pink Lady outfits. The coupling song for "Pepper Keibu" will be a cover of another song written by Yu Aku - Hiromi Iwasaki's 1975 hit "Romance."
Then on November 26, the group will release a Yu Aku tribute album called "COVER YOU," supervised by Hiroshi Itsuki, who joined Up-Front Agency earlier this year. The album includes a cover of "Izakaya," originally a duet between Itsuki and Nana Kinomi, but this time Itsuki will be paired up with Ai Takahashi instead.
Sun, September 7, 2008 (2:04am EDT)
JapanFiles.com has announced that the full catalog of rock band girugamesh is now available digitally through its online store. In addition, the band has been confirmed as a musical guest of honor at the next Sakura-Con, being held in Seattle on April 10-12, 2009.
More details can be found in the official press release.
More details can be found in the official press release.
Sun, September 7, 2008 (1:57am EDT)
POLYSICS recently announced a Europe tour that kicked off on Saturday in Portugal. They will play at least a dozen more shows in Europe throughout September.
The group will follow that up with a long U.S. tour in October and November, organized by the social networking site MySpace. That tour starts in Los Angeles on October 18 and returns to southern California for the final show in Pomona on November 14.
The group will follow that up with a long U.S. tour in October and November, organized by the social networking site MySpace. That tour starts in Los Angeles on October 18 and returns to southern California for the final show in Pomona on November 14.
Sun, September 7, 2008 (1:47am EDT)
Popular duo Kobukuro will be in charge of the theme song for NTV's drama series "Oh! My Girl!!" The show was announced last month with actor Hayami Mocomichi in the starring role.
The song is called "Toki no Ashioto" and is scheduled to go on sale October 29 as the group's 16th single.
The song is called "Toki no Ashioto" and is scheduled to go on sale October 29 as the group's 16th single.
