Koshi Inaba To Release New Digital Single 7/30
News Koshi’s solo tour has ended and yet he keeps releasing new songs. Today, it has been announced that Koshi Inaba will release his new digital single next week, on July 30th, 2014 at midnight. More information on the new song as well as a possible music video will be posted on Koshi’s website when the song has been released.
B’z To Resume Work In August / Be With! #102 Mailed Out
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The latest issue of the B’z fanclub magazine Be With! has been mailed out to fanclub members this week and some have received it already. According to the interview contained in the magazine, B’z will resume work in the middle of August. Furthermore, Shane Gaalaas also seems to be back at work. Maybe he’s cooking up some cool drum tracks for future B’z songs?
We have also been on hiatus, but will soon resume our work on interview translations and the like. And, of course, we’ll bring you the latest interview as soon as possible.
Gibson Brands Showroom Opens In Tokyo
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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
Tak Matsumoto New Horizon Scheduled For September 9th Release?
Tak Matsumoto News As we previously reported, Amazon.com listed Tak Matsumoto’s「New Horizon」for a July 8th release in the U.S., however, Amazon.com now lists it slated for a September 9th release. Official confirmation has yet to surface as 335 Records lists the album as “coming soon” on their website. I did some further digging, and also found a possible track list for the U.S. version on CDUniverse.
Light of the Moon should be an English translation of「Tsuki no Akari」, but we are not sure if「Once Upon A Love」is the English title for「Gakuseigai no Kissaten」, or if it’s a completely new track exclusive to the U.S. version.
Possible track list for the U.S. release:
01.Take 5
02.New Horizon
03.Feel Like a Woman Tonight
04.Rodeo Blues
05.Island of Peace
06.That’s Cool
07.Shattered Glass
08.Light of the Moon
09.Reason To Be…
10.Black Jack
11.Once Upon a Love
12.Rain
Minoru Niihara And Koshi Inaba Talk Being A Vocalist
Koshi Inaba News 
Minoru Niihara of LOUDNESS and Koshi Inaba talk about being a vocalist. The talk is hosted by Masa Ito.
The second video part of Koshi’s talk series has been posted on his official website. This time, Koshi sits down with LOUDNESS’ current vocalist Minoru Niihara and talks about being a vocalist. In the talk hosted by music critic Masa Ito, both vocalists talk about the strict training they have to undergo in order to keep up the strength of their voices. They also talk about breaking points in their career when their voice-especially their vocal range-would change and they had to adapt to that. In the beginning, Masa Ito also mentions, that videos of Koshi covering LOUDNESS’ songs during his high school days could be seen on YouTube. Koshi is surprised and wonders who put them up in the first place. Even he doesn’t have those videos.
Speaking of which! Koshi mentioned that they covered Crazy Nights during last year’s B’z Special live at the EX THEATER ROPPONGI. And guess what! A short bit of the actual performance was shown in the video. Be sure to check it out at 11 minutes and 32 seconds in.
Koshi Wraps Up Tour At Stellar Ball
Koshi Inaba News
 3D projection mapping employed during「Golden Road」Source: BARKS.jp |
 3D projection mapping employed during「Nensho」Source: BARKS.jp |
On Friday, Koshi wrapped up his tour「Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~」in support of his recently released new solo album「Singing Bird」. The tour finale was screened live in cinemas all over Japan as part of a so-called “Live Viewing” event. Koshi switched up the set list for each day of the tour, making each show a unique experience in itself. BARKS has posted a couple of impressions from Koshi’s show, such as the 3D projection mapping employed during「Golden Road」and「Nensho」.
With the “Live Viewing” event it is hard to tell if this show is going to be released on home video or not. Time will tell.
Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ TOUR FINALE (Day 10) Setlist
01.Jimmy no Asa
02.THE RACE
03.CHAIN
04.Wonderland
05.arizona
06.Touch
07.Yokorenbo
08.Golden Road
09.Nemurenai no wa Dare no Sei
10.Shoumen Shoutotsu
11.Nakinagara
12.Tooku Made
13.Route 53
14.Stay Free
15.Nensho
16.Kodoku no Susume
17.Bicycle Girl
18.Cross Creek
19.My Mirai
20.oh my love
ENCORE
21.Nami
22.Tomo Yo
23.Okay
Source: 【ライブレポート】稲葉浩志、＜LIVE 2014 ～en-ball～＞最終公演で「夢のような10日間をありがとう」
