Tak Matsumoto News

Have you been craving to get that nice looking tour shirt? Well, now you can! The merchandise for Tak Matsumoto’s on-going tour, Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 -New Horizon-, has been added to the official online store, B’z The Store.

Tak Matsumoto News

On a variety show that aired on Japanese channel MBS last night, TM Network’s Naoto Kine confessed that during the first years of the band, he couldn’t play guitar at all. TM Network rose to fame with their hit song “GET WILD” which was released in 1987. Kine was originally a keyboardist, but so was Kimuro Tatsuya. At the time of TM Network’s major breakthrough, there was no need for two keyboardists in the band, so Kine was told to play guitar for the band instead. Kine hasn’t had any experience playing an electric guitar and has only played acoustic guitars so far.

Due to his lack of skill, it wasn’t him who was playing guitar for the band, but it was Tak Matsumoto who joined TM Network as a supporting musician before founding B’z with Koshi Inaba in 1988. Kine would just pretend to play guitar during performances, while Matsumoto would provide the actual sound.
“When Tak left TM Network and started his own band, I practiced playing the guitar very hard”, he added. Tak Matsumoto used to be Kine’s guitar double for 4-5 years before Matsumoto started B’z. Matsumoto even took over Kine’s parts during recording.

Source: 木根尚登はエレキギター弾けなかった…Ｂ’ｚ松本が影武者だったと告白 （デイリースポーツ） – Yahoo!ニュース

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba’s new album「Singing Bird」is out now for all early bird(pun intended) buyers! To celebrate the release, Koshi Inaba has released a message for his fans. Check it out below. Furthermore, samples to Koshi’s new solo album are now available on the album’s B’z Wiki page. Feel free to get a glimpse of Koshi’s new album before you receive it. Or perhaps you’ll decide to buy it if you haven’t yet!

The memories I’ve scribbled down from time to time have been transformed into songs.
Please feel free to listen to them to your heart’s content.
I hope my singing [referring to “Singing Bird”] reaches each and every one of you.
Koshi Inaba

Koshi Inaba News

Today it has been announced that Koshi Inaba will be on Music Station performing one of his solo songs. His last performance dates back 10 years to July 9th, 2004 when Koshi performed his song「Wonderland」on the show. Koshi is going to perform his latest song「oh my love」from his upcoming album「Singing Bird」, which will be the first televised performance of the song.

Said episode of Music Station airs May 23rd, 2014 at 8PM Japan Time on TV Asahi.

Tak Matsumoto News

Stage at the Motion Blue Yokohama

Tak’s two Firebird Prototypes on stage

It’s the second day of Tak Matsumoto’s first true solo tour in support of his recently released new album「New Horizon」at the Motion Blue Yokohama! By the way, you could order a “New Horizon” or “That’s Cool” cocktail at the bar there! Here’s the set list:

Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014  -New Horizon- at Motion Blue Yokohama (May 11th)

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba’s forthcoming solo album 「Singing Bird」is set to come out in 11 days and today they started airing the TV commercial for it. It features footage of the music video to “oh my love”, one of the songs on the album. Check it out!