Check Out Koshi’s Bike From the “Stay Free” MV
If anyone ever wondered what Koshi’s ride is, well, we have the answer! It’s a MV Agusta -75 customized by a California based workshop run by Shinya Kimura. He even mentions in the video that he was working on it for a “Japanese singer”. Check it out!
Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ Tour Logo Revealed!
The tour logo for Koshi Inaba’s tour in support of his upcoming solo album 「Singing Bird」has been revealed. The tour titled Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ starts on June 5th, 2014 at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball . The tour runs through June 20th, 2014 with 10 shows at the same venue.
Koshi Inaba Digital Exclusive Single “Stay Free” Out Now!!
Hit the road with Koshi in his new digital exclusive single 「Stay Free」!The song will also be part of Koshi’s upcoming album 「Singing Bird」which is set to be released on May 21st, 2014. You can buy it on iTunes Japan and other Japanese digital music sites such as mora and Musing. As with the previous two digital single releases, the music video to the song is available on B’z official YouTube channel!
B’z Donates Proceeds of Selling Charity Bracelets
The band has today announced that 15,900,000 Yen have been collected by selling charity bracelets during last year’s 25th anniversary tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-. The proceeds will be donated to SAVE THE CHILDREN JAPAN, an organization which helps children affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The band will continue to support children in need who have been affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
[UPDATE] Koshi Inaba New Album Singing Bird 5/21 Out!!
After a 4 year hiatus, Koshi has today announced that his new solo album 「Singing Bird」will be released on May 21st, 2014. The album is not, as we feared, going to be a digital-only release, coming in a regular CD and a limited CD+DVD edition. It includes the previously released digital singles「Nensho」and「Nakinagara」as well as the tie-up song 「oh my love」, which is featured in Olympus’ latest line of commercials. The overall album consists of 12 tracks which portrait a very distinct world that Koshi has created for his listeners.
The limited edition comes with a DVD which contains the music videos to 「Nensho」, 「Nakinagara」, 「oh my love」 and 「Stay Free」.
[UPDATE 4/21]: Cover & track order revealed!
NEW ALBUM「Singing Bird」
01. Jimmy no Asa
02. oh my love (featured in Olympus’ commercials)
03. Cross Creek
04. Golden Road
05. Nakinagara
06. Stay Free
07. Bicycle Girl
08. Kodoku no Susume
09. Tomo Yo
10. photograph
11. Route 53
12. Nensho
Release: 2014/05/21
Price(CD): 3,024 Yen (tax included)
Price(CD+DVD): 3,780 Yen (tax included)