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The band has announced that it will be performing at this year’s TV Asahi Dream Festival, which celebrates its 5th anniversary this year. Their previous, and first, performance at the festival dates back to 2011. This year’s rendition of the festival is held from November 21-23 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. B’z will perform on the first day on November 21st. Tickets can be obtained through eplus from September 11 for 10,800 Yen per ticket.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba’s solo live tour from last year is finally seeing its release. The full show at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball will be available on DVD and Blu-ray in November. No further details were given at this point.

Expect further information in September, as new releases are usually announced one and a half months in advance.

Koshi Inaba News

One and a half years after Koshi’s last solo tour at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball, his new solo tour en III has been announced! The tour will run from January 16, 2016 to March 6, 2016 with the final three dates at the legendary Nippon Budokan.

Tickets will be available through the fanclub and ticket offices. A date for when tickets go on sale hasn’t been announced as of yet.

[UPDATE 8/28]
With the official announcement (previously fanclub only) of Koshi’s latest solo tour, the tour logo as well as support members have been revealed!

[Support Members]

Keyboards: Kosuke Oojima
Bass: Corey McCormick
Support Guitar:　Duran
Drums: SATOKO
Support Guitar: JUON

General ticket sale starts November 28th, 2015.

Koshi Inaba Live 2016 ~en III~

January 16, 2016 — i-Messe Yamanashi
January 17, 2016 — i-Messe Yamanashi
January 22, 2016 — Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena
January 30, 2016 — Sundome Fukui
February 6, 2016 — Hiroshima Green Arena
February 7, 2016 — Hiroshima Green Arena
February 11, 2016 — Nippon Gaishi Hall
February 12, 2016 — Nippon Gaishi Hall
February 17, 2016 — Marine Messe Fukuoka
February 22, 2016 — Kobe World Kinen Hall
February 23, 2016 — Kobe World Kinen Hall
February 27, 2016 — Toki Messe Niigata Convention Center
March 3, 2016 — Nippon Budokan
March 5, 2016 — Nippon Budokan
March 6, 2016 — Nippon Budokan

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The show at Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo)

The first two shows of the additionally announced shows have come to a close! Expectations were high for said shows, as fans were expecting these shows to potentially turn into a treasure trove for rarely performed songs. Koshi also made clear in an MC, why they added these shows: “There was a huge gap between shows after the Ajinomoto Stadium show, so we called the Zepp venues, and they happened to be free!”
Furthermore, a funny scene played out during the show at Zepp Namba: Tak told the audience to tell somebody if they’re feeling unwell. That somebody is going to come rescue them in that case. A fan in the crowd then shouted “Matsumoto-san! Please come rescue me!” to which Tak replied “I’m at work here… (laughs)”.

Check out the setlists for both shows below.

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The official merchandise for the upcoming B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -epic night- shows has been announced. There will be one exclusive T-shirt featuring the -epic night- logo as well as Tak and Koshi. This T-shirt is sold exclusively at the B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -epic night- shows, and will not be available for purchase at the stadium shows. Furthermore, only said T-shirt and the charity mug are available for purchase at the -epic night- shows. No further merchandise is available.

The T-shirt costs 2,500 Yen and is available in sizes XS,S,M,L,XL.

B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -epic night-

June 18th — Zepp Namba (Osaka)
June 22nd — Zepp DiverCity (Tokyo)
July 14th — Zepp Nagoya
July 21st — Zepp Fukuoka

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With its first week on sale drawing to a close, it has been confirmed that “RED” has become the latest B’z single to debut at the top of the Weekly Oricon Singles charts in Japan. The single sold over 157,000 copies in its first week.

This extends their record of consecutive number one singles to 48 in a row, dating all the way back to the release of their first chart-topper, “Taiyou no Komachi Angel”, in June of 1990. The band’s nationwide tour titled B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT- is currently underway.

Source: Oricon