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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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Mainstay B’z support member and bassist Barry Sparks has recently announced in a news update on his official website, that he founded a new band called “Riot on Mars” with his longtime friend Michael Viscera. Their debut album is called “First Wave” and will be released soon! On the album, Koshi plays the blues harmonica on the track called “Movin’ On”.

Here’s the relevant excerpt from his post:

I am also very happy to have a few special guests as well…Koshi Inaba from B’z plays some awesome blues harmonica on a song called “Movin’ On” and I am also very proud to have Dan McCafferty from “Nazareth” singing on our cover of the Nazareth version of “Beggars Day”.

Source: The Official Website of Barry Sparks

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Koshi Inaba has just released his latest digital exclusive solo single「Saturday」. The song is not new per se, but has been played during Koshi’s solo tour「Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~」as fans were exiting the venue. It’s the Ending SE to the show. A music video has also been released which features select scenes from Koshi’s live performance at the Shinagawa Stellar Ball. The single can be bought at iTunes Japan for 250 Yen.

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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.

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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」

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Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ Day 3 Setlist

01. Jimmy no Asa
02. THE RACE
03. CAGE FIGHT
04. Ai Naki Michi
05. arizona
06. touch
07. Nani mo Nai Machi
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. My Mirai
19. oh my love
ENCORE
20. Nami
21. Okay

Ending SE: Unannounced Song