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With the dawn of the band’s 30th anniversary year and the release of B’z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX looming, the official B’z website has changed its splash page to one that will support yearly vignettes for the band’s long history. The latest, for 1994, covers “Don’t Leave Me“, The 7th Blues, and “MOTEL” and can be viewed below:

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With the dawn of the band’s 30th anniversary year and the release of B’z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX looming, the official B’z website has changed its splash page to one that will support yearly vignettes for the band’s long history. The latest, for 1993, covers “Ai no Mama ni Wagamama ni Boku wa Kimi Dake wo Kizutsukenai“, “Hadashi no Megami“, B’z LIVE-GYM ’93 “RUN”, and B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure’93 “JAP THE RIPPER” and can be viewed below:

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As previously announced at the end of July, the first ever B’z Loud-Gym—a monthly fan-centric meetup at numerous clubs and bars around Japan—will take place next month on September 21. Its theme will be “GREETING NIGHT”. The first details of what will be shown have just been revealed for the first time and will be sure to please longtime fans.

Sample footage from the “B’z LIVE-GYM COLLECTION” contained in B’z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX will be screened at the venues, along with at least partial performances from B’z SHOWCASE 2009 -B’z In Your Town-! The footage for the latter will be sourced from the band’s showing at the Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre on July 30, 2009. Notably, very little footage from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour is publicly available, with only some moments sampled in the Magical Backstage Tour documentary contained on limited edition copies of seventeenth studio album MAGIC.

It is unknown exactly how much footage will be played from the show, though it has long been requested for home video by fans due to the presence of several rarities, including “Crazy Rendezvous“, “VAMPIRE WOMAN“, “MY SAD LOVE“, “THE GAMBLER“, and “Kirei na Ai Jyanakutemo“.

B’z SHOWCASE 2009 -B’z In Your Town- Setlist
[July 30, 2009]

1. DIVE
2. Shoudou
3. Ichibu to Zenbu
4. BURN -Fumetsu no Face-
5. ZERO
6. Crazy Rendezvous
7. VAMPIRE WOMAN
8. MY SAD LOVE
9. THE GAMBLER
10. Kirei na Ai Jyanakutemo
11. Blue Sunshine
12. Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni
13. Calling
14. juice
15. Samayoeru Aoi Dangan
16. BANZAI
17. SUPER LOVE SONG
ENCORE
18. MY LONELY TOWN
19. ultra soul

A list of all venues participating in the September 21, 2017 event can be found on the official website.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba & Stevie Salas have just wrapped up two shows in Japan with their double showing at SUMMER SONIC 2017. The pair of shows took place on August 19 and 20 in Osaka and Tokyo respectively with the performances being a truncated rendition of their CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017.

The full setlist is preserved below:

INABA/SALAS at SUMMER SONIC 2017
[August 19 & 20, 2017]

1. SAYONARA RIVER
2. Kunou no Hate no Sore mo Kotae no Hitotsu
3. Shoumen Shoutotsu
4. WABISABI
5. OVERDRIVE
6. MARIE
7. AISHI-AISARE
8. TROPHY (Only for 8.20)

The pair are not finished yet, however: they will play a special triple-billing with MIYAVI and Made in Asia on August 23 and then head for what is presumed to be their final CHUBBY GROOVE promotion: SUMMER SONIC SHANGHAI 2017.

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With the dawn of the band’s 30th anniversary year and the release of B’z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX looming, the official B’z website has changed its splash page to one that will support yearly vignettes for the band’s long history. The latest, for 1992, covers “BLOWIN‘”, “ZERO“, RUN, and FRIENDS and can be viewed below:

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With the dawn of the band’s 30th anniversary year and the release of B’z COMPLETE SINGLE BOX looming, the official B’z website has changed its splash page to one that will support yearly vignettes for the band’s long history. The latest, for 1991, covers “LADY NAVIGATION“, “ALONE“, mini album MARS, and studio album IN THE LIFE. It can be viewed below: