“Electric Island, Acoustic Sea” Hawaii Show on WOWOW
Tak Matsumoto News 
Tak Matsumoto’s and Daniel Ho’s collaborative tour “Electric Island, Acoustic Sea” is drawing to a close this Sunday, March 19th, at the Blue Note Hawaii. The WOWOW Prime program guide for April has revealed, that the very same channel will — just like INABA/SALAS’ tour — broadcast a show from Tak Matsumoto’s and Daniel Ho’s tour. The show to be broadcast is the tour finale at the Blue Note Hawaii.
The show will be broadcast on WOWOW Prime on Saturday, April 29th, 2017 at 9:30 PM.
Source: WOWOW Program Guide
“CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017” Zepp Tokyo Show on WOWOW
Koshi Inaba News 
The program guide for WOWOW’s WOWOW Prime channel shows that the Zepp Tokyo show of INABA/SALAS’ tour “CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017” is going to be broadcast on WOWOW Prime on March 25th from 8PM to 10PM. It’ll likely include the full show as the program runs for two hours.
The duo will wrap up their tour tomorrow, Feburary 20th, at the Diamond Hall in Nagoya.
Source: WOWOW Program Guide
Electric Island, Acoustic Sea Out Now & On iTunes Worldwide!
Tak Matsumoto News 
Tak Matsumoto & Daniel Ho’s joint album Electric Island, Acoustic Sea was released in Japan today, and is available worldwide on iTunes as well! The album retails for $11.99 for the entire 12-track album, or $1.29 per track. The release is available on all iTunes storefronts internationally with similar pricing.
For those that missed them, the duo also released additional short music videos for “Island of peace” and “Sunny Tuesday“:
Additionally, we have translated Tak’s release message commemorating the occasion:
The pair will go on tour for Tak Matsumoto & Daniel Ho Live! 2017 -Electric Island, Acoustic Sea- on February 25 in Tokyo and will play their final show a month later on March 19 in Hawaii.
INABA/SALAS’s CHUBBY GROOVE Now On iTunes Worldwide!
Koshi Inaba News 
For those that prefer their music digitally or simply missed the physical release in Japan, INABA/SALAS’s CHUBBY GROOVE is now available worldwide on iTunes! The U.S. edition is $1.29 per track or $15.48 for the entire album though the album should be purchasable in any country. The duo are currently in the midst of their joint live outing CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017 which concludes later this month on February 20.
INABA/SALAS Kick Off “CHUBBY GROOVE” Tour in Nagoya
Koshi Inaba News 
Koshi Inaba and Stevie Salas have kicked off their tour “CHUBBY GROOVE Tour 2017” in support of their recently released collaborative album CHUBBY GROOVE on January 25. The set list constists of seventeen tracks, with “SAYONARA RIVER” being the opener to the show. All tracks off the CHUBBY GROOVE record have been performed live, in addition to Koshi Inaba solo tracks “My Mirai“, “Hazumu Sekai” and “Shoumen Shoutotsu“.
Furthermore, the band has covered Davied Bowie’s “Moonage Daydream” live on stage as well as performed a cover of The Clash’s “Police on My Back“, which is found on Stevie Salas’ cover album JAM POWER released in 2010.
To date, the band has also done two shows in Osaka at the Zepp Namba with the same set list. Their next show is on January 30th at the Zepp Sapporo in Sapporo.
Check out the full set list and additional information on the tour on the B’z Wiki!
INABA/SALAS New Album CHUBBY GROOVE On Sale Now:
Koshi’s Release Message Translated
Koshi Inaba News As is customary for both his B’z and solo efforts, Koshi Inaba has provided a written message for today’s release of his collaborative effort with Stevie Salas CHUBBY GROOVE. We have translated the message below:
You can order the album at the usual places: [YesAsia] [CDJapan] [Amazon Japan]. The duo’s joint tour CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017 kicks off January 25 and runs through a showing in Nagoya on February 20.
