News

Their new album is out in under a month and tv commercials have started airing for the upcoming album! Check it out below.

News

Our first look at the songs from the upcoming new B’z album 「EPIC DAY」 began today, with album opener 「Las Vegas」 being announced as the theme song to the Red Bull Air Race Chiba 2015 event being held on May 16th and 17th. Furthermore, along with the tie-in information, a short version of the music video to 「Las Vegas」 has been uploaded to the B’z Official YouTube Channel. What’s more: you can already enjoy a subtitled version of it below!

Koshi Inaba News

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

Feature

Tak Matsumoto and Slash on the cover of the February issue of「Young Guitar」

The February 2015 issue (released January 10th) of Young Guitar magazine features Tak Matsumoto and Slash together in the cover story and this is our write-up. The article begins by explaining that Tak and Slash have a lot in common: They have their own Gibson Signature Models, they have each won a Grammy Award, they’ve both released a slew of #1 albums—so it was about time that the two sat down for a proper talk. As it turns out, they have even more in common!

Find out more after the break!

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News

Today is going to be an epic day, all right! The release date for B’z forthcoming 19th studio album 「EPIC DAY」 has finally been announced! It’s going to be out on March 4th, 2015 and will come in four(!) different packages: LIVE-GYM 2015 Edition (CD+Original Tour Merchandise), Limited Edition (CD+DVD), Vinyl Edition (Vinyl + Digital Download Code), Normal Edition (CD Only).

Before we go into the details of each package, let’s look at the track list first. The album features 10 songs, headlined by the rock tunes　「EPIC DAY」 and　「Las Vegas」. Further songs include their 51st single 「Uchouten」 and recently announced songs 「NO EXCUSE」「Exit To The Sun」 and 「Amari ni mo」. 「Kimi wo Ki ni Shinai Hi Nado」, the ending SE to their 25th Anniversary tour 「B’z LIVE-GYM 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-」, is also featured on the album.

「EPIC DAY」

<SIDE A>
1. Las Vegas
2. Uchouten (51st single; theme to the NTV Drama 「Gakkou no Kaidan」)
3. Exit To The Sun (Theme to the NHK Drama 「Dark Suit」)
4. NO EXCUSE (Featured in Smirnoff commercials)
5. Amari ni mo (Featured in H.I.S. commercials)

<SIDE B>
6. EPIC DAY
7. Classmate
8. Black Coffee
9. Kimi wo Ki ni Shinai Hi Nado
10. Man Of The Match

※ SIDE A and SIDE B refer to the Vinyl edition

Find out more about the contents of each package by hitting “Read More”!

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News

Following the announcement of the hall/arena part of the band’s LIVE-GYM 2015 tour in October last year, B’z has finally announced the stadium tour schedule. Furthermore, the tour logo for the upcoming LIVE-GYM has been posted, which features a Las Vegas’esque vibe. Takanobu Masuda (Keyboards), Shane Gaalaas (Drums), Barry Sparks (Bass) and Ohga Yoshinobu (Supporting guitar) will be returning as support members for this tour!

Support Members

Keyboards: Takanobu Masuda
Drums: Shane Gaalaas
Bass: Barry Sparks
Supporting guitar: Ohga Yoshinobu

B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT- Stadium Tour

June 13th — Ajinomoto Stadium
June 14th — Ajinomoto Stadium
June 27th — Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome
June 28th — Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome
July 2nd — Kyocera Dome Osaka
July 4th — Kyocera Dome Osaka
July 5th — Kyocera Dome Osaka
July 25th — Nagoya Dome
July 26th — Nagoya Dome

Ticket Prices

SS Category Seat — 13,000 Yen (FANCLUB MEMBERS ONLY)
S Category Seat — 8,800 Yen
A Category Seat — 5,000 Yen

Public Sale: April 11th, 2015