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The long-awaited release of B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- on home video has just been announced. The full finale concert will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on March 13, 2019 for 8,800 yen. Pre-orders are now open from CDJapan or Amazon.co.jp on Blu-ray, or here and here on DVD.

In addition to the main concert, a feature-length documentary titled “Road to 20180921” is also being included. Backstage footage will be interspersed between six bonus, full performances of songs performed earlier in the tour but not on the final night.

A bonus CD rounds out the release featuring the studio debut of title song “HINOTORI” as its only track.

I. TOUR FINAL at AJINOMOTO STADIUM

The full two hour, forty four minute ending to the thirtieth anniversary tour on one Blu-ray or two DVDs:
1. ultra soul
2. BLOWIN’
3. Mienai Chikara ~INVISIBLE ONE~
4. Hadashi no Megami
5. Wonderful Opportunity
6. Koubou
7. Gekkou
8. Koi-Gokoro (KOI-GOKORO)
9. OH! GIRL
10. Ichibu to Zenbu
11. Negai
12. ALONE
13. LOVE PHANTOM
14. HINOTORI
15. Real Thing Shakes
16. juice
17. BAD COMMUNICATION
18. Pleasure 2018 ~Jinsei no Kairaku~
19. Brotherhood
20. girigiri chop
21. RUN

II. TOUR DOCUMENTARY -Road to 20180921-

A 94 minute backstage documentary also featuring the alternate songs not performed on the final setlist:
・love me, I love you（NISSAN STADIUM 20180805）
・Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta（EHIMEKEN BUDOUKAN 20180811）
・Calling（EHIMEKEN BUDOUKAN 20180811）
・OCEAN（EHIMEKEN BUDOUKAN 20180812）
・TIME（AJINOMOTO STADIUM 20180921）
・Ai no Bakudan（AJINOMOTO STADIUM 20180921）

III. BONUS CD

A single track CD containing the studio debut of the tour’s title song, a sequel to “LOVE PHANTOM“:
・ HINOTORI

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B’z have wrapped up their 30th year with a pair of fanclub-only performances in Hawaii. The show was performed over two days at two separate venues with the second also being streamed live to Japanese theaters.

The eighteen-song setlist included fan favorites from the anniversary tour that completed its run a week earlier but reshuffled. Most importantly, the shows featured the returns of numerous longtime fan requests. Some dated back to appearances 27 years ago.

The setlist has been posted below, no home video release has been announced at this time but it is possible the show could be packaged with an eventual release of B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- sometime next year.
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B’z wraps with B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- with two dates in Tokyo’s Ajinomoto Stadium.

The band talked about their experiences in the past 30 years, starting from their first live performance in 1989 and guitarist Tak Matsumoto mentioning how thankful they are to B’z fans throughout all these years.

Two more T-shirts were produced exclusively for each day of the finale. September 21 consists of a red T-shirt with the numbers 321 and the word Pleasure visible. While the September 22 “Final” black T-shirt contains a picture of B’z with “LET’S ROCK HARD” listed underneath:

In addition, the band posted an image confirming that a new album is under production, with also a LIVE-GYM tour planned for 2019:

Finally, WOWOW has announced that the HINOTORI finale will be broadcast on WOWOW Prime on November 24, 2018.

The B’z Instagram page includes several images taken from the finale.

The full setlist for today’s performance along with changes to the setlist is posted below, to avoid spoilers, along with tallies on when each song was last played live. In addition, notes are also included on changes to the setlists for the three performances this week.

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B’z continues their latest tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- with three dates in Aichi Prefecture’s Toyota Stadium.

On the first day (September 6) of the Toyota Stadium performance, one song in the encore portion was cut. Vocalist Koshi Inaba apologized on stage, stating “I’m sorry I’m not in perfect condition”. On the second day (September 8), a total of three songs were cut. While on the third day (September 9), two songs were revived with only song cut again.

The full setlist for today’s performance along with changes to the setlist is posted below, to avoid spoilers for those attending the shows, along with tallies on when each song was last played live. In addition, notes are also included on changes to the setlists for the three performances this week.

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B’z performed on the second day in Fukuoka at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, as part of their tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- which is approaching its finale later this month.

On the second of the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome performance, due to persisting issues with vocalist Koshi Inaba’s voice, two songs were cut from the setlist.

The full setlist for today’s performance along with changes to the setlist is posted below, to avoid spoilers for those attending the shows, along with tallies on when each song was last played live.

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B’z continues their tour B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI-, with two performances this weekend in Fukuoka at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome.

On the first day of the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome performance, vocalist Koshi Inaba needed to take a 10 minute break before performing the third song in the setlist, due to irregularities with his voice which started with the opening song.

The full setlist for today’s performance along with changes to the setlist is posted below, to avoid spoilers for those attending the shows, along with tallies on when each song was last played live.

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