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B’z To Perform On Music Station SUPER LIVE 2012
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For the first time in 5 years, B’z is going to perform on a Music Station SUPER LIVE. The Music Station SUPER LIVE is set to be broadcasted on December 21st, 2012 from 7PM to 11:10PM. It is still unclear which song(s) the band is going to perform on television, but one might think that this is a perfect occasion for a rendition of “Itsuka no Merry Christmas”?! Or perhaps B’z is going to perform an entirely new song? What do you think?
The last time B’z has appeared on a broadcast of a SUPER LIVE was in 2007, when they performed their then latest single SUPER LOVE SONG. But this isn’t exactly the last time B’z has appeared on television. The band was performing on a Music Station special last year on April 1 to show their support for the earthquake victims. They performed Brotherhood and Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo.
Check out the full lineup for the 2012 SUPER LIVE here: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/contents/m_lineup/cur/
LIVE-GYM 2012 Japan Dates & US Tour Documentary Announced
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B’z was wrapping up their US tour B’z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- last night at the Gibson Amphitheatre with 6,000 fans in attendance and over 190,000 people watching the online stream served by GyaO and Ustream. In order to not let down Japanese fans, the band has decided to extend their tour with an additional leg in Japan called B’z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- EXTRA.
The term “EXTRA” was for the first time used during B’z LIVE-GYM 1999 Brotherhood EXTRA as members expressed their desire to extend the tour and play more album songs. Trivia aside, B’z kick off their EXTRA leg of the tour on October 17th at the Nippon Budokan. Tickets will be available for purchase at http://ticket-every.jp/bz2012/. Section A tickets will cost you 8,000 Yen and S section (close to the stage) tickets will cost you 9,000 Yen. You will enter a drawing for the tickets and if you’re one of the chosen ones, you can buy your ticket. A photo is also required in order to confirm your ID.
Aside from these additional Japan dates, it has also been announced that Japanese Pay-TV channel WOWOW will broadcast a special 25th Anniversary documentary on the band’s 2012 US Tour on December 9th at 9PM. Further details on the broadcast are expected to be made available at 12:00 PM Japan time on the show’s site http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/bz/. We’ll update you as soon as we know more!
B’z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- EXTRA
10/17 Nippon Budokan
10/19 Nippon Gaishi Hall
10/21 Miyagi Sekisuiheim Super Arena
10/25 Osaka Jo Hall
B’z Shooting Pepsi NEX Commercial in Sydney
News Hello folks, long time no see!
There haven’t been a lot of news concerning B’z lately. They wrapped up their C’mon tour around christmas and then went on break. But for how long? Apparently not for too long as we got word from Sydney that B’z is currently shooting a new Pepsi NEX TV commercial. The first shot that was tweeted by user @greenapple21 which showed a bunch of people on top of a parking garage. She claimed it was B’z shooting a new promo video. However, the picture was taken too far away to confirm.
B’z News Summary For the Past Days
News There have been quite a lot of good news the past days.
UStream Account indicates LA Performance will be streamed
An Account called PEPSINEX_LIVE has been spotted on UStream and it looks like they’re testing the equipment for streaming the show right now. On the channel page it says ” PEPSINEX_LIVE started broadcasting: B’z LIVE in L.A.(300Mbps) 1 days ago”. And since the account is called Pepsi NEX… they might also stream the PEPSI NEX special performance on September 28th. Who knows? We expect official news in the next days. Stay tuned!
Source: http://www.ustream.tv/user/PEPSINEX_LIVE (Account was deleted I think, so I took screenshots)
B’z participating in Linkin Park secret concert in LA on August 31st
Linkin Park is inviting B’z to perform with them at their special secret concert. All you have to do is create a page at http://www.give2gether.com/projects/music-for-relief/, raise $500 for Japan with your page and get 2 tickets to the secret concert on August 31st!
C’mon full version is on air
The full version of C’mon is now broadcasted by radio stations across Japan. C’mon proves to be a good song, but it’s far from hard-rock as you’d imagine. It’s a song for a commercial after all. It does convince me with its bright melody and brilliant guitar solo (Tak :D). Look forward to listening to it!!
B’z performing at TV Asahi’s Dream Festival
It was announced that B’z would be performing at the TV Asahi Dream Festival in Nippon Budokan on September 25th. A ticket costs 9,000 Yen and B’z will be performing at 3 PM. I couldn’t find any information on whether it’s on television or not, but I suppose it will be. 🙂
B’z guest in a radio show on J-WAVE
On July 18th, J-WAVE is hosting a special radio program called “J-WAVE HOLIDAY SPECIAL PEPSI NEX presents GO NEXT! GO SUMMER!”. B’z will be there as a guest on the show. It will be broadcasted from 9AM to 5:55PM. I’ll try to get you guys the B’z bit of the show 🙂
“ultra soul 2011” Theme Song for FINA World Championships
News After it got a little quieter in the B’z news segment, it was only a matter of time until B’z news would come up again. As the release of B’z new single, “Don’t Wanna Lie”, draws closer, new information is beginning to be revealed! In fact, early birds can already get their copy of the single today in Japan.
So, this morning, it was revealed that B’z is providing the official theme song for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai. It’ll take place from July 16 to July 31 and will be broadcasted on TV Asahi. According to the newspaper, “ultra soul 2011” is a rearranged version of the original “ultra soul” released in 2001.
You can listen to it here, it’s a bit from the program “Morning Bird” on TV Asahi where they talk about Kitajima Kosuke, a Japanese swimmer. Can anybody make out a difference between ultra soul 2011 and the original ultra soul? It somehow sounds the same to me.
It is also worth noting that the original ultra soul was the theme song for the first ever FINA World Championships held in Asia in 2001. This year marks the 10th anniversary and for that occasion they chose ultra soul again. Very original…
Does this mean “ultra soul 2011” will be a 3rd track on another single? Or on the album? Or just for publicity? We’ll keep you updated!
15 Second B’z Segment To Air During Detective Conan
News B’z Official Website states that a 15 second segment will be aired during the broadcast of the Detective Conan 15th anniversary live action special and during the regular broadcast of the Detective Conan series. The live action special airs on April 14/15 and the regular Detective Conan broadcast airs on Saturdays whereas the segment will be aired on April 23th’s episode. The segment will be about their latest song Don’t Wanna Lie which is the theme song to the latest Detective Conan movie “A Quarter of Silence”.
Source: B’z Official Website
