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In a surprise announcement, B’z have revealed that their latest tour B’z LIVE-GYM 2019 -Whole Lotta NEW LOVE- is going to be released on home video in 2020. Details regarding the contents of the release are yet to be unveiled. The same goes for the release date.

For the moment, you can enjoy a teaser of the show featuring footage of “Tsuwamono Hashiru”.

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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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Today is the release of B’z LIVE-GYM 2017-2018 “LIVE DINOSAUR” on home video! As can be seen above, we have translated the band’s customary release message and archived it for those interested. Both DVD & Blu-ray editions are now available from the following retailers.

Order the DVD Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

Order the Blu-ray Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

Additionally, a digest is now available showcasing several key songs (but not nearly all of them!):

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The first promotional material for B’z LIVE-GYM 2017-2018 “LIVE DINOSAUR” on Blu-ray & DVD has just been aired on Japanese television. As shown above, the commercial utilizes the audio from “Akai Kawa” in its debut appearance on home video.

As previously reported, both the two-disc DVD and single disc Blu-ray packages will be available on July 4, 2018, for a price of 6,800 Yen ($61.28 USD) with 21 songs performed in all—thirteen of which are making their home video debuts!

UPDATE: A second commercial is now airing with glimpses at even more songs and footage.

Pre-order DVD Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

Pre-order Blu-ray Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

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Some five months after the close of the tour, we finally have confirmation of the first release for the B’z 30th year commemoration: B’z LIVE-GYM 2017-2018 “LIVE DINOSAUR” on DVD & Blu-ray! Their most recent tour, the eighteen-date stand featured all but one song from the titular twentieth studio album DINOSAUR alongside a slew of classics including “ultra soul“, “BANZAI“, and “MOTEL“.

Recent double A-side single tracks “Seimei” and “Still Alive” were likewise joined by the long-awaited return of 1997 single “FIREBALL” after lying dormant for fifteen years. The 1994 album ballad “Akai Kawa” from The 7th Blues receives similar treatment as it not only makes its home video debut but also is performed for the first time in twenty-three years!

As previously reported, the taping was done at the Saitama Super Arena.on January 13 and 14. Both the two-disc DVD and single disc Blu-ray packages will be available on July 4, 2018, for a price of 6,800 Yen ($61.28 USD) with 21 songs performed in all—thirteen of which are making their home video debuts!

B’z LIVE-GYM 2017-2018 “LIVE DINOSAUR” on DVD & Blu-ray
Release: July 4, 2018 (6800 Yen)

Pre-order DVD Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

Pre-order Blu-ray Edition: CDJapan / Amazon.co.jp

1. Seimei ★
2. CHAMP ★
3. Kodoku no Runaway
4. Haruka ★
5. Rooftop ★
6. FIREBALL
7. MOTEL
8. Akai Kawa ★
9. SKYROCKET ★
10. Sore Demo Yappari ★
11. Itoshiki Yuurei ★
12. Yowai Otoko ★
13. Purple Pink Orange ★
14. Ichibu to Zenbu
15. DIVE
16. Dinosaur ★
17. King Of The Street ★
18. Fukiarenasai ★
19. Still Alive
20. ultra soul
21. BANZAI

★ Denotes a song receiving its home video debut

B’z will again be touring later this year for B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- with the first date coming three days after the release of today’s home video package. The tour will run through a two-night event at
Ajinomoto Stadium where B’z famously performed with American rock legends Aerosmith in 2002.

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Fans that attended the band’s January 14 LIVE-GYM show at the Saitama Super Arena were greeted with an announcement as they entered that the show would be filmed. This was the second of two shows at the venue, with the band performing the same setlist on both nights as well as wearing the same on-stage outfits. This marked the first time during the tour that the two power ballads early in the setlist that had been alternated throughout remained constant for consecutive shows.

Most likely, pick-up shots were also filmed as a precaution on the first night in the event additional footage was needed during editing. This was similarly the case with B’z LIVE-GYM 2006 “MONSTER’S GARAGE” and its celebrated home video release. The show was primarily filmed at Tokyo Dome, but certain portions from their showings at Nagoya Dome and Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome were supplemented as well.

A home video release of B’z LIVE-GYM 2017-2018 “LIVE DINOSAUR” is expected to follow later this year, in May, June, or July. To avoid spoilers for those attending the remaining shows, the setlist for the prospective home video is preserved below.
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