Japanese Events: Music

Following up their past tour through the United Kingdom, self-produced melodic metal and electronicore band Esprit D'Air planned a new tour. This one is bigger than the previous tours and...

After their tour of Europe last year, it seems melodic metalcore group Sable Hills are interested in heading back. The band has confirmed that they will return to Wacken Open...

Rock trio Boris will be heading out to Europe for an extensive tour coming April, May, and June for a Heavy Rock Breakfast, which is the title for their first...

Rock band RADWIMPS will embark on a European tour coming May. The tour is powered by Crunchyroll and consists of five dates in the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Germany....

Amid all the positive festival and tour announcements from Japanese bands and artists, some not-so-nice news suddenly arrived for fans of heavy metal veterans LOUDNESS. After three postponements of the...

We know her as risu, r_i_s_u and RIS, but these days the Tokyo-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and entertainment has renamed her solo project RIS-707, though she is still RIS herself, the...

Singer-songwriter Nana Kitade will return to Europe in April for a tour, after more than 10 years, to celebrate her 20-year career. Before she will perform in Europe, she will...

This may be seen as a reminder, given we already wrote about Otoboke Beaver's SUPER CHAMPON Tour's postponed club shows from 2022 to this year, but given that a number...

BABYBEARD, the pop-metal idol group that got introduced in the spring of 2021, will go to Switzerland to perform at the pop culture event Polymanga. The 2023 edition of Polymanga...

After a succesful European tour in 2022, hardcore/death metal band Kruelty will return to promote their new album Untopia. The 23-date tour will take place in April and May and...

In addition to various summer music festivals announcing which artists will perform, several anime conventions set to take place this summer are also working hard with rounding up a musical...

The reggae punk band SiM will soon make their live debut in the United Kingdom with two shows in June. The four-piece will perform at Download Festival and has a...

Harajuku Pop Princess Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will finally return to Europe for a couple of shows, in early June, which is part of an upcoming world tour. After cancelling the...

Art punk psychedelic rock band TsuShiMaMiRe (つしまみれ) will return to Europe for a couple of shows in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, San Marino, and the United Kingdom. Like last year, the...

They are 'back from the grave', after roughly four years doom metal band Church of Misery will return to Europe for a tour. Last summer they have announced a new...

It's been a while since we wrote about happy rock 'n' roll band THE TOMBOYS, but some fun news emerged recently when the four-piece band surprised fans with an announcement...

The Kyoto-based singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba will be returning for another European tour, as part of her Saison Des Fleurs Tour 2023 coming spring. Some European shows were previously confirmed, but...

2022 was a good year for the three-piece instrumental rock formation The Shamisenists, consisting of two shamisen players and one drummer. In the summer, they were in France for a...

Osaka-based Violent Magic Orchestra (VMO in short) will be in Europe for a tour in February. It will be the first time in more than three years that the group...

Chinese-Japanese-American rapper, songwriter, and artist Lil Mariko will tour Europe in February. Compared to last year, the tour will be a bit shorter in duration, but she will still perform...

The Tokyo-based instrumental rock band MONO will soon be touring Europe, showing no signs of slowing down. The tour is titled Pilgrimage of the Soul again and is scheduled for...

It has been a while since we wrote about the singer-songwriter, poetry rapper and producer Haru Nemuri, but she has been tremendously busy over the past few years. From a...

It seems that the pop-rock band Vaiwatt are slowly conquering Europe. As recently as 2021, the duo performed in Turkey for a Halloween show. Last year, the duo could still...

Coming March, Tokyo-based cyberpunk band PSYDOLL will return to the United Kingdom for a tour. The tour is titled Spark Tour and consists of 8 shows, starting on 17 March...