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After the successful debut of the WACK in the UK event at The Underworld in London where the influential and at the same time notorious music agency WACK presented performances...

After selling out their first European tour last year, HANABIE. (including the dot) shared their new plans for 2024 bit by bit by revealing several summer festival shows in Europe....

Coming September, the metal band Zeke Deux will travel all the way from Japan to Germany for a one-off concert in München. While it will be the first time for...

Cyberpunk outfit PSYDOLL announced their return to the United Kingdom for another tour in the spring. The tour, titled Aurora Explosion Tour 2024, will take place in April and at...

Soon three Japanese idols — Miho, Nonayu, and Okinawa Electric Girl Saya — are gearing up for a special performance in the Netherlands on 27 January, titled A Family Meeting....

It is fun looking back at the start of this project which was entirely in the midst of the pandemic. The objective of introducing even more Japanese acts to AVO...

Following the digital re-release in April 2023 of Slayer’s Bay Blues, their self-recorded album that was sold at live shows during their first ventures overseas in the USA in 1999,...

Entitled Illuminate, Japanese solo musician SARI will celebrate her birthday with a concert on Friday 19 January 2024 in Stockholm. Earlier this year, the musician moved to Sweden to continue...

Last summer, singer-songwriter and guitarist DURAN was in Europe for some shows, mainly in France, and it clearly tasted like more. After releasing his new album Electric Man in November,...

Winter is finally here and soon the year 2023 will be over, but instead of looking back on the past year, we will look ahead with 10 anime recommendations. Did...

It seems that 2024 will be a big year for singer Ado. From 4 February to 1 April 2024, Ado will be going on a world tour for the very...

Solo idol Himari Tsukishiro, with her solo dance/vocal project Isiliel, had plenty to do this year, including a hefty world tour, as well as the release of her first album,...

Before mannequin duo FEMM will end the year 2023 with a disbandment, RiRi and LuLa will head to London for one more round of solo performances on 16 December. After...

An interesting collaboration between the Japanese instrumental rock band MONO and Spanish film collective ALISON resulted in a film fusing a story with live music, entitled Live Pilgrimage in Madrid....

This year, the organisation of Italian idol festival Monster Of Dolls took the first steps towards the return of a bigger event by organising several concerts, including a mini tour...

Singer-songwriter Anly will be returning to Europe for a couple of shows, including a visit to Manga Barcelona 2023 and a couple of solo shows. The Okinawa-born musician will be...

After four years, post-hardcore/metalcore band coldrain will return to Europe for a headline tour in February and March 2024. The five-member band has shows scheduled in Germany, France and Poland....

After their performance at Download Festival and a headliner show in London in June of this year, reggae-punk band SiM mentioned in their social media post that fans should "prepare...

After a busy European tour this year's spring, summer and start of autumn, singer-songwriter MION has announced the last shows for 2023 before she will travel back to Japan for...

With a brand new album out, titled stillness, softness..., Hinako Omori will tour Europe again. The European tour consists of 11 shows in seven countries, with four shows in the...

The Spanish convention Japan Weekend organises several editions through the year in Spain, and on the 18th and 19th of November, the event will take place in the city of...

Good news for European fans of the alternative rock band MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS: After performing at ArcTanGent Festival in the United Kingdom last year and confirming their first...

Japan's influential and at the same time notorious music agency, WACK, known for producing nonconventional pop and rock stars, is set to make its overseas debut with an event titled...

To celebrate her 20-year career, singer-songwriter Nana Kitade has been performing almost all over the world this year, from North America to Europe to South America and her tour final...