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After several international appearances at conventions and events, the rap/pop duo FEMM will hit the road this summer as headliners of a European tour for the very first time. Coincidentally,...

Sponsored Post  AVO Magazine is a partner of Heroes Made in Asia Gorinchem. Heroes Made in Asia is the place where fans come together to share their passion for the Asian...

Bandcamp Friday is still going strong, it is March and thus it is time again to highlight a couple of Japanese artists and labels in an article. In the past,...

Esprit D'Air returned back on the stage of London's O2 Academy Islington on the 20th of February, the first show with an audience in a couple of years, to celebrate...

Every year in April, the music event THE DREAMING BAY takes place, organised by the pop-rock band April in 85. This year too, it will be held at the band's...

Alternative rock band tricot will postpone their European tour, originally scheduled for March and April of this year, to the autumn of 2022, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

We can look forward to the return of the rock 'n' roll band Guitar Wolf in Europe at the end of spring. The band has announced that they will have...

Rock 'n' roll band Guitar Wolf will have to look for a new drummer, as 'Drum Wolf' Toru has announced that he will be leaving Guitar Wolf after being part...

The dates for the 2022 edition of the Amsterdam-based Film Festival CinemAsia are announced, which is planned to take place in May from Tuesday 10 to Sunday 15. The locations...

The space-rock trio Dhidalah will soon return on European soil for another tour with their new full-length studio album in their back pocket. The European tour will take place in...

Shonen Knife’s rescheduled United Kingdom tour, originally scheduled for autumn 2021 and postponed to the spring of 2022, will be postponed once again. The tour was announced as a celebration...

The all-female steampunk power metal band FATE GEAR will return to Europe for a new tour. It will be the third European tour for the Tokyo-based band and will consist...

Psych-rock quintet Kikagaku Moyo will go on an indefinite hiatus at the end of 2022, 10 years after the band got started. But before all of this, they will go...

Bad news for the fans of heavy metal band LOUDNESS, as it has been announced that the legendary band will not be touring through Europe this coming spring. The European...

After Bandcamp Friday ended last December, we had to wait a month before Bandcamp came with the announcement that it is back for the coming months. It is time to...

It looked good for a while, but it's not going to happen. The European tour of instrumental rock band MONO, scheduled to start on the 10th of February, will be...

As the trio of Shonen Knife prepare for their upcoming 40th-anniversary tour through the United Kingdom, they have announced that a completely different tour, through Scandinavia, will take place in...

A lot has already been done to celebrate AVO Magazine’s 18th birthday and rightly so, 18 years is no mean feat! From the production of a podcast episode to the highlights by...

With January around the corner, it is time to look forward to shows and tours of Japanese musicians in the new year. But metalcore band CRYSTAL LAKE came with the...

"Third time is hopefully the charm," the organisation behind Abunai! said in an announcement shared earlier this month. The Dutch anime convention has to postpone their event, the 18th edition,...

After making lists in 2020 and 2021, unfortunately, a list for 2022 has to be created since there are already some cancellations and postponements of several Japan-related events, from conventions...

Punk rock band Otoboke Beaver's plans for the first half of 2022 are revealed: they will be on the road for a tour through North America and Europe. They have...

The first edition of Heroes Made in Asia last October appears to have been so successful that the organisation is planning a second edition in the new year. The second...

After skipping 2020 and going online for a full month of Japanese culture showcasing, the UK-based convention HYPER JAPAN announced that they will return to a real-life, in-person festival in...