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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...

It has been five years since vocalist and guitarist Yuichi Abe decided to turn his solo project into a band format with support musicians and name it after his birth...

It’s getting colder outside and most of us are stuck inside because of the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the related restrictions. Time to watch some (more) anime! So curl...

In August we talked about the return of Bandcamp Friday, we are now in December and that means the last edition of 2021 will take place. It is time to...

After YouTube Anime Weekend last weekend, this weekend we can look forward to the fourth edition of YouTube Music Weekend, a weekend full of Japanese music, organised by YouTube Japan....

Rock band MELT-BANANA will be touring the United Kingdom starting coming spring from the 31st of March through the whole month of April 2022. This was announced earlier today on...

To celebrate the first anniversary of HIRΦNO KAMINOSE, the musician takes on the challenge of performing for 12 hours in front of an audience and via a live broadcast. This...

It was looking good for the events planned for autumn and winter to continue, but unfortunately, this is not the case anymore. On the same day that Heroes Dutch Comic...

On Sunday the 13th of November, MADAME EDWARDA, by many seen as a legendary goth rock band based in Japan, will celebrate the 40th-anniversary of the band with a special...

With Bandcamp Friday’s return in August, it is time to start highlighting a couple of Japanese artists and labels in an article. In the past, there were suggestions done in a...

The 18th edition of Tokyo International Music Market will livestream their annual music showcase to fans worldwide on planned for 1, 2 and 3 November 2021. The three-day event, presented...