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After the announcement of performances at Glastonbury Festival 2019 and Le Guess Who?, the psychedelic collective Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O (abbreviated to Acid Mothers Temple in...

A big blow for electronic rock/metal band Esprit D'Air, after the band had been busy with recording their upcoming album, the computer filled with the contents of their second album...

The word is officially out, Visual Kei rock band DADAROMA will perform at Japan Expo Paris next month. This will be their first show in Europe. The rock band will...

Pop-pink trio Shonen Knife just finished their European tour, but will return next month for a United Kingdom tour to celebrate and promote their newest release. The tour consists of...

After a few successful tours worldwide, it has been announced that the electronic rock band THE SIXTH LIE will come back to Europe for a show at Japan Expo Paris...

Soon it is time for a new edition of AnimeCon. After a few years in The Hague, the 21st edition of AnimeCon will take place in Rotterdam at Ahoy, the...

The band THE RODEOS did announce that a European tour would take place later this month. On their official website, they announced the dates of their upcoming tour. The conclusion...

Five-piece indie pop band Yahyel will come to London for a show at The Waiting Room. The show is totally free and a good way to get introduced to the...

From 8 June until 3 July, Ris Orangis, a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, will celebrate Japan with rock concerts, tastings and screenings under the name Tokyo Space...

In a few weeks, the hardcore crust band from Osaka, ☆HISATAKA☆ will travel to Europe for a short tour around the Czech Republic, starting with a show at MAGIC MUSICK...

Noise Rock band MELT-BANANA will tour the United Kingdom coming Fall, the tour is planned for October and the beginning of November. Last time that MELT-BANANA was in Europe for...

It is called the biggest Anime and Japan Expo from Germany, the eleventh edition of DoKomi is almost around the corner, taking place on 8th and 9th of June in...

A few days before BABYMETAL will perform a special show at O2 Brixton Academy in London, the kawaii metal band will perform at Glastonbury 2019. The organisation announced the last...

It promises to be an interesting 2019 edition of Le Guess Who? 2019. The festival will take place from 7 till 10 November in Utrecht in The Netherlands. The organisation...

In a large group exhibition on the cat theme, IBASHO will exhibit works by photographers already connected to IBASHO, such as Mika Horie, Hiromi Kakimoto, Yoshinori Mizutani, Naoyuki Ogino, Kumi...

English soprano Sarah Brightman has invited YOSHIKI to perform on the stage of London’s famed Royal Albert Hall on Monday 11 November 2019, for the final concert of her HYMN...

To promote her latest release, the album titled qp, the young musician Ichiko Aoba will tour Europe. The tour starts today, on the 21st of May in Iceland. The album...

After announcing several Summer shows, mostly at festivals, Instrumental rock band MONO announced that they are not only come back to Europe in the Summer but also in the Winter....

Not many people know that the basis of AVO Magazine is a Dutch language forum about Japan-related topics. AVO Forum started out on 16 May 2003, which makes it today...

Earlier today, the gothic rock band SOUNDWITCH dropped a new song that is available for free for all who are interested. The song that can be downloaded through the SoundCloud...

Hyper-experimental, psychedelic duo NANI∞GURU will tour the mainland of Europe and the United Kingdom starting at the end of May. The tour will start at Raw Power Festival, where other...

Metalcore band FAKE ISLAND announced that they will tour Europe for the first time. The tour is planned at the end of August, but the exact tour dates will be...

Krautrock band Minami Deutsch (南ドイツ) will embark on a European tour this Summer! It has been a year that the band was touring extensively through Europe. This time it will...

The 12th edition of the Japan Market in Leiden, organised by Japan Museum SieboldHuis, will take place on Sunday 9 June 2019. We have to wait for another month and...