Dir en grey ~ US Tour Dates

Miyavi tour dates have yet to be rescheduled, but here's some US tour dates worth looking into:

Dir en grey ~ All Visible Things 2009
November 2 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live - 7pm
November 3 - Dallas, TX - Trees - 7pm
November 11 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 13 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 14 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 16 - Chicago, IL - Metro - 6pm
November 18 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre - 7pm
November 20 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip - 8pm
November 22 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip - 7pm
November 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore - 7pm

There's also a rumor of a possible Utada tour to the US in 2010! Maybe so, maybe so. Right now this J-rocker is just hoping Miyavi recovers and is able to reschedule his US tour. *waves ticket*

Upcoming Releases

D'espairsRay: As said before, it's their 10th Anniversary! Their latest single "Final Call" will be released on September 9, a live DVD of their 10th Anniversary concert will also be released. And there's also a Greatest Hits album coming out with their best songs from 1999 to 2008.

Merry: They have a life DVD coming out on November 7th. Like the music, but not too sure about getting a dvd of the girls. But, if that's your thing, its up for pre-order now.

NEWS: YES! "NEWS Live Diamond" DVD is finally coming out! (it's almost been a year since the concert). It comes in limited and regular editions, but there's not that much difference so I'd go for the cheaper regular addition. It comes out on November 4! Pre-order now!

GACKT: Another dearly awaited DVD! His (long winded) GACKT Visualive Tour 2008-2009 Requiem et Reminiscence II- Saisei to Kaiko-" live DVD is coming out December 2, along with another new single.

Girugamesh: Mentioned this one before, and it deserves a second mentioning. Their third album is coming out along with a DVD featuring the music videos of "Alive" and "Border" and documentary from "Summer Evolution" and some backstage/interview footage. It comes out on December 16th.

Dir en grey: They're coming out with their music video DVD! Comes out Tomorrow, October 28th.

Oh, and cdJapan.co.jp is having a pretty good sale. There's Kra, Acid Black Cherry, Alice Nine, Vidoll, Angelo, the GazettE, even Mucc and BUCK-TICK.

New and Upcoming Releases J/K Rock

First on the list is Girugemesh's new release coming out on December 16. There's three types of releases. The Limited Type A includes 9 songs plus 1 special arranged song, and a DVD that includes the music videos to "Alive" and "Border" and also includes behind the scenes and lots of other special features. Type B has the 9 songs and a DVD with a different version of the "Border" music video and Behind scenes. The regular edition includes 9 songs plus 3 new songs. Also Girugemesh's new single "Crying Rain" is going to be out on October 17.

Dir en grey has a music video collection coming out October 28th. The DVD has 13 tracks including the FULL version of "Vinashka", "Conceived Sorrow", and "Uroboros".

Kagraa has a limited edition cd with DVD featuring the "Shiki" music video coming out on October 21.

On October 7th the Gazette has a new single "Before I Decay" with a bonus DVD with the music video.

Okay, here's a good one. It's D'espairsRay tenth anniversary single "Final Call" with a documentary DVD of their European tour. It came out on September 9th.

Here's another of my favorites, Arashi. On September 10th they came out with their "All the BEST 1999-2009" cd which also includes a new song dedicated to their fans for their 10th anniversary, "5x10".

Stepping over to Korea for a moment, there's G-Dragon from Big Bang with the lead singer's first solo album! It's called "Heartbreaker" and was released August 31st. It is WELL worth looking into. Of course, there was a slight drama over the title song. Some believe the song to be plagiarized because the beginning sounds like Florida's "Right Round". Right now it's decided that it IS NOT plagiarized, but just in case it has been sent to the original creators of "Right Round" to make sure. Watch the music video on youtube and you'll see G-Dragon does an excellent job on his own, but I still love the group together. If you're new to Big Bang I suggest viewing "Haru Haru".

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G-Dragon Plagiarism

CD Japan

YesAsia