SCANDAL Archives

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2023

1 January 2024

With pandemic restrictions easing, Japanese bands are now boldly crossing borders once again. Our 2023 top list celebrates exceptional visual kei and Japanese rock artists who not only transcended geogr...

SCANDAL lives on in “Highlight” reel with new single

Nori

6 October 2023

Releases

All-female rock unit and Guinness Record setter SCANDAL released its 29th single Highlight no Nakade Bokura Zutto on October 4. Translating to “always in the highlights”, the up-tempo party anthem commemorates ...

SCANDAL nabs Guinness World Record!

Nori

25 August 2023

Entertainment, Releases

Osaka pop rock quartet SCANDAL made history on August 21 with the Guinness World Records title “Longest running rock band with the same musicians (female)”. The date also commemorated the band’s 17th anniversar...

SCANDAL’s single “Line of sight” aims to revive rock and roll roots

Nori

16 March 2023

Game, Releases, Tour and event

Osaka quartet SCANDAL began streaming its sixth digital single Line of sight on March 15. The tune was dedicated as the theme music for the card battle game Mobile Suit Gundam Arsenal Base, available to play in...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2022

NBT, Erica, Rin, Nori and G Andrew White

29 December 2022

Entertainment

This year has been quite a special one, with Japan opening up to the world again, and at the same time, we saw more Japanese bands seeking to perform abroad. Our toplist for the year 2022 gathers notable vis...

Interview: SCANDAL reflects on touring challenges and looking forward

G Andrew White and Nori

19 September 2022

Interview, Tour and event

On July 15, SCANDAL made the fourth stop on their North America WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Atlanta, Georgia. JROCK NEWS was in the crowd. This tour, previously planned for 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 p...

SCANDAL struts with new signature Fender guitars and bass

Nori

11 July 2022

Entertainment, Tour and event

Schoolgirls-turned-alt-rock sensation SCANDAL flaunts three new signature instruments in partnership with guitar production giant Fender. The Haruna Telecaster Boost guitar, Mami Stratocaster Omochi guitar, and...

YouTube Music Weekend vol.5 joined by 65 artists: SiM, MIYAVI, WagakkiBand, and more

NBT and Peertje

30 April 2022

Online Concert

YouTube Music Weekend is about to hit off vol.5 in its series, and this time, a total of 65 artists and groups are to join the online streaming event! Over the course of three days, May 6-8, the streams will pr...

BAND-MAID US TOUR 2022 sells out in 5 American cities

G Andrew White

6 March 2022

Tour and event

Update 2022-4-3: Due to the vast majority of shows selling out, BAND-MAID has added two more. October 30 American Dream East Rutherford, NJ November 1 House of Blues Chicago, IL Origina...

SCANDAL adds more cities for “SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022”

G Andrew White

29 January 2022

Tour and event

SCANDAL announces new dates for the North America leg of their SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR". New stops and dates were added for Boston, Chicago, Vancouver, and Seattle. In all, nine cities to catch these po...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

30 December 2021

Entertainment

We're not sure if the world has gotten any better this year, however, thanks to the amazing music and related activities that kept our spirits up, we're ready to move on to the next year! To end this unprece...

SCANDAL announces 15th anniversary livestream concert

G Andrew White

31 July 2021

Online Concert

The world is invited to celebrate SCANDAL's 15th anniversary by livestream on August 21. They recently announced their 15th ANNIVERSARY LIVE "INVITATION" concert will be at Osaka-jo Hall, a huge venue with a 16...

SCANDAL is “eternal” with 15th anniversary single

NoMusicNoReason

9 January 2021

New Look, Releases

We are entering the 15th anniversary year since the formation of girls' rock powerhouse SCANDAL, and the quartet wants to expand their legacy by releasing their first work of the year with single eternal on Mar...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...