Tour - JROCK NEWS

BRATS lead Japanese and Korean rock crossover livestream “Ambitious Girls Rock 1”

9 January 2021

BRATS will headline the livestream of Ambitious Girls Rock 1 also featuring Velvet Sighs, and two Korean bands Rolling Quartz and VINCIT. The streaming event will be distributed for free on the Rolling Quartz o...

Start the new year with these Japanese livestreams in January

Midnight

1 January 2021

Online Concert, Tour

If your new year's resolution is to watch more live music events, you're in the right place. We've rounded up as many Japanese livestreams as we could currently find; however, like last month, more streams will...

Report: Explosive online live with Roselia and RAISE A SUILEN “Rausch und/and Craziness -interlude-“

NBT

29 December 2020

Online Concert, Review

Two of the most powerful bands from the “BanG Dream!” family (franchise) have once again joined forces, but this time for their very first livestream concert together! The juggernaut show that took place on ...

D livestreams “Vampire Chronicle 2020” from historic Lockheart Castle

Midnight

25 December 2020

Online Concert, Videos

D will stream its live performance Vampire Chronicle 2020 from the enchanting Lockheart Castle on December 26. Regular viewing tickets start at 2,500 yen and are now on sale via ZAIKO. The Lockheart Castle o...

Report: amazarashi’s depressing livestream brings hope to our future

NBT

22 December 2020

Online Concert, Review

The world isn’t the same anymore. Living in a pandemic state has not only taken a toll on us concertgoers but also greatly affected passionate musicians such as amazarashi. To express such dissatisfaction and d...

LM.C streams live performance “LM.C Club Circuit ’20 -Halloween-” on Christmas Eve

Midnight

17 December 2020

Music Video, Online Concert, Tour

LM.C will stream its spectacular live performance LM.C Club Circuit '20 -Halloween- on December 24 via ZAIKO. This year, the rock duo was forced to cancel much of its tour schedule when the pandemic hit. Ho...

BAND-MAID surprises with performance of new song “After Life”, from upcoming album

G Andrew White

16 December 2020

Online Concert, Releases

Over the weekend during BAND-MAID's ONLINE OKYU-JI livestream, they performed the new song After Life for the very first time, a track you'll find on their next album, "Unseen World". Briefly introduced by voca...

LUNA SEA to “RELOAD” 2020 with first-ever livestream concerts

edoh+

14 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour

After selling out the limited number of physical tickets for -RELOAD- Saitama Super Arena 2DAYS, LUNA SEA announced performances will be live-streamed worldwide simultaneously. Due to the pandemic, the shows...

Mikansei Alice streams dream-fulfilling live performance

Ziggy

12 December 2020

Online Concert

Mikansei Alice will conclude their dream of performing at the Mynavi BLITZ Akasaka, Tokyo, venue with the livestream of their no-audience performance recorded back in September. The livestream will be hosted on...

Matenrou Opera’s guitarist JaY departs with final livestream concert

Midnight and Dorian

12 December 2020

News, Online Concert

It has been announced that guitarist JaY will withdraw from Matenrou Opera on December 14. On the same date one last live titled MATENROU OPERA CHRONICLE 2016-2020 will be held, commemorating his four years in ...

amazarashi holds profound 1st livestream concert, makes us reflect on life

NBT and afaenia

6 December 2020

Online Concert, Releases

amazarashi is holding its first livestream concert on December 12 for domestic fans, and a delayed viewing for overseas fans on December 20 that comes with additional English subtitles. The livestream and its c...

Japanese livestreams to check out in December

Midnight

5 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour

We apologize for running late with this month's roundup of livestreams. As a note, you can still watch past-streams thanks to the playback feature which allows you to view "dead" streams days after a concert ha...

BUCK-TICK’s in-person concert to be livestreamed worldwide “ABRACADABRA THE DAY IN QUESTION 2020”

Ziggy

2 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour

Contrary to BUCK-TICK's usually busy live schedule, this year will end with BUCK-TICK's first and only audience-attending live performance of 2020 with ABRACADABRA THE DAY IN QUESTION 2020. Better yet, for thos...

JROCK NEWS 5th Anniversary: Special message from fox capture plan

edoh+ and Dorian

30 November 2020

Entertainment, Online Concert, Site News

Instrumental jazz-rock trio fox capture plan dropped their wonderful album DISCOVERY earlier this month and have been busy bees performing in an amazing temple. Sitting in front of traditional shoji (translucen...