COVID-19 - JROCK NEWS

BRATS holds worldwide livestreams in August!

14 July 2020

Punkette trio, BRATS, announces two live concerts set for August. While these concerts will have audience admission, they will also stream worldwide. Tickets available on ZAIKO have options in multiple language...

nano joins interview livestream hosted by HYPER JAPAN

NBT

10 July 2020

Videos

A quick and short announcement was made on July 2 revealing that nano will be joining a special interview session hosted by HYPER JAPAN. The interview is going to be available on YouTube as a livestream on July...

Crunchyroll to host next “MIYAVI Virtual” online live!

Midnight

9 July 2020

News

MIYAVI, the living guitar legend, has set the stage for his next "MIYAVI Virtual" real-time performance! Previously, these lives took place on LINE LIVE, with Twitch and Weibo serving as platforms for internati...

Weird Japanese YouTube channels to kerb your boredom in 2020

edoh+

8 July 2020

Entertainment

Looking for new channels to follow? We've got your back. Below we have our list of the most obscure yet highly entertaining Japanese YouTubers we can lay our filthy mitts on. Filthy because we've learned to cut...

Interview: Life of a concert photographer

edoh+, Zephyr and Narine

3 July 2020

Featured, Interview

Alright alright, we already know COVID has shutdown or postponed most, if not all, concerts and tours around the world. Now we have perfect opportunity to sit down with our resident concert photographers at JRO...

Rock out to these Japanese livestream shows in July

G Andrew White

30 June 2020

Tour

With venues closed around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several artists are using livestreams to deliver performances for the fans. By jumping to online streaming services they can perform in place of...

LUNA SEA and fans band together in “Make a vow -with All of us-” music video

NoMusicNoReason

29 June 2020

Music Video

LUNA SEA has kept a steady pace of daily uploading a music video for 30 consecutive days in conjunction with its 30th-anniversary project ECLIPSE 303030. Now that this part of the project has come to an end wit...

Discussion: Would you go to a drive-in concert?

edoh+

23 June 2020

Entertainment

Entertainment company Live Nation announced a series of live drive-in concerts across the UK featuring music performances and comedy shows, and that got us thinking–could drive-in concerts be the future of live...

exist trace’s first release in 4 years, “The Only Garden” mini-album

NBT

22 June 2020

New Look, Releases

One of the long-surviving female visual kei band exist†trace is finally back again with a new release after a near four-year gap in its discography. The new material is the mini-album The Only Garden and you ca...

nano performs acoustic online concert “Rock On. @ Home”

NBT

22 June 2020

Tour

Japan is still not at the stage where mass gathering is suitable due to COVID-19, but that won't stop nano from rocking your socks off—from the comfort of your own home that is! To circumvent the restriction...

DEVILOOF holds paid livestream concert “I HATE COVID-19”

NBT

20 June 2020

Tour

DEVILOOF is a band that creates aggressive music, so much that death metal pretty much sounds like pop in comparison. And with that in mind, the band has just revealed an upcoming paid livestream dubbed the tas...

MUCC’s paid livestream concert offers chance for face-to-face call

NBT

18 June 2020

Tour

For the first time in MUCC's career dating all the way back to 1997, the band will hold their first paid livestreaming concert with no audience. The stream will be available through the streaming platforms "ZAI...

Hatsune Miku celebrates birthday with “Magical Mirai 2020” album release!

NBT

16 June 2020

Releases, Videos, Vocaloid

Hatsune Miku is releasing the album Magical Mirai 2020 on her birthday, August 31! It's packing 10 songs and two music videos. So far we've been given a quick preview of its content so if you're already intrigu...

BUCK-TICK worships the night in single “MOONLIGHT ESCAPE”

Ziggy

15 June 2020

New Look, Releases

Closing in on another release milestone, BUCK-TICK announced their 39th single MOONLIGHT ESCAPE, expanding their already colossal discography with this addition on August 26. Once again, BUCK-TICK has gravit...

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