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Updated regulations ensure preservation of hide (X Japan)’s final resting place

12 December 2023

Renowned musician and trailblazer in the music industry, hide (Matsumoto Hideto), boasts one of the most visited graves for Jrock fans. His final resting place is honored as a sacred place of mourning for Jrock...

ROCKET DIVE into hide’s world with S.H.Figuarts figure

Erica

16 July 2022

Entertainment

If you've ever wanted to own a life-like figure of the legendary musician hide, now is your chance. The famed X Japan guitarist and solo artist hide is getting an exclusive figure from the company S.H.Figuarts....

Virtually visit the grave of hide (X Japan): Visual kei pioneer and eternal inspiration

NBT and afaenia

2 May 2020

Entertainment

It’s been if(new Date().getFullYear() >= 2020) { document.write((new Date().getFullYear() - 1998) + ' '); } else { document.write('22 ') } 22 years since we lost hide (Matsumoto Hideto), on May 2, 1998. The le...

Interview: MIYAVI on his role in Bleach, values, and inspirations from hide

Narine

30 April 2018

Featured, Interview, Report and review

The sun was unusually brilliant for the UK on April 21, marking the second European tour date for MIYAVI's Day2 World Tour as if the heavens knew the Japanese guitar samurai would be visiting. In a room adjacen...

hide tribute album starring MIYAVI, ACID ANDROID, HISASHI, Nishikawa Takanori

edoh+

12 April 2018

Releases

It has been twenty years after his passing and this compilation will gather artists who admire and resonate with the spirit of hide and his work in the music world. June 6, 2018 will see the release of a tribut...

Interview: How Seiichi Hoshiko was impacted by hide of X Japan

NBT

31 January 2018

Interview

Last week Hoshiko-san told us the story how he came to coin the term "Visual kei". He also shared his mid-life crisis which resulted in him creating the magazine SHOXX. This week we'll dig deeper into this topi...

hide 20th Memorial Project announces two shows, new documentary and merchandise

edoh+

13 December 2017

Releases, Tour and event

hide 20th Memorial Project has announced a two-date event, SUPER LIVE "SPIRITS" in memory of hide. He was best known as the guitarist for X JAPAN, who are credited as founders of the visual kei movement. But he...

VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 summons LUNA SEA, X JAPAN, GLAY, hide with Spread Beaver and Golden Bomber

edoh+

17 August 2016

Tour and event

VISUAL JAPAN SUMMIT 2016 Powered by Rakuten will be on for three days spanning the 14-16 October at Japan’s largest convention center Makuhari Messe. The first artists to be announced are X JAPAN, LUNA SEA, GLA...

See X JAPAN hide’s holographic performance

edoh+

3 September 2015

Music Video, Tour and event

Super intrigued to hear about a new holographic theatre which will be open this month in Yokohama. For their grand opening, DMM VR THEATRE will be showing a holographic performance of hide. The show lasts for 6...

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