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2025.9.27
Blue Note JAZZ FESTIVAL in JAPAN 2025: TAKE6, Tower of Power, and More Join the Lineup
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Taifu Club Announces 7-Inch Vinyl “Kyoto-shi Minami-ku” and Releases Documentary Teaser
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More
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2025.11.15
Quruli Announce Nationwide Tour and First of Four Monthly Singles, “Wandering”
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Sanrio’s KUROMI Debuts First Song by lilbesh ramko
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Kenshi Yonezu × Hikaru Utada: First Collaboration on Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Ending
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return
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King Gnu Announces Largest Asian Tour from February 2026
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2025.11.1
cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”
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2025.8.17
Maximum10 Compilation Released on HOLIDAY! RECORDS with POP DISASTER, sfpr and More
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2025.10.12
maya ongaku Sets Off on Nationwide Five-City Tour
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2025.8.29
August “exPoP!!!!!” Brings Five Acts to NiEW’s Monthly Free Event
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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.
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2025.10.2
MAN WITH A MISSION Announces UK & EU Tour Across 13 Cities
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2025.10.3
tofubeats Sets Out on Japan Tour with Special 10th Anniversary Concert Including TOWA TEI
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2025.10.4
MASHUP FESTIVAL kobe Unites 7 Kobe Fests; PUFFY, Satoko Shibata Among First 15 Acts Announced
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2025.10.4
Jacob Bro and The Vernon Spring Join EACH STORY Festival in Nagano’s Nobeyama Highlands
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2025.10.4
Beppu’s small circle ’25 to Host Ichiko Aoba with Keigo Oyamada & U-zhaan and More
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2025.10.4
Summer Eye Announces New Tour “Fresh” with Full Band
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2025.10.5
Ty Dolla $ign Joins Aichi “WIRED MUSIC FESTIVAL”; First Lineup Revealed
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2025.10.6
ONE OK ROCK Announces European Arena Tour This Fall
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2025.10.7
OZworld Announces First-Ever Solo Show at Nippon Budokan This October
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2025.10.7
Foo Fighters Return to Japan for First Solo Shows in 17 Years
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