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NEWS #MUSIC 2025.8.8

“Kyoto Student Kyoso Festival” at Kumano Dorm Welcomes Lovely Summer-chan and Texas3000

NiEW 2025.8.7｜15:19
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.10.25

Experience Live Music at Hiroshima’s Josenji Temple with Keiichi Sokabe and More

NiEW 2025.8.7｜15:15
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.9.27

“Fukuoka Music Month 2025” Set to Take Over City in September

NiEW 2025.8.7｜15:09
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.8.15

beabadoobee’s Pop-Up Shop Debuts at Shibuya 109 to Mark Summer Sonic Visit

NiEW 2025.8.7｜15:05
NEWS #MUSIC 2026.2.16

Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates

NiEW 2025.8.7｜14:58
NEWS #MUSIC 2026.1.15

kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026

NiEW 2025.8.7｜14:53
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.10.25

Hello Kitty and Kuromi Spin at SPOOKY PUMPKIN 2025 All-Night Halloween Party at Puroland

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:45
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.9.21

SUSHIBOYS Announce Solo Tour with Four Shows

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:41
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Helsinki Lambda Club’s Kaoru Hashimoto Debuts Solo with EP “Diary”

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:38
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Björk’s Live Album “cornucopia: live” Gets Six Physical Release Formats

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:34
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.8.30

Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition Launches in Osaka, Bringing to Life His 18-Year-Old Expo Journey

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:29
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Sanrio’s KUROMI Makes Artist Debut, Aims for World Tour

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:25

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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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#MUSIC 2025.10.2

MAN WITH A MISSION Announces UK & EU Tour Across 13 Cities

NiEW 2025.3.5｜22:50
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tofubeats Sets Out on Japan Tour with Special 10th Anniversary Concert Including TOWA TEI

NiEW 2025.7.10｜12:41
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MASHUP FESTIVAL kobe Unites 7 Kobe Fests; PUFFY, Satoko Shibata Among First 15 Acts Announced

NiEW 2025.6.12｜11:18
#MUSIC 2025.10.4

Jacob Bro and The Vernon Spring Join EACH STORY Festival in Nagano’s Nobeyama Highlands

NiEW 2025.6.19｜10:58
#MUSIC 2025.10.4

Beppu’s small circle ’25 to Host Ichiko Aoba with Keigo Oyamada & U-zhaan and More

NiEW 2025.6.27｜14:24
#MUSIC 2025.10.4

Summer Eye Announces New Tour “Fresh” with Full Band

NiEW 2025.7.10｜10:55
#MUSIC 2025.10.5

Ty Dolla $ign Joins Aichi “WIRED MUSIC FESTIVAL”; First Lineup Revealed

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:27
#MUSIC 2025.10.6

ONE OK ROCK Announces European Arena Tour This Fall

NiEW 2025.3.24｜00:12
#MUSIC 2025.10.7

OZworld Announces First-Ever Solo Show at Nippon Budokan This October

NiEW 2025.3.21｜10:31
#MUSIC 2025.10.7

Foo Fighters Return to Japan for First Solo Shows in 17 Years

NiEW 2025.5.23｜14:23
‘The Last Blossom’ to Hold All-Standing Preview Screening at Spotify O-EAST “Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced 4K Remastered GHOST IN THE SHELL Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup
Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo Sanrio’s KUROMI Debuts First Song by lilbesh ramko
Discover Tokyo’s Remote Islands Through Sound: U-zhaan, MIZ, Ichiko Aoba Participate Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025 First Maebashi Biennale Scheduled for 2026
Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour “Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return