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2025.4.4
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2025.8.13
Ichiko Aoba Announces Band Set Shows and 2026 Spring Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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2025.5.23
Mori, Michi, Ichi, Ba 2025 Announces Second Lineup: Eiko Ishibashi, toe, betcover!!, Naotaro Moriyama, and More
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2025.3.8
BABYMONSTER Opens Pop-Up Stores in Five Cities Across Japan
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Adds The Prodigy, Camila Cabello, LANA, BABYMETAL, and More
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2025.5.10
Noto Support Event GAPPA ROCKS ISHIKAWA Announces Lineup with BRAHMAN, Kuroyume and More
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2025.5.15
Gen Hoshino Announces Extra Shows for “MAD HOPE” Tour in Osaka and Yokohama
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2025.4.12
MAGICHOUR Festival on Awaji Island Announces Final Lineup with Shota Aratani and Maiko Suzuki
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YOGEE NEW WAVES to Release Remastered “PARAISO” After Initial Press Sold Out
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2025.3.30
Hearts2Hearts to Make Their Japan Debut at “The Performance” in Yokohama
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2025.3.22
APPI JAZZY SPORT Returns After Five Years with Daichi Yamamoto, JJJ, WONK, and More
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2025.2.26
4AD, Ninja Tune, and Other UK Labels to Feature in Pop-Up at Isetan Shinjuku
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2025.6.7
“Chagrock” in Iwate to Feature Kroi, Sambomaster, GENERATIONS, Rikon Densetsu, and More
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2025.5.23
20th Anniversary GREENROOM FESTIVAL Reveals 3rd Lineup with KREVA, never young beach, UA, and toe
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TuneCore Japan Launches New Unlimited Plan Offering Unlimited Releases
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Dutch Duo KAGAMI Teams Up with Mime’s Hikari for New Song
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2025.7.25
Fuji Rock Announces First 60 Artists, Including Japan Debut of Fred Again..
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2025.9.9
Tyler, The Creator Announces Japan Stop on World Tour This Fall
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2025.12.21
Aomori’s SWALLOW Announces Tokyo Debut Solo Show
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.26
Shintaro Sakamoto Drops New Track “Dear Granpa” and Announces Year-End Solo Show
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2025.12.26
NiEW’s Monthly Free Music Showcase Returns to Shibuya This Dec With Indie and Alt Sounds
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities
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2025.12.12
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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