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2025.4.6
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2025.4.26
Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective Announce Extra Tokyo Show
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2025.4.4
Pharrell Williams’ Life Gets a LEGO Animated Film Featuring Star-Studded Artists
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2025.4.18
VANS Takes Over Kabukicho with Music and Skateboarding Event Celebrating OLD SKOOL
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Yuka Nagase Releases Mofu Mohu with All-New Songs, Including a Track Produced by Kurayamisaka
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2025.11.8
Travis Scott to Bring His $200 Million Tour to Japan with Belluna Dome Show in Saitama
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2025.9.20
Yamagata’s Gampeki Music Festival Announces Final Chapter, Returning After Three Years
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2025.11.1
Mariah Carey Returns to Japan After Seven Years to Kick Off Christmas in Kobe and Yokohama
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Reveals First Lineup: The Prodigy, Gesaffelstein, Floating Points, Tohji
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2025.5.31
Shizuoka’s “FUJI & SUN ’25” Adds Tavito Nanao, Yoshiwara Gion Taiko Sessions, and More
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Yuta Orisaka Drops Self-Filmed and Edited Music Video for “Oki no Hou e”
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2026.3.14
GEZAN Announces First Ever Nippon Budokan Show in Spring 2026
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Rising Star Rol3ert’s ”meaning” Gets Remixed by KIDCOZY and More
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2025.3.29
A Unique Festival of Bread, Music, and Antiques Comes to Chofu—Featuring Shutoku Mukai, KIRINJI, and More
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2025.8.7
ePlus Unveils ‘FAVOY’ Project, Embracing the Online Music Scene with Live Performances
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2025.7.4
Studio Ghibli’s Ocean Waves to Return for a Limited 3-Week Nationwide Screening in July
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2025.7.19
ROTH BART BARON Announces 6th Edition of Annual KUMA FES This Summer
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2025.5.3
VIVA LA ROCK 2025 Adds ano, Awich, Kvi Baba, and More
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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists
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Shoichi Miyake
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OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness
Yuji Shibasaki
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
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Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations
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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.
EVENTS
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Reveals First Lineup: The Prodigy, Gesaffelstein, Floating Points, Tohji
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi
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2025.8.15
Denki Groove Joins the 3rd Lineup for SONICMANIA
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2025.8.15
RISING SUN Festival Expands 2025 Lineup with Suchmos, Satoko Shibata, Ohzora Kimishima and More
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2025.8.15
beabadoobee’s Pop-Up Shop Debuts at Shibuya 109 to Mark Summer Sonic Visit
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025: Official Dates Confirmed Following 2024 Milestone
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2025.8.16
ONE OK ROCK Announces Major Stadium and Dome Tour in Japan
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Reveals First Lineup: Official Hige Dandism & FALL OUT BOY
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Adds The Prodigy, Camila Cabello, LANA, BABYMETAL, and More
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2025.8.16
Summer Sonic 2025 Adds Gesaffelstein, YUNGBLUD, FRUITS ZIPPER, and More
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Netflix’s Pokémon Concierge Returns with New Episode Featuring Theme Song by Tatsuro Yamashita
Kenshi Yonezu × Hikaru Utada: First Collaboration on Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Ending
Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup
maya ongaku Sets Off on Nationwide Five-City Tour
PokéPark KANTO Set to Open in Japan Spring 2026 as Pokémon’s First Permanent Attraction
kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City
cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”