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JILUKA bring their DeViLs world tour to Europe this September, with 10 dates across the UK, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

🔗https://t.co/qVcngTyOiQ

@JILUKA_official

#JILUKA

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Ayase of YOASOBI has dropped his first solo EP 'dialogue' and his debut self-starring music video for 'Urusa'.

🔗https://t.co/pbRurNQyR2

@Ayase_0404

#Ayase #YOASOBI

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Visual kei metallers DAMNED channel the bleak world of Dark Souls on their haunting new track, 'Yuragu'.

🔗https://t.co/MNon2JLOQR

@official_DAMNED

#DAMNED #Yuragu

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Just four months after debuting, visual kei band Akai Yurei have "reincarnated" as Oideyo! Yureiz and released their first EP, 'STRAWBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE'.

🔗https://t.co/sOw0vcPPNL

@Oideyo_Yureiz

#V系

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MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 has revealed its Premiere Ceremony hosts and seven performers, including STUTS and Hiromi alongside the Philippines' Cup of Joe and Indonesia's Hindia.

🔗https://t.co/qwyl8MsN40

@MAJ_CEIPA

#MAJ2026 #MUSICAWARDSJAPAN

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NUL., featuring D'ESPAIRSRAY frontman HIZUMI, drop teaser trailer for 4th album 'ARTiFACT'.

🔗https://t.co/hPfPkyQaom

@NulOfficial

#NUL

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Visual kei band KIZU have announced an indefinite hiatus from February 2027, following the release of their "1st LAST ALBUM" and a nationwide tour.

🔗https://t.co/niJXAxWh9e

@ki_zuofficial

#キズ #KIZU

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Kenshi Yonezu, Fujii Kaze, MISAMO, and Sam Smith among the first 12 performers announced for MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026's Grand Ceremony on June 13th.

🔗https://t.co/WaollENlrc

@MAJ_CEIPA

#MAJ2026 #MUSICAWARDSJAPAN #KenshiYonezu #FujiiKaze #SamSmith

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Visual kei band DRUGS show their inner demons in the darkly grotesque new video for 'AKUMA', their 8th single release.

🔗https://t.co/DO5ezfNUgU

@DRUGS_JAPAN666

#V系

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HYDE has become the first Japanese rock artist to perform with a Vienna orchestra, closing his JEKYLL tour at the Wiener Konzerthaus on May 25th alongside the Kulturverein Orchester Wien.

🔗https://t.co/gapEE2PpjU

@HydeOfficial_

#HYDE

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Snow Man are bringing 72 previously unavailable songs to streaming from June 1st, finally completing their full digital catalogue.

🔗https://t.co/aUCyr9yrvx

@SN__20200122

#SnowMan #いつでもどこでもSnowMan

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Japanese action comic punk band Peelander-Z are recovering after a harrowing tour van crash in New Mexico, and the music world is rallying behind them.

🔗https://t.co/wTbVq3fldr

@peelanderz

#PeelanderZ

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Visual kei icons Seth (Moi dix Mois), KOUKI (D=OUT), and TSUKASA (D’ESPAIRSRAY) bring their enka unit Sakura Zensen to London this October for two UK-exclusive events.

🔗https://t.co/pRJBxrqWK4

@mogamizakura @tsukasa_tmh4ns @kouki_d_out @artcube_z

#SakuraZensen #さくら前線

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HALCALI make their THE FIRST TAKE debut with 'Otsukare SUMMER', their 22-year-old album cut turned seven-billion-play TikTok hit.

🔗https://t.co/b2tD6ZnuTf

@HALCALI__jp

#HALCALI

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LIVE REPORT: Rap-metal duo EMNW bring a Y2K-flavoured set to The Great Escape, backed by current and ex members of Skindred, Dragon Ash, TOTALFAT, and PALM.

🔗https://t.co/nIxkbaSZKA

@emnw_official

#EMNW

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SiM announce 7th album 'HOOMAN AFTER ALL', a "full on tribute to the prime era of rock", plus a world tour and new HANABIE. collaboration 'BLiNDEYES'.

🔗https://t.co/lCmgR9iVjf

@SiM_Official

#SiM #HOOMANAFTERALL

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LIVE REPORT: Months after supporting ONE OK ROCK at the O2 Arena, Paledusk return to London for a sold-out headline show alongside Knosis, a double bill of Japan's loudest heavy exports.

🔗https://t.co/21dUaCJmv2

@Paledusk_jpn @knosis_official

#Paledusk #Knosis

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Gyaru pop icon Kana Nishino teams with NiziU for 'LOVE BEAT', a summery, para para-ready single riding the current gyaru revival boom.

🔗https://t.co/Sxj8YdPxZ5

@kanayanofficial @niziu__official

#西野カナ #NiziU #LOVEBEAT

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Number_i have signed with Atlantic Records in the US, joining a Warner Music Group roster that includes Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, and Rosé, with new music recorded in LA due later this year.

🔗https://t.co/HhrMpj8J3c

@number_i_offic

#Number_i

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Jazz-rock visual kei band Fukuro drop cocoa-coated anti-war track 'CHOCOLATE WAR'.

🔗https://t.co/xLMOBh3C3Q

@FUKURO_OFFICIAL

#Fukuro