B’Z – THE BEST SELLING BAND IN HISTORY OF JAPAN – RELEASE FIRST ENGLISH ALBUM
Rock Band To Kick Off North American Tour September 17th
Formed in 1988, rock band B’z
are guitarist Tak Matsumoto and vocalist Koshi Inaba. Over the span of
twenty-four years, B’z have released 18 albums and 50 singles, with 46
singles consecutively debuting at Number One on Japan’s Oricon Single
Chart. B’z have sold over 80 million CDs in Japan alone, making them the
best-selling artist in Japan’s history.
Known
as Asia’s foremost guitar player, Matsumoto has joined legends Jimmy
Page, Joe Perry, Ace Frehley and Slash to become only the fifth
guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature Les Paul: the Tak Matsumoto Doublecut Custon Ebony Gibson. http://bit.ly/PGbcgH
B’z
first English-language album was released on July 25th and is available
now worldwide exclusively through iTunes. The self-titled collection
includes the newly released single, “Into Free-Dangan-," which is
featured in the video game, Dragon’s Dogma and has sold over a
million units worldwide and the record’s opening track, “Love Bomb”
(originally titled “Ai no Bakudan”) was a Number One hit in Japan in
2005. View the explosive video for the track “Juice” here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ivMiCqcpI.
All
of the songs on the new album have been re-produced with English lyrics
to coincide with B’z upcoming North American tour kicking off September
17
th.
Matsumoto
explains, “This will be our fourth U.S. tour. We love playing for
American audiences, and are excited to share our first English-language
release with our fans.”
B’z North American Tour Dates:
9/17 San Francisco, CA @The Warfield
9/19 Seattle, WA @The Showbox SODO
9/20 Vancouver BC @Orpheum Theatre
9/26 Toronto, ON @Sound Academy
9/28 Silver Spring, MD @The Fillmore
9/30 New York, NY @Best Buy Theater
10/7 Los Angeles, CA @Gibson Amphitheatre
Special Thanks goes to: Renee Harrison
PUBLICITY PLEASE /
Machine Shop Marketing
