April 5th News

[US & Canada]  B'z are coming back to the US & Canada this September and October on their B'z Live - Gym 2012 -Into Free- tour! They're giving fans plenty of time to prepare which shows excellent preparation on their end. It seems that B'z will be doing some what of a circular route with their tour, hitting coastal cities on the East & West coast and skimming Canada before turning home. Holy hell, are we excited here at The AJMR. B'z has two enormous American accomplishments - they were the first Asian artist to put their handprints on Guitar Center's Hollywood Rockwalk, and Tak Matusmoto with Larry Carlton won the Best Pop Instrumental Album category at the 53rd Grammy Awards for the Take Your Pick album.
Recently, B'z released their 50th kick-ass single on April 4th called GO FOR IT, BABY -キオクの山脈- (Kioku no Sanmyaku), released a PV for it. B'z also reworked their 24th single track "Samayoeru Aoi Dangan" into "Into Free -Dangan-", an English theme song for Capcom's game Dragon's Dogma (for the Xbox 360 & PS3). Although the game doesn't come out until May, "Into Free-Dangan-" was distributed on iTunes and a smattering of other Japanese sites on the same day as GO FOR IT, BABY.

Source: TokyoHive, B'z OHP

[Santa Monica, CA]  JrockRevolution.com's website is back online.

[US]   StereoPony's Sakura-Con activities will be broadcasted on NicoNico. This is a great way to see the concert if you can't make it to Washington! You do not need to have a Japanese address to sign up. You can view the feed for free, however, if there is high demand free users are booted so paid users may access the feed. There's more information on Anime News Network here.