If you’ve been hearing the buzz that’s building on the rock group X Japan, here are a couple of links that will give you a really good idea what they’re about.
Shockhound, Hot Topic’s website, just posted this stunning interview with X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, and it’s a terrific introduction and overview:
http://www.shockhound.com/videos/1126-x–japan–interview–x-japan
To check out the band live in concert, here’s a link to their performance of the song “Rusty Nail” at a show they headlined a couple of weeks ago at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama in front of 65,000 fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIO8yD2miFg
X Japan is one of the biggest rock bands in Japanese history, has sold 30-million units, and holds the attendance record at the 55,000-capacity Tokyo Dome, having sold it out 18 times.
X Japan made it’s U.S. concert debut on the Main Stage at Lollapalooza on August 8, 2010, and will launch its first-ever North American tour in late September – the itinerary is below. The band will release its first album in North America (with English lyrics) in early 2011.
SEPTEMBER
25 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
28 Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
OCTOBER
1 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
3 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC CANADA
6 Riviera, Chicago, IL
7 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON CANADA
10 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
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