L'arc en ciel London Concert date confirmed + Cinema screening of concert in Japan set for London in December

L'arc en ciel have just announced that they will be playing their first ever concert in England at the IndigO2 venue located inside the O2 Arena complex in London on Wednesday 12th April 2012!


The venue has a capacity of 2,400. Tickets are not currently on sale but as soon as they are, we'll be sure to report on it!

Also announced is a "special 2-hour version" of the "20th L'Anniversary LIVE" held on May 28 and 29 in Tokyo earlier this year will be screened at the Apollo Piccadilly Cinema in London on December 6th. This concert chronicled the 20 year history of the band and saw 100,000 people congregate over two nights at the Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium. The concerts also saw the new single 'XXX' premiered. This single that topped the Japanese music charts is now available digitally here in the UK.

This is a great opportunity to get hyped up for the London concert in April. Tickets are not currently available, but again we will keep you updated with any information regarding this screening and the London concert.

L'arc en ciel 'XXX' Digital EP now available on Amazon UK!

Japanese rockers L'arc en ciel have released their latest single entitled 'XXX' as a four track digital EP on Amazon UK. The EP includes the single itself as well as an acoustic version of 'I'm So Happy' and Hydeless versions (this means with all of Hyde's vocals removed) of both 'XXX' & 'I'm So Happy'.

The EP can be purchased on Amazon UK HERE for £2.79.

L'Arc en ciel are set to announce a concert date in London as part of an upcoming world tour celebrating their 20th anniversary next year in the coming months. We'll be sure to keep you up to date with any developments regarding that as soon as the information becomes available.

L'arc~en~Ciel to play concert in London!

Some pretty big news by all accounts given how much we like this band, but Japanese rockers L'arc~en~ciel have revealed they are set to embark on a world tour at some point in the near future (meaning in 2012) as part of their 20th Anniversary "L'Anniversary" celebratory world tour.

The band have confirmed on their website (see screenshot below) that the world tour will be stopping in Europe, but this time aside from Paris (where they played their inaugural show in Europe back in May of 2008) they will be playing a concert in good old London, England!

No more information is currently available at this time. But believe us when we say we WILL keep you updated on this.

Aaside from various dates in Japan, as one would expect, the tour will be going to the following locations -
[Screenshots below are taken from the official website of L'arc~en~ciel]



You can view their latest single 'Goodbye My Way' below -

New music videos from J Rock bands

A little video based update on some of favourite bands for you all ahead of the X Japan show tomorrow (June 28th).

X Japan : Jade
First of all, X Japan have released the official promotional video (or simply put 'music video') for their new single Jade ahead of it's release on iTunes and their first ever show in Europe taking place in London tomorrow.

The song is sung entirely in English and is taken from their forthcoming (currently untitled) album. You can view the video below.



As mentioned the song will be available to purchase from iTunes music store in North America, Europe and Latin America tomorrow (June 28th.)

Dir En Grey : Different Sense
Next up is a new video from Dir En Grey ahead of their forthcoming album release 'Dum Spiro Spero' they have released the single 'Different Sense' taken from said album.
The song is very heavy as the recent descriptions of the album by band members in statements and interviews have suggested.
You can view the video HERE.
NOTE -The video of 'Different Sense' contains some graphic imagery that some viewers might not like at all. You have been warned. [The imagery included is the reason why we haven't embedded the video into this post.]
Credit to the Vimeo user 'masamune' for the official video.

However, you can hear the song itself in the video below without the worry of graphic images.


L'arc~en~ciel : Good Luck My Way
And finally, L'arc~en~ciel have released their new single 'Good Luck My Way' and below you watch the video for it.
(Credit to the YouTube user Ibara for the upload)