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Posted on February 16, 2010 in New release

miyavis-new-release

Miyavi’s company – J-glam has updated some info on his newest release.

雅-MIYAVI- is Back !! With his first release coming up since going independent!
Ringtone downloads (Japan only) available from Feb. 24th.
On Jan. 1st 2010, 雅-MIYAVI- has announced a new record deal with EMI and the release of the DVD “NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR Vol.1” which is set for release on March 24th, and the changing of his artist name logo to 雅-MIYAVI-.
Here are the details of the “Special Limited Edition Box Set” which will be released simultaneously.
The new song “Survive” will come in a USB memory stick on the “NEO TOKYO WRIST BAND”. This song was written during MIYAVI’s last world tour in 2009. Just as the song title suggests, it shows MIYAVI’s feelings during the strenuous and rough world tour.

This aggressive new song “Survive” is a live studio recording with just MIYAVI on guitar and Bobo(54-71) on drums and is co-produced/engineered by Toshikazu Yoshioka (The Strokes, 8otto). This song is surely a new and intense reintroduction to the SAMURAI GUITARIST, 雅-MIYAVI-. You don’t have to be an enthusiast to expect a pleasant surprise out of this unconventional grouping.

The USB memory stick contains a high quality 24bit/96khz version as well as an MP3 version.
You can also download this new song as a ringtone starting Feb.24th. (Japan only) Don’t wait too long to check it out!

MIYAVI will be releasing a best of the best album titled 『FAN’S BEST』!!

All tracks will be chosen by the fans.
To commemorate his fresh new start after announcing his new artist name logo 雅-MIYAVI-, a “best of the best” album, “Fan’s Best” will be released on Mar.24th 2010 !

Songs that have been released from Universal Music will be selected by enthusiastic fans from all over the world.
The top 10 songs will go on the album.
Plus, live footage from his Universal Music era will be included as bonus tracks.

The special web-site for voting is here.
http://www.universal-music.co.jp/universalj/artist/miyavi/special/

Covers for the dvd have also been released. You can see the covers for both regular edition and the limited edition.

Sources: EMI, J-glam myspace

Posted on February 4, 2010 in Blog

miyavis-new-song

MIyavi seems to be hard at work! He updated his blog with a peek into a new song he is working on.

MY BRAND-NEW SONG IS READY.
I wrote this song during the last world tour.
I think some of u guys might have heard it at my show.
(i kinda changed the title though)

I spitted out everything that I felt through out the tour.

as u guys know,
there are unbelievably many BAD & SAD things happening in the world now.
i will shout out what i wanna say as a musician through my music just as before.

music wise, it ended up being pretty SOLID & TIGHT
so just keep on waitin to be ROCKED !!

What do you think? Are you excited for the new stuff Miyavi is going to give to his fans this year?

Source: Myspace

Posted on January 2, 2010 in Label Change, New release

miyavi-joins-emi-music-label

Miyavi updated his blog with some cool news, he has been signed onto EMI Music and will working hard with them to bring out more music. He has already been added to their database of artists over here.

….so many tough things that i’ve never expected happened this year.
parting from my ex company that i ve been with for 10 years,
making my own company J-glam Inc,
getting married and having a daughter,
launching my official FanClub for ppl all over the world,
having my 2nd world tour,
getting injured and sick,
and i signed with a new record label.

there was a lot of parting,
but more opportunities to meet wonderful ppl.

as i told my crowd at the FC party,
i signed with the Fxxkin’ cool label E M I music
to make a new ground from 2010 !!

they r so mad as shit so i fxxkin love em.
a great team bonded with hopeful perspective of MIYAVI’s music.
and i feel that im able to make a exciting future with them for real.

and ppl in the U.S.,
i WILL go there next year no matter what,
so give us a lil more time.
we r in a quite hard situation right now,
but we WILL NOT give up.
thanks.

Also a promo cm has been posted by Miyavi. They will be releasing a dvd on March 24th called NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR vol.1 that documents his world tour.


Source: Miyavi’s blog

Posted on January 1, 2010 in Tour

miyavis-new-tour

Miyavi has announced a new tour entitled 「NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR 2010」. As far as I’m concerned it will be a world tour, but only details concerning the so-called ‘Japanese Circuit” are given so far:

March 28th @ Okinawa Ginowan HUMAN STAGE
April 1st @ Kagoshima SR HALL
April 2nd @ Kumamoto DRUM Be-9
April 5th @ Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
April 6th @ Okayama IMAGE
April 7th @ Hiroshima NAMIKI JUNCTION
April 9th @ Matsuyama SALON KITTY
April 11th @ Osaka SHANGRILA
April 12th @ Kyoto KYOTO MUSE
April 17th @ Matsuzaka M’AXA
April 18th @ Nagoya THE BOTTOM LINE
April 19th @ Hamamatsu FORCE
April 21st @ Niigata CLUB JUNK BOX MINI
April 22nd @ Kanazawa vanvan V4
April 24th @ Kobe VARIT.
April 26th @ Sapporo PENNY LANE 24
April 28th @ Sendai darwin
April 29th @ Koriyama Hip Shot Japan
May 29th @ Tokyo Stellar Ball

Source: OHP

Posted on November 11, 2009 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Today’s fact can also be seen as news! Did you know that Miyavi has recovered and wants to come back to America already? This is from his myspace blog.

IM READY TO FLY OUT AGAIN
the injury that i got has almost completely recovered.

i also finally finished the “annoying” medical check up.
and i got permission to start working again from next month !!

lemme say this again,
sorry for makin u worry.

and from the shows in CHINA next month,
my 2nd world tour “NEO TOKYO SAMURAI BLACK” will resume to rock u guys out again !!

(we’re re-planing everything to attack the U.S. also :P )
miyavi
im ready to fly out once more.

M

Great but I hope he doesn’t over do it!

Posted on October 25, 2009 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

As you guys know, Miyavi did hurt himself and had to cancel his US tour dates. Many of you guys asked where and when he was injured so after looking through his blog I found an image and little blurb about his wound in France.

miyavibruise

i got injured when i fell off the stage...
(i know im CLUMSY sometimes)
and also as my staff mentioned here,
please be careful while u r waiting for ur super hero !!

He also updated his blog a few days ago with a message to his fans.

IM FINE, JUST EMPTY
thanks to ur hospitality in mexico,
we were able to wrap up the tour in south america.
now, we r in SFO
and waitin for the flight to japan.
yeh, as u guys know,
the shows in the U.S. have been postponed this time.
i can't get out of the airport here...
im so sorry.
my heart hurts a million times more than the actual pain on my body when i think how the ppl who were waiting for me with tickets feel.
i'm fine.
i just wanna close my eyes for now...
M

Poor guy, I hope he is safe in Japan with his family.

Posted on October 21, 2009 in Overseas, Tour

miyavi-cancels-tour

I hate updating with bad news. Thanks to our new translator Lisa for pointing this out to me.

It is with the greatest regret that we have to announce that Miyavi’s USA tour (scheduled to perform in Seattle, New York, Atlanta, and Dallas) has been canceled, and will be rescheduled.

There has been problems which occurred regarding the band member’s entry permits, and complications that arose during the process of scheduling/booking of venues. Moreover, the condition of Miyavi’s health after an injury which occurred during the Europe tour, has not shown a favorable recovery.

Miyavi has been greatly looking forward to the USA leg of the tour, and is still strongly opposed to the idea of canceling the shows.

However, after consulting with a local doctor in Mexico of his injury and his health condition, we as a management have come to a decision that it is not feasible for Miyavi to continue, and is best for him to return to Japan immediately to seek medical treatment.

We are incredibly sorry for the disappointment this may cause all of the fans in the US, but we sincerely ask for your understanding of this matter. This is to ensure a better performance with the band in it’s best condition.

Once we are able to confirm the rescheduled tour dates and venues, we will be announcing it on the official website.

We apologize once again, but hope to make it up to you in the near future.

Sincerely,
J-glam Inc. staff

H.U.G. Inc updated with the following about his Cali lives.

In regards to Miyavi’s San Francisco Live and PMX appearance…

We regret to announce that the San Francisco concert and PMX appearance will be postponed/canceled.
All of our staffs at H.U.G., Inc. would have liked to inform all of our customers at the earliest timing possible regarding this matter, but until we had received a final determination from Miyavi’s management we were not allowed to make any kind of announcement on our end.
Both H.U.G., Inc. and Miyavi were trying our best until the last minute to continue with both the events and the US tour, but caring for Miyavi’s physical conditions, his future, and his fan’s future, they had made the difficult decision of postponing the tour and events so we can provide all of the US fans with the best tour ever.
We are truly sorry for this last-minute inconvenience that this may have caused to any and all of our customers, affiliated companies, sponsors, and every one who took part in setting up this tour.
Once a reschedule date is planned, please rest assured that our customers will be the first to know.
Our company will try to compensate for any dissatisfaction with our future planned events that we hope will make all of our customers happy.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience we have caused to our San Francisco concert attendees and as stated in the application form, all personal information such as names, addresses and credit cards will be securely removed from our server and will be deleted from our files.

Thank you again for your understanding and patience in this matter.
We hope that all of you “co-miyavi”s will support Miyavi again in the near future.

-H.U.G., Inc.

But they do say that he does and will return to America so lets all hope for the best, and I hope he didn’t hurt himself too much while in Mexico.

Source: HP

Posted on October 18, 2009 in Overseas

noiz-comes-to-pmx-2009

The band will be returning to America for the con PMX in LA California (Pacific Music Live 09). Their live will be on November Friday, November 6th. They also have some other events which are probably autographs, and Q&A session but so far no full details on their schedule besides that they will be around during the full con.

Also doing a live will be jpop duo Papillon. This will be their first live in USA.

Like in our last post, its said that Miyavi will be doing a mini live but the PMX site has not been updated with that information just yet.

Source: PMX

Posted on October 18, 2009 in Event, Overseas

miyavi-adds-more-dates-to-usa-tour

Oh wow, Miyavi’s site updated with a link on H.U.G Inc, with this as the main banner, seems like he is adding more dates but this time in California.

miyavitour

To celebrate the return of Miyavi, there will also be some interesting gifts for fans!!

Special Gift #1: (click here to enter)

  • A chance to win an aftershow/backstage pass (4 people per venue)
  • A group photo with Miyavi after the live
  • A chance to win rare Miyavi merch!

Fan club members do receive a discount it seems when entering the raffle.

Since we have been receiving a high volume of questions in regards to this tour package, we would like to clear up a few issues that have caused some confusion. Upon entering, you will be raffled in for the backstage passes if you purchase a flight AND/OR hotel. You are not obligated to purchase both. ALL purchasees will be able to take part in a group photo with Miyavi after the show they attend. There is a limit of one entry per person per venue, so if you are planning to attend several concerts, please fill out one entry per concert venue. You will receive one raffle entry per form submission.
Miyavi fan club members will receive a discount, so please write your fan club number in the comment section on the form. Discounts will only apply to the fan club member, and may not be transferred to another person. Thank you for your inquiries regarding this tour package, and we hope we have addressed the concerns which were brought to our attention.
-H.U.G., Inc.

Special Gift #2:

FREE US Tour limited edition posters for ALL concert attendees.
Also receive a FREE 12 page limited edition tour pamphlet and a tour bag (first come first serve while supplies last for both items). AND LAST OF ALL…
xxxx out of xxxx attendees will get a special autographed version poster!!
-H.U.G., Inc.

Dates are as followed:
October 22nd – San Francisco, CA 7:00pm – New People VenueBuy Tickets
(Acoustic live with Q&A and Autograph session)

November 4th – Irvine, CA 6:00pm – Bren Events Center – Tickets Sale coming soon

November 6th-8th – L.A., CA – PMXBuy Tickets to Con
(Acoustic live with Autograph session)

Now the main PMX site doesn’t list Miyavi as an artist yet so we’ll let you know when the site updates with more information.

Source: Miyavi HP, H.U.G Inc.

Posted on October 18, 2009 in News, Overseas

miyavis-ny-show-postponed

Thanks to Samantha for sending this in.

According to Livenation.com, Miyavi’s show in New York that was originally scheduled for October 28th has been postponed.

A rescheduled date has not been announced, but if you need to contact Livenation about your tickets, you can do so by contacting customer service following the link here.

Source: Livenation.com

Posted on October 14, 2009 in Overseas, Tour

corrected-times-for-miyavi-lives

Thanks to Jackie for sending this in. Remember when Miyavi updated his myspace for times and dates for his USA lives? Well no worries for those who couldn’t make those midnight shows, must have been a typo on his part. But these new times seem more realistic, sorry for the confusion!

They times have been corrected by JRR.

October 25th – Seattle – 7:00pm EDT
October 28th – New York – 8:00pm EDT
October 30th – Atlanta – 7:30pm EDT
November 2nd – Dallas – 7:00pm EST

Source: JRR

Posted on September 30, 2009 in Overseas, Tour

miyavi-returns-to-america

Miyavi is probably one of the hardest working musicians at the moment. The new father is currently embarking on his World tour and will be returning to the US before heading back home to his family in Japan. His dates are listed below.

Oct 25 2009 7:00PM
The Paramount
Seattle, Washington

Oct 28 2009 12:00AM
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
New York, New York

Oct 30 2009 12:00AM
Tabernacle
Atlanta, Georgia

Nov 2 2009 7:00PM
House of Blues Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Who is going to see him?

Source: myspace

Posted on September 28, 2009 in Cool

miyavis-fanclub-opens

Hey guys, guess what? Miyavi’s new fan club is now open! Now if you ever wanted to join and support Miyavi here is your chance, he announced that his overseas branch recently and you can join here.

He also left a cute message on his myspace blog about it.

finally finally my official fan club for everyone all over the world has started !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
even though its been a hard and long road,
we didnt stray from this path.
because of lots of ur support and love !!
its not just being my fan to join my fan club,
but its one of my dreams to make some place where we can all feel connected.
its just the beginning of our glorious trip.

PEOPLE, LET’S UNITE.

WE’RE ONE.

M

How about it? Will you join? Has anyone ever joined a fanclub before?

Source: Miyavi’s blog

Posted on September 13, 2009 in Cool, Overseas

add-miyavi-on-these-sites

Miyavi was in a busy mood the other day. To better promote himself and new label he has joined so many sites to connect with his oversea fans! He has already be very active in myspace but now has a twitter, youtube, and facebook! He is also using his last name more.

Like Ernie mentioned in the random fact, his birthday is coming up on the 14th and yet a few days later he will be embarking on his world tour! This has been a very busy man! Who is going to see him live?

Source: Miyavi’s blog

Posted on September 12, 2009 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Miyavi’s birthday is coming up in a few days, I wonder how the new dad will celebrate? We talked about Miyavi being a good soccer player as a kid but did you know when he was 15 he actually bought his first guitar! Ever since then he has been writing music and delighting his fans with his unique styling.

Anyone play or write music? How old were you when you started?

Posted on August 22, 2009 in Aww

more-of-lovelie

I am not a huge Miyavi fan but since he became a dad I have had a soft spot to how sweet he is with his new daughter. His newest post is really cute. Last week he wrote:

heyhey,
its been a while since i put my blog up last time.

thanks to everyone,
my daughter has been doin pretty well and growing up so fast !!

i’ve been separated from her to concentrate on my work a few days ago.
so im barely surviving with her pixx lately. lol
luv&me
(unfortunately, i cant feed her milk though.)

now, im MIYAVI anyway.

im lookin forward to ROCKIN u on stage !!

M

He seems to be starting off on the right foot to becoming a sweet dad. His daughter has so much hair lol she is so cute! She is going to be a total daddy’s girl!

Source: Miyavi blog

Posted on August 1, 2009 in Aww, Blog, News

meet-lovelie

Miyavi has announced the name of his daughter on his myspace blog. Its really touching that he is so excited, of course who wouldn’t be but its really cute when a bandmen becomes a parent!

thank u for ur lovely comments from such different places !!
lemme announce her name to the world here.

we hope our lil girl will become a person who is able to love and also be loved, and that’s the reason of her life and why she is born.

so we gave her the name 愛理 “Lovelie”

愛 stands for Love
理 stands for Reason

“The reason of Love”

and also we gave her a middle name.

“Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara “as an american.

Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara
Please give her a lot of love and kisses !!

The rights to love and to be loved is not just one person’s only.
On the same time, happiness is something that should be shared.
We want to be a family where we can share love and happiness to everyone around us through our happiness.

Let’s start from I LOVE YOU.
l_f1df34a3eb434442b62141dd717c8c35

M

Okay the name is alittle different but with a post like that how can you not smile ^^!!!!? (random why does Miyavi’s myspace still say he is single. Change your status already!)

Source: Myspace

Posted on July 29, 2009 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Today is a very special random fact! As most of you have heard by now, Miyavi’s wife has been expecting and today their baby was finally born. Miyavi left a very excited status messages on Myspace.

雅-miyavi- 382 TOKYO MA BABY WAS BORN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mood:accomplished
Pretty exciting, right? Many fond wishes to them and their new little bundle of joy.
Edit:
And now he wrote a short blog about it. It’s a girl, indeed!
dear co-miyavi all over the world,
thanks for ur kind messages and comments !!

my lovely baby was born finally yesterday 07/29 at 4:40 PM
after 20 hours of labor at the hospital.

and lemme say sorry that i ended up putting this blog up late
cuz i passed up last night right away when i came back home…

anyway now its morning here,
i still totally cant believe that im a dad now.

but im sure that she is my girl !!

please welcome my daughter to co-miyavi family
and much love for u guys too !!

M

Posted on July 25, 2009 in Lives, Overseas

neo-toyko-samurai-black-world-tour-2009

As we mentioned back here, Miyavi has announced the dates for his WORLD TOUR which is starting in September and covering Europe and South America.

At that time the dates for South America were not yet released, however, they’re up now! So as a recap, here are the dates and venues that are currently on tap for Miyavi:

NEO TOYKO SAMURAI BLACK WORLD TOUR 2009
September 14th @ Tokyo – Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall
September 19th @ Russia – Moscow/DK Gorbunova
September 20th @ Russia – St Petersburg /Glavclub
September 22th @ Finland – Tampere/Pakkahuone
September 23th @ Finland – Helsinki/Tavastia
September 24th @ Sweden – Stockholm/Arenan
September 25th @ Germany – Hamburg /Markthalle
September 26th @ Germany – Cologne /Live Music Hall
September 27th @ Holland – Utrecht/Tivoli Oudegracht
September 29th @ Germany – Berlin/Huxleys
September 30th @ Austria – Vienna/Gasometer
October 01th @ Hungary – Budapest/Petöfi Hall
October 03th @ Germany – Munich/Muffathalle
October 04th @ Italy – Milano/Musicdrome
October 06th @ Englland – London/O2 Academy Islington
October 07th @ France – Paris/Elysee Montmartre
October 09th @ France – Lyon/Transbordeur
October 10th @ France – Toulouse/Ramier
October 11th @ Spain – Barcelona/Razzmatazz
October 13th @ Brazil – Sao Paulo/Citybank Hall
October 15th @ Argentina – Buenos Aires/The End
October 17th @ Chile – Santiago/Teleton
October 20th @ Mexico – Mexico City/Circo Volador

Source: BMA

Posted on July 25, 2009 in Random Fact

random-fact-of-the-day

Did you know while growing up, Miyavi played soccer? He actually got an injury from playing and started to pick up music instead. Could you imagine if Miyavi became a professional soccer player instead of a career in music?

Lack of strong legs prevent me from playing sports, unless you count plotting for control of the world a sport…?

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