cancelled tour due to Tōhoku earthquake

In March 2011, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused the band to cancel the rest of their “2010-2011 Vibration of Music Tour”, due to some touring equipment being damaged. Within the next week after the disaster, Masafumi Gotoh published lyrics on his diary, inspired by the disaster, called “Suna no Ue” ( 砂の上 , On the Sand ) . The song was later recorded, and was played on live radio airplay around Japan. In the next month, Gotoh later announced in his diary that they were in the studio, recording new songs. Two new AKG songs were released on the Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011 , titled “Hikari” and “All right Part 2”.