From January 19 to February 25, AKG held their first headlining tour: Five Nano Seconds. The tour consisted of thirteen shows.
As they entered 2004, AKFG received the award for Best New Artist while their video for “Kimi to Iu Hana” won the award for Best Music Video at the SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards .
In 2004 Nightmare released three singles; “Varuna”, “Tokyo Shounen”, and “Cyan”, as well as another full album, Livid . Nightmare once more toured around Japan under the name Tour CPU 2004. From 2005 to 2006, Nightmare continued working, releasing more singles and their third full-length album in 2006, Anima ,…
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However, in 2004, Yamaguchi left, after which the band performed with support guitarists until Kenichiro Mihara joined as an official member.
and 2004’s Cause For Pause , signing to Victor Entertainment for the latter.
The six-track release Uee ( 上へ ) appeared in 2004
played the part of Adam in the film Kagen no Tsuki (2004)
In 2004, Buck-Tick largely suspended activities in order for the band members to work on individual musical projects. Sakurai began a solo career, releasing the album Ai no Wakusei in June, while Imai also released an album that month with the trio Lucy that he formed with Kiyoshi ( Spread…
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Kicking off 2004, B’z went back to the studio to begin recording again. On February 25, a DVD, Typhoon No.15 ~B’z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure “It’s Showtime!!” in Nagisaen~ , was released. For the rest of the year, they worked mainly on their solo projects. Soon after finishing each solo…
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The band followed it up by releasing their first full-length studio album, Kimi Tsunagi Five M ( 君繋ファイブエム ) on November 19.