During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, B’z made their entire Live-Gym catalog available to watch on YouTube for free, including their most recent one, “Whole Lotta New Love”, for a limited time .
The band name is a combination of German “dir”, French “en” and English “grey” and was thought to mean “Grey Silver Coin” ( 灰色の銀貨 , Haiiro no Ginka ) ; the Japanese translation was used as the name of their fanclub’s magazine. They wanted to convey a musical image that…
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On August 24, 2020, the band announced a livestreamed, stadium concert, entitled Field of Wonder , which took place at the Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba City, Japan on October 11, 2020 without spectators. The concert was broadcast to worldwide audiences, and was the band’s first performance since the beginning…
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Later that month, the members announced that Shomura would leave the band following the release of their first compilation album, Where’s My History? .
Their 31st single, “Ochita Koto no Aru Sora” was released digitally on August 3, 2020.
On January 1, 2020, the band introduced a new logo and returned the stylization of their name to [Alexandros].
After a 4 year hiatus, the band officially resumed activities on February 11, 2020, with its “20th Anniversary SPECIAL LIVE GIANIZM ~Sai Aku~” at Yokohama Arena. Their first solo overseas performance in Taiwan was scheduled for March 29, 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On October 7, 2020, they released their first single in 4 years, titled “ink”.
At a special event held at Zepp Tokyo on December 31, 2019, it was announced that Seikima-II would perform a 35th anniversary tour in 2020.
Lineage ~Bara no Matsuei~ received a worldwide digital release on December 25, 2019.