On February 4, 2013, the Zion EP was released in Europe by Search and Destroy Records, and just a few days after that the extended play was streamed online at SoundCloud .
The compilation album Anthologie was released on January 30, 2013 and includes songs from when the band was signed to Warner Music Group, 2009 to 2012.
Following the performances at the Budokan, another Asian tour started on January 26, 2013, with two shows in Taiwan,
On 10 January 2013, the band announced it was on hiatus after Shibata was diagnosed with stomach cancer . The bassist declared that he was cancer-free and healthy as of 2021. After the recovery of Shibata the band played a couple of return shows in July 2013 with the Live…
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On January 9, 2013, the band debuted on a major record label with ” Ijime, Dame, Zettai “.
In January 2013, the band released the double-A side single “Starrrrrrr” / “Namidaga Koboresou”
In a similar fashion to the “Late Bloomer Series” celebrating the band’s 20th anniversary, the Pillows issued a string of releases over 2013 and 2014 in honor of their 25th anniversary. Entitled “Never Ending Story”, this series of releases comprised a new tribute album (“Rock and Sympathy”), DVDs and Blu-ray’s…
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The album was recorded at Machine Shop Studios in New York City in January 2013 and will be released through Search and Destroy and Sony Music .
2013 began with the 27-date Tour 2013 Cosmic Dreamer, which ran from January 20 to March 7 and featured a large set that provided fake rain for Sakurai to sing in despite all venues being indoor live houses. Buck-Tick held their first charity concert, Tour 2013 Cosmic Dreamer Extra ~…
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Yama-B later elaborated in 2013, recalling that while he and Syu had different musical tastes from the beginning, with every release the band slowly chased after a new sound “instead of doing music we loved”. While Yama-B “likes to stick to a certain set of rules, concepts”, particularly Syu would…
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