In April 2010, Gotoh posted an entry into his diary stating that the band’s 6th full-length album would be released in June 2010 with the title ” Magic Disk ” ( マジックディスク , Majikkudisuku ) .
On March 23, 2010, the band was given the “Aichi Prefecture Cultural Art Prize” for their continued musical activities in their hometown of Nagoya.
On March 10, 2010, L’Arc-en-Ciel released their fifth “best of” album, entitled Quadrinity: Member’s Best Selections . It contained 4 CDs with 7 tracks chosen and remastered by each band member. The first press edition of this compilation also came with a DVD that included a variety quiz show titled…
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Ishikawa left the band on March 1, 2010 during the album’s release tour.
In March 2010, Yoshiki filed a lawsuit against Nexstar Corporation, for 375 million yen in damages.
March saw the return of Sawa on bass
On November 25, 2007, Flower Travellin’ Band officially reunited and formally recruited keyboardist Nobuhiko Shinohara, with whom they had previously worked. Ishima stated that they had never officially disbanded and revealed that there were several talks about getting back together prior, but they were all centered around nostalgia, something in…
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and, around this time, Aldious formed their own record label, Bright Star Records.
They also announced a world tour entitled Methods of Inheritance, which started on February 28, 2010, in Yokohama.
In February 2010, the band spent 2 weeks in New York, in which they recorded 2 songs.