On May 1, it was announced that Sugizo officially joined X Japan as lead guitarist.
Versailles played their last nationwide tour as an independent band through March 26 to May 9, entitled The Fragment Collectors.
and on March 25, 2009, they released two “best of” albums.
In March 2009, they released their fifth DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5 , featuring a collection of live videos from various live events in 2008.
On January 15, 2009, the band arrived in Hong Kong for their January 16 and 17 shows.
Beginning in 2009, Dir En Grey made their first thorough tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland with Kerrang! ‘ s “Relentless Tour ’09” alongside Mindless Self Indulgence , Bring Me the Horizon , Black Tide and In Case of Fire . In February, the band announced the public release…
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During spring of 2009, the band began to fully promote Uroboros with a series of nationwide tours under the title Tour 09 Feast of V Senses. The tour was interrupted briefly while in Sapporo and Sendai , with an announcement on the band’s official website, explaining that Kyo had been…
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Provocation to Noble Artists in 2009
After several shows of their late-summer tour, All Visible Things, Dir En Grey announced their next single for December, ” Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita Shakunetsu no Yami “, as well as a North American and South American tour also under the title All Visible Things. Their…
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In January 2009, Toki and Kaze joined as guitarist and bassist respectively,