On May 3, they performed at the hide memorial summit at Ajinomoto Stadium for 30,000 people, along with many other bands such as X Japan , Luna Sea , Mucc and Marbell .
They released their second album Beam of Light in May 2008. In an interview with Rockin’On Japan magazine in June 2012, the band said they did not count this album as an album, but rather as a part of growing up as a band. When they made the album, they…
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In May 2008, they signed with California label N2O Records
The song ” Drink It Down ” was used as the Japanese opening song for the PS3/Xbox 360 game Devil May Cry 4 . It was released as a single on April 2, 2008, and topped the Oricon weekly charts.
The March 28 concert was aired live on the pay-per-view channel WOWOW . During the song “Art of Life” a hologram of Hide (taken from footage of the “Art of Life” performance at the Tokyo Dome in 1993) played alongside the band. Because of technical difficulties, possibly due to the…
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In February 2008, both sides of their double A-side single “Alsatia/Cause Disarray” were used as the opening and ending themes for the six-episode anime series Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ .
In February 2008, B’z released a DVD titled B’z Live in Nanba . The show was recorded in 2006 and was also broadcast online. The concert featured songs from The Circle and Monster eras, along with a number of older hits as well as several English versions. On April 16,…
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“I.V.” was released through iTunes on January 23, 2008, topping the store’s charts on that day.
On January 20, 2008, two Tokyo Dome concert dates were announced for March 28 and March 30.
2008 began with the release of two more albums. The first, Nightmare 2003-2005 Single Collection , was released under their old label, Nippon Crown and was the latest installment of their greatest hits. The second, Kyokuto Symphony ~The Five Stars Night~ @Budokan , was their first live album, recorded during…
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