Kicking off 2004, B’z went back to the studio to begin recording

Kicking off 2004, B’z went back to the studio to begin recording again. On February 25, a DVD, Typhoon No.15 ~B’z Live-Gym The Final Pleasure “It’s Showtime!!” in Nagisaen~ , was released. For the rest of the year, they worked mainly on their solo projects. Soon after finishing each solo tour, they began recording together again. On April 6, 2005, B’z released their fourteenth album, The Circle . For the album’s recording, the duo was particularly worried about its live sound. For promotional activities, B’z started the tour “B’z Live-Gym 2005 ‘Circle of Rock’” that ran from April to September, totaling 27 shows in 41 locations. On August 1, the compilation The Complete B’z was digitally released only for the Japanese iTunes Store in order to promote the iTunes Store in Japan, which included a Japanese cover of Maroon 5 ‘s ” This Love ” as a bonus. Matsumoto’s House of Strings label, which he established a year before, released its second album, Theatre of Strings , on October 19. On November 30, B’z The Best “Pleasure II” , their third compilation album, was released, reaching one million sales by the end of 2005. On June 28, 2006, their fifteenth album, Monster , was released. Most of the recording took place in Los Angeles. B’z kicked off the tour “B’z Live-Gym 2006 ‘Monster’s Garage’” at the Amami Bunka Center on July 2, having 17 shows in all, including 5 big domes in 11 locations and 450,000 audience members altogether.