Release Stroll and Roll

in 2016, the Pillows released a new B-sides compilation entitled Across the Metropolis as well as their 20th studio album. Entitled Stroll and Roll , the album includes a new version of “Radio Telegraphy”—originally recorded as a collaboration with Ryosuke Sasaki of A Flood of Circle —and “One Flew Under the Cuckoo’s Nest”, a live venue/mail order exclusive single. The album was released on 6 April, and features bass tracks performed by Kenji Ueda, Tatsuya Kashima, Yoshinori Arie, Tomoyuki Miyakawa, and Yamanaka’s bandmate in The Predators , Jiro (of Glay ). Additionally, the Pillows announced that Stroll and Roll would not be released on Avex Trax , as the band had signed to Yamanaka’s Delicious Label with distribution by the Pillows’ previous label King Records . The Across the Metropolis compilation was the band’s last release with Avex Trax. The Pillows embarked on a 27-date tour in support of Stroll and Roll spanning from 6 May to 22 July, with the last show at Zepp Tokyo being recorded for Stroll and Roll Band , a live DVD/Blu-ray released on 23 November.