On November 11, an official statement posted on the musician’s website disclosed that Heath was diagnosed with colon cancer in June and died in a hospital on October 29, 2023, after his condition suddenly worsened that month. It was also announced that X Japan leader Yoshiki has been entrusted with…
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On November 7, 2023, news outlets reported that longtime bassist Heath had died in late October shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
X Japan released the single ” Angel ” on July 28, 2023.
That same month, following Elon Musk ‘s move to rebrand Twitter as “X”, it was reported that the Japanese branch of the company, then named “Twitter Japan”, would be rebranded as “X Japan”.
In an interview with JRock News on February 13, 2019, Yoshiki said, “X Japan’s album is actually completed. It took over 10 years to record, I’m looking for the perfect timing to release it.”
On Christmas Day 2018, X Japan were named 43rd in that year’s Oricon Favorite Artists poll.
Fortus and Borland also joined X Japan on stage for their first performance at the Coachella festival on April 14 and 21. At the second weekend of the festival, Marilyn Manson joined the band on stage and performed ” Sweet Dreams ” with Yoshiki on piano.
On April 10 and 11 the band performed at Zepp Divercity in Tokyo for a limited audience, and the concert was broadcast live across Asia in selected theaters. Richard Fortus , Wes Borland , and Miya appeared as guest musicians.
In March 2018, We Are X was named the “Best Music Film” in the Space Shower Music Awards .
In February 2018, the band’s performance at Wembley in 2017 was named the “Best Event” at Wembley Arena in the 2017 SSE Live Awards.