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LOVEBITES' largest ever domestic tour "Eternal Phenomenon Tour" that started in January has reached its finale. After visiting various Zepp venues and the members' hometowns (including a trip to Mexico in between!), they finally arrived at Zepp DiverCity (TOKYO), where they showed the band's real power to a packed audience and forged an even stronger bond. After THIN LIZZY's "The Boys Are Back In Town" and JUDAS PRIEST's "Diamonds And Rust", the SE started to play and the heat on the floor gradually increased. The members appeared in pure white outfits and started the live performance with "Glory To The World". They overwhelmed the audience with their powerful sound pressure and technical exchange, and the audience followed suit by singing along. After Asami (Vo) powerfully declared "We are LOVEBITES and we play heavy metal", they moved on to "Unchained". Although it is a track from their latest...

00:11 Nagaoka: We are very pleased to present an in-person talk with them on *Duomo Radio*. Please introduce yourselves. 00:16 Kobato: Welcome back home, masters and princesses. Kuruppo! I’m Miku Kobato, the guitarist-vocalist of Band-Maid, and… 00:22 Saiki: I’m Saiki, the vocalist. 00:23 Kobato: Nice to meet you, po! 00:24 Saiki: Nice to meet you~. 00:26 Nagaoka: I’m so happy. 00:27 Kobato: (laughs) I’m glad to hear that, po! 00:27 Saiki: (laughs) 00:28 Nagaoka: Ah, thank you for coming all the way. 00:31 Kobato: It’s been a while, po. 00:33 Nagaoka: Because you’re already an international band… 00:34 Kobato: Po! 00:34 Saiki: Oh, thank you so much. 00:35 Kobato: Thank you so much, po. 00:36 Nagaoka: You Band-Maid are such a band. 00:37 Nagaoka: Anyway, um, Kyushu means Kobato-san, doesn’t it? 00:40 Kobato: You’re right, po. I came back to my home region, po. 00:44 Nagaoka: Yeah, welcome back. 00:45 Kobato: Po! 00:45 Nagaoka: How is this atmosphere of Kyushu? 00:47 Kobato: ...

Interviewer: Tetsuya Karasumaru Looking back, it was 2017 when she came across a Paul Reed Smith guitar and fell in love with it almost at first sight. She has been admiring PRS for seven years, and now, the two are in mutual love. She is Kanami, the lead guitarist of Band-Maid, and the Kanami Limited Edition, the first-ever Japanese guitarist signature model, is created for her. You can clearly see from its specifications that she deeply understands the appeal of PRS and has selected practical specifications in order to bring out its greatness to the fullest. A Custom 24 equipped with an ebony fretboard, 85/15 pickups, the Custom 24-08 circuit, Brushstroke inlays on the fretboard, a glittering quilted maple top, and manly smoked black hardware. It’s just impeccable. While named “Kanami Limited Edition”, the guitar itself stands out in quality and capability to be used for any musical style or any live performance. It has perfect versatility even though it’s produced for ju...

One of the five names announced to open for The Offspring’s tour in Brazil took some fans by surprise. Among several bands somehow linked to punk, there’s The Warning, a hard rock trio formed by Mexican sisters Daniela (vocals and guitar), Paulina (drums), and Alejandra Villarreal Vélez (bass). In an interview with Rolling Stone Brasil , they admitted they were initially surprised when they found out they’d be playing alongside Sublime, Rise Against, The Damned, and Amyl & The Sniffers, in addition to the tour’s headliners. But who cares? Their excitement about performing in South America’s largest country for the first time quickly overshadowed any concerns. Paulina, the most articulate speaker of the group—and often cited as the main songwriter—reflected: “When we were added to the tour lineup, I looked at the other bands and thought, ‘Oh, we’re kind of the odd ones out here.’ But the opportunity came after we played a show with The Offspring in the Un...