Heath not leaving X Japan?
You don’t have to be a full J-culture enthusiast to know X Japan since their music has been featured in countless anime titles. Well, you can also regard them as one of the long-enduring J-rock groups having been around since 1982. (Sure, they took a 10-year hiatus but they’re back.) Rumors were abound that their bassist, Heath, has left the band but the band’s management claims that these rumors were unfounded. It...
Utada Hikaru to release new English album
Universal Music Group has just recently released as few details. Aside from their profit numbers (which no one except stockholders and finance geeks are concerned about), they also announced that Utada Hikaru’s upcoming English-language album will be arriving soon – sometime in the end half of the fiscal year (October 1-March 31). UMG plans a strong release schedule for the second half of 2008 with new albums from Black...
Ayu and Nagase split
Maybe we should change the site to Sugoi Chika… According to Sanspo.com, multi-awarded pop singer, Hamasaki Ayumi and her boyfriend of six years, Nagase Tomoya of the Johnny’s Junior boy band, TOKIO have finally split. Yep, that finally put an end to the rumors that they are getting married.