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<\/p>\nFormed in 1988, rock band B\u2019z are guitarist Tak Matsumoto and vocalist Koshi Inaba. Over the span of twenty-four years, B\u2019z have released 18 albums and 50 singles, with 46 singles consecutively debuting at Number One on Japan\u2019s Oricon Single Chart. B\u2019z have sold over 80 million CDs in Japan alone, making them the best-selling artist in Japan\u2019s history. <\/p>\n
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Known as Asia\u2019s foremost guitar player, Matsumoto has joined legends Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Ace Frehley and Slash to become only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature Les Paul: the Tak Matsumoto Doublecut Custon Ebony Gibson.<\/p>\n
B\u2019z first English-language album was released on July 25th and is available now worldwide exclusively through iTunes. The self-titled collection includes the newly released single, \u201cInto Free-Dangan-,” which is featured in the video game, Dragon\u2019s Dogma and has sold over a million units worldwide and the record\u2019s opening track, \u201cLove Bomb\u201d (originally titled \u201cAi no Bakudan\u201d) was a Number One hit in Japan in 2005. All of the songs on the new album have been re-produced with English lyrics to coincide with B\u2019z upcoming North American tour kicking off September 17th.<\/p>\n
Matsumoto explains, \u201cThis will be our fourth U.S. tour. We love playing for American audiences, and are excited to share our first English-language release with our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
B\u2019z North American Tour Dates:
\n9\/17 San Francisco, CA @The Warfield
\n9\/19 Seattle, WA @The Showbox SODO
\n9\/20 Vancouver BC @Orpheum Theatre
\n9\/26 Toronto, ON @Sound Academy
\n9\/28 Silver Spring, MD @The Fillmore
\n9\/30 New York, NY @Best Buy Theater
\n10\/7 Los Angeles, CA @Gibson Amphitheatre<\/p>\n