Japan music showcase July sees the return of Japanese cultural event Hyper Japan to London, this year taking place at Olympia between 19-21 July 2024. As part of Hyper Japan’s 2024 activities, there’s a wealth of live music performances featuring … Read More
Wacky fun ahoy… After two previous successful events, Wack In The UK returns to Camden Underworld this August with three more underground acts to satisfy UK idol fans. Japan’s WACK agency rose to notoriety with Brand-New Idol Society. Since then, … Read More
London will be home to more underground idol madness when GARUDA and YURAPIKO bring their dynamic and thrilling performances to London for a UK exclusive show. GARUDA is the dark industrial gothic project of idol Yuffie Sakimura. Taking alternative heavy … Read More
Miku brings vocaloid goodness to the UK… Our favourite Vocaloid has been continuing her global expansion plans since the release of the English build of Hatsune Miku arrived in August 2013. The long-expected English language version of Miku had been … Read More
PSYDOLL plan UK live shows… PSYDOLL have been in action since the 1990s, initially through the select release of a few mini-albums. Currently consisting of Nekoi (vocal,keyboard,songs) and Ucchi (guitar,arrangements,computer works), PSYDOLL offer themselves as a band that make “destructive, … Read More
‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors was released on this day in January 1980. The single became a big hit in the UK at the time. Many years later, it provided the foundation for this Kirstin Dunst-starring oddity…
FEMM will perform their last solo concert in London on Saturday 16 December 2023. Two shows will take place on the same day at The Lower Third, situated on London’s iconic Denmark Street. The state of the art venue was … Read More
Wacky fun ahoy… Japan’s WACK agency makes their UK debut this week. WACK rose to notoriety with Brand-New Idol Society, dubbed “the most hated girl group in Japan” by VICE, before the idol unit disbanded in 2014, not before causing … Read More
The Japanese English Meetup team are back with their annual Halloween party, taking place once again in London. The event will feature live music from alternative band Krokodile, some Japanese classics from Press X and also some idol action care … Read More
Summer culture thrills Hyper Japan returned once again with a summer event packed with three days of food, fashion, gaming, cosplay, anime and music all connected with a Japanese theme. As ever, for this year’s event, Hyper Japan had a … Read More