How does this Livejournal keep getting so neglected? Poor LJ, here are some updates with lots of exclamation marks!

A fantastic MUCC interview from RTOC: Long Beach is up HERE!

While you're there, check out our hilarious and long interview with PSC band Kra!

X JAPAN will perform in Taiwan for the first time!

Miyavi to grace London and Paris!


Jrock Revolution also got an amazing cameo in two Chilean Miyavi videos.

Plus, we added a brand new RTOC Feedback Site!

Jrock Revolution got to sit down with both D'espairsRay and the Underneath at the Long Beach stop of the recent RockStar Taste of Chaos tour. With D'espairsRay, we reflected on how this trip to the United States was different then their others; with the Underneath, we discussed their first international tour.

The D'espairsRay interview is here!
The the Underneath interview is here!

This is quite the year for South America! Jrock Revolution has just received confirmation that Miyavi will indeed be performing in Chile May 21st!

You can find any information about it on Noix's website here.

Miyavi has also added a second date for Finland! It will be held July 3rd, at the same venue, the Tavastia Klubi. It's been added to his list on his MySpace!

In less than a week, pop-rock sensation T.M.REVOLUTION will perform at the New York Comic Con (April 18-20), almost four years after his U.S. debut on both the East and West coasts. He's known by many American fans for his song "Heart of Sword~Yoake Mae~," which was used as one of the ending theme songs for the beloved anime "Rurouni Kenshin." More recently he's been the vocalist of the group abingdon boys school, which, in only two years, has already made a big splash on the Jrock scene.

To get everyone geared up for his highly-anticipated New York performance, we got a chance to interview T.M.REVOLUTION and ask him about what he's looking forward to in New York, what it's been like to perform as a part of abingdon boys school, and where he hopes to perform next.

Just can't STAY AWAY? Are you HOWLING with desire to read more?
Then excuse our horrible puns and click right here to read the exclusive interview: From one REVOLUTION to another!

X JAPAN's made a press announcement recently: a concert in New York City at Madison Square Garden, September 13, 2008.

They also reconfirmed Paris on July 5, announced over the weekend after the concerts.

Congratulations to X JAPAN on their first overseas dates!

Two weeks before the 2-disc album goes on sale worldwide, BLOOD's "The Reaper Behind Me" is available for download at Tainted Reality's website.

So now if you can't wait to get the disc in your hands to hear the new release -- you don't have to! As of tonight, you can listen to "The Reaper Behind Me" at taintedreality.net.

Read more about it on our site here!

It's a bit last minute, but SUGIZO will be rocking out three stops in Europe with this project, JUNO REACTOR!

Juno Reactor European Tour 2008

2008/4/18 London(UK)
20:00 start
@Coronet Theatre
(add:26-28 NEW KENT RD, LONDON SE1 6TJ)
www.accessallareas.org

2008/4/19 Athens(Greece)
19:30 start
@Cultural Center Hellenic Cosmos
(add:254 PIREOS STREET, TAVROS 177 78)
www.myspace.com/junoreactorliveinathens

2008/4/25 Kiev(Ukraine)
21:00 start
@ALTA EXPO
(add:11a MOSCOWSKIY PROSPECT,KIEV)
www.janco.com.ua

This information is currently not available on his website, but on SUGIZO's MySpace.

Miyavi has been busy!

The 05/18 San Fransisco USA, 07/01 Stockholm SWEDEN, and 07/02 Helsinki FINLAND shows are SOLD OUT!!

And also:
Hey Brazil! You voted, and PSC heard! Miyavi will indeed be stopping in South America for your viewing pleasure, brought to you by JaME-Brazil. Thank you for voting so hard, I hope that every single one of you can make it to this live!

São Paulo
May 24th, 2008
Associação Hokkaido, Vila Mariana

The Brazil information is currently available only through Miyavi's MySpace.

[Please note that hide-city.net writes hide's name lowercase, as opposed to X JAPAN's website where it is written in capital letters.]

The rumor is confirmed! There will be a tribute to hide on May 3rd and 4th, 2008. Matsumoto-san passed from this world on May 2nd, 1998. Every year there is a musical celebration for him in Japan, but for the big one zero anniversary, over a dozen artists are going to pack Ajinomoto Stadium for two days of rock!

We got the info, the bands, and the place to talk about it all on our forums here!

The time... has come. The butterfly emerges from its cocoon.

JROCK
REVOLUTION
2.0

It's a new style. A cleaner look. A better way to get you to what you want to see. Here to make a difference in your JRR experience, with new features to keep you excited and engaged.

Take a look around. Over the course of this week, we'll be introducing you to what the new site brings and how we plan to use it. Over the course of the next several weeks, we'll be expanding upon this new site model to make it intensely searchable for you.

Websites are like living beings; they change and evolve. Give us your input in our forum Help & Technical section on our new direction, so we can keep growing the site.

What do we usually call complicated new launches in the technology world? BETA. And 1.0 will stick around for you as we ease into our new digs.

If you find an error on the site, contact us. We'll get it fully operational for you.


NOTE: We're still fixing some bugs that occured as we transferred the new site in tonight, so as you're looking at it right now, you may see some things pop in and out. Just think of it as flapping butterfly wings... it's gotta happen for the thing to fly.

Link to 1.0 coming.