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TAK'S SOLO ALBUMS RELEASED (FEB 27TH) !!!
B'z fans everywhere are rejoicing in Tak's new albums' releases. \(^-^)/ Here's what they say (conclution): The songs in the two albums have beautiful melody and all are skillfully performed. Mini-album feels very western while full-album has very thick Chinese flavor because in some songs, there was er-hu playing (Chinese traditional musical intrument) and some background voice speaking Chinese! Ones that strike fancy most are Notteke, Hana and Koi Uta. Fans in Taiwan get Promotional poster when they buy the two albums.

NEWS/ SHORT REVIEWS FROM BEING CO. (TAIWAN)
The masterful guitar playing of Matsumoto Tak is crafted into perfection in these two new solo albums. The beauty of the songs make listeners sigh with appreciation. Matsumoto, who hardly shows up these days, have shot PV for "Koi Uta". Dongfeng TV's "Asia Most Wanted" program will show this PV from Feb 27 for three days in a row, 8-9 PM Taiwan. ~ Watch Tak Matsumoto play his guitar under richly blooming sakura trees, listen to the heart-wrenching beautiful melody of the guitar mixed with ancient sound of Chinese er-hu. You cannot miss it! ~

TAK'S SOLOS ALBUM ~~~ NO.1 AND NO.2 ~~~ ON DAILY ORICON CHART (FEB 27TH) !!!
No. 1 "Dragon From The West"
No. 2 "HANA"
HURRAY!!! YAYAYAYYYY!!!! /(^o^)/ \(^o^)\/(^o^)/ \(^o^)\
News from Shinkong Being Co.

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TAK'S SOLO NEWS: "Hana" & "Dragon From The West" music-clips are made available for listening trial at Being Co.'s official web-site. The CM for "Koi Uta" from "Dragon~" has been aired on Japan TV already. Tak will also make TV appearances on Feb 21, 23, 28 on BS Live, March 1 on Music Station and March 2 on Suporoto. Aside from this, alot of magazines like What's In, CD Deta, CD Hits, Guitar Magazine, Music Freak (to name a few) will also cover his albums' release too.
News from Aprilfool at B'z Dome

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B'z OFFICIAL SITE's News of the week has updated on Tak's soon-to-be-released albums. The CD covers are already available for viewing. For complete romanized title listing, please check out my discography section.
Romaji correction by May from Native Dance (B'z Webring)

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LIVEGYM 2002's schedule is confirmed by the latest Be-With
There will be 18 concerts

* PREVIEW LIVE :
6/25 Fukue Bunka-Kaikan (Nagasaki)
6/27 Fukushima-Ken Bunka Centre (Fukushima)
7/01 Sendai-si Taiikukan (Miyagi)
7/01 Yamanasi-Kenritu Kenmin Bunka Hall (Yamanashi)

* ARENA/STADIUM SCALE :
7/08 Saitama-Super arena
7/13 & 7/14 Nagoya Dome
7/20 Hiroshima Big Arch
7/28 Sapporo Dome
8/03 Shizuoka Stadium-Ekoba
8/10 Ooita Super Park 21 Big Eye
8/14 Okinawa Convention Centre
8/20 Fukuoka Dome
8/24 Niigata Stadium Big-Swan
8/30 & 8/31 Yokohama International Ground
9/08 & 9/09 Osaka Dome
News from Megami

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