Tuesday, July 29, 2014

X Japan Announce On Sale Date for Madison Square Garden Performance

Internationally renowned rock icons X Japan announced yesterday that tickets for their highly anticipated October 11thperformance at Madison Square Garden will go on sale this Friday at 10am EDT at http://www.ticketmaster.com/XJapan-tickets/artist/723909. The Madison Square Garden event is sponsored by New York Comic Con.

X Japan, led by co-founder, drummer, pianist and songwriter Yoshiki, will return to New York City for their first performance since 2010, playing both fan favorites and previously unreleased music from the band's decades of recordings. The Madison Square Garden concert marks a significant milestone for the band who made their U.S. debut with a Rockafeller Center press conference over 20 years ago, which presented the fierce J-Rock stars into the American audience. The band is finally fulfilling the promise they made to the fans to return. The group has since toured 16 countries, sold over 30 million albums and singles combined, and sold out Japan's 55,000 seat Tokyo Dome a record-setting 18 times. The concert trailer for X Japan Madison Square Garden can be viewed HERE.

X Japan has had a notoriously tumultuous career, even among the world of rock, which includes the loss of two of its finve founding members to tragic death. Amid death and breakups, the band has steadfastly maintained X Japan's vision and this year brought themselves together to perform where their U.S. story started, in New York City.

In line with October's Madison Square Garden concert, Yoshiki and X Japan will appear at New York Comic Con, where Yoshiki will participate in a panel with Marvel Comics founder STan Lee and discuss the pair's collaborations, including the comic based on Yoshiki, Blood Red Dragon. New York Super Week is an immersive and inclusive experience that will bring the energy, passion and color of the entire pop culture universe to every corner of all five boroughs of New York City. Featuring concerts, comedy shows, gaming events, lectures, podcasts, storytelling, food tastings, and more - New York Super Week will take place October 3-12, leading into the East Coast's biggest and most exciting convention - New York Comic Con.

For more information on X Japan and Yoshiki, please visit www.xjapanmusic.com and www.yoshiki.net.

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