BAND-MAID Announce New Single and Album Releases

29.September.2020 | MUSIC

BAND-MAID have announced that they will release a new single on December 2, 2020 as well as a brand new studio album in January 2021 at the same time as the band moves labels to Pony Canyon.

 

BAND-MAID recently held online concerts for fans in July and August which saw Masters and Princesses from over 60 countries tune in.

 

The rock band’s new single is their first in nearly eight months and comes as the first release following their live DVD and Blu-ray WORLD DOMINATION TOUR Shinka at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA which hit shelves back in April. Full details of the single have yet to be revealed, but it’s been confirmed that it will include their song Different which is set to be used as the opening theme for an upcoming anime series in January. It will be the band’s final release from Nippon Crown before their move to Pony Canyon.

 

BAND-MAID will perform at the legendary Nippon Buddokan in Tokyo on February 11, 2020. The concert will be held in accordance with government guidelines surrounding the pandemic. Pre-sale tickets are now on sale.

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