Pop group Arashi has announced that they are doing a concert tour of the five major domes – Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Sapporo. The only other Johnny’s artists who have done a “5 dome tour” are SMAP and KinKi Kids.

The tour, titled “ARASHI Marks 2008 Dream-A-live,” consists of 10 performances, starting in Osaka on May 16 and ending in Sapporo on July 6. The total audience is expected to be about 440,000 people.

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Yahoo! Japan has announced the results of its 2007 Yahoo! Music Awards. The main awards, which were decided by users’ votes, went to the following artists:

* Best Male Artist: Hideaki Tokunaga
* Best Female Artist: YUI
* Best Group: L’Arc~en~Ciel
* Most Photogenic Artist: Maki Goto
* Best Western Artist: Backstreet Boys
* Best Newcomer: ERIKA
* Best Artwork: “Tanz Walzer,” Quruli
* Best Collaboration: “yanokami,” yanokami

Yahoo! also revealed its own rankings for the year, based on factors such as downloads and page views. Mr.Children was #1 in the Artist category, while GReeeeN’s “Aiuta” won in the Works category.

The full lists of nominee and winners, including Yahoo! category rankings, can be seen at the official website.

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Utada will release a new single, Heart Station/Stay Gold, on February 20, 2008. The second A-side, “Stay Gold” is currently being featured as the promotional song for Kao’s new Asience hair care commercials, while Heart Station is being used as the 2008 Recochoku ringtone Download Service commercial.

Heart Station is also the name of her fifth Japanese album which will be released on March 19, 2008.This follows the tradition of Utada naming her album off of a track in her album (excluding Exodus which was based off of Exodus ‘04 and Ultra Blue which was based off Blue). There will be a total of 13 tracks on Heart Station, with 6 of them being previous singles. As of February 7, 2008, Utada has finished the mastering stage of Heart Station.

In late January/Early February it was announced that Utada would release a PV for her single, Heart Station. A clip of the PV is available for viewing on Utada’s official EMI site

Utada Hikaru – Stay Gold

Daisuki dakara zutto
Nannimo shinpai iranaiwa
My Darling, Stay Gold
Mujakini waratte kudasaina
Itsumademo�

Anata no hitomi no
Oku ni hisomu shounen
Watashi no honnou kusugutte yamanai

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“Namidairo” is the 11th single from YUI. It’s the typical heavily acoustic and sad sounding YUI song. Enjoy and download Yui – Namidairo free mp3 song and lyrics

Yui – Namidairo

kirawarete iro you na ki ga shite ta kaerimichi
miageta heya no akari ima donna kimochi de iro no darou

kenka ni nareba sugu ayamaru yowakute anata wa zurui hito

namidairo koe ga kikoenai yoru wa
komarasete shimau hodo wagamama ni naritai

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Ayumi Hamasaki new remix album will be released on March 26, 2008.

Get Ayumi Hamasaki new album Gold and Silver track list here

ayu-mi-x 6 GOLD
Tracklist
* Greatful days (PARA ONE remix)
* ourselves (COLDCUT remix)
* INSPIRE (ARMAND VAN HELDEN remix)
* Moments (dj KENTARO remix)
* HAPPY ENDING (MAD PROFESSOR remix)
* STEP you (THE YOUNG PUNX! remix)
* Ladies Night (AFRA & INCREDIBLE BEATBOX BAND remix)
* Startin’ (SHINICHI OSAWA remix)
* BLUE BIRD (7th GATE remix)
* Beautiful Fighters (MSTRKRFT remix)
* glitter (SOUL CENTRAL remix)
* talkin’ 2 myself (STONEBRIDGE remix)
(contains 12 songs, track order is not finalized)

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