Gig Reviews

Jefferson Starship landed in Tokyo and showed us that this band has both a past and a present.

A fabulous and intimate gig with Mott the Hoople and Queen veteran Morgan Fisher and Japanese singer-songwriter Yutaro Ogida.

Italian modern metal band Lacuna Coil rose from the dark to shine in Tokyo for its first headline show in Japan.

The Return of the Flesh: Swedish death/thrash metal band Defleshed returned to Japan after more than two decades for three shows in Tokyo and Osaka.

KISS served up a fabulous rock’n’roll party as a thank you and goodbye to the Japanese fans.

Is this the best version of MSG ever? Quite possibly so.

Two mind-blowing tribute shows in Tokyo celebrated the legacy of 70s hard rock.

A smashing high-energy tour finale in Shibuya for guitar wizard Marty Friedman and his ridiculously great band.

Hanoi Rocks legend Andy McCoy shows us how it’s done with scaled-down acoustic versions of his classic songs during two fabulous nights in Tokyo.

An excellent evening of sweaty music in a legendary basement rock bar.

The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive legend came to Japan to rock and pick up his stolen guitar.

Great fun socialising with metalheads in person at UPP-tone Music’s heavy metal DJ event.

Guitarist Marty Friedman performed two terrific instrumental club gigs in Tokyo.