Upcoming punk gigs in Japan – Wild Rover, Frenzal Rhomb, Punkspring

FRENZAL RHOMB

My favourite Aussie punk pranksters Frenzal Rhomb are going to be touring Japan later this month…so if I have any readers there, make sure you go along!! They’re touring with Gold Coast punkers Skyway.

They play twice in Tokyo – Shimokitazawa on Feb 20 and Shibuya O-WEST on Feb 24, as well as Nagano, Nagoya and Osaka. Line-up and dates are below, or for see Blue Murder for more details.

2/19 @Nagano Hakuba
FRENZAL RHOMB, MATTER, LIVE CLEAN STAY YOUNG, SKYWAY

2/20 @Tokyo Shimokitazawa Basement Bar
FRENZAL RHOMB, SKYWAY, ELECTRIC SUMMER and more

2/21 @Osaka Second Line
FRENZAL RHOMB, SKYWAY, SPREAD and more

2/22 @Nagoya Huck Finn
FRENZAL RHOMB, SKYWAY and more

2/24 @Tokyo Shibuya O-WEST
STRIKE ANYWHERE, FRENZAL RHOMB, SKYWAY, FC FIVE

THE WILD ROVER

One of the best days I had last year in Tokyo was at the irish punk festival called Wild Rover – my write up on the day is here.  I LOVED The Cherry Coke$, Junior and Royal Shamrock, and saw Junior again the week later, cos they were just that good 🙂

Well, the Wild Rover 2010 festival details are now up – woohoo!!

It’s on Monday 22 March in Shibuya, with a few bands playing the day before on Sunday 21st at Glad starting at 6PM, tickets are 2000yen.  Many of the bands from last year are playing, but there are new ones to discover too.

AAAAND…the Wild Rover hits Osaka on Sunday the 27th!! There’s a few less bands but no less fun.

This year Punkspring is on April 4, and look at the calibre of bands!  I haven’t been to the festival before, but have seen a bunch of the bands – Gallows! Lost Prophets! Stranglers! Face to Face!  Ok, too many exclamation marks already…
There’s a whole bunch of other stuff coming up too, but that’s enough for one post. Gotta go check out flights to Tokyo…