As X JAPAN prepares to return to the U.S. next month for their debut performances at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the group has partnered with the Grammy Museum for a special screening of the award-winning documentary film We Are X. The film screening will take place on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30 pm in the Grammy … Read more
On Saturday, March 4, X Japan performed their first major show of 2017 on #XDAY at SSE Arena, Wembley, following the release of their feature film documentary We Are X in theaters across the UK. The We Are X Soundtrack (featuring the theme song “La Venus”) was released worldwide on March 3 on Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings, taking the Number … Read more
We Are X Soundtrack To Be Released March 3 Via Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings Critically Acclaimed We Are X Film to Open in Japan and UK in March X Japan To Perform At SSE Arena, Wembley in London on #XDAY March 4 The soundtrack for the film WE ARE X — the critically acclaimed music documentary … Read more
December 27, 2016 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced X Japan’s “La Venus” as one of the songs in contention for a nomination for this year’s “Best Original Song” at the 89th Academy Awards®. YOSHIKI — songwriter, drummer, classically-trained pianist and the creative force of X Japan — wrote “La Venus” for We Are X, the critically acclaimed … Read more
December 15, 2016 — Following the announcement of X Japan’s upcoming appearance at the prestigious NHK New Year’s Eve live music event, the 67th “Kouhaku Uta Gassen”, the band is scheduled to broadcast the world premiere performance of their new song “La Venus” from the documentary film We Are X. The performance will be part of a … Read more
DRAFTHOUSE FILMS’ WE ARE X NOMINATED FOR BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY BY THE BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION FOR FIRST CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS WE ARE X TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 21 IN LOS ANGELES New York, NY (October 12, 2016) – Broadcast Film Critics Association announced their nominees for Best Music documentary, which includes … Read more
Special screenings of the X JAPAN documentary will take place in Los Angeles at the following times: We Are X @ NuArt Theatre (Los Angeles) Special Events: Fri, Oct 21, 7:30pm show w/Q&A w/ Filmmaker Stephen Kijak and Yoshiki (Leader of Japanese superstar rock band X Japan) Sat, Oct 22, 7:30pm show w/Q&A w/Filmmaker Stephen … Read more
Saturday brought a big name back to Otakon. Yoshiki of X Japan had to cancel his in person appearance shortly before the convention due to his production schedule, but he was still able to make time for his fans to appear by Skype to answer fan questions and pass on information on the X Japan … Read more
Baltimore, MD (August 3, 2016) – Yoshiki of legendary rock group X JAPAN will return to Otakon this year for an exclusive preview of the group’s first documentary film, according to Otakorp Inc. Yoshiki will be participating in a panel that will reveal the preview for the documentary film on X JAPAN, “We Are X!” He promises to … Read more