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2008

January
09 Osakajo Hall
10 Osakajo Hall
12 Osakajo Hall
13 Osakajo Hall
30 Nippon Gaishi Hall
31 Nippon Gaishi Hall
February
01 Including a first performance at France, tour (April-June 2008) is announced
10 performances at 7 global cities, 320,000 spectators!
06 Yoyogi National 1st Gymnasium
07 Yoyogi National 1st Gymnasium
08 Publication of ken's book "IRON MAIKEN"
09 Yoyogi National 1st Gymnasium
10 Yoyogi National 1st Gymnasium
12 Download service for album "KISS" starts on iTunes Canada
16 Marine Messe Fukuoka
17 Marine Messe Fukuoka
March Awarded "Best Group Grand Prize" for Yahoo! Music Awards 2007
08 Publication of tour document photo book "Are you ready? 2007 Mata Heart ni Hi wo Tsukero!"
April
02 Release of 34th Single "DRINK IT DOWN" ☆#1 on the Oricon chart during 1st week of release
(Chosen as theme song for PS3/Xbox360“DEVIL MAY CRY 4")
Release of live DVD "Are you ready? 2007 Mata Heart ni Hi wo Tsukero! in OKINAWA"
05 SHINE' on NHK Education TV Anime "Guardian of the Spirit" as theme song
Site-jack of Sony Music Japan's top page for 36 hours
12 L'Arc~en~Ciel Official My Space open
19 "TOUR 2008 L'7~TRANS ASIA via PARIS~" kicks off at Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
26 Taipei Zhongshan Soccer Stadium
May
02 Album "KISS" ranked #1 on a music ranking chart "g-music" in Taiwan as of 5/2
09 Paris Le Zenith
☆Live broadcasting of stage at 5 cinema complexes in Japan late night on 5/10(JST)
17 Seoul Olympic Park Gymnastics Hall
24 Hong Kong, Asia World-Expo Arena
30 Publication of "TOUR 2007-2008 THEATER OF KISS LIVE DOCUMENT PHOTOGRAPHS"
31 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
June
01 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
03 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
07 Osaka KYOCERA DOME OSAKA
08 Osaka KYOCERA DOME OSAKA
25 New Single "NEXUS 4/SHINE" (planned to be released on August 27, 2008), precede distribution of "SHINE" as chaku-uta (ring tone)
From the following day, distribution for 6 weeks running. First 3 weeks: "SHINE" and next 3 weeks: "NEXUS 4"
August
27 35th Single“NEXUS 4/SHINE”Release
LIVE DVD“TOUR 2007-2008 THEATER OF KISS”Release
September "NEXUS 4/SHINE" ranked #1 on a music ranking chart "g-music" in Taiwan
* "TOUR 2007-2008 THEATER OF KISS" ranked #2 on the Oricon chart for all-DVD category (as of 9/4)
Publication of photo book "à Paris"
October
01 "NEXUS 4" and "SHINE" chosen as the commercial songs for Glico (chocolate) in China
November
26 33rd Single "Hurry Xmas" Release
※Rerelease of 2007's "Hurry Xmas." Limited edition for 2008 comes with new packaging and a special track
December
26 Stage performance in "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2008" on TV Asahi