Live Report : MIYAVI- WHAT'S MY NAME WORLD TOUR 2011 2/19 at Fukuoka Drum Be-1

 

As the venue buzzed with excitement from new and old fans, 雅-MIYAVI- appeared on the right-hand side of the stage, strumming the first few chords of "WHAT'S MY NAME?" The long hair extensions from his previous tour were gone, leaving a long bob-style head of ebony. He was donning all black: a loose, low-cut black sweater, visibly displaying the word "un-do" tattooed on his chest, black three-quarter length cargo pants and black shoes. "Raw" and " clean" sprung to mind, much like the instrumental arrangement for his latest album.

雅-MIYAVI- ripped into the song in earnest as BOBO appeared on stage to assist on drums. It was a solid opening with a lot of impact. -雅-MIYAVI-'s energy brought the whole venue to life with everyone jumping, swaying and dancing. With "UNIVERSE" the intensity remained high, but the atmosphere was distinctively different; as if everything was under the surface, waiting to break through. His voice carried a raw edge to it that can only be experienced live. His unique guitar playing style gives full credit to his "samurai guitarist" name. It looked as if his fists were simply beating the instrument, but the musical resonance he created told otherwise.

"Are you ready to survive?" 雅-MIYAVI- screamed as he began the next song, "SURVIVE". During the song he paused and repeatedly asked "What's my name?" and got enthusiastic replies of "MIYAVI!" each time. "Give it up to BOBO!" he yelled and plunged into a brand new track. The crowd jumped up and down in time with雅-MIYAVI-, responding to every "Come on, come on!", getting even more fired up. Without pause, the next song started; another new track with a hard beat that had everyone clapping their hands, head banging furiously and jumping up and down with such power it was unbelievable.

After a short water break, the venue's collective intensity was about to reach the next level. 雅-MIYAVI- began strumming the very familiar "おっさんおっさん俺なんぼ/Ossan Ossan Ore Nanbo" and the fans went crazy, shrieking in response to his beckoning them to repeat the lyrics. 

Source : Musicjapan

[Single] MIYAVI - WHAT'S MY NAME? e.p. [2nd Febuary 2011]

TRACK LIST

01. WHAT’S MY NAME?
02. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Yoshida Ichirou（From ZAZEN BOYS）
03. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Hama Okamoto（From OKAMOTO’S）
04. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Hinata Hidekazu（From Straightener/Nothing’s Carved In Stone/EOR）

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Credit: No idea as its posted in about 10 different places with no credits

Miyavi : Playing Taylor guitars

credits to MrTheBigM

Miyavi : WHAT'S MY NAME? (Instrumental Live ver.) MV

...camera on his head?!

rocking out some mad skills...BLINDFOLDED.

credits to myv382tokyo

Miyavi : & Lovelie

credits to..someone on tumblr
man, being famous, touring... and raising two kids. mr. miyavi, hats off to you!

Miyavi's re-cut WHAT'S MY NAME? tracklist + covers

On February 2nd, MIYAVI will be releasing his new single, a re-cut version of “WHAT’S MY NAME?“, and he has finally revealed the names of his supporting bassist lineup.

The “WHAT’S MY NAME? e.p.” will be a re-release of the track from his new “WHAT’S MY NAME?” album. It will have the standard lineup of MIYAVI on guitar and BOBO on the drums, like his previous releases, but it will also feature different support lineups for the different versions of the EP. The limited edition version will also feature MIYA (385), TOKIE, and KenKen (RIZE). The regular edition of the EP will feature Yoshida Ichirou (ZAZEN BOYS), Hama Okamoto (OKAMOTO’S), and Hinata Hidekazu (Straightner, Nothing’s Carved In Stone, EOR, killing Boy).

The first print limited edition of the EP will come with a DVD, and it will feature footage from his August metropolitan lives that occurred throughout Tokyo and were aired on Ustream. There will be a mix of clips from the “ Screaming Out from TOKYO” and “EMI ROCKS” performances.

Now MIYAVI is preparing for his February 1st and 2nd shows at the Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO. This live event will also feature EP participants ZAZEN BOYS and Nothing’s Carved In Stone.

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雅-MIYAVI-「WHAT’S MY NAME?e.p.」Track List:

First Print Limited CD

01. WHAT’S MY NAME?

02. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. MIYA（From 385）

03. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. TOKIE

04. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. KenKen

First Print Limited DVD

・「SURVIVE」Video Clip (2 Version)

・「TORTURE」Video Clip (2 Version)

・「WHAT’S MY NAME?」Video Clip (2 Version)

・EMI ROCKS Live Footage

・Screaming Out From TOKYO Live Footage

Regular CD

01. WHAT’S MY NAME?

02. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Yoshida Ichirou（From ZAZEN BOYS）

03. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Hama Okamoto（From OKAMOTO’S）

04. WHAT’S MY NAME? feat. Hinata Hidekazu（From Straightener/Nothing’s Carved In Stone/EOR）

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雅-MIYAVI-Presents CLUB QUATTRO 2DAYS

February 1st – Tokyo – Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO

＜Lineup＞

雅-MIYAVI- / ZAZEN BOYS

February 2nd – Tokyo – Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO

＜Lineup＞

雅-MIYAVI- / Nothing’s Carved In Stone

Credits : tokyohive

Miyavi : Whats my name? PV

credits to myv382tokyo and guest

Miyavi : Baby blog post

Source Miyavi Blog
tho still only bin a month,

strongly breathing n growing wiz its tiny tiny limbs.

wish her 2 become a shinny lady

who can lighten n warm up everyone's heart among her like a jewel.

Miyavi : New E.P in 2011

(I tried to imagine the cover)

Rawr!

Miyavi is going to release @ 2011/02/02 an E.P called : WHAT'S MY NAME? e.p.

Yup...

The e.p will come in two types. (Regular & Limited)

The regular & the limited will contain the song "WHAT'S MY NAME?" as well a version with a special guest appearance on bass.

The limited one will come with a bonus DVD including music videos for "SURVIVE" "TORTURE" and "WHAT'S MY NAME?" as well as footage from EMI ROCKS Live and Tour in Tokyo 2010 "Screaming Out from Tokyo.

Btw, this information may change so don't take it for granted.

Preorder your copy here :

	WHAT'S MY NAME? e.p. [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] MIYAVI CD | Release: 2011/02/02	ships on the release date 2838yen GBP 21.54
	WHAT'S MY NAME? e.p. [Regular Edition] MIYAVI CD | Release: 2011/02/02	ships on the release date 952yen GBP 7.22

Source : cdjapan

Miyavi : tour dates more!

2011.4.2 @ Hamburg, GERMANY – Markthalle
2011.4.3 @ Cologne, GERMANY – Live Music Hall
2011.4.4 @ Munich, GERMANY – Muffathalle

You can buy your tickets here : http://www.eventim.de/
(Pre-Sale starts Dec 1st (Wed) 10:00AM local time.)

Credits : Anni via Miyavi's OHP

Miyavi : more tour dates

More dates have been added to Miyavi's tour 2011.
France, you're are lucky :)

3/19　LONDON , HMV FORUM
3/22　Nantes, FRANCE – La Carriere
3/23　Villeurbanne, FRANCE – Transbordeur
3/25　Lille, FRANCE – Le Splendid
3/26　Strasbourg, FRANCE – La Laiterie
3/27　Paris, FRANCE – Le Trianon

Pre-Sale begins tomorrow, November 23th for all shows in France =D
Credits & Source : Neumania

Miyavi : CALENDAR 2011

2011 MIYAVI CALENDAR now on sale!!!!!
Don't miss your chance to get it!
(For sale only in Japan.)

So yeah, it costs 3000 yen.

Max : Crap XD no miyavi for max then!

Credits : Anni
Source : miyavi's shop PRO

雅-MIYAVI- 【Music Japan TV】

credits : rainyday & marurunrun1 for the upload

Miyavi : Second Child's name revealled.

This is abit late... I found out about this a while ago but not been posted D: oops.

Source Tokyo Hive:
As we reported earlier, Miyavi is now the father of two girls. On October 30th, he made a new entry on his myspace blog revealing the name of his new daughter.

The entry is titled “the second lil monster “JEWELIE” arrived on the earth.”

Miyavi wrote,

im really pleased to be able to announce

that our new baby girl was born at 6:13 AM Oct 21st.

改めまして先日１０月２１日 早朝６時１３分

予定より大幅に早く第二子となる女の子が無事に誕生しました。

おかげさまで母子共に健康でワイワイやっています。

正直あまりに急だったので実感がわきにくかったけれど
今は生まれて来た我が子を前にし、
より一層気を引き締めて邁進する所存です。

although it was way earlier than the official due date,

they r both so healthy n getting along together now.

honestly, it was a lil hard for me to feel the reality

of whats going on before she was born cuz it happened all of a sudden.

but now in the face of the hope for the future,
strongly feeling that there is no way other than to head strong on my way.

名は

The reason(理) is Hope(希).

We wish her a hopeful bright future
and become a shiny and attractive lady like a JEWEL ;)

「希望溢れる未来に輝く、魅力的な女性に育って欲しい」

という願いを込めて

we named her,

希理 "Jewelie" (ジュエリ) と名付けました。

ミドルネームは「Miyaviに続いて日本的な名前を」

という事で Aoi にしました。

実は字画を旧漢字でひくか常用漢字でひくか悩んでいて

先日、先輩ギタリストの布袋さんに相談した所

「やっぱりサウンドでしょう！」の一言でふっきれました（笑）

なので字画よりも

想いや願いを大事にして名付けました。

and we gave her the middle name "Aoi",

a very japanese name just like Miyavi as Lovelie's middle name.

Jewelie Aoi Ishihara

please welcome her to our family.

どうぞファミリーに温かく迎えいれてやって下さい。

そして、全ての人に「ありがとう」という気持ちで一杯です。

my heart is filled with thankfulness to everyone n everything existing on the earth.

THANK YOU!!

Miyavi : like it's her birthday remix feat. miyavi

credits to anni via tokyo hive & tenshinotsubasa

Good Charlotte And Miyavi Interview

Miyavi Live At The HMV Forum in London In March 2011

 MIYAVI and his inimitable `samurai guitarist` persona have become a global phenomenon.  His latest album is a stripped down and stoical piece of work, recorded only with his guitar playing and the tight-as-a-vice drumming of Bobo (54-71), filtered through various rock, hip hop, and dance music influences.  Co-produced by Yoshio Toshikazu (former engineer with The Strokes), the result is a raw, naked, and aggressive album that signifies MIYAVI`s self-imposed rebirth, and is undoubtedly the most brutally honest, mature, and introspective album of his to date, as evidenced by its title  
What`s My Name?'.

Tickets available from 26th October.
PRESENTED BY MEAN FIDDLER

Source: HMV

Thanks: Abigail

Miyavi’s second daughter is born

Source: Miyavi

Thanks: Anni

[Album] Miyavi - WHAT'S MY NAME ? [13th October 2010]

TRACKLIST

01 - WHAT'S MY NAME ?
02 - Torture
03 - A-ha
04 - Chillin' Chillin' Money Blue$
05 - I love you, I love you, I love you, and I hate you.
06 - Moon
07 - Gravity
08 - Universe
09 - Unbreakable
10 - Shelter
11 - Super Hero (album ver.)
12 - Sutekina Mirai
13 - Futuristic Love
14 - Survive (album ver.)
 

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Credits to : Hykentsuhiro

MIYAVI : TORTURE (Director's cut)

credits to myv382tokyo