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メジャー・デビュー17年を迎えたDIR EN GREYのスペシャル増刊本発売！武道館立見席の追加発売も決定！

It’s exactly 17 years since DIR EN GREY released “Akuro no oka”, “残-ZAN” and “Yurameki” on January 20th of 1999 which became their major debut. After that all of their singles and albums reached top 10 of Oricon weekly chart, they will play next month on 5th and 6th in Budokan for the 10th time. And we have special news to celebrate their major debut!

“DIR EN GREY GUITAR BOOK” was released in 2009, “DIR EN GREY BASS & DRUMS BOOK” was released in 2010; but there’s a new book to be released on February 5th, ‘DIR EN GREY PLAYERS BOOK”, which will contain detailed introduction of all guitars, bass and drums, changes in their playing style since the start, long interview about their fixation on the sound, all of that precious data in the book targeted at players!

This time the special magazine will treat about the whole band including Kyo, the vocalist. The content will include:
* long interview with each member 
* photos taken for this publication
* introduction of the instruments and equipment
* introduction of movies and albums that influenced Kyo
* biography
* discography
* interview with the sound staff
* band score for “Un Deux” from their new album “ARCHE”.
Instrument players will find this book as a rewarding lecture, same as other fans.

After the band will finish the current tour for fanclub and mobile site members “TOUR16 FINEM LAUDA”, there will be a 2 days performance at Nippon Budokan on February 5th and 6th, but there were just more tickets added for the performance on February 6th, Standing 2F! Tickets will go on sale on January 23rd!
　
Furthermore, there’s a special additional performance planned for the participants of 2 Budokan shows: ARCHE - “a knot” LIMITED EXTRA! To apply for this show you need tickets for both Budokan shows and fanclub membership card. Please check the Official Site for more details!