Virtual pop star Hatsune Miku made her U.S. television debut tonight with an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman“.

This appearance comes the night before the opening of her New York City art exhibition “Universal Positivity“, featuring works illustrations, toys, apparel and other merchandise. The exhibit will also include “live” (virtual) performances from Miku and her band.

She performed her English-language song “Sharing the World” with her live band. Dave seemed less than thrilled, commenting the performance was “like being on Willie Nelson’s Bus” (but maybe he would have been blown away by her version of “Anaconda“). The performance has been uploaded by YouTube user Teol33.

CHARA has released the music video for her third digital single “Setsunakute Gomen ne“.

It was released simultaneously with her second digital single “Rainbow”, both songs commemorating the launch of KOE, the clothing brand Chara and her daughter SUMIRE are ambassadors for. CHARA appears in this dream-like rose-colored glasses video along side Ryosuke Yoshiki, the drummer for alternative rock band THE NOVEMBERS and her rumored boyfriend.

Dormant rock band Moonriders will return for a live one night only event on December 17 at Nippon Seinenkan to honor Tetsuroh Kashibuchi, the band’s drummer that died nearly a year ago on December 17, 2013 from esophageal cancer.

The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2011 after they announced on November 11, 2011 that they would stop activities before 2012 after 35 years together.

They will release a new album “A tribute to Tetsuroh Kashibuchi ~ Habarofusuku o tazunete” consisting of older material. The contents have yet to be determined but it will be available at the December 17 concert.

(via RealSound)

It has been announced that Perfume’s November 15th New York City date at the Hammerstein Ballroom from their upcoming overseas tour “Perfume WORLD TOUR 3rd” will be broadcast live in Japanese theaters.

As their third world tour, they will visit 5 cities: Taipei, Singapore, Los Angeles, UK and NY. This tour marks the first time the group will perform in the US so it’s definitely an event you fans shouldn’t miss.

It will be available in theaters nationwide on November 16 and starts at 10AM Japan Time. Advance ticket reservation will take place from October 18 to 26 through services like Ticket Pia and e+.

(via Natalie)

On October 6th, Morning Musume ’14 member Sayumi Michishige (25) took part in an interview after the group’s performance in New York. Michishige also got to meet up with former Hello!Project member Mai Satoda (30) who currently lives in New York. It was the first time Michishige had met with her since she moved to the United States with her husband Masahiro Tanaka (25).

Tanaka is currently playing for the New York Yankees, so Michishige assumed Satoda would be living her ‘non-celebrity’ life to the fullest. She smiled, “I wondered if she would be wearing these amazing fur coats, but in reality nothing has changed about her appearance.” Michishige laughed, “She told me about all of the cheap things I could buy at the supermarkets here. I’ve decided that I want to go home with some of the salts she recommended.”

In addition, Michishige will be graduating from Morning Musume on November 26th, which means C-ute’s Maimi Yajima (22) has been appointed the new leader of Hello!Project. Michishige approved stating, “Yajima-chan is the second cutest after me, so it will be okay!”

Toho has released the full trailer for the live-action film adaptation of Io Sakisaka’s Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) manga.

Tsubasa Honda plays Futaba Yoshioka, a girl who experienced her first love with a boy named Ko Tanaka, (Masahiro Higashide) while in middle school. However, after a misunderstanding, their relationship as friends ends when he transfers schools over summer vacation. Now in high school, she is set to “reset” her image & life by being as unladylike as possible. However, her world is turned around once again when she meets Kō again, this time under the name of Kō Mabuchi.

As previously reported, Ikimonogakari will be in charge of the theme song for the movie. Titled “Kirari”, the song can be previewed from the trailer.

Ao Haru Ride will be released in Japan on December 13th.

As previously reported, on November 5, Shiina Ringo is set to release her first studio album in 5 years. This will be her sixth studio album and it is titled “Hi Izuru Tokoro.” Today, she released the covers for the album. “Hi Izuru Tokoro” translates into “Land of the Rising Sun”, a nickname for Japan. Playing on this, the album cover features symbols of Japan such as Mount Fuji, the Rising Sun Flag, and Hokusai’s ukiyo-e print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. In addition to the covers, she also released an audio clip of the album’s promo single “Arikitarina Onna.” “Arikitarina Onna” was released digitally on October 1. Ringo also released a commentary video on the song. A special website has also been set up for the album. Check out the covers and videos after the jump!

The Oricon physical music charts for the week of 9/29 – 10/05 have been released!

AAA tops the chart with their new album “GOLD SYMPHONY” moving 59,385 units while Sexy Zone sold 125,463 copies of their new single “Otoko never give up“.