On June 7, MONDO GROSSO will release his first new album in 14 years, “Nandodemo Atarashiku Umareru.” It’s already revealed that the album’s guests include Mitsushima Hikari, bird, and Nogizaka46’s Asuka Saito, but the full credits for the album have now been released.

MONDO GROSSO and UA will reunite for the song “Haru wa Towa ni Mezameru (Ver.2)”, which UA wrote the lyrics for. They previously worked together on the song “Hikari” on MONDO GROSSO’s 2003 album “NEXT WAVE.”

MONDO GROSSO was looking for a new singer on FaceBook, when an acquitance sent him the information of a housewife named Shimoju Kaori. She does the vocals on the song “GOLD”, which was written by bird and Shinichi Osawa.

There are also bonus tracks available on different streaming services. Apple Music and iTunes features the first version of the UA collaboration “Haru wa Towa ni Mezameru.” Ohashi Trio lends his vocals to the AWA bonus track “TURN IT UP.” On Spotify, the bonus track is the ACO collaboration “KEMURI.”

Check out the album’s updated tracklist and and two new video below!

This week’s guests were AKB48, Ishii Tatsuya, Sayuri Ishikawa, Vienna Boys’ Choir, Suzuki Rio, Takekawa Yukihide, Tendo Yoshimi, Fuse Akira, Mizumori Kaori, May J., Yashiro Aki, Yuki Saori, Yoshida Yo, Sujimoto Tetta, Nakamura Yasuhi, Suzuku Ikko, Hongo Gen, Tanahashi Nuts, Flash Kaneko, MUSIC CONCERTO, Tanooka Saburo, Nakao Takeya, Suzuki Kento, Mochimaru Kaga, Nakagawa Mitsuo, and Masada Erina.

This week’s guests were SILENT SIREN, SAKANAMON, Sakamoto Shogo, and DISH//.

SILENT SIREN – AKANE

SAKANAMON – Tewofuru

Sakamoto Shogo – Shoppai Namida

DISH// – I’m FISH//

This week, Kame to Yamapi topped the Hot 100 chart with their new single “Senaka Goshi no Chance.”

Mr.Children topped the Hot Albums chart for the second week in a row with their digital-only best album “Mr.Children 1992-2002 Thanksgiving 25.”

The members of Hello!Project group C-ute have announced their post-graduation plans.

The current leader of both Hello!Project and C-ute Maimi Yajima is interested in doing acting work. Compared to the music scene she sees acting as a completely different world and environment, and is determined to study hard to improve herself. Maimi will also be a part of the “M-line” club, an official fanclub for various graduated Hello!Project idols. Their current roster includes Sayumi Michishige, Nozomi Tsuji, Ai Takahashi, and Mari Yaguchi among others.

Maimi is looking forward taking part in various M-line events such as bus tours and live dinner shows.  Maimi finishes the blog entry by thanking fans for their continued support, and will cheer for her other four group members while they chase their dreams.

Ayaka Sasaki, the pink member of Momoiro Clover Z has released her own cover version of the classic 70s hit “Cutie Honey”.

“Cutie Honey” was originally sung in 1973 by Yoko Maekawa, and served as the theme for the anime series of the same name. The song has been covered many times throughout the years, notably by Koda Kumi, GO!GO!7188, and TWO-MIX. The song even became a minor hit in South Korea thanks to Ahyoomee’s version.

Ayaka has been appointed the ambassador of the 2017 “Love Dance Festival”. This is a nationwide competition where idols perform their take on a song created for an anime series or film. There are no age or sex limitations, anyone is eligible to participate. Your own original choreography for the song is also encouraged, “Love Dance Festival” hopes to further spread the charm of idols nationwide all across Japan. The official website for the competition can be found here.

Check out Ayaka’s take on “Cutie Honey” below the jump!

Last week former KAT-TUN member Koki Tanaka was arrested for suspected marijuana possession.  Today it was revealed that after a urine test marijuana was found in Koki’s body,  Koki previously denied  both using and carrying marijuana when first questioning by authorities. Naturally, all the activities of his current musical project INKT have been put on hold. A tour beginning in June and various signing events at record shops were planned.

In light of the news many Japanese websites have started to strike up conversations again about KAT-TUN’s “3 year curse”. An entertainment writer who specializes in Johnny & Associates sat down with gossip website aja-jo to further explain the  phenomenon.

GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE were scheduled to hold European live performances in London, England and Paris, France on June 2nd and June 4th. However, due to the recent Manchester terror attack those plans have been canceled.

Two days after the attack on May 24th, GENERATIONS’ agency “LDH” did some serious consulting not only among themselves, but with the concert venues, local promoters and travel agencies. Considering the huge impact of the attack, and the current social situation in Europe the difficult decision to cancel the performances was made. It’s expected that the boys will eventually return to Europe again, but no concrete dates have been set.

LDH apologies to the fans looking forward to the event, but stresses that their safety is important and must always come first. LDH also gave their heartfelt sympathy to everyone that was affected by the attack. On May 22nd a suicide bombing was carried out at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. 23 adults and children were killed in the blast, and over 100 were injured.

The London and Paris concerts were supposed to be the final two dates of the “GENERATIONS 2017 World Tour  ～SPEEDSTER～”

(Oricon)