BXtE Fan Project break-up

Dear X JAPAN fans,

many of you might have already seen that BXtE's website isn't working anymore.
We are very sad to tell you this so short before Christmas, a time when everyone should be happy and celebrating with their families and friends, but the BXtE fan project won't exist any longer.

Everyone of us enjoyed the time working on that project and were happy about its growing from the first day on. Nevertheless, this break up happened due to heavy disagreements in BXtE's management that couldn't be solved and resulted in a separation of the project.

A huge part of the former BXtE team personally refuses to work under that name any longer, since it contradicts with our point of view how to support X JAPAN and get fans from all over Europe connected. The conditions and supposed aims changed so much, that it doesn't have much to do with what we started any longer and how we wanted that project to develop.

We are sorry for that incident and deeply apologize to everyone of you. Also, many apologies to X JAPAN. We wanted to support you with BXtE and really believed that it was a great opportunity to do so. But to us, this is not the initial project we started to built up anymore.

Anyway, outside of BXtE, we will always be there for X JAPAN and will go on supporting the band in our way and help wherever we can.

WE ARE X and thank you for everything!

- The BXtE-Team

X against AIDS

All the members of our team were very supportive and excited of the piece we will present you with in just a short while, however it is hard to express that in words now, after the sad news we received earlier today.

Still, as deadly diseases continue to claim the lives of both people we admire from afar and people near us, if we can do anything, no matter how apparently insignificant a gesture, to prevent them from hurting even more people, we should.

And this is exactly what we do today, on the World AIDS Day, by reminding or just telling you what X did to help raise awareness of the disease in Japan. So let’s all join X against AIDS.

Munetaka Higuchi (LOUDNESS) died

Please click here to read more.

TOSHI with T-EARTH second album, YOSHIKI Jewelry and HIDE zippos

To find out more about these, as well as our special announcement, check here!

YOSHIKI Week: Day Seven - Your favorite YOSHIKI song!

First of all, we would like to apologize for the delay, we had some technical problems yesterday, so day seven only happens today. We are terribly sorry for that!

Now, though, we would like to show you what we had planned for today: we being you a short piece about one of YOSHIKI's songs here and we invite you to tell us about your favorite YOSHIKI song(s), here in our forum!

Enjoy and thank you very much for joining us in these seven days dedicated to YOSHIKI!

PS: Don't forget you still have time to send answers to our quiz!

YOSHIKI Week: Day Six - YOSHIKI Quiz Part III

And here is the final part of our YOSHIKI Quiz with seven more questions in line.

The deadline of this part is set to December 1st. For everyone curious about what the correct answers will be, we will reveal those for all three parts the day after the last deadline on December 2nd.

BXtE wishes everyone of you much fun with finding the answers and hope for many participants!

Don't forget, the person with most correct answers will receive a small present that is very likely hard to get outside Japan. ;)

Click here to see the questions and find out more!

Ganbatte ne! We are X!

YOSHIKI Week: Day Five - YOSHIKI Quiz Part II

The second part of our YOSHIKI quiz is now online with another bunch of interesting questions.

We will post the answer to all questions after the deadline, so look forwards to them.

Until then, good luck with the quiz, and remember that you don't have to answer all of them right, the person with most correct answer will win. So just give it a try. ;)

Click here to find for more information and the questions!

YOSHIKI week: Day Four - YOSHIKI Quiz

This quiz is the second part of our YOSHIKI Week, cut in three parts with increasing difficulty, for everyone who doesn't only like YOSHIKI's music but is also interested in him as a person.

And the one who will convince us that he or she is the YOSHIKI eXpert around here will receive a small, but we think nice and quite hard, maybe impossible to get outside of Japan, item as prize!

Click here to find for more information and the questions!

YOSHIKI week: Day Three - A hero was born

Third and final YOSHIKI-tribute is available on the website directly from France. It is only available in french for now. We will for sure let you know when the english version will be online.

We hope you’ll enjoy it and keep on supporting YOSHIKI! You can still join us in our week dedicated to him.

You can find the French version here.

YOSHIKI Week: Day Two - The Colors of the Storm

In order to the second day of BXtE's YOSHIKI Week, we keep our promise and have a nice surprise for you!

Another YOSHIKI-Tribute, this time from Germany, went online today. At the moment it is available in German only, but will soon be translated into English!

We wish you much fun reading it and hope for your ongoing support during our YOSHIKI dedicated week!
Here you can find the German version.

YOSHIKI Week: Day One - 20.11.XXXX

We were already planning to make the week of YOSHIKI's birthday a special event on BXtE. After today's messages from him, we wanted that even more.

So please, let's all get together and show YOSHIKI how much we all still love him! Join us in our week dedicated to him!

We start it off with something we've got you used to already, a special birthday piece right here!

But keep coming back, because for seven days from now on, we will have many fun surprises for you!

YOSHIKI message on myspace and Yoshiki Mobile

In a message published today on myspace in French and on his Japanese cell phone fan service YOSHIKI Mobile, YOSHIKI offered an apology to all the fans disappointed by the postponement of the Paris concert and Japan Christmas lives.
Please go here to read more.

MIX LEMONed JELLY 2008 new performers

hide-city.com has announced that new acts have been added to the original list of performers for the three lives that will make up MIX LEMONed JELLY 2008 ★ feat. hide Birthday Party:

Please click here to read more.

HEATH's Management confirms Paris Live to happen in 2009

Please click here to read more.

Changes in X JAPAN World Tour and X JAPAN Management

X JAPAN just posted a press release on their french official homepage.

AZOFF MANAGEMENT will take care of X JAPAN WORLD TOUR.

They decided to postpone every tour date of this year. The first concert of X JAPAN WORLD TOUR will be the countdown live.

In the next spring, there will be a nationwide tour in Japan followed by a world tour with a concert in Paris and Sweden, and probably some more.

Read the full press release here.

EDIT: According to the official Japanese X JAPAN website, the concerts in Hong Kong, Bankog, Taiwan and Korea are currently expected to be performed as scheduled.

X JAPAN live in Paris is POSTPONED

Avosbillets.com just annouced that X JAPAN's concert in Paris will not take place on 22nd November 2008.

According to avosbillets.com there will be a new date for the show, but is has not been not announced yet.

There will be an official press release this afternoon. We will let you know as soon as we have more informations.

We know this is a big disappointment for everybody who has wanted to go there, and understand how everybody is feeling now, but we still intend to do our best to see X JAPAN in Europe some day.

And we hope that after the initial emotions, everybody will feel the same way, too.

BXtE Forum and tickets help for Paris concert !

Hi everybody,

since we got a lot of question on how to purchase tickets for the Paris concert, and other things related to the live, we made two things for you.

First, we made a step-by-step guide, including screencaps, for the FOUR main ticket sellers (Avosbillets, Ticketnet, Fnacspectacles, Digitick) websites. You can find that here. At the moment the guide is available in English, Japanese, German and Spanish, with more translations into other languages to follow.

Secondly, we opened a forum here so you can ask questions about Paris show! Feel free to ask anything you want! We'll be happy to help you. :)

We hope to see many of you in Paris!

I.V. for Rock Band 2 - Available today!

Please click here to read more about it!

X JAPAN FACT FILE: November 4th, PATA BIRTHDAY

On the occassion of that special day, namely PATA's 43rd birthday, we prepared not only one, but two Birthday tributes to remember that day.
You can find them here and here. Enjoy reading!

About the 'Priority Ticket Sale' on avosbillets.com

Some of you might have been wondering what the 'priority ticket sale' on avosbillets.com means.

Please, check our website to learn more about it.

TOSHI with T-EARTH "Haruka naru toki wo koete" preview!

Please click here to read more about it!

BXtE is looking for translators!

If you are an X fan interested in reporting about, promoting and supporting X internationally and are ready to work long term in a professional environment, have the time for it or are interested in translating from English to your mother tongue, contact us.

We are more than happy to welcome new members, but we demand dedication, commitment and seriousness. We are all fans, but we are working as professionals.

If you think you have all it takes, contact us and we’ll guide you from then on.

For more information, check our staff offers page.

X JAPAN live in Paris : Ticket sales, prices, etc...

Avosbillets.com just updated their website !

X JAPAN concert will take place in Paris, Bercy on 22nd November 2008 at 7.30pm.

To read the details, please click here!

Avosbillets.com tells X JAPAN fans to check their website tomorrow!

www.avosbillets.com updated their site today with a picture of X JAPAN and the comment, in French, of: “Check our website tomorrow at 10am.”

Click here to learn more.

Ticket sales date announced!

Hello everyone!

Finally we're happy to announce THE NEWS you're all waiting for soooo long! For more, go here.

X JAPAN Paris live concerns - Updates II

Regarding the X JAPAN November 22nd live, BXtE has been in contact with a variety of official sources related to the project, ... (more)

YOSHIKI in December’s FOOL’S MATE

fools-mate.co.jp announced on their website today that the December issue will have an article by Masato Tojo about YOSHIKI's latest activities, namely yhe Yoyogi Stadium Public Press Conference and the YOSHIKI Jewelry Press Party.

As FOOL'S MATE usually has very beautiful photographs we much look forward to the issue - though, if we may be permitted to say so, we are proud to have beaten them in reporting by weeks...

Research: Mie

MIX LEMONed JELLY 2008 ★ feat. hide Birthday Party

hide's birthday is getting closer and hide-city not only announced the previous mentioned DVD and CD releases to celebreate it, but - you might have expected it - this year, too, a birthday party in commemoration of hide's live and works will take place. Not only one day, though, alltogether three days themed "MIX LEMONed JELLY 2008 ★ feat. hide Birthday Party".

Go here to read more.

hide DVDs and CDs to be released on 12/03

hide fans can look forward to new releases! As hide-city announced, the sale of a new hide live DVD Set 「Alive!」 will start on December 3rd. The piece will include 3 DVD's with highly adapted footage of hide's first and second solo tour.
The DVD Set will be available as both, regular DVD and special edition with some extra goodies.
Furthermore, the same date, three of hide's albums will be re-released, on high quality SHM-CD's: That is, 'Hide Your Face', 'Psyence', and 'Ja, Zoo'.

X JAPAN official webpage for China open

Today, the official X JAPAN webpage for China was opened. You can find it here: http://www.xjapan-china.com/

Source: X JAPAN OHP

New TOSHI with T-EARTH album title and release date announced

Today it has been announced that TOSHI with T-EARTH’s new album,"Kanashimi no Hate.
"

Please click here to read more.

I.V. in the video game ROCK BAND 2

Please click here to read more.

X JAPAN Paris live concerns - Updates

We have received information from other people who have contacted Nous Productions that they were told Nous productions themselves are still awaiting news from Japan and that they will keep everyone informed as they can.

Please click here to read more.

X JAPAN Paris live concerns

It has been brought to our attention that Nous Productions apparently stated that the X JAPAN Paris Live has been postponed to some time in 2009.

In answer to this, we would like to let you know that while we can not deny the possibility that this might be true, there are NO supporting comments on that issue from either Bercy itself - as of our latest contact with them, they still told us they expect the show to proceed as scheduled - or any X JAPAN related official source.

Please click here to read more.

New Ra:IN live announced

Read more about it here!

TAIJI Meet & Greet 11/30 in Aichi

Read more about it here!

CLOUDNINE ORIGIN (i.e. with TAIJI) live and instore event

Announced today. To find out more, go here.

X JAPAN FACT FILE: October 10th, TOSHI BIRTHDAY

Unlike in Japan at this time of year, when it's starting to get mildly autumn cool, he should have had a HOT birthday today, being in South America with TOSHI with T-EARTH. We hope it was warm not only in temperature. Happy Birthday, TOSHI!

We also prepared a Birthday Tribute for TOSHI, you can read it here.

TOSHI with T-EARTH - 2nd Album

TOSHI with T-EARTH' new album will be released at the end of the year!

For further details, check our blog.

Ra:IN in John Entwistel memorial live

Ra:IN will perform in《THE WHO John Entwistel Memorial Night! Vol.7》.

For further details, check our blog.

TOSHI with T-EARTH FEEL YOUR LOVE TV show theme song

TOSHI with T-EARTH song "FEEL YOUR LOVE" has been chosen as ending theme for the TV TOKYO Sunday evening weekly "Drive a GoGo" and will be on air starting October 5th, on both TV TOKYO itself and on stations of the same broadcasting chain nationwide.

Please click here to read more.

TOSHI new lives announced

New TOSHI lives announced. For further details, check our website.

"As long as my body can move"

This is not from an official news release by either X JAPAN's or YOSHIKI's personal management, but nevertheless something we think is good news for fans who have been less than happy about "maybe this will be our last tour" comments during YOSHIKI's X JAPAN Asia promotion tour, namely, YOSHIKI commenting that X JAPAN will go as long as he is physically able to perform, on a TV program aired by Fuji TV tonight.

Please, visit our website for further details.

New Yoshiki Jewelry

Today Yoshiki Jewelry announced two new silver necklaces on their website - here and here - that are somewhat more within fans' reach with 30,000 Yen each...

Please, visit our website for further details.

Heath solo live; sold out before offically on sale

Leaving aside the end of March Tokyo Dome lives, It's been a long time - since the two Lynx lives at Omotesando Fab and Harajuku Astro Hall in summer 2007 - since Heath fans have had the chance to see him on stage, but that's finally to be remedied with his solo at the Tokyo Nakano ZERO located planetarium on November 1st.

Please, visit our website for further details.

Location for X Japan's Count Down Live confirmed

The location of X Japan's count down live has been confirmed today by X Japan's official Homepage.

It will be at AkasakaBLITZ in Tokyo.

Press Party Pictures updated!

Still curious about some more jewelry pictures and pictures from the actual event?

Then go and check our Events section. There you'll find a short report about the press party and some nice pictures of Yoshiki and the displayed accessories and jewelries!

More to come soon, so please don't forget to check back ;)

Some pictures for the curious... & Possible countdown live location to be announced

Those who want to see what Yoshiki's jewelry designs actually looks like might want to have a look here.

Those who are waiting for pictures of Yoshiki will have to be a little patient still, but we promise there'll be something up on BXtE in a bit. :)

As yet unconfirmed: December 31st live location to be announced tomorrow, though indirectly only, not by Yoshiki himself.

Yoshiki 24/09 press party

During a press party held in the elegant Miyabi no Ma reception room of the originally Frank Lloyd Wright designed Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Yoshiki announced the launch of his "high fashion" jewelry and interior accessories brand "Yoshiki Jewelry" on September 24th.

To read more, click here.