The Gazette (band)

2007-2009: STACKED RUBBISH and DIM

Three singles, REGRET, Filth in the Beauty and HYENA were released in early 2007, followed by the band's third studio album, STACKED RUBBISH on July 4, 2007. The album reached #2 on the Oricon charts within a day from the release. The album was followed by a long time promotional tour named Tour 2007-2008 STACKED RUBBISH [Pulse Wriggling to Black] from July 2007 until April 2008. In the midst of tour in October, the GazettE embarked on their first European tour, performing in England, Finland, France, and Germany. The tour finale was held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium on April 19 and 20, 2008
In the beginning of 2008, the GazettE collaborated with GemCerey for jewelry. They released a single, Guren, on February 13, 2008, which reached #1 on the Oricon charts. The DVD for their Stacked Rubbish Grand Finale [Repeated Countless Error] at Yoyogi National Gymnasium was released on August 6. The single LEECH released on November 12, 2008,which also landed a #1 spot on the Oricon daily charts. On July 14, the band performed in the event Music Japan 2008 (a TV program on NHK) with other bands such as Alice Nine, Plastic Tree, LM.C and Mucc.
On August 23. the GazettE held a festival called GAZEROCK FESTIVAL IN SUMMER 08 [BURST INTO A BLAZE] at Fuji-Q Conifer Forest. The GazettE went on a fanclub tour throughout October called STANDING LIVE TOUR 08 [FROM THE DISTORTED CITY], referencing the song "DISTORTED DAYTIME" from their LEECH single, which portrayed Tokyo as a "distorted city," in terms of the societal and political crises sweeping over Japan.
On November 15, 2008, the GazettE hosted their first secret show in Shinjuku Station. Originally, around two-hundred fifty people were to be anticipated, but instead, over seven thousand attended, the most in the band's history. Due to the amount of people on the streets, the police were forced to shut it down after two songs.
On January 3, 2009, the GazettE performed alongside their fellow bands signed to the PS Company label to celebrate the record label's 10th Anniversary [Peace and Smile Carnival 2009 Tour] at Nippon Budokan, where they announced they would release a new single called DISTRESS AND COMA on March 25. The release was preceded by a 7th Anniversary performance on March 10 called LIVE09 [7-SEVEN-] at Makuhari Messe Convention Hall.
The band released their 4th studio album, DIM on July 15, followed by another Japan-wide summer tour starting in July, for which the tour's final show was held at Saitama Super Arena on September 5.
On October 7, 2009, they released their single BEFORE I DECAY. After that, the GazetE performance in V'ROCK FESTIVAL 2009 at Makuhari Messe Convention Hall on October 24.
In December 24, the GazettE held a Christmas Eve live to close out the year called LIVE09 [A HYMN OF THE CRUCIFIXION] at Tokyo Big Sight East Hall.

2010-2011: Transfer to Sony Music Records & NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS

On March 17, 2010, the band embarked on HERESY Presents tour named STANDING LIVE TOUR 10 [THE END OF STILLNESS] at Zepp Tokyo.
After the fan club tour, the band then announced a new single and a live tour, which is named "TOUR10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS" starting in July with two consecutive nights at Nippon Budokan.Among all of these events, the band has also announced that they would be transferring from King Records to Sony Music Records. SHIVER is the 1st single with new label Sony Music Records, which was also selected as the opening theme song to the Sony anime series Kuroshitsuji II, was released on July 21, 2010. On August 4, 2010, they released 3rd music video on DVD titled FILM BUG II with including 10's PV from REGRET to BEFORE I DECAY.
Right after the release of SHIVER, the band announced the location for the final of the tour for "TOUR10 NAMELESS LIBERTY SIX BULLETS" which would be Tokyo Dome on December 26, 2010, and two new singles Red and PLEDGE. Red was released on September 22, 2010 and PLEDGE was released on December 15, 2010.
After break in the early 2011, the band will had a HERESY Presents tour called LIVE TOUR 11 TWO CONCEPT EIGHT NIGHTS ABYSS / LUCY from March 7 until March 29 and the final tour attend in Zepp Tokyo.
On March 23, 2011, the GazettE will release 2nd compilation album titled "Traces Best of 2005-2009" and in the same day they release live concert DVD named THE NAMELESS LIBERTY AT 10.12.26 TOKYO DOME. New single (title not yet finalized) will be released in Spring 2011 respectively, although details have not yet been announced