GRANRODEO KISHOW's triumphant return to his hometown, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, is over!

GRANRODEO held "GRANRODEO LIVE 2018 KISHOW Ube Kaisen Rodeo Burutoppin~It's going to be hot and sunny, let's all get excited together~" on August 11 at Watanabe O Memorial Hall in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. GRANRODEO announced the release of their first concept mini-album "M-S COWBOY no Gyakusyu" (Mini Album "M-S COWBOY no Gyakusyu") in October.

GRANRODEO is a music unit consisting of voice actor KISHOW (Noriaki Taniyama) and guitarist e-ZUKA (Masaaki Iizuka).

On Saturday, August 11, GRANRODEO will hold "GRANRODEO LIVE 2018 KISHOW Ube Triumphant Return Rodeo Burutoppin~It's going to be hot and sunny, so let's all get excited together~" at Watanabe O Memorial Hall in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where vocalist KISHOW is from, It has been 9 years since the release of their 11th Single "modern strange cowboy", GRANRODEO's first concept mini-album "M・S COWBOY no Gyakusyu" will feature all newly written songs, and the Blu-ray included with the limited first pressing will include a music clip of the album's lead song.

The Blu-ray included in the limited first edition includes a music clip of the album's lead song.

Official Report】 ※敬称略略

GRANRODEO, the popular rock unit whose smash hit "BEASTFUL" is the opening theme song for the popular anime "Baki" currently airing, held "GRANRODEO LIVE 2018" on August 11 at Watanabe O Memorial Hall in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where vocalist KISHOW is from. KISHOW Ube Triumphant Return Rodeo Burutoppin~It's going to be hot and sunny, so let's all get excited!
It was also KISHOW's birthday, and tickets sold out immediately.
About 1,300 fans gathered from all over Japan to celebrate his birthday together in his birthplace.
The event was also broadcast live on Fuji TV TWO.

The opening theme song of the movie "Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE
The live started with "Deadly Drive," a song from the movie "Bungo Ray Dogg's DEAD APPLE," and KISHOW performed 20 songs, including two encores.

In addition to the latest song "BEASTFUL" and the new song "Asameshimae no Yasashii Sekai" which was performed for the first time at the live, single numbers such as "Punky Funky Love", "Shonen no Hate", "Henka Jizai no Magical Star" and a variety of popular live numbers were mixed in the MC. KISHOW spoke to the fans in Ube dialect.
It had been about three months since e-ZUKA's (Gt) triumphant return to his hometown in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture in May of this year, and GRANRODEO's one-man show itself was filled with unceasing enthusiasm from the opening to the closing of the two and a half hour stage.

The performance was filled with the kind of excitement that only a triumphant return and a birthday concert can bring.
The opening act was Poiful, a girls' band from Ube Chuo High School, KISHOW's alma mater, performing one of GRANRODEO's most popular songs, "Go For It!

The school song of Ube Chuo High School was played during the interval, and for an encore, KISHOW covered Unicorn's "Odd Two," a song he used to copy with a band he formed with his friends when he was a student.

Then, they delivered the surprise news that GRANRODEO's first concept mini-album "M-S COWBOY Strikes Back" will be released on October 24, and the heartwarming and priceless night was happily closed with the hit number "Can Do".

Release information】
■GRANRODEOMini Album "M.S. COWBOY Strikes Back"

Release date: October 24, 2018
Limited First Edition (CD+BD)] LACA-35739
・Price: 2,900 yen (excluding tax)
Normal disc (CD Only)] LACA-15739
・Price: 2,200 yen (excluding tax)
First pressing limited edition only includes a music clip of the lead song.

Live information

GRANRODEO LIVE 2018 G13 ROCK☆SHOW

Date: December 8 (Sat) / December 9 (Sun), 2018
Venue: Osaka-jo Hall

　Other details will be announced later.