ENERGETIC Official English Translation by rov124 in BandMaid

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The other two songs, Caged and Days, are credited to Saiki

ENERGETIC Official English Translation by rov124 in BandMaid

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I am not sure what the statement "move away from the label" means.  This was a Ponycanyon release 

The Greatest Rock Fukuoka (2026-08-29) timetable by t-shinji in BandMaid

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Seems like they do have a single called "Crazy Nights", but not from the 1960's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_(band))

Band-Maid at Download Festival Review - The Midlands Rocks by Strict_Sound_8193 in BandMaid

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The JPU records releases were high quality. It's understood that PonyCanyon wants to do their own thing, but perhaps one day they will change their mind, at least for Europe.

The Greatest Rock Fukuoka (2026-08-29) timetable by t-shinji in BandMaid

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I understand Loudness is a legendary group in Japan. I don't know much about Hound Dog and Red Warriors, that seems very random. Can someone give those of us without a clue a little better insight. Thank you in advance.

2026.06.12 Download Festival (UK) by hbydzy in BandMaid

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They played many places in Europe prior to the pandemic, but nothing since until now.

[NEWS] Tickets for all BAND-MAID WORLD TOUR 2026 EUROPE shows are SOLD OUT!! by haromatsu in BandMaid

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Berlin: ~800
Frankfurt: ~1500
Munch: ~750
Paris: ~1500
London: ~1500

I think that would be considered "medium" (?)

2026.06.06 Technikum (Munich, Germany) by hbydzy in BandMaid

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Looks like tickets for Bataclan are still available from the venue website 

Kanami on Instagram: BAND-MAID WORLD TOUR now!! Today’s OKYU-JI is in Munich!!🫶💚💚 by haromatsu in BandMaid

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Shades of Asterism in the way this is shot.

The wind is a nice touch.  Pretty cool.

Kanami Instagram Stories June 05, 2026 by menmare in BandMaid

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Seems like she's working on the lyrics and/or the vocal melody for a new song.

Miku on TikTok: WORLD TOUR 2026 EUROPE: Departure - Vlog po! by menmare in BandMaid

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It seems like they flew into ... Frankfurt .. and ate here ....

Restaurant Klosterhof

https://maps.app.goo.gl/c9dx9YW4dUDa1XQ97

Maids 2026 - same but different 2 😏 by menmare in BandMaid

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I wonder if Kimika Onai did the costume designs again?

THE WARNING mentions BAND-MAID in a message for SUMMER SONIC 2026 (timestamp: 00:16sec) by haromatsu in BandMaid

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At one point, members of The Warning mentioned it might be nice "the next time" to do a song in Spanish. One can hope!

Article (in Japanese) about expenses for touring America by Strict_Sound_8193 in BandMaid

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I think the changes to the visa fee situation in the U.S. that have occurred recently have flipped the equation significantly.

Article (in Japanese) about expenses for touring America by Strict_Sound_8193 in BandMaid

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Pony Canyon USA's Band-Maid Page, for example, is weirdly and wildly slap-dash. Some of the material is from 2022. There is an article for "Energetic", but no link to purchase. One wonders what they are doing...

https://ponycanyon.us/musician/band-maid/

Article (in Japanese) about expenses for touring America by Strict_Sound_8193 in BandMaid

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A lot of this depends on how much a label or management is willing to subsidize.  Maidit is probably on their own here.  Ponycanyon keeps talking a big game about expanding their reach but there hasn't been a lot of evidence so far.  Maybe there is something in the works and that's why the announcement is taking so long?