T.M. Revolution Stars on Musical, ROCK OF AGES!

Takanori Nishikawa also known as T.M.Revolution, announced on his official website that he will be appearing in the musical, ROCK OF AGES!

The original musical premiered in Los Angeles in 2006 and has been performed on Broadway since 2009, and a movie version is being released in the United States in 2012.

The rock singer’s been cast as the main lead for the said musical in which he’ll revisit classic rock hits from Bon Jovi, Journey, Europe, and many more in celebration of of All Night Nippon’s 45th anniversary.

The musical will be performed from October 28th to November 6th at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum. Nishikawa will also perform the musical in other parts of Japan, but the schedule has not yet been announced.

Source: tokyohive, natalie via Tokyograph

T.M. Revoultion, GACKT Organizes Individual Charity for Earthquake Victims

Nishikawa Takanori also known as T.M. Revolution has revealed via his Twitter account that he plans to hold a charity concert on March 30th to raise disaster relief funds for the recent earthquake that hit Japan. Asides from that, GACKT also organized a charity called, SHOW YOUR HEART to raise disaster relief funds for the said earthquake.

Nishikawa was originally planned that he will held a release event of his latest album, CLOUD NINE on Zepp Tokyo, but because of the said earthquake, naturally, he will postponed it but because he already reserved the event center, he decided to turn it into a charity event.

All the proceeds of the website and ticket sales will be donated to charity, he also plans on holding a charity auction. Currently, it is on its planning stage and other artist expressed their support. He tweeted to followers that he is looking for people who are willing to support him in this endeavor.

On Twitter, Nishikawa has been exchanging messages with many people who are offering to help. He admitted that he is not sure how far the plans will go, but things seem to be moving quickly. It was later revealed on a recent tweet that a major company has contacted him, offering extensive support for the video streaming and online auction plans.

Since GACKT is the representative of the SHOW YOUR HEART charity, he stated that, “We decided to organize the charity as it was something that even we could start [in order to help]. We want everyone to lend us their strength. Although individuals may not be able to do much, if everyone works together, it becomes a lot of power. In this sort of time, we need to have the courage to lend a helping hand.”

Donations can be made through a direct deposit in Japan to the SHOW YOUR HEART bank account. The funds collected will be distributed to victims through the Japanese Red Cross and local community associations. Celebrities such as LUNA SEA's Shinya, Fujiwara Norika, BREAKERZ's DAIGO, Mizuho Hata, Maki Ohguro, and Haruna Ai left their supportive messages on the charity's homepage.

With this recent catastrophe that hit Japan, it really lightens the sad atmosphere to see people who are willing to give their support to the victims by holding these events and charity work.

Source: natalie via tokyohive, Tokyograph (T.M. Revolution) and natalie via tokyohive (GACKT)