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Release Dates!!
All upcoming Release Dates in order so you know what's comin'!! ^_~

Morning Town
Morning Musume's Musical Info & Pics!

Shuffle Unit 2002!!
Shuffle Units 2002 Announced!!

MiniMoni Dai Hyakka!
Here it is, the cover for MiniMoni's 1st album:

Hawaiian Medley and Hawaiian album!
As reported below, the single will be a medley nd the order is: The * Peace!, Renai Revolution 21, I Wish, Summer Night Town, Love Machine, Souda! We're ALIVE, Happy Summer Wedding, then back to The * Peace! 6/26 EPCE-5166. The album, tracklist unkown, will be titled "Hawaiian de Kiku Morning Musume Single Collection". 7/10 EPCE-5167

Morning Musume Hawaiian Medley!
New info on Morning Musume's upcoming Hawaiian Medley single. Songs included are: The * Peace!, Renai Revolution 21, I Wish, Summer Night Town, Love Machine, Souda! We're ALIVE & Happy Summer Wedding. Apparently the c/w song will be a Hawaiian version of "Furusato". In the pic you can actually see Boo! =P. Enjoy!

Rika's 2nd PhotoBook!
Rika's new pb is confirmed to be release on June 20th! That'll make a *lot* of Rika fans happy! ^_~ Title is still Undecided. 2,415 yen

Morning Musume Tour 2002 DVD!

July 31st . . . Mark Your MoMusu Calendars! That's the date all us unlucky people who don't live in Japan or those who do and didn't get to go ^_~ finally get to see MoMusu's 2002 concert "LOVE IS ALIVE!" It's being released on both DVD & VHS. I'll post what was played at the real concerts soon as those will probably be the same thing! Players in the concert besides our wonderful Musume: Country Musume feat. Rika Ishikawa, Coconuts Musume & Miki Fujimoto! DVD EPBE-5038 / VHS EPVE-5038 3990 yen or probably going to be $40. =P Now remember, this is just what happened at the concert, could be a little different for the video ^_~ Morning Musume Concert List 01. Souda! We're ALIVE 02. Iikoto Aru Kinen no Shunkan MC 03. Renai Revolution 21 04. Ikimasshoi! 05. Otoko Tomodachi 06. Suki na Senpai MC 07. Oto PASU~Ouji-sama / Tanpopo Medley 08. Baby!~Chokotto Love / PucchiMoni Medley 09. MiniMoni. Janken Pyon! / MiniMoni. 10. Iroppoi Onna ~SEXY BABY~ / Country Musume feat. Rika Ishikawa 11. Ai no Bakayarou / Maki Goto 12. Aenai Nagai Nichiyoubi / Miki Fujimoto 13. Summer Night Town [ English Version ] / Coconuts Musume 14. Za Peace! 15. LOVE Machine 16. Densha no Futari MC MC 17. Hajimete no ROCK CONCERT 18. Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no BIG BAND~ 19. Happy Summer Wedding 20. Koi no DANCE SITE 21. Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU Encore 22. Morning Coffee ( 2002 Version ) 23. Honki de Atsui THEME SONG

First Date!~!

Another wonderful concert DVD! Our beloved ( **^_^** ) Aya is going to release her first ever concert DVD! Release date is set for August 7th! Wow, that's not far away . . . -_-;;. Tracklist is also unavailable for now, so I'll post the concert line-up as it is so you can have the idea of what it'll be! Others playing at Aya's "First Date" concert: Michiyo Heike & Melon Kinenbi. DVD EPBE-5039 / VHS EPVE-5039 3800 yen or probably another $40 for us ( US'rs that is ^^;; ). Now remember, this is just what happened at the concert, could be a little different for the video ^_~ Aya's Concert List 01. Momoiro Kataomoi 02. Oshare! 03. Machiawase MC 04. Watashi no Sugoi HOU HOU 05. Souieba 06. S-kun MC Quiz: Michio 07. One Room Natsu no Koi Monogatari / Michiyo Heike 08. Chu! Natsu Party ( 6 person Festival ) MC 09. This is Unmei / Saa~! Koibito ni Narou / Melon Kinenbi 10. DOKKI DOKI! LOVE Mail 11. Zettai Tokeru Mondai X = ( heart ) 12. 100 kai no KISS 13. Tropical Koishite~ru 14. Love Namidairo Encore 15. Hajimete Kuchibiru wo Kasaneta Yoru 16. Egao ni Namida

Sexy Summer Riders ? . . . You Got It!
As I reported a while ago , it seems to be confirmed that Morning Musume's 15th single will be titled: [ Sexy Summer Riders 2002 ~Mayonaka no Kakushinbon~ ]. If there are any changes I'll let ya know! 7/24 EPCE-5168

[ MiniMoni. SONG DaiHyakka 1 Maki ]

MiniMoni.'s new album is titled [ MiniMoni. SONG DaiHyakka 1 Maki ]. Track List as Followed: 01. MiniMoni. Janken Pyon! 02. MiniHamuzu no Ai no Uta 03. AI~N! DANSU no Uta 04. MiniMoni. Hina Matsuri! 05. Airabu buru~su 06. AI~N Taisou 07. VITAMIN Fusoku Kaishou Koukyoukoku 08. Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu Daisukki! 09. Suki・Suki・Kirai・Kirai・Kirai・Suki 10. MiniMoni. no Dekkai Tabi 11. Okashi no Machi 12. MiniMoni. Terephone! RIN RIN RIN 13. Chiccha na Chiccha na Onna no Ko 14. Mini. Strawberry~ Pie 15. Ohayousan ~Mata Ashita ni Uta~ 16. MiniMoni. Bus Guide First Pressing: 2 Tin Badges, MiniMoni. Amusement Park Ticket, Trading Card, Boxed EPCE-5162 3059 yen or around $26+ Translated Song Titles: 01. MiniMoni. Rock Paper Scissors *pyon* ( rabbit hop )! 02. MiniHams Song of Love 03. AI~N! Dance Song 04. MiniMoni. Girl's Festival! 05. 06. AI~N Exercise! 07. Vitamin Deficiancy Cancellation Symphony 08. Spring Summer Winter Fall Most Favorite! 09. Like・Like・Hate・Hate・Hate・Like 10. MiniMoni.'s Big Trip 11. Candy Town ( or Sweets Road . . . either'll do! ) 12. MiniMoni. Telephone! RIN RIN RIN 13. Tiny Tiny Girl 14. Mini. Strawberry Pie 15. Mr. Morning ~Again Tomorrows Song~ 16. MiniMoni. Bus Guide

New Hello! Project single and album!

Hello! Project will be teaming up with the well known Hawaiian musician, Boo Takagi, on a new single and album. The album will contain a medley of MoMusu songs and Hello! Project songs, and both single and album will be done Hawaiian style. Hello! Project Artists Include: Morning Musume, Yuuko Nakazawa, Coconuts Musume, Miki Fujimoto and Others. Title of single and album are still undecided. Track listing for both will be posted when info is known. Album ( EPCE-5167 ) release will be 7/10 and single ( EPCE-5166 ) will be released 6/26.

Morning Town
The new musical by Morning Musume [ Morning Town ] will have it's soundtrack released on 7/17. The musical is running from 5/24 - 6/23. HKCN-50003

Melon Kinenbi single & album!
Melon Kinenbi will be releasing their 1st album! Scheduled for 8/07, the album currently has no name. =( Their new single [ Natsu no Yoru wa DANGER-! ] is going to be released on 6/19 [ EPCE-5161 ]. Natsu no Yoru wa DANGER! 01. Natsu no Yoru wa DANGER! 02. Ai MERAMERA Koi YURAYURA 03. Natsu no Yoru wa DANGER! ( Karaoke Instrumental )

Yuko Nakazawa new single
Yuko will be releasing her new single on 7/24. Title Undecided. EPCE-5169

MoMusu next single decision!
Morning Musume's 15th ( *wow* ) single will be released on 7/31. Unfortunately, no title is available at this time. =(

Aibon appearing in a Drama?
Beginning 7/15 @ 8:00pm, a new weekly ( Monday ) drama ( sorry no romaji yet ^^;; he he ) will be airing on the TBS network. Apparently Aibon ( Ai Kago ) will be in the drama. Kei and Hitomi will be making guest appearances.

MiniMoni. 1st album release~!

After one postponement, MiniMoni.'s 1st album will finally be released on June 26th! Songs scheduled to be included are: MiniMoni. Jankenpyon!, MiniMoni. Telephone! RIN RIN RIN, MiniMoni. Hina Matsuri!, AI~N! DANSU no Uta, MiniHamuzu no Ai no Uta. Will also include MiniHamauzu new song for Hamutaro's new movie, "Hamutaro no Daibouken". First Pressing: Housed in a cardboard-like box, 2 Tin Badges, a MiniMoni. Amusement Park ticket for that day and special Trading Card. Title Undecided. EPCE-5162

Aya Matsuura's 6th single!
Yeah! Meccha HOLIDAY 01. Yeah! Meccha HOLIDAY 02. Tsumannai yo 03. Yeah! Meccha HOLIDAY ( Karaoke Instrumental ) Aya Matsuura will release her 6th single [ Yeah! Meccha HOLIDAY ] on May 29th. EPCE-5158

Miki Fujimoto 2nd single
Miki's 2nd single [ Sotto Kuchizukete GYUU tto Dakishmete ] will be released June 12th. HKCN-50002. Sotto Kuchizukete GYUU tto Dakishimete 01. Sotto Kuchizukete GYUU tto Dakishimete 02. Koi yo! Utsukushiku 03. Sotto Kuchizukete GYUU tto Dakishimete ( Karaoke Instrumental )

( Last Updated: May 31st; 1:30am )