is a Japanese
visual kei rock band, formed in
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefectur ...
in 1997. The classic line up of Tatsuro on vocals,
Miya on guitar, Yukke on bass, and Satochi on drums was solidified in 1999 following the departure of original bassist Hiro. After 24 years, Satochi retired from the music business in October 2021, leaving Mucc a trio. They have released 16 studio albums, with 2020's ''
Aku
Aku may refer to:
* Aku, Nigeria, a town in Enugu State
* "Aku" (poem), 1943, by Chairil Anwar
* Aku people of Gambia
* Aku dialect, a dialect of Sierra Leone Krio
* Aku, the main antagonist of the animated series '' Samurai Jack''
* The Hawaii ...
'' being their highest-charting.
History
Early years and releases (1997–2005)

Mucc was formed in 1997 by guitarist
Miya, vocalist Tatsuro (then called "Tattoo"), bassist Hiro, and drummer Satochi. High school students who had been friends since primary school. They had their first concert at the Shimamura Music store in
Mito, Ibaraki on May 4.
Satochi was only a support musician, but decided to officially join after the concert because of how much fun he had.
Mucc was named after a character from the children's TV show ''
Hirake! Ponkikki''. The band is also known by the nickname "
69" since the numbers six and nine can be pronounced "mu" and "ku", respectively, in
Japanese. They have played with this number throughout their career, such as dubbing June 9 "Mucc Day", and providing live broadcasts that last 690 minutes.
Fans of the band are known as .
Originally playing covers of bands such as
The Blue Hearts and
Glay, Mucc handed out their first demo tape, ''No!?'', in December 1997. After graduating high school, the band moved to Tokyo.
On March 3, 1998, they handed out copies of their second demo tape, ''Aika'', and on December 1, they gave out a limited 100 copies of their third, ''Tsubasa wo Kudasai''. In 1999, Hiro left the band on February 14 and was replaced on bass by Miya's childhood friend Yukke on February 22. In July, Mucc had their first tour, where they handed out demo tapes of ''Aka'' at every venue. On December 25, they had their first official release, the EP ''Antique''. On June 8, 2000, Tattoo changed his stage name to his current name of Tatsuro. They released their first album, ''
Tsūzetsu'', on January 7, 2001. It was followed by the EP ''Aishū'' on December 25. In 2002, the band signed to
Danger Crue, establishing their own
sublabel , and released their second album, ''
Hōmura Uta''. That year they held a concert titled , which featured acts from different genres. They have continued to hold En events sporadically since.
Mucc signed to
Universal in 2003, and released their major label debut single "Waga, Arubeki Basho" on May 3.
Third studio album ''
Zekū'' followed on September 3. Their first live DVD, ''Nihon Rettou Konton Heisei Kokoro no Naka'', was released on December 10. The band held a
guerrilla live
A guerrilla gig is a type of concert performed in a non-traditional setting or arranged in an unusual fashion. It became associated with punk rock, and noise rock bands in UK and the United States during the early to mid-2000s. Bands who perform a ...
at
Shinjuku Station on June 9, 2004, in front of an estimated 5,000 people. Their fourth studio album ''
Kuchiki no Tō'' was released on September 1 and supported by the Sōran Shūkyō fall tour, which ended on October 31 at
Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall.
In January 2005, Mucc held a joint tour with
Balzac.
''Kuchiki no Tō Live at Roppongi'', their first live album, was released on January 26.
International activities (2005–2011)

Mucc debuted in Europe in August 2005, including a performance at
Wacken Open Air. They released the album ''
Hōyoku'' on November 23. Mucc released two albums in 2006, ''
6'' and ''
Gokusai'', and performed in the United States at the
Otakon anime convention. They ended a world tour on June 6 with their first concert at the
Nippon Budokan. 2007 marked Mucc's 10th anniversary. They released two compilation albums, ''
Best of Mucc
''Best of Mucc'' is a compilation album released by Mucc on June 6, 2007. It contains 16 tracks compiling the "best" songs of the band. It was released simultaneously with the '' Worst of Mucc'' compilation. A limited edition version of the album ...
'' and ''Worst of Mucc''; the latter includes rare songs from their indie years. In addition to opening for
Guns N' Roses on the Japanese leg of their
2007 World Tour, Mucc gave performances in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
, in Finland at
Provinssirock, and in the US at JRock Revolution Festival. They also performed at the Abstinence's Door #001 event hosted by
D'erlanger, and their song "Chain Ring" was used as the ending theme to the ''
Zombie-Loan'' anime adaptation. They held a special 10th anniversary concert at the Ibaraki Prefectural Cultural Center in November.
Throughout 2008, Mucc participated in the
Taste of Chaos 2008 tour,
which initially stopped at forty cities across the United States and
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...
from February to May, along with fellow Japanese bands
D'espairsRay
D'espairsRay (formerly stylized as DéspairsRay or +DéspairsRay+) was a Japanese visual kei rock band active from 1999 to 2011. The lineup of Hizumi on vocals, Karyu on guitar, Zero on bass and Tsukasa on drums remained the same, with the group ...
and
the Underneath. In March, they released the album ''
Shion''. After returning to Japan, Mucc performed at the
hide memorial summit at
Ajinomoto Stadium alongside groups such as
X Japan and
Luna Sea, and began their own nationwide Rainy Rave tour before performing at the
Sweden Rock Festival in June. The Taste of Chaos tour went to Europe in October, and then to Japan in November, where Mucc was the headliner. Mucc then performed at
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on December 7, 2008 and the
House of Blues in Los Angeles on December 10.
Following the March 2009 release of their ninth studio album ''
Kyūtai
''Kyūtai'' (球体) is the ninth album by Mucc, released on March 4, 2009. Daisuke from Kagerou sings the chorus on "Hōkō". Tracks 3 and 10 were produced with Ken from L'Arc-en-Ciel. Miya's mother sings the chorus on the 7-minute song "Sanb ...
'', Mucc held a sold-out 16-date nationwide tour from May to June. After performing in Sweden at
Metaltown Festival in June, their Solid Sphere Tour began with a live in Russia on October 3, before featuring their first shows in Latin America (Chile and Mexico).
The band completed the tour on November 16 in Japan at the
JCB Hall
The Tokyo Dome City Hall (TDC Hall) is a facility for sports, fashion shows, circuses, and live music, located inside Tokyo Dome City in Tokyo, Japan. It is on the opposite corner of the Tokyo Dome, and hosts a variety of events at any given ti ...
. Mucc started 2010 with a concert on February 14 at the
NHK Hall, before traveling to Taiwan for the March 14
Megaport Music Festival. The single "Yakusoku" was used as the opening theme to ''
Night Raid 1931''. The band performed at
Summer Sonic on August 8. Returning to being an indie band on Danger Crue Records, Mucc released ''
Karma
Karma (; sa, कर्म}, ; pi, kamma, italic=yes) in Sanskrit means an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively ...
'' on October 6. Three days later, they performed at a
cultural festival at Yukke's
alma mater Ibaraki Prefectural Ogawa High School, which was closing. The Chemical Parade tour took place between October and December.
A European leg of the Chemical Parade tour was held in five countries throughout January 2011, while two Asian shows took place in April.
At their May 21 and 22 Nippon Budokan shows, the band announced they would be signing to major label
Sony Music Associated Records
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
. The single "Akatsuki" was first sold exclusively at those concerts, before later being available as a digital download with all proceeds donated to aid the victims of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six m ...
. On July 15, Mucc performed at a concert commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Daisuke, former singer of the band
Kagerou. They also performed at the V-Rock Festival '11 held at
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making ...
on October 23, before releasing the single "Arcadia" which featured DJ
Daishi Dance in November.
15th Anniversary and Six Nine Wars (2012–2016)

Mucc's next single, "Nirvana", was released on March 7, 2012 and used as the opening theme song for the ''
Inu x Boku SS
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* Krisnan Inu (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby league
* Irbid National University, Jordan
* Incheon National University, South Korea
* International Network of Universities
* Nauru International Airport, the sole ...
'' anime. They performed at all three dates of
Cali Gari
Cali Gari (stylized as cali≠gari) is a Japanese visual kei experimental rock band formed with the concept erotic grotesque. 's Chikashitsu tour that same month, as well as an April 30
Jealkb concert. Mucc covered "
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandt ...
" for July's ''
Parade II -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-''. On May 4 they performed a concert in front of 40 fans at Shimamura Music in Mito, the same location they played their first show 15 years earlier.
Their 15th anniversary live, Mucc vs vs Mucc, took place at
Makuhari Messe's International Exhibition Halls 1–3 on June 9. The estimated four-hour show was separated into three parts; 1997–2002 -Misshitsu-, 2002–2007 -Shisei-, and 2007–2012 -Kodō-. An album titled ''Aishū no Antique'', composed of remastered songs from their early demo tapes and the EPs ''Antique'' and ''Aishū'', was sold at the show, but later received a nationwide release on August 22. Also in August 2012, the video game was released on the
App Store. The band members took part it its creation, with Tatsuro drawing the characters. A 15th anniversary tour of
live houses took place throughout September. The single "Mother" was released on October 31, and was an ending theme of ''
Naruto Shippuden
''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. ...
'', while its B-side "Negative Dancer" features the audience of their September 13 concert singing the chorus.
Mucc's eleventh studio album, ''
Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Asia's Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山), Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, ge ...
'', was released on November 28.
Its song "Kyōran Kyoshō -21st Century Baby-" was remixed and used as the theme of the live-action film adaptation of ''
Fuan no Tane''. The Shangri-La tour took place between December 2012 and March 2013, with a special concert on June 7 that marked the end of Mucc's 15th anniversary celebrations. Mucc also performed at Makuhari Messe for
Ozzfest on May 12.
In 2013, Mucc began looking for two new members who would participate in recording, photo shoots and interviews. Applicants had to send in five stickers included with CDs, DVDs and other goods, released in commemoration of the band's 15th anniversary along with an application; it was noted that they did not need to know how to play an instrument.
After interviews and reviewing resumes on a live broadcast on
Niconico on July 26, the winners were selected by Mucc's four primary members themselves and given stage names. Hancho, a
Hungarian female
study abroad student from the band's native Ibaraki, and Dean, a male office worker from
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the n ...
officially joined the band on August 17.
However, on September 4, roughly two weeks later, it was announced that both had left the group. Dean left after his parents found out he had joined a rock band by seeing him on TV, and Hancho stated she had achieved her dream of joining Mucc and could now leave to become a fan once more. Mucc performed at
Shibuya-AX for
Angelo's Intersection of Dogma event on August 16, and at
World Memorial Hall on October 20 for
Vamps' Halloween Party 2013. The band held the 2 Days Circuit Hypnos & Thanatos tour, which featured two consecutive shows at seven venues between October and December. The October 30 single "World's End" was the opening theme song of ''
Meganebu!''. On December 1, Mucc gave a free performance in
Amerikamura's Triangle Park to an estimated 3,000 fans. Police stopped the show early due to the large number of people that gathered.
On January 26, 2014, Mucc performed at
SiM's Dead Pop Festival. For seven months beginning in March, the band held an installment in their Six Nine Wars -Bokura no Nana-kagetsu Kan Sensō- concert event series each month.
Episode 1 MuP Lives were fan club-only and lives produced by each member.
April's Episode 2 VS consisted of a two-man tour where each of the nine dates included another band; either The Telephones,
The Back Horn,
Rottengraffty,
Fake?, Sebastian X, or
Straightener. Episode 3 Thanatos & Thanatos Shi no Kami Sairin was a one-man tour in May.
June's three-man tour, Episode 4 Triangle, featured three acts at each venue; Mucc and
Merry
Merry may refer to:
A happy person with a jolly personality People
* Merry (given name)
* Merry (surname)
Music
* Merry (band), a Japanese rock band
* ''Merry'' (EP), an EP by Gregory Douglass
* "Merry" (song), by American power pop band Magna ...
were at each show, while the third was either
Sug,
LM.C
LM.C is a Japanese visual kei rock duo playing a mix of electronic rock and pop, which they call "new century electrorock".
History
LM.C was founded by Maya, who was formerly a guitarist for musician Miyavi in his support band Ishihara Gundan, ...
, or
Vistlip. With the release of Mucc's twelfth studio album, ''
The End of the World'', on June 25, Episode 5 was the album's July tour. Armageddon was Episode 6 and consisted of a two-man tour with a different act at each venue;
Alexandros
Alexandros may refer to:
*Alexandros, a Greek name, the origin for the English name Alexander
* Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great
* Alexandros, Greece, a village on the island of Lefkada
*Alexandros (band)
, sty ...
,
Kishidan,
Granrodeo,
Buck-Tick,
Sid, D'erlanger,
Golden Bomber
is a Japanese visual kei "air" rock band formed in 2004 and signed to the independent label Euclid Agency (sublabel ''Zany Zap''). Despite not actually performing the instruments themselves during concerts, they have gained popularity through t ...
, Michael, and Geek Sleep Sheep. The September 10 single "Yueni, Matenrou" was the opening theme song of ''
The Kindaichi Case Files R
is a Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written by Yōzaburō Kan ...
''. The Six Nine Wars event series finished with The End, a concert at the first gymnasium of
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design.
It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming ...
on September 23.
Mucc's F#ck the Past F#ck the Future tour took place in April 2015, before its European leg was held in May. On June 9 and 10, Mucc and Rottengraffty held joint lives titled Mucc Day and Rotten Day. The two were joined by Cali Gari the first night and Alexandros the second.
The EP ''
T.R.E.N.D.Y. -Paradise from 1997-'' was released on June 15, and Mucc performed at the second day of
Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest. on June 28.
At Studio Coast on July 18, Mucc held a free live during the day, and the final of their F#ck the Past F#ck the Future tour at night. They held the three-date March on the Darkness joint tour with lynch. between August 31 and September 21, and performed at an event hosted by
Plastic Tree on October 12. On December 27, Mucc faced Sid in the main event of Maverick DC's Battle Arena in Budokan, where each band alternated playing songs before joining together for the last two. Mucc made the song "Brilliant World" digitally available on December 24 for a limited time as a Christmas gift to fans.
Between January 23 and April 1, 2016, Mucc and Aki (bassist of Sid) held a joint tour titled M.A.D, which also featured other acts and guests. Mucc performed at Dappe's Rock in
Jōsō
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,314 in 21,168 households and a population density of 480 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 38.8%. The total area of ...
on May 1, a concert organized by Toshi-Low of
Brahman to help revitalize Ibaraki Prefecture after flooding the previous year. On June 25, 2016, Mucc a launched a nationwide tour that ended in September but was an early lead up to their 20th anniversary the following year. After
Ken took part in several shows on their M.A.D tour, Tatsuro conceived the Party Zoo ~Ken Entwines Naughty Stars~ tour centered around the guitarist. It took place between September 11 and October 9 and also featured Mucc,
A9,
Baroque and others. Mucc released the single "
Classic" on September 19, and it was used as the opening theme song of ''
The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War''. They performed at the visual kei rock festival Visual Japan Summit at Makuhari Messe on October 16, and at
Knotfest Japan on November 6.
20th Anniversary and Satochi's departure (2017–present)
2017 marked Mucc's 20th anniversary. After the release of their thirteenth studio album ''
Myakuhaku'' on January 25, they gave a special free live performance on February 4, where only people who bought the special edition of the album were eligible to attend. On March 29, they released the compilation albums ''Best of Mucc II'' and ''Coupling Best II''. On May 1, Mucc were appointed ambassadors of both
Ishioka, Ibaraki (where Miya and Yukke are from) and
Mito, Ibaraki (where Tatsuro and Satochi are from). They were tasked with promoting Ibaraki Prefecture after it ranked last four years in a row in a survey on the attractiveness of prefectures. Mucc sold the limited single "Ieji" at the concert at Ibarakiken Bunkacenter Large Hall on May 4, and their two 20th anniversary concerts at the Nippon Budokan that were separated by years; 97–06 on June 20, and 06–17 on June 21. They also released three self-cover albums, beginning with ''Shin Tsūzetsu'' and ''Shin Hōmura Uta'' on August 9. The third was September 13's ''Koroshi no Shirabe II: This is Not Greatest Hits'', the title of which was taken from
Buck-Tick's similar ''
Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits''. It was supported by a five-date tour that ended on October 10.
Mucc covered "March 5" by
Plastic Tree for the cover album ''Transparent Branches'' released on September 6, and "Crazy4You" by
D'erlanger for the tribute album ''Stairway to Heaven'' released on September 13. A tribute album to Mucc titled and featuring 22 artists, was released on November 22. It was supported by the En 7 tour, which was held with bands that contributed to the album, such as
Dezert,
Flow
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Science and technology
* Fluid flow, the motion of a gas or liquid
* Flow (geomorphology), a type of mass wasting or slope movement in geomorphology
* Flow (mathematics), a group action of the real numbers on a set
* Flow (psych ...
, and
Band-Maid. The tour ended on December 27, where Mucc hosted a special festival at the Nippon Budokan to end their 20th anniversary with eight of the other acts. They also hosted a year-end countdown event in Ibaraki on News Years Eve with many other artists. With the end of 2017, Mucc returned to being an independent band on Danger Crue Records yet again.
They sold the cassette "Jiko Keno Demo ~Dirty Ver.~" at every night of their June 2018 Lock on Snipe Tour #1: Hokkaido-gata Shūkan 6 Days, while "Jiko Keno Demo ~Clean Ver.~" was released digitally on June 11.
They released the single "Jigen Bakudan" on July 25, 2018.
Mucc's Lock on Snipe Tour #2: Shikoku-gata Shūkan 4 Days took place in October, while #3: Hokuriku-gata Shūkan 6 Days took place in December. The members of the band were four of the 76 people to make cameo appearances in the music video for Flow's song "Oneness". Mucc held an eight-date joint tour with Dezert, titled Is This The "Fact"?, throughout January 2019. Under the name "DEZERMUCC", the two bands collaborated on a two-track CD sold on the tour. For February 13's
concept album ''
Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
''Kowareta Piano to Living Dead'' (壊れたピアノとリビングデッド; ''Broken Piano and the Living Dead'') is the fourteenth studio album by the Japanese rock band Mucc, released on February 13, 2019 by Danger Crue. It is a " horror conc ...
'', Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida as a limited-time member. The album was based on 140 of the band's early demos. It was supported by a
Zepp tour that ended on April 1, and a hall tour that took place between May and June. Throughout the second half of 2019, they held 33 concerts as part of Lock on Snipe Tours #4–8 and released four singles limited to 6,940 copies total.
Each one was written by a different band member and released at a concert held on the 40th birthday of its songwriter.
The three-date Lock on Snipe Tour #9 took the band to Shanghai and Taipei in December.
On December 28, Mucc presented Trigger in the Box at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. It featured other acts such as
Hyde,
44 Magnum,
Ling tosite Sigure, and
Oldcodex.

From January 10 to February 9, 2020, Mucc performed the Lock on Snipe Tour #10.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ...
, they had to cancel April's Lock on Snipe Tour #11 in Europe and their June 21 concert at
Pia Arena MM
Pia Arena MM (Japanese: ぴあアリーナMM) is a dedicated music arena. in Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by Pia Corporation. Before the official name was decided, it was tentatively called "Pia MM Arena".
...
. They contributed a cover of "Mezmerize" to the May 13
Granrodeo tribute album ''Rodeo Freak''. The band released the
made-to-order single "Shōfu 2020", which contains four different recordings of their first single "Shōfu" from various points in their career, on June 9 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Mucc's fifteenth studio album ''
Aku
Aku may refer to:
* Aku, Nigeria, a town in Enugu State
* "Aku" (poem), 1943, by Chairil Anwar
* Aku people of Gambia
* Aku dialect, a dialect of Sierra Leone Krio
* Aku, the main antagonist of the animated series '' Samurai Jack''
* The Hawaii ...
'' was released the following day. They held ~Fight Against COVID-19 #2–3~ "Aku - The Broken Resuscitation" no-audience live streams on June 21 and September 20. Their December 27 show at the Nippon Budokan was the band's first concert with an audience in 10 months. On December 2, 2020, Mucc announced that Satochi, who had been their drummer for 23 years, would be leaving the band in spring 2021 and cease activities as a professional musician. His last tour with the band, Mucc Tour 202X Aku - The Brightness World, began in February 2021, but its final four shows were rescheduled to August after Japan declared a state of emergency as a result of the pandemic and Satochi tested positive for COVID-19.
The final two concerts were postponed again due to the pandemic and took place on October 2 and 3 at The Hirosawa City Hall in the band's home prefecture of Ibaraki. The compilation album ''Myōjō'' was released on April 21 during the tour. All of its songs were either composed or co-composed by Satochi, with four of them newly re-recorded, while the lyrics to the new title track are credited to the whole band.
A day after Satochi's departure, Mucc released new artist pictures showing them as a trio. The double A-side single "Goner/World" was released in November 2021. 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of Mucc's formation. They began celebrating with an acoustic live on May 4. The band released their sixteenth studio album, ''Shin Sekai'', on June 9.
Its tour, which has the subtitle Beginning of the 25th Anniversary, took place from June 11 to August 28.
For the anniversary installment En event, En 8 on September 6, Mucc decided to choose The Back Horn and Cock Roach as the participates because they also have ties to Ibaraki.
The first leg of Timeless, their 25th anniversary tour, took place from October 9 to December 14. They played a setlist centered on songs from their ''Zekū'' (2003) and ''Kuchiki no Tō'' (2004) albums. On December 21, Mucc released the mini-album ''Shin Sekai Bekkan'', which is composed of outtakes from ''Shin Sekai'' and songs written during its tour. They will hold two special 25th anniversary lives on February 6 and 14, 2023, which will also mark the first time in about three years that the audience can cheer aloud, as it was previously not allowed due to COVID-19 guidelines. Three more legs of the Timeless tour will also take place throughout 2023. From March 4 to May 6, Mucc will play songs from their ''Hōyoku'' (2005) and ''Gokusai'' (2006) albums. Songs from ''Shion'' (2008) and ''Kyūtai'' (2009) will be played from June 9 to August 21. From October 1 to November 11, they will play a setlist centered on songs from ''Karma'' (2010) and ''Shangri-La'' (2012).
Members
;Current members
* – lead vocals, harmonica (1997–present)
:Also in the
supergroup with Hiroto (
Alice Nine), Mizuki (
Sadie Sadie may refer to:
People Given name or nickname Women
* Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898–1989), first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the United States and to practice law in Pennsylvania
* Sadie Benning (born 1973), Americ ...
), Dunch (
Jealkb) and Kenzo (
Ayabie).
* – guitars, backing vocals (1997–present)
* Yukke – bass,
contrabass,
electric upright bass, backing vocals (1999–present)
;Former members
* Hiro – bass, backing vocals (1997–1999)
* – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1997–2021)
;Support members
* – piano, keyboards (2017, 2019–present)
* Allen – drums (2021–present)
Discography
;Studio albums
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The End of the World'' (2014)
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References
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