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Masayoshi Takanaka will embark on a world tour next year. Revealed yesterday, the artist will kick off their world tour with a performance at London’s 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire before heading to the ...

At the Masonic last Thursday night, an eight-piece band filed onto the stage while the crowd of mostly twenty-somethings joined together in a four-syllable chant: “Ta-ka-na-ka.” A few seconds later, ...

Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience In November 2025, Masayoshi Takanaka announced ...

The 71-year-old Japanese guitar hero Masayoshi Takanaka has had a long career that's stretched across prog, jazz fusion, and the hybrid genre known as city pop. He's collaborated with Santana and Roxy ...

For nearly 50 years, Masayoshi Takanaka was virtually unknown outside Japan. Now, thanks to a wave of young fans discovering his music online, the 1970s guitar hero is selling out major venues around ...

On Sept. 30, guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka, formerly of pioneering rock outfit Sadistic Mika Band, stepped onto the stage at Shibuya Kokaido (Shibuya Public Hall) for a special show. Four days later, ...

Couldn’t get hold of Masayoshi Takanaka tickets for his sell-out shows in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles or Sydney? Fret not: Takanaka is back on tour with his signature surfboard-shaped guitar ...

A 72-year-old Japanese guitarist who hasn’t performed in the UK in roughly 50 years just expanded his London comeback from one night to two at Brixton Academy. Most of his world tour dates are already ...