Shonen Knife will appear at the upcoming Bearded Theory festival!
Bearded Theory will be held from 21st to 25th May, 2025 at Derbyshire Catton Park UK.
来年5月21日～25日まで英国・DerbyshireのCatton Parkで開催されるBearded Theory festivalに少年ナイフの出演が決定しました！
2024/9/6(fri)
2025年 EU&UKツアー開催決定！
「😊Have a Knife Day Tour😊 EU/UK 2025😊」の開催が決定しました！
先ずはUKツアーの日程発表です。
EUツアーについては追ってお知らせします。
Finally, Shonen Knife can go back to Europe and the UK!
😊Have a Knife Day Tour😊 EU/UK 2025😊
We are so excited to play in our favourite towns after 2 years and share a good time with our great audience.
Preparing Shonen Knife’s best songs, early cute songs and songs from our fabulous latest album Our Best Place, we are waiting for you at rock’n’roll venues.
European Tour dates will be added soon!
Let’s have a Knife Day! 😊
😊Have a Knife Day Tour😊 EU/UK 2025😊
MAY
wed 28 - GUILDFORD, BOILEROOM
thu 29 - READING, CLUB VELOCITY
fri 30 - CAMBRIDGE, PORTLAND ARMS
sat 31 - SOUTHAMPTON, JOINERS
JUNE
sun 1 - BRIGHTON, CONCORDE2
tue 3 - NOTTINGHAM, RESCUE ROOMS
wed 4 - HEDBEN BRIDGE, TRADES CLUB
thu 5 - LEEDS, BRUDENELL SOCIAL
fri 6 - YORK, CRESCENT
sat 7 - SUNDERLAND, POP RECS
sun 8 - GLASGOW, ORAN MOR
mon 9 - LIVERPOOL, CAVERN CLUB
tue 10 - MANCHESTER, Night & Day Café
wed 11 - BIRMINGHAM, HARE & HOUNDS
thu 12 - CARDIFF, THE MOON
fri 13 - BRISTOL, EXCHANGE
sat 14 - LONDON, GARAGE
sun 15 - BEDFORD, ESQUIRES
Shonen Knife appearance for a radio program of NPR World Cafe, US!
Live performance and Naoko's interview will be on aired on Monday, August 19th US time.
Please check it out! https://xpn.org/2024/08/15/
Shonen Knife will play at BAKUON FEST on October 8th!
We will play at BAKUON FEST on Sunday, October 8th.
BAKUON FEST is a Beer and Rock festival which is held at Ibaraki-shi Chuo-Koen, Osaka on Saturday, October 7th and Sunday 8th. Shonen Knife will play as a headliner on Sunday 8th.
It's FREE CONCERT! Come and ROCK!
Rocco Canvas is a Japanese composer and video creator. In the fall, she enthusiastically picks up acorns in a local park and makes music by acorns for acorns and music based on real acorn sounds. And she's been a big Shonen Knife fan for 40 years.
She usually composes mostly psychedelic music and classical rock string arrangements.
まさに原点回帰なストレンジ・ポップ「バウムクーヘンの話」、とはいえ、やはり外せないハード・ロック・ナンバー「Ocean Sunfish」といった新曲に加えて、2003年にロフト・レコードのコンピレーション『Girls L.T.D - Girls Like To Dance』に提供・収録され、ガールズ・バンドのアンセムともなっていた「Girl's Rock」の再録ヴァージョン。
なおこが敬愛してやまないバンド、パイロット（初期ベイ・シティ・ローラーズのメンバー二人によって結成されたスコットランドのバンド）の「Just A Smile」のカヴァーの全10曲！
さらに、「Girl's Rock」の新たな英語ヴァージョン、「Nice Day」の60’sミックス、「バウムクーヘンの話」の英語ヴァージョン「The Story Of Baumkuchen」の3曲をCDのみのボーナス・トラックとして収録しています！
14th September A new band photograph wearing 712 stage costumes is up now!
They wore this new costumes first time at "712 Day Party 2022" Japan tour.
Our bassist Atsuko designed and made them by herself.
The theme is "712" which is a secret code of the band.
In Japanese, 7 — nana — Na, 1 — ichi — i, 2 — futatsu or ni — fu.
na-i-fu — knife.
This photograph is taken by our official photographer Tomoko Ota.
We found something wrong for the archive streaming of our live at Club Goodman, Tokyo on Feb 19. We fixed it and extend the archive viewing date until Tue Mar 8. Sorry about that. Live streaming archive ticket is on sale until Mar 8. Thank you!
Considering the recent situation, we are very sorry but have to announce the reschedule of our UK tour 2022.
The new tour dates are fixed in April and May 2023. We would like to share pleasant time with you at our tour.
See you there. We will rock you!
Shonen Knife 40th Anniversary UK tour 2023
APRIL 2023
Wed 12 GUILDFORD, BOILEROOM
Thu 13 READING, SUB69
Fri 14 CAMBRIDGE, PORTLAND ARMS
Sat 15 LONDON, GARAGE
Sun 16 LEWES, CON CLUB
Tue 18 NOTTINGHAM, RESCUE ROOMS
Wed 19 HEBDEN BRIDGE, TRADES CLUB
Thu 20 EDINBURGH, SUMMERHALL
Fri 21 NEWCASTLE, CLUNY
Sat 22 CARLISLE, BRICKLAYERS
Sun 23 HULL, NEW ADELPHI
Tue 25 LEEDS, BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
Wed 26 CARDIFF, THE MOON
Thu 27 BIRMINGHAM, HARE & HOUNDS
Fri 28 MANCHESTER, NIGHT & DAY CAFE
Sat 29 BRISTOL, EXCHANGE
Sun 30 BEDFORD, ESQUIRES
MAY 2023
Mon 1 RAMSGATE, MUSIC HALL
Tue 2 RAMSGATE, MUSIC HALL
Shonen Knife planned Scandinavian Tour in 2022 but we had to re-schedule them to 2023.
These are new dates. We are very excited to go back to Scandinavian countries. Rock!
Shonen Knife Scandinavian Tour 2023
2 March Loppen / Copenhagen, Denmark
3 March 1000Fryd / Aalborg, Denmark
4 March Showdown / Goteborg, Sweden
5 March Odal Rock Club / Austvatn, Norway
7 March Arnemoen Gard / Ringebu, Norway
8 March Bla / Oslo, Norway
9 March Bastard Bar / Tromso, Norway
10 March Debaser / Stockholm, Sweden
11 March Plan B / Malmo, Sweden
12 March Bar Loose / Helsinki, Finland
Ritsuko left the band.
Ritsuko, bass and vocal, left the band for focusing on her project as a solo artist and a composer.
We thank to her contribution over 10 years for Shonen Knife and we are praying for all of her success in the future.
Wed. 13 April, GUILDFORD BOILEROOM
Thu. 14 April, READING SUB89
Fri. 15 April, CAMBRIDGE PORTLAND ARMS
Sat. 16 April, LONDON GARAGE
Sun. 17 April, LEWES CON CLUB
Tue. 19 April, NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
Wed. 20 April, HEBDEN BRIDGE TRADES CLUB
Thu. 21 April, EDINBURGH SUMMERHALL
Fri. 22 April, NEWCASTLE CLUNY
Sat. 23 April, CARLISLE BRICKLAYERS
Sun. 24 April, HULL NEW ADELPHI
Tue. 26 April, LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL
Wed. 27 April, CARDIFF THE MOON
Thu. 28 April, BIRMINGHAM HARE & HOUNDS
Fri. 29 April, MANCHESTER NIGHT & DAY CAFE
Sat. 30 April, BRISTOL EXCHANGE
Sun. 1 May, BEDFORD ESQUIRES
Mon. 2 May, RAMSGATE MUSIC HALL
Due to the current uncertainty around international travel and the vaccine rollout in Japan, it is with great disappointment that we’re going to have to put the tour back to 2022. Please see your venue website for details.
Hi everyone who support Shonen Knife. Konnichiwa!
We are very sorry to say the reschedule of our 2021 UK tour.
We are looking forward to see you at our 40th Anniversary UK tour 2022 and hope to share happy moments with you at our shows.
Please take care and keep on rockin’!
Lots of love,
Naoko, Atsuko and Risa from Shonen Knife
2021/5/20(thu)
712 Day Party 2021 開催決定！
7月12日は7＝ナ、1＝イ、2＝フの日！
712 Day Party 2021の開催が決定しました！各地公演情報は順次発表していきます！
皆さん、スケジュール空けておいて下さいね！
712 Day Party 2021 40th アニバーサリー
6/26(土) 福岡 Live House 秘密
開場 16:30 / 開演 17:00
前売￥4,500（税込 / D別）＊当日￥5,000（税込 / D別）
※前売チケット 5/22(土)～: ローソンチケット Lコード:81926・店頭
ライブ詳細はこちらから
SEPTEMBER
Wed 29 RAMSGATE, MUSIC HALL
Thu 30 CAMBRIDGE, PORTLAND ARMS
OCTOBER
Fri 1 READING, SUB89
Sat 2 BEDFORD, ESQUIRES
Sun 3 LEWES, CON CLUB
Tue 5 NOTTINGHAM, RESCUE ROOMS
Wed 6 HULL, NEW ADELPHI
Thu 7 LEEDS, BRUDENELL SOCIAL
Fri 8 HEBDEN BRIDGE, TRADES CLUB
Sat 9 NEWCASTLE, CLUNY
Sun 10 EDINBURGH, SUMMERHALL
Tue 12 MANCHESTER, NIGHT & DAY CAFE
Wed 13 CARDIFF, THE MOON
Thu 14 BRISTOL, EXCHANGE
Fri 15 GUILDFORD, BOILEROOM
Sat 16 LONDON, THE GARAGE
Sun 17 BIRMINGHAM, HARE & HOUNDS
Shonen Knife’s very first live stream one-man show is announced for all over the world!
Saturday, March 6th, Japan Time, at music club ANIMA, Osaka JAPAN with limited audience
It is “Four Leaves” version of the band consist of Naoko as vocal and guitar, Risa as drums, Naru as bass and Ritsuko as guitar.
They will play the “Golden Hits” set!
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Shonen Knife “The Cyber Show 2021” four leaves version
Saturday, March 6th 2021 start: 16:30 Japan Time JST
*please check your time zone
Examples:
JST 16:30 March 6th
GMT 7:30 March 6th
CET 8:30 March 6th
EST 2:30 March 6th
CST 1:30 March 6th
PST 23:30March 5th
AEDT 18:30 March 6th
NZDT 20:30 March 6th
Live show with audience
Saturday, March 6th 2021 at ANIMA, Osaka Japan
https://liveanima.jp/
Open 16:00 Start 16:30
entrance ticket fee JPY5,000- e-ticket only
You need to register your personal information when you buy the ticket.
Tickets are available from Saturday 6th February 10:00 Japan Time.
Lawson Ticket (L code: 52831) https://l-tike.com/shonenknife/
Please cooperate with the temperature measurement at the time of admission.
Those who are above 37.5 degrees will be refused admission.
If you feel unwell within 2 weeks, please voluntarily decline to enter.
Please wear a mask on the day of the event. If people who don’t wear masks, they will be refused admission.
Please refrain from conversation between audience in the venue as much as possible.
Shonen Knife joined to “Better Times Project” which organized by Janis Ian.
Shonen Knife joined to “Better Times Project” which is organized by Janis Ian who is an American famous Grammy Awards singer song writer. Inspired by the death of a country singer John Prine caused by COVID-19, she started this project. It is the project that she announced to various artists from all over the world to cover her specially written new song “Better Times Will Come”.
Many artists like a world famous drummer Steve Gadd, Neil Finn from Crowded House or San Diego Women's Chorus have already joined this project and covered the song.
Getting an offer from Janis, Shonen Knife joined to this project. They did virtual session by each member.
You can download the all version of the song “Better Times Will Come” for free from the project site.
Produced by Naoko and Atsushi Shibata (TOMATO HEAD)
Recorded and mixed by Ippei Suda, Atsuko
Recorded at Yotsubashi LM Studio, LA Studio
Video by Atsushi Shibata
I hope you enjoy this new song "Better" for Shonen Knife's 712 Day this year.
I wrote a positive song about "There is no rain that doesn't stop".
The image of the melody lines are 60's and 70's British pop.
Using voice memo of a smartphone and a tablet, I made demo tape.
It's very analog way. Risa and I recorded at the studio in Osaka.
Atsuko who is living in Los Angeles recorded the bass at her house and send the date to us through internet.
Then we mixed all the data.
It has become a convenient world!
Happy 712 Day! The 20th anniversary.
Have fun and enjoy Shonen Knife!
Girl's Rock
OUR BEST PLACE
Sweet Candy Power
ALIVE! in Osaka
Adventure
First 4 Discs
Overdrive
Pop Tune
Osaka Ramones
Free Time
Super Group
fun! fun! fun!
Tribute to Shonen Knife - Fork and Spoon
Live in Osaka
Golden☆Best Universal Hit's
GENKI SHOCK!
Candy Rock
Heavy Songs
MILLENNIUM EDITION
Strawberry Sound
Wonder World Vol.1
Happy Hour
Ultra Mix
IT'S A NEW FIND
Super Mix
Brand New Knife
GREATEST HISTORY
Favorites
Rock Animals
Do The Knife
Let's Knife
712
PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY
山のアッちゃん。
Burning Farm