Yellow Magic Orchestra Reunite for Massive Attack - A Top Story This Week
05/29/2008
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Yellow Magic Orchestra Reunite for Massive Attack was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (Noble PR) Pioneers of electropop, Yellow Magic Orchestra brought synthpop to the world along with Kraftwerk in the 1980s. Now they play their first UK show since 1980.Bristol's Massive Attack helped define British pop for 20 years. This year they are the curators for the South Bank's influential Meltdown Festival, and have invited Yellow Magic Orchestra for their first UK performance since October 16, 1980 at the (then) Hammersmith Odeon. Yellow Magic Orchestra performs at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, June 15th.
Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto last performed as Yellow Magic Orchestra at Live Earth's Kyoto stage on 7/7/07, a performance hailed by Rolling Stone as the worldwide festival's best reunion performance. Ren Takada (Pedal Steel/Electronics), Christian Fennesz (Guitar/Electronics), Shoko Ise (visuals), and Tomohiko Gondo (HD Operation/Euphonium) will join Yellow Magic Orchestra for their Meltdown performance. - more on this story 
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