Hanabie: Japanese Metal Stars Blast Across The UK On Biggest Tour Here Yet...

HANABIE. [stylised with a full stop] the superstar Tokyo-based all-girl rock band are blowing the roof off on their current six-date UK tour, and last night [2nd Nov 2025] they wowed Birmingham 02 Institute with an incendiary 18-song set to a packed venue.

Hettsu, Yukina and Matsuri [drummer Chika out of shot]

The band formed a decade ago when Yukina (lead vocals), Matsuri (guitars/vocals), and Hettsu (bass/vocals) came together for a highschool club activity. With the addition of Chika on drums in May 2023, the band has evolved into a huge name in metal.

They deliver metalcore hardcore punk, and nu metal, with influences from electronica, J-pop and contemporary culture centred around Harajuku district in a style self-described as “Harajuku-core”.

“Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now” their hit track has had circa million views on YouTube and in excess of five million on TikTok.

These current UK shows are the band’s biggest on this side of the world: 31/10 QMU, Glasgow, 01/11 Academy 2, Manchester, 02/11 O2 Institute, Birmingham, 04/11 The Academy, Dublin, 05/11 Limelight, Belfast, 07/11 Electric Brixton, London. They will then head off to Europe for 15 shows throughout November.

The band have just released their new single “Karu Garu Everyday!!”, via Sony Music, the theme song to TV anime “Araiguma Calcal-dan”, filled with “adorable and wacky” characters. The track has the band’s signature hard-core sound.

Yukina shares about “Karu Garu Everyday!!”, “Listening to the track post-recording, I found the song to be a blend of cuteness, emotional vibes, and surrealness… it made us all laugh with its perfect chaos and being packed with all kinds of emotions!

“The TV anime has a fun and laid-back vibe, making the tie-in fit perfectly! I hope it becomes a motivational anthem for our fans, giving everyone the energy to tackle each day! Go, go!”

TOUR SETLIST

Warning!!

Bucchigiri Tokyo

Spicy Queen

Meta-moru-phose!

Ware Amatou

Kotoshi koso Gal~Shoka ver.~

Karu Garu Everyday!!

Ito Okashi MyType

GIRL’S TALK

Reiwa Matching-sedai

GAMBLER

Choujigen Galaxy

NEET GAME

LOVE Ranbu

TOUSOU

Osaki ni Shitsurei Shimasu.

ENCORE

ghost mania

Sentimental☆Heroine

A few months after their major record label debut in 2023 with Epic Records Japan, they smashed a 45-date world tour across 17 countries. In August 2024, they were the first Japanese women to perform on the main stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago.

Hanabie: Japanese Metal Stars Blast Across The UK On Biggest Tour Here Yet…

* They have dropped two studio albums: “Girl’s Reform Manifest” in 2021, and 2023’s “Reborn Superstar!”

* Two EPs: “Cherry Blossoms Are Blooming” in 2018, and 2024’s “Bucchigiri Tokyo”

* 14 singles since 2016; with three this year [2025].

Live photos by Jason Sheldon [@ 02 Institute, Birmingham 2nd Nov 2025]

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