BABYMETAL describe their music as Kawaii Metal, fusing the worlds of J-Pop with metal subgenres such as speed metal, death metal, and black metal. Their debut album, “Babymetal” (2014), made the band known worldwide and featured songs like “Gimme Chocolate!!” (which recently surpassed the 100 million mark on Spotify), “Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!”, and “Megitsune,” along with “Karate” (2016) and “PA PA YA!!” (2019), as their biggest hits. Their music videos, featuring elaborate J-Pop choreography, have garnered more than 890 million views on YouTube. Since 2014, BABYMETAL have also won numerous awards, including the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Breakthrough Award, the Kerrang! Spirit of Independence Award (both 2015), the Women of the Year 2015 Award from Vogue Japan, as well as numerous awards under the MTV banner and 5 Loudwire Music Awards (2017). With impressive live shows, dance choreographies, and their uniquely offbeat music, BABYMETAL have long been one of the most successful and unusual Japanese bands of all time. Together with US singer Poppy and Irish artist Bambie Thug, who finished sixth at Eurovision 2024, BABYMETAL will also be performing in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Nuremberg as part of their arena tour in 2025.
BABYMETAL were founded in 2010 by the Japanese talent agency Amuse as a subgroup of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. Following the success of the single “Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!” In 2012, the band, consisting of lead singer Suzuka Nakamoto “Su-metal” and singers Moa Kikuchi “Moametal” and Yui Mizuno “Yuimetal” (until 2018), became independent in 2013. With their unique sound, BABYMETAL went viral on YouTube and became known worldwide. The singles “Ijime, Dame Zettai” and “Megitsune” reached sixth and seventh place respectively in the Japanese singles charts in 2013. In 2014, the band released their debut album “Babymetal”, which entered the German album charts at number 95. Following the release of the hit single “Gimme Chocolate!!” in May 2015, their second album “Metal Resistance” was released in 2016. It reached number 2 in the Japanese album charts and showed influences from folk, ska, metalcore and progressive metal. In 2018, “Yuimetal” left the band for health reasons, while BABYMETAL, after releasing the single “Distortion,” played festivals such as Download Festival, Rock am Ring, and Rock im Park on their European tour. In 2019, their third studio album, “Metal Galaxy,” was released, and its single “PA PA YA!!” featuring F.HERO became another hit. As the first Japanese band to perform on one of the main stages at Glastonbury Festival, BABYMETAL replaced “Yuimetal” with the “Avengers” – three additional dancers who performed on a rotating basis but did not sing. Momoko Okazaki “Momometal,” formerly of the “Avengers,” has been a permanent member of the group since 2023. In the same year, the band released their latest album, “The Other One,” via Cooking Vinyl, with “Monochrome” and “Divine Attack – Shingeki -” as its most successful tracks. In 2024, BABYMETAL collaborated with Electric Callboy on their single “Ratatata” and reached number 55 in the German singles charts.
Live Nation Presents
BABYMETAL
UK & Europe Arena Tour 2025
Support: Poppy, Bambie Thug
Mo. 12.05.2025 Hamburg Barclays Arena
Fr. 16.05.2025 Frankfurt myTicket Jahrhunderthalle
Sa. 17.05.2025 Berlin Velodrom
Di. 20.05.2025 Nürnberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
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