Monday 16 July 2012

AKB48 to Release 4th Album this August

AKB48 to Release 27th Single this August
Last July 16th, AKB48's Atsuko Maeda attended her last handshake event before she graduate from the idol group. Here, the girls announced the title for their 4th album that will be released this August.

The new album will be entitled “1830m.” The album shares the same title as AKB48’s 3-day concert at Tokyo Dome, “AKB48 in TOKYO DOME ~1830m no Yume~,” on August 24th to the 26th. 1830m represents the distance between AKB48 Theater and Tokyo Dome. Minami Takahashi expressed, “It took 7 years, but it’s a new start!”

AKB48's “1830m” will include the idol group's hits such as “Sakura no Ki Ni Narou”, “Everyday, Kachuusha”, “Flying Get”, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru”, “Ue Kara Mariko”, and “Give Me Five”, and its music videos. It will be released August 15th for 3048 yen.

Furthermore, AKB48 will also be releasing their 27th single this August 28th in four different versions: CD+DVD Limited Edition A and B, and CD+DVD Regular Edition A and B, for 1524 yen each. Pre-order your copies now at CDJapan to get a FREE poster and limited edition photo!

Source: Oricon via tokyohive