Common Music Group, the world’s largest music rightsholder, simply opened a brand new idea retail retailer in Japan that it says might be “devoted to supporting music super-fans”.
“Japanese music followers are globally identified for his or her devoted fandom and this retailer will solely assist to strengthen the connection between our artists and their followers,” stated UMG within the assertion asserting the launch.
In Japan, the world’s second-largest music market, bodily music continues to be the dominant listening format regardless of streaming’s world development.
Common Music Japan’s new superstore opened to the general public on Friday (October 20) on Takeshita Avenue in Harajuku, Tokyo.
The corporate says that it’ll function a hub for “UMG artists and followers from around the globe to attach offline”.
Spanning 4 “curated” flooring, Common says the shop will characteristic devoted fan experiences, product launches, and retail pop-up retailers.
Common additionally says that it’ll “supply a platform for artists to precise their artistic imaginative and prescient and share this with their followers by means of thrilling, authentic and bespoke packages of exercise.”
Moreover, launched inside the brand new celebrity is the ‘RS NO.9 HARAJUKU flagship retailer’, described as “a model born from the RS No.9 retailer” – the Rolling Stones’ official flagship retailer in London – now opening its second world location.
In 2020, ‘RS No.9 Carnaby’ opened a street-level retailer on London’s Carnaby Avenue. It sells attire, merchandise, and hosts unique collaborations, each in-store and on-line.
The brand new retailer in Tokyo options the Rolling Stones’ well-known “Lips and Tongue” brand and in accordance with UMG “affords a variety of distinctive objects on show and on the market”.
‘RS NO.9 HARAJUKU’ additionally affords unique authentic Japanese only-merchandise and merchandise, with the opening coinciding with the discharge of Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones’ first new studio album in 18 years, which was additionally launched immediately.
Attending the launch occasion on Friday alongside Naoshi Fujikura, President and CEO of Common Music Japan, was Mr. Hotei, one among Japan’s most well-known guitarists, who has beforehand carried out on stage with the Rolling Stones on the Tokyo Dome.
UMG says that additional artist and fan experiences to characteristic throughout the flooring of the brand new superstore might be introduced shortly.
“We’re thrilled to carry the RS No 9 model to Japan to assist our new album.”
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“We’re thrilled to carry the RS No 9 model to Japan to assist our new album.” stated the band
“We hope our followers are excited to expertise the whole lot the shop has to supply.”
“This retailer represents an thrilling new enterprise for UMG, and celebrates the unimaginable affect and function, that followers play in supporting their favourite artists.”
Naoshi Fujikura, Common Music Japan
Opening the area, Naoshi Fujikura, President and CEO of Common Music Japan, stated: “We’re excited to welcome the brand new UNIVERSAL MUSIC HARAJUKU idea retailer to Tokyo’s world-famous Harajuku district, a gathering level for folks, kinds and tradition from everywhere in the world.
“This retailer represents an thrilling new enterprise for UMG, and celebrates the unimaginable affect and function, that followers play in supporting their favourite artists.
“Within the coming months, the shop will supply distinctive fan experiences for our artists, each home and worldwide, creating new industrial alternatives for our artists and enterprise.Music Enterprise Worldwide
