X Japan World Tour Dates

X Japan World Tour dates as confirmed by Yoshiki via his twitter account:

June 28, 20100 - London, England
July 1, 2011 - Paris, France
July 4, 2011 - Berlin, Germany

He also, announced that they'll be a part of the Summer Sonic lineup happening on August 13, 2011 at Osaka Japan!

Yoshiki's Piano Auction Will Start Soon!

It's all set for Yoshiki's Piano Auction. The auction date is set to April 17, 2011 (Sun) Japanese Standard Time (GMT+7) and will be hosted by Yahoo Japan Charity Auctions. The auction page will be translated to 4 different languages namely English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. The entire profit for auctioning off Yoshiki's favorite Kawai CR-40 crystal  piano will be donated in full to the Japan Earthquake victims through Red Cross Japan.

There'll be an exhibit after as well as donations from other popular artists such as Marilyn Manson, Stan Lee, Shanei Grimes, Chelsea Handler, the United States through more members of the HFPA Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Jemuzufuranko, etc.

Details of Yoshiki's Piano are as follows:

Tamotsu Tokoro - YOSHIKI Piano Crystal
KAWAI CR-40

88 keys (7 1 / 4 octaves) / 3 pedals (with sostenuto)
White Keys Fainaibori  (antibacterial)
Black Keys - Faineboni (antibacterial)
Use clear acrylic resin w/ chairs only
Height - 100cm / frontage 150cm / depth 185cm / 425kg weight

(Image credit: here.)