Well, it always has been, but would have taken a lot of data to load our beautiful site. Now the site blog has been optimized and formatted for the iPhone/iTouch! Just visit the site with it’s normal URL and it will automatically switch to iPhone/iTouch format for you. Though, if you don’t have one, you can visit a Mac store and try to see for yourself. :P

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

*This update only affects the site blog. The forum is still unchanged.

Now you can follow live Perfume updates and bit-size news blasts on Perfume City’s own twitter account, perfume_city! We’ll include news about the girls themselves, as well as any news involving the Perfume City community and the site.

Stay tuned to our blog and forums for the latest Perfume news!

The girls performing Zero Gravity at their Yokohama Arena venue!

With the 2009 Triangle Tour at its end, the girls have finished their months of city to city sold out concerts. For now.

Their next live performance announced will be for the Act Against AIDS 2009 benefit concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 1st. This will be their 2nd time joining the AAA “The Variety” concert.

As for releases, their just finished 2009 Tour will be released on DVD will be out on January 13th, 2010! If it seems a bit too long of a wait, don’t fret for the 10/15 Yokohama Arena venue of the tour will be broadcasted on MUSIC ON! TV after X’mas (12/26 ).

As always, you can follow their latest news and more on Perfume’s Official Site news!

Back for another mass update!

It was announced that Perfume will return to the 60th annual Kouhaku Uta-Gassen variety show, marking it as their second time. Usually only the best of the best J-artists of that year are recruited, so it just goes to show how well the girls are doing! The show is a competition between the White Team (boys) and Red Team (girls). They will be joining fellow female artists like Kimura Kaela, Hamasaki Ayumi, Koda Kumi, Morning Musume, Ootsuka Ai, Angela Aki, Ikimonogakari, and, Perfume’s beloved, aiko. See the full Red/White Team list here. Perfume’s appearance at last year’s 59th Kouhaku is posted above, the performance is on YouTube (reversed, for some reason). The White Team won last year and has been doing so for the past few year, but with the up in J-pop divas & bands, the tables might just turn this year.

Announced prior at their Osaka leg of the 2009 Tour (image above), Perfume officially announced a special “live house tour” exclusively for their fanclub, PTA. It will take place in Spring of 2010, entitled 『パッと楽しく遊ぼうの会』/”Pa- to Tanoshiku Asobou no Kai”. No specific dates or venues have been announced as of yet, but I’d imagine the venues to be small and intimate, just like the good ol’ days. I’d say, if you have a chance to join PTA, you should do so as soon as possible.

And finally, the Sekai no Perfume Fan Letter project has now been completed! The video letter has been sent to Japan, where all three parts (including cover album & written letter) will be handed over to Perfume shortly. The video has also been uploaded onto YouTube. Thanks to everyone that has participated, and we hope to make another project soon! In fact, an X’mas gift project is in the works in the BBS as we speak, so check it out if you’re interested.

By the way, I’m sure many of you know that Perfume’s expensive DVD box set of their variety shows has been released. I was going to do a post entirely on it, but ended up posting a condensed review on the forums, so check it out if you’re interested.

Hasta la pasta for now!

From all of Perfume City, we wish Nocchi a prosperous new marking in life, and of course a wonderful 21st birthday! If you can imagine what kind of year it was for her, this is a video from last year when the girls were on their 1st own variety show, HAPPY! It seems like only yesterday, doesn’t it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpJq_m0eW6g

Image courtesy of juin @ pixiv.net