The official Sony Music Japan website and the official Pokémon Tretta website have announced new CD's for the Movie 18 theme song Tweedia sung by Rei Yasuda (安田レイ) and the third XY ending theme Gaogao All Stars (ガオガオ・オールスター) sung by Little Glee Monster. All the CD's will be released in Japan on July 15th, 2015. Full details of these CD's will be added to our database when they become available.

There are two Tweedia CD's, a Time Limited Edition with DVD and a Regular Edition. The Time Limited Edition will also come with a Rayquaza Tretta.


There are 3 CD's that include Gaogao All Stars: a Time Limited Edition, a Regular Edition and a Limited Edition with DVD. The Little Glee Monster's 3rd single CD's are currently untitled. A special Satoshi's Pikachu tretta will also be included with the Time Limited Edition.


Sources: http://www.pokemontretta.com/event/e150515_1/ and http://www.pokemontretta.com/event/e150515_2/

A new app called the Pokémon Music Pokédex (Pokémon Ongaku Zukan ポケモン音楽図鑑) has been announced by The Pokémon Company for release on Android devices. The app is a music player and users can purchase Pokémon music from Pocket Monsters Red and Green and throughout the Pokémon game series. The app allows users to loops tracks, play sound effects and features mix, repeat and shuffle options. The app is free and comes with three tracks but additional tracks cost 120yen each. It will be available soon on the Google Play Store.


Source: http://www.pokemon.jp/info/tsubuyaki/detail/20150424_13303.html

The official Pokémon website has announced 30 new tour locations and it has expanded to Canada, Mexico and Australia with a European tour to be announced for 2016. Our Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions page has been updated with the newest tour locations

Newest Tour Locations

Date	City	Venue
June 6th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	New York, NY	Theater at Madison Square Garden
June 12th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
June 13th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Cleveland, OH	Blossom Music Center
June 14th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Buffalo, NY	Shea's Performing Arts Center
June 19th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Milwaukee, WI	Riverside Theater
June 20th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Chicago, IL	Chicago Theatre
July 9th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	San Diego, CA	Copley Symphony Hall - Embarcadero Marina Park South
July 11th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Los Angeles, CA	Greek Theater
July 12th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	San Jose, CA	City National Civic
July 18th, 2015 at 8:30 p.m.	Vienna, VA	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
July 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Vancouver, BC	The Orpheum
July 25th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.	Houston, TX	Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
July 26th, 2015 at 2:30 p.m	Houston, TX	Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
August 20th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
August 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Boston, MA	Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
August 28th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Toronto, ON	Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
August 30th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Montreal, QB	Place Des Arts
September 11th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Detroit, MI	Fox Theatre
September 12th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.	Indianapolis, IN	Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
September 15th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.	Seattle, WA	Benaroya Hall
September 17th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.	Portland, OR	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
September 23rd, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Mexico City, Mexico	Auditorio Nacional
September 25th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Monterrey, Mexico	Monterrey Arena
November 20th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Sydney Opera House
November 21st, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Sydney Opera House
December 3rd, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.	Clearwater, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall
December 4th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.	Orlando, FL	Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
January 24th, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
February 5th, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.	Grand Rapids, MI	DeVos Performance Hall

Press Release - Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions Concert Tour

Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions is becoming the must-see video game concert of the year, giving Pokémon fans of all ages the chance to experience live, beautiful music of the Pokémon franchise. All-new orchestral arrangements and carefully timed visuals draw from recent and classic Pokémon video games. A European tour is scheduled for spring 2016, with additional venue and location details coming soon.

Tickets for all Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions performances go on sale on Saturday, March 28, 2015. But, loyal Pokémon fans have the opportunity to purchase tickets one day before the general public! Just use the presale code MELOETTA to purchase tickets on Friday, March 27, 2015.

Source: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-symphony/

Trailer Video

The next tour date for the Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions concert has been revealed. The National Symphony Orchestra will preform Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions on Saturday, July 18th, 2015 at 8:30 pm at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. Tickets range from $25 to $45USD. Our Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions page has been updated with the tour date.

National Symphony Orchestra - Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions

Pokémon trainers, Wolf Trap chooses you! Journey through nearly 20 years of memorable Pokémon music from the popular franchise as the orchestra performs all-new arrangements live, with clips from the video games projected on huge screens.

Featured Performers

Susie Benchasil Seiter is a prolific conductor and orchestrator of film, television, and video games. She hails from Baltimore where her early interests in choir and piano gave roots to her now thriving career in the music industry. She began her career assisting Hollywood composers and working at Disney’s department of music preparation. She is best known for orchestrating the wildly popular tour “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses” which has been performed more than 80 times by some of the world’s most respected orchestras.

The National Symphony Orchestra has made Wolf Trap its summer home since the venue opened in 1971. The NSO is one of the finest, and through its PBS performances, one of the most visible orchestras in the country. Its performances include bold new works, beloved favorites, chamber music, original educational programming, and innovative pops programming in every genre.

Source: http://www.wolftrap.org/tickets/calendar/performance/15filene/0718show15.aspx

The official Nintendo Japan website has revealed a new Pokémon dashboard theme for the Nintendo 3DS. Lots of Pikachu (ピカチュウいっぱい) theme features a bunch of Pikachu's and the music Friendly Shop (～フレンドリィショップ～) from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. The theme will cost 200 yen and will be available on February 14th, 2015 in Japan.


Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/theme/list/00249/index.html

The official Pokémon website and the official Baltimore Symphony Orchestra website revealed a new performance date for the Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions tour. Tickets are now available for order for the Friday, May 1st, 2015 at 8:00 PM performance.

Brought to life by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra accompanied by exciting visuals on giant screens, Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions will take audiences of all ages on a powerful musical retrospective through the popular video game franchise's most memorable melodies. The premiere of Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions in Washington D.C. sold out with a second performance added by popular demand. Don’t miss this one night only Baltimore performance!

Sources: https://www.bsomusic.org/calendar/events/2014-2015-events/pok%C3%A9mon-symphonic-evolutions.aspx and http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/new-orchestral-concert-tour-date-announced/

Shoko Nakagawa announced earlier in her LIVE TOUR 2014 Greedy Revolution that a CD of the current ending theme DreaDrea (ドリドリ) would be released in 2015. Shoko-tan's staff Twitter account posted today that the release date of the CD would be February 18th, 2015. They also posted two videos of Shoko-tan dressed as Serena dancing to the ending theme song on YouTube but the videos are region restricted to Japan. The CD has been added to our database and will be updated when details become available. Images from Shoko Nakagawa LIVE TOUR 2014 Greedy Revolution (中川翔子 LIVE TOUR 2014『貪欲革命』) are also available on the Imageboard thread.

Standard Version

Mirrored Version

Sources: https://twitter.com/shoko_nkgw/status/531357842209378304, youtu.be/WiJoJzaGZXg and http://youtu.be/3p5o-XY78qE

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced that they will be preforming the Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions concert on January 17th, 2015. Tickets go on sale on November 7th, 2014 with prices ranging from $34 to $96USD. Tickets can be purchased at the Heinz Hall Box Office, online at pittsburghsymphony.org or by phone at 412-392-4900. A $1 donation to support arts education will be added to every ticket at the point of purchase.

We have created a content article for Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions detailing information about the tour similar to our Pokémon Live article. Requests for comments and information about the Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions tour were not returned by Princeton Entertainment.

Source: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/The-Pittsburgh-Symphony-Orchestra-Presents-POKEMON-SYMPHONIC-EVOLUTIONS-117-20141103

To promote the new Pokémon movie, Rica Matsumoto appeared on today's episode of the anime talkshow Animemashite. During the interview she announced a new album of hers, scheduled for release around August. The album would contain covers of the opening songs for various anime she had starred in over the years, as well as one original song.

The album would also contain a Pokemon song. Since Rica had never done a theme song for any of the Pokémon movies, she wanted to do a cover of one for this album, deciding on Mamorubeki mono (守るべきもの), the theme song for Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, originally performed by Sowelu.



Source: Animemashite, July 14th 2014

The official movie website has updated with information on the feature film's opening theme and the short's ending theme. Translations follow:

The new anime opening theme and ending theme that premiered in the anime's Thursday May 29th broadcast will be the opening theme to the feature film "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" and the ending theme to the short "Pikachu, What Kind of Keys are These?"

The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie Opening Theme - "Megavolt" (メガV)
	Pokémon the Movie XY "The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie" Opening Theme "Megavolt" (メガV) Lyrics: Yusuke Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka Remix Arrangement: Mitsuki Shiokawa Original Arrangement: CHOKKAKU Vocals: Yusuke (Sony Music Records)

The popular opening theme "Volt" mega evolves as well! An even more powerful remix makes its debut!

"Pikachu, What Kind of Keys are These?" Ending Theme - "Peacsmile!" (ピースマイル！)
	Pokémon the Movie XY Short "Pikachu, What Kind of Keys are These?" Ending Theme "Peacsmile!" (ピースマイル！) Lyrics: PA-NON Composition and arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka Vocals: J☆Dee’Z with Pikachu (Sony Music Records)

J☆Dee’Z and Pikachu sing an ending theme that will bring smiles to your faces! There's a cute and fun dance that goes with it too, so dance along!

Source: http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/news/?p=1251