Hey everyone!  It’s finally here – the Wind Land and Sea Tour kicks off TONIGHT in Dallas, Texas!  Dallas, how ya’ll feel?!

For those of you in the San Francisco area, there is a contest on the Radio Alice site for a pair of tickets.  All you have to do is join the site, earn points, then use those points to redeem entries for the contest.  Deadline is September 7^th at midnight.  Check out the Radio Alice site for more details!

20% off select Justin Nozuka merchandise at the killthe8 store!  This is happening for a limited time only, so get yours while you can!

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First Stevie and now Mary J.!  Justin will be opening for Mary J. Blige at the AVO Session in Basel on October 29^th.  More from justinnozuka.com:

Justin will be performing October 29th, opening for the legendary Mary J. Blige.

“This exceptionally talented Japanese-American already sang his way into the hearts of music critics with his first songs at the tender age of 19. He gives proof of his enormous musical diversity on his new album You I Wind Land And Sea.”

All concerts will begin at 8pm. All concerts will take place in the festival hall of the Basel Fair. Further information is available at www.avo.ch. All of the concerts will be recorded by Swiss Television (SF) and will be broadcasted, sometimes live, on up to forty TV channels on five continents.

Advance ticket sales: Starting on 1 September (approx. 8.00am) at www.avo.ch and at all Ticketcorner locations or at www.ticketcorner.com, Tel.: (+41) 0900 800 800 (CHF 1.19/min.). For further information: www.avo.ch / avosession@sessionbasel.ch

This interview follows the acoustic session of “Heartless” that was posted well over a month ago.  Watch as Justin talks about his music career, songwriting, the nature of things, comparisons to other artists, Neil Young, heartbreak, life and… death?  Love Justin’s simple views on life – we could all learn from him!

Photos of the Athletes for Africa event have been posted on Justin’s Facebook Fan page along with a special thank you message from Justin:

Thank you to all of you who donated for ATHLETES FOR AFRICA – the event was full of joy and laughter for me. Thank you also to Athletes for Africa and TEAM Maple Music for having me : )