BABYMETAL Become A Trio Again Ahead Of Australian Tour

BABYMETAL have recruited a third member to the band, Girls Planet 999 contestant Momoko Okazaki, becoming a trio again since Yui Mizuno left the band in 2018.

Okazaki, adopting the name Momometal, joined the band on stage on 1 April - not an April Fool’s joke - at the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan. The massive show was called BABYMETAL BEGINS - THE OTHER ONE. 

Momometal has been a backing dancer for the group since 2019.

BABYMETAL released their latest album, The Other One, last month and was led by the singles Metal Kingdom, Monochrome and Divine Attack - Shingeki.

The trio’s lineup change arrives just weeks after the band announced their first-ever Australian headline tour.

Kicking off in Brisbane on Thursday, 8 June, at the Fortitude Music Hall, the tour will travel down the east coast to Sydney on Friday, 9 June, at the Hordern Pavilion and then Melbourne on Sunday, 11 June, at Margaret Court Arena.

Band members Nakamoto Suzuka as "Su-metal" and Kikuchi Moa as "Moametal" are known for focusing on real-world issues that particularly affect women, such as bullying, the pressure put on teenage girls to remain thin and the always-changing concept of an “ideal woman" - all subjects that have resonated with an audience around the world.

The Other One was focused on a restoration project: “Through the METALVERSE, a restoration project called THE OTHER ONE will reveal a side of Babymetal we never knew existed. This is the ‘other’ story of Babymetal,” a press release reads. 

So, that theme indicated to a new band member this whole time?

BABYMETAL

AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023

THURSDAY 8 JUNE - FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE

FRIDAY 9 JUNE - HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY

SUNDAY 11 JUNE - MARGARET COURT ARENA, MELBOURNE

Tickets via Destroy All Lines.