Alice Nine also went on tour with several bands throughout the year, including Ayabie, Kra, and Kagrra. Following these events, the band had its first solo tour, Alice in Wonder Tour, in August that year.
A turning point for the band came when the single "Jewels" was released in March. The single allowed the band to land their first magazine cover and feature article with volume of Shoxx Magazine. Later that month on April 28, the band released "Dive into the Sun," a photobook that included an exclusive CD containing the song "Gekkou Yoku. They joined with several other Japanese bands and became the closing performance of the Friday that weekend.
The release of the "White Prayer" single in June marked another milestone for the band's development; vocalist Shou explained in an interview with Shoxx Magazine that the song defined the style that the band was aiming for and hoped to maintain in the future. The process of the song's creation also came about more naturally than usual, as many songs until then were made through trial and error. Later that year, on October 24, the group's single "Tsubasa" was released and peaked at number six on the Oricon charts, making it one of their successful singles to date and landing the band a guest appearance on the Fuji Television variety show Hey!
Music Champ for the first time. On November 28, , their second full-length album, Alpha, was released. The title for the album originated as a means to describe the band's return to their roots and beginning anew. Aside from the singles to be compiled onto the album, recording for songs began in September and lasted for approximately one month.
The album reached the ninth position on the Oricon weekly chart, selling over 17, copies in its first week. Alice Nine started off the year with another tour, alice nine. However, complications arose when guitarist Tora was diagnosed with a spinal disc hernia, which had worsened over time to the point of numbness throughout the left side of his body.
Finally seeking medical help, the tour had to be postponed until Tora recovered enough for the band to resume activities in Tokyo. The band released a new single, titled "Mirror Ball" on March 26, The title song of the single was used in the live-action movie adaptation of the manga Aquarian Age.
On August 6, the band released their latest single, "Rainbows. The band also started their tour called "Discotheque play like 'A' Rainbows" which coincided with the new single.
The band's fourteenth maxi-single, "Cross Game," was released on December 10, The title song was used as the ending theme song for the second season of the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! A blog entry by vocalist Shou announced that the band was in recording sessions for a third album named Vandalize, which was released on January 14, The album's title comes from the theme of "the destruction of culture.
In the following weeks of the release of Vandalize, the band started their tour for the year, Untitled Vandal ism. The first half of the tour ran from February to April, while its second half ran throughout the month of July. Footage from the finale, as well as live studio performance footage, is set to be released on the live DVD, "Untitled Vandal ism Finale 'Graced the Beautiful Day,'" on November 11, He explained that the Japanese transcription was beginning to lose its purpose as a means to "represent aesthetics" and that the English transcription was closest to the band's original intention.
The Japanese transcription could also not be read as the band's proper name without the use of furigana or other means of alternative text. The entry also announced new work for the band's fifth anniversary—a new single and a new book, which would use the new English transcription upon release.
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