The Ventures perform 11 concerts, with the usual winter line-up: Don Wilson, Bob Spalding, Nokie Edwards and Leon Taylor. There will be a live CD recorded on January 19 at the Billboard Live club, to be released in early summer in Japan on the M&I Records label.

January 2009 tour schedule:

08 (THU) OSAKA

BILLBOARD LIVE OSAKA
09 (FRI) OSAKA

BILLBOARD LIVE OSAKA
10 (SAT) OSAKA

BILLBOARD LIVE OSAKA
11 (SUN) TOKYO

SWEET BASIL STB139
12 (MON) TOKYO

SWEET BASIL STB139
13 (TUE) NAGOYA NAGOYA BLUE NOTE
14 (WED) NAGOYA

NAGOYA BLUE NOTE
15 (THU) FUKUOKA

BILLBOARD LIVE FUKUOKA
16 (FRI) FUKUOKA

BILLBOARD LIVE FUKUOKA
17 (SAT) FUKUOKA BILLBOARD LIVE FUKUOKA
19 (MON) TOKYO BILLBOARD LIVE TOKYO