On January 15 , 2016 , Pata was rushed to the intensive care unit of a Tokyo hospital . He was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition , which included a severe blood clot , but was in stable condition . On February 3 , X Japan announced the postponement of their album release and March 12 concert at the Wembley Arena for a whole year ; the concert subsequently taking place on March 4 , 2017 . In June , Yoshiki stated that Pata was discharged in March , but had to go back for surgery in August . Pata announced he was discharged on August 10 . X Japan headlined all three nights of the Visual Japan Summit on October 14 – 16 , 2016 at Makuhari Messe . The '' We Are X '' soundtrack album was released on March 3 , 2017 . The soundtrack reached No. 4 in its first week in the Oricon Albums Chart , No. 27 in the UK Albums Chart , and No. 1 in the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart . On March 3 , 2017 , an album signing took place at HMV in Oxford Street , London . All the copies of the physical copies of the '' We Are X '' soundtrack available at the signing were sold in the event . According to store staff , this was the first time there was a sell-out of all physical copies at such a signing . A new song , " La Venus " was used as the ending theme song for '' We Are X '' and was one of 91 songs in contention for nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the 89th Academy Awards . In April 2017 , Yoshiki announced that the sixth album 's songs were ready and only mixing and mastering remained , and release was expected " in the next few months " . When Yoshiki performed on BBC Radio 4 's '' Front Row '' on October 20 , 2017 , it was announced the sixth album would be released in Spring 2018 . On May 9 , 2017 Yoshiki 's management announced that the drummer would undergo urgent surgery on May 16 , where an artificial disc would be inserted between his vertebrae . Due to his health conditions , it was reported that concerts would need to be either rescheduled or cancelled . On June 9 , X Japan announced at a press conference that the concerts would not be postponed but instead performed in an acoustic set , with Yoshiki at the piano , as it is uncertain whether he would be able to play the drums in the future . In November it was announced that X Japan will perform at the year-end '' Kōhaku Uta Gassen '' , as part of the White Team . The band performed a medley of " Endless Rain " and " Kurenai " , and during the performance Yoshiki played drums again for the first time since his neck surgery
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