I hate when celebrities make a fuss about the lamest news ever.

but wait, she said it will be her first and her last, maybe this 47-prefecture tour will be her last tour then?

We got played y'all!

ayu fans who are waiting for big news: "F---- H----"
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ayu:
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Well that’s a relief.

What a joke. And a bad one. Who cares about a tour in Japan, it's been the case for the last 25 years. This is beyond stupid.

Yep, she trolled us again.

I'm truely relieved she's not retiring, I was very scared for some minutes, refreshing my browser every 3 seconds expecting the worst xD
But the "first and last big announcement" news being another tour is very disappointing.
I mean, she didn't do the whole teasing "prepare yourself for 4 months" drama thing when announcing the TROUBLE Tour which was already extra long...
Now I won't be able to take her seriously ever again with all these dramatic announcements...

We can roll eyes and think that ayu fooled us with "big announcement", but it doesn't mean that it wasn't big for her. She said that she hate "ayumi hamasaki", her stage persona, and going to stop it.

How were her vocals?

So if she hates her stage persona, why annoucing a tour ? lol this shit does not make any sense lmfao

For people who are pissed with the news, it's big news for her Japanese fans. She never did a tour making shows in all Japan prefectures and probably it will be the last time she's going to do that (first and last big news). It's not what we expected (she even trolled us showing Earth globe before the announcement lol), but she wasn't making much ado for nothing, it's really big for her and her fanbase.

The dynamic was writing something you want to "throw away", like a habit or behavior you don't want to be with you anymore. So she doesn't want to hate her public persona anymore and want to embrace it, so it's the opposite of retiring.

I consider myself as part of her fanbase too. For 21 years now and I am not pleased with this "big annoucement" because it's not. It's just a tour.

So yeah, let us be disappointed and angry at her and her CM staff.
I'm done with her "big news" and "big annoucement".

Yeah, I read some tweets and many Japanese fans are crying joyfully at the news that they can finally see Ayu

Yea i remember someone asked her during her YouTube random live if she could go to Hokkaido and she said it will take a lot of shipping to get over there and there have been a lot of other matters that needed to be taken into consideration.

And effectively her Hokkaido fans have kinda been excluded every year for the past..idk 20 years. So IT IS a big deal for them and for many who couldnt actually travel out far to watch her before.

(of coz I also wished she announced an Asia tour or something XD but i guess its never gonna happen anymore if its not gonna be THIS tour)

Yes, it's not trivial, it's not "another tour". Here in Brazil we had a singer called Marília Mendonça who did something similar. Her project was doing a show in every capital of our states (26 + federal district) and it was so much difficult in her case because her shows were in public venues for free. It cost A LOT touring all over a country like Brazil, with continental dimensions, but it's also difficult to touring Japan because there's no way to reach every prefecture so easy with all her equipment and stuff.

So, yes, it will probably be "the first and the last" time she will do something like that.

Yeah..shame that the Asia tour not happening

official setlist

ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE
00. Opening
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01. We are the QUEENS
02. Mirrorcle World
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03. Prologue ~ starting over ~ Catcher In The Light
04. GAME
05. my name's WOMEN
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06. intermission
07. VIBEES
08. Lelio
09. You & Me
10. ayu-mi-x-mi-x 2023
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11. Heartplace
12. alterna
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13. acoustic show
14. beloved
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15. End roll ~ As if... ~ Dolls
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16. Tell All
17. SURREAL ～ evolution ～ SURREAL
18. Song 4 u
19. Lady Dynamite
ENCORE
20. Humming 7/4
21. Boys & Girls
22. Just the way you are
23. Ivy

I took few screenshots
You & Me
https://i.imgur.com/JzkPMvV.png
https://i.imgur.com/Fkyu41Z.png

Heartplace
https://i.imgur.com/E8yRSii.png
https://i.imgur.com/IEu2gxT.png

alterna
https://i.imgur.com/gpY9JGD.png
https://i.imgur.com/TNglmYd.png

ayu performed beloved - End roll in that dress
https://i.imgur.com/dYrVMMt.png
https://i.imgur.com/BhqtSE9.png

than dropped one layer and did aerial stunts
https://i.imgur.com/fte8QJC.png
https://i.imgur.com/V8AZ2B3.png
https://i.imgur.com/ADi4JUU.png

that was for the end of main part from Tell All to Lady Dynamite
https://i.imgur.com/qn6shDD.png

It is unusual ending with the song Ivy
but the lyrics fits well

Tbh I more expect her with a new song for 25th Anniversary in this live....