Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - [Namie Amuro] 彡The tempest is coming to the 65th thread!彡

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Originally Posted by JackieRos (Post 2726418)

I like the check things (what do they call them?)

Chess pieces...? XD

Anyway tour outfits are okay, love the setlist and I wanna see clearer pics of the stage. I can't make much out of it as of right now hmm.

The outfits are super cute. <3

I wonder who the flowers are from?

I'm not really one to listen to Namie over and over to catch on. It's either I like it or I don't (although I have done that in the past but don't have the patience now). I also never got into Dr. or WILD.

I dislike how nasily she sounds at certain parts in Dr. Then the execution of different tempos and instrumentals didn't connect well, either.

I like the tour outfits!

Those chess pieces are so awesome :heart

The setlist is awesome! Though I expect Do or Die than Uh,Uh,,, better but that's OK :)

She's using more props again this year, a very good improvement than the last Live Style :D I love how she learned to set things more up and bright with simple props :yes

And is that a wig I see? Even though it's not that great but I never seen her with a wig for a live before other than her signature live curls that straightens away along with the live :laugh sorry Namie :P

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Originally Posted by terra (Post 2726512)

And is that a wig I see? Even though it's not that great but I never seen her with a wig for a live before other than her signature live curls that straightens away along with the live :laugh sorry Namie :P

She used a wig for her past tour too ^^ A short brown one ^^

^ Lemme remember....I watched her live since 2005 tho
Ah White Light in BEST FICTION Tour! :D

setlist is AMAZING!! I absolutely love every single song!

NAKED is #2 today with 5234 copies sold

I love the pic with the horse :heart

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Originally Posted by Maemi (Post 2726643)

I love the pic with the horse :heart

agree, she looks so elegant

Namie could totally model as a side job. such beautiful pictures

the tour book is beautiful! :heart and those chess pieces are very cool! :cool

@LuverofLuv: Thanks for sharing! These are much better than the ones posted on FB.

EDT: Does anyone else think her hair in the motorcycle pic and subsequent ones looks a little bit like Lightning's from FFXIII? haha :D

gorgeous tour book. I really love those picture, especially the ones with the horse. :heart

I want to get LIVE TOUR 2011 booklet, black & white pictures are my fav！

We finally have a LIVE STYLE 2011 tour review!!!... :)

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The first full report is up on Namie Style. I translated the main bits and added the reviewer ratings:

1. NAKED: spotlights flashing the stage, intro of NAKED with the spotlight focusing on each dancer, Namie starts singing as a big chess piece comes out from the center of the stage, audience shocked to realise she's opening with a new song. Namie is wearing the Checkmate/make it happen outfit with a mature-looking ponytail. Same choreography as the PV. *****

2. BAD HABIT: new choreography (didn't leave much of an impression to the reviewer). **

3. HELLO: new choreography, Namie and her dancers moves to the mini stage and take a "circle" formation. ***

4. FAST CAR: big chandeliers added to the set (similar to the ones in make it happen), same choreography as last tour. ***

5. make it happen: she sings the whole song solo, even the intro and does the choreography of the PV (the reviewer describes it as cute so I assume she's sitting). During the chorus, the spotlight flashes the audience during the "hey" and "woo" bits and when Namie saw the audience singing along to them, she smiled. (the reviewer really liked that one) *****

6. COPY THAT: same choreography (more or less), female dancers introduction, Namie disappears from the stage then comes back for the second half of the song. ***

7. WHAT A FEELING: same choreography done at the front of the mini stage/catwalk. The audience was really into it. "Club" like mix of the song. ****

8. #1: Namie showed off her singing skill on a song hard to do live because it's kind of monotonous (according to the reviewer...). ***

9. Shut Up: looked more pissed off while singing it than last time. **

10. Top Secret: choreography looked the same as usual. The "clock" dance was very powerful and cool looking. ***

11. Tempest: a long film is shown before the song starts. New outfit. She performs on a big tiara on the mini stage with smoke giving the performance a magical feel. Singing was brilliant and she looked like a goddess. *****

12. Get Myself Back: she points her microphone to the audience during the "ohoo ohoo" bits. ***

13. Uh Uh: black and white outfit. New dance routine. Audience very into it (reviewer very surprised she performed it). ***

14. Rock Steady: same dance routine but didn't shout like she did on the BEST FICTION tour. Very well received by the audience as well. ***

15. Defend Love: very different from the Past Future tour performance. Amazing line dance on the catwalk (reviewer loved it and was very surprised she performed it again) *****

16. Break It: the tension rises with the opening, same dance routine (more or less) but this time the "wave" formation from the PV was more striking (reviewer thought the lyrics was very fitting to the earthquake disaster too). ****

17. Wonder Woman: performed at the front of the mini stage/catwalk again. Like she was shouting to the audience. Probably the song that had the audience in high spirits the most. *****

18. Hide & Seek: new outfit and very cute blond bob who had the audience screaming. Same dance routine with the dancers carrying flags. ****

19. Queen of Hip-Pop: same dance routine with male dancers introduction half through it. ***

20. ROCK U: same as Past Future tour. Had the audience go wild. ****

21. HIGHER: new song. During the intro, everyone was like "what's this song?". (reviewer doesn't remember much of the song but thought it was cool). ****

22. UNUSUAL: very rapid moves during the dance parts (like the ones from the BLACK DIAMOND performance) that gave the reviewer goose bumps. (this is the performance that left the best impression on the reviewer) *****

Encore: "Checkmate!" appears on the screen and the arena lights up. Audience calls back Namie.

23. Fight Together: feel good song that had the audience throwing their hands up in the air. *****

24: New song (titled "Arigatou" or "Thank you"?): screen shows the Earth and then a close up on Japan. Perfect "reconstruction" song with a "thank you for staying together during hard times" message. Directed to the earthquake and tsunami victims. Screen shows the sun rising from the Touhoku region. *****

As usual, Namie only words were "thank you for (coming) today and come back next time!"

Credit: Osiris @ JPC

Maybe we can expect HIGHER and this "thank you" song on the next album :D

Aside from the costume with the bob, her clothes look like the same clothes at every one of her concerts,haha.

but interesting setlist. i dislike / dont listen to most of the songs haha :/ Still cant get into most of her new stuff. but this single is going in a good direction. would loved to have seen a video for fight together, since she doesnt have many pvs with uptempo/happy-sounding songs