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toniayu 7th April 2012 09:29 AM

*O* Gorgeous book...maybe they're going to include the same pics on the future Party Queen photobook

Mirrorcle Monster 7th April 2012 10:19 AM

How many time left?

toniayu 7th April 2012 10:27 AM

^1 hour approximately,I think.

alternarist 7th April 2012 10:42 AM

lol the yearly event has arrived! every AHS-er logs in to see the setlist for the new tour! :)

AyusJewel 7th April 2012 11:03 AM

Oh yeah, i am really excited...i hope she sings "Like a doll" and "Reminds me". This would be great *---*

Setlist and costumes please!

Mirrorcle Monster 7th April 2012 11:04 AM

I found this pn twitter right now, looks like the stage is the same as CDL
http://t.co/51kfWc8i

toniayu 7th April 2012 11:05 AM

^I think it's going to look different...

Jawdarna 7th April 2012 11:11 AM

I hope the setlist is completely different from CDL2011-2012's. :D

~angel*ayumi~ 7th April 2012 11:13 AM

Ok then, so no looking to this thread from now on...
Hope I can resist xD

AyUmIXx 7th April 2012 11:49 AM

I think the suPer ayu book is only one .. N its the lucky draw campaign.. For ppl buying PQ album / concert DVD will get the chance to join the lucky draw.. Too bad they dont sell it :((

ayu_ready? 7th April 2012 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW (Post 2848158)
So I guess this is the back cover then?

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/848...3403548010.jpg

I hate this Party Queen booklet stuff. just tasteless & cheap. eww. I hope they won't pop up these trashy images here & there. even this new pic doesn't add much to the booklet.

letter 7th April 2012 04:00 PM

Let's just forget that she's neither on the beach nor a lingerie model. Let's just forget that and comment on her great figure. It's no big deal that she's in her underwear in her booklet, or on a cover, or in a photo with two guys. Yeah... half of the women in the entertainment industry do it, so why the hell not. After all, she's still got her emotional lyrics to back her up, and the oh-so-sad concept of a girl drowning her despair in liquor... while having her leg comfortably up on a table.

Andrenekoi 7th April 2012 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_ready? (Post 2848346)
I hate this Party Queen booklet stuff. just tasteless & cheap. eww. I hope they won't pop up these trashy images here & there. even this new pic doesn't add much to the booklet.

Not for being an ass, but I find it funny that a Mylene fan gets annoyed by langerie/naked pics xD

zellyx 7th April 2012 05:27 PM

I heard that there are tickets still available??? that's so bizarre.
I always thought her concerts sell out immediately....

I wonder what's up with the fans..

waiting on tour t-shirts and the rest of the goods~

polka-dot-jewel 7th April 2012 05:42 PM

^ Yepp, there were signs at the concert tonight saying tickets were still available for tomorrow's show.

Tonight's show was... I'd say 97% full? It's not like there were a lot of empty seats.

Pieces_of_SEVEN 7th April 2012 06:58 PM

That pic is pretty racy LOL

Andrenekoi 7th April 2012 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel (Post 2848501)
^ Yepp, there were signs at the concert tonight saying tickets were still available for tomorrow's show.

Tonight's show was... I'd say 97% full? It's not like there were a lot of empty seats.

If she keeps it 80%+ full, it's good already^^

Pieces_of_SEVEN 7th April 2012 11:29 PM

Wishful thinking, but hopefully she'll change up the set list at some shows.

Am I the only one who misses her ending the show with Who... ?

ayu_ready? 8th April 2012 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2848481)
Not for being an ass, but I find it funny that a Mylene fan gets annoyed by langerie/naked pics xD

Mylene does it better for me. provocation is an essential part of her image since the 80s.okay

polka-dot-jewel 8th April 2012 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN (Post 2848668)
Wishful thinking, but hopefully she'll change up the set list at some shows.

Am I the only one who misses her ending the show with Who... ?

I miss "Who..." like no other :( I was basically praying for that to be the closer for this tour. Wishful thinking she'll perform it again soon!!



also, people were in line buying tickets before the show. I wonder if you can choose your seats at the box office at arenas? Either way, I was glad to see people were still buying Ayu tix! (And not from scalpers outside the station. They're trying to sell for ridiculous prices.)

TeamAyu2004 8th April 2012 04:46 PM

i wouldnt mind a change in the set list myself...
this one just seems... weak to me.

Andrenekoi 8th April 2012 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel (Post 2848501)
^ Yepp, there were signs at the concert tonight saying tickets were still available for tomorrow's show.

Tonight's show was... I'd say 97% full? It's not like there were a lot of empty seats.

How full was the arena today?

polka-dot-jewel 8th April 2012 05:16 PM

More full than yesterday's, I'd say. But still within that 98%-99% range.

Matoby 9th April 2012 04:04 PM

how's audience's feedback about the show~~?
i think it will be great~~
it will be better if she change some part of the setlist...

Evolution7/4 10th April 2012 06:21 AM

Yes there was a humongous line of people getting tickets so I am certain it was practically sold out. I didn't see an empty seats so I am sure it was just the scattered single seat here and there.

Bad Wolf 10th April 2012 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayu_ready? (Post 2848346)
I hate this Party Queen booklet stuff. just tasteless & cheap. eww. I hope they won't pop up these trashy images here & there. even this new pic doesn't add much to the booklet.

... Her image and outfits in recent shoots look exactly like the awesome stuff Kuu's sported for YEARS. Don't throw stones bb. Both of them rock it.

emi♡ 10th April 2012 07:26 AM

^so irrelevant.


Nice to hear that her vocals are good...I think I'll probably just wait until the dvd though to watch this tour.

polka-dot-jewel 10th April 2012 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matoby (Post 2849606)
how's audience's feedback about the show~~?
i think it will be great~~
it will be better if she change some part of the setlist...

feedback the second night was better than the first. I think most people attended both shows (or at least the people who didn't attend the first show read about it online) so they knew what to expect. of course the classics (SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL, appears, Boys&Girls) got the audience most riled up and excited than the rest of the songs, but that's expected.

brener 10th April 2012 10:06 AM

im a bit disappointed with the setlist and outfits, ive never been to one of her concerts before but if could choose one considering the setlist it wouldnt be this fosho.. =\

Evolution7/4 10th April 2012 12:29 PM

Polka, did you notice how crazy the audience went the second night for Shake it? I think it was the same the first night too, but especially the second night. I loved it too, especially considering I wasn't a fan of the song before. But I think the high energy of the performance plus the reveal of the outfit made it a huge favorite with the audience.

The 2nd interlude (3rd if you count the introduction) where Maro leaves Ayu's bed got another big reaction on the second night. COMPLETE silence then a EHHHH.

polka-dot-jewel 10th April 2012 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Evolution7/4 (Post 2850051)
Polka, did you notice how crazy the audience went the second night for Shake it? I think it was the same the first night too, but especially the second night. I loved it too, especially considering I wasn't a fan of the song before. But I think the high energy of the performance plus the reveal of the outfit made it a huge favorite with the audience.

The 2nd interlude (3rd if you count the introduction) where Maro leaves Ayu's bed got another big reaction on the second night. COMPLETE silence then a EHHHH.

YES!!! The audience absolutely LOVED "Shake It"!! I'll admit, last night, I had that song on repeat. I fell in love with that song after the performance.

Everything was so silent the first night, but you're right - I do remember a reaction that particular interlude. The first (or second, counting the intro), with a peek into all the couples, also got more of a reaction the second night. I remember really watching them more the second night, looking for details, and those are some of her best special screens. At least, they're probably the deepest she's ever had.

majrakun 10th April 2012 01:23 PM

^Do you mind telling us in the detail what happened in all the interludes? Waiting til the DVD next year doesn't sound so fun now, it's just so exciting!

Bad Wolf 10th April 2012 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2849951)
^so irrelevant.


Nice to hear that her vocals are good...I think I'll probably just wait until the dvd though to watch this tour.

Not really, considering it was a comment someone made and... I'm responding to it. That's... how things work?

Agreed about the vocals. She's been pretty iffy lately, though I don't mind it myself.

polka-dot-jewel 10th April 2012 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by majrakun (Post 2850060)
^Do you mind telling us in the detail what happened in all the interludes? Waiting til the DVD next year doesn't sound so fun now, it's just so exciting!

My review got into details a bit about them, but let me go ahead and describe what I can remember... Evolution and maybe some other people can help fill in what I couldn't remember / what I got wrong.

Spoiler:

INTRO1 (played right before the next intro)
Timmy describes the hotel. It's a very, very fancy hotel. But, looks can be deceiving, and what we see in this video isn't what we see throughout the other videos. I love this aspect.

INTRO2 (played right before Happening Here)
An intro of the dancers. They're wearing the bellhop outfits.

SCREEN1 (played before reminds me)
Timmy instructs the three clowns (at least, they're not the regular acrobats and they're not regular dancers; I think they're the clowns) to peek through a keyhole. The first couple or two are seemingly happy, which Timmy is a bit bored by. But, the couples seem to get worse. They start to argue more. Timmy isn't happy with this news - he's quite upset, really. The last couple shown is Ayu and Shu-Ya. Shu-ya isn't very happy with Ayu and throws her purse in retaliation. She's upset as she slowly walks away to grab her purse. She holds onto it for a moment before having a change of heart - she goes from upset to angry. She hits Shu-Ya with her purse before throwing pillows at him.

SCREEN2 (and this one shocked a lot of people) (played before appears)
We see a couple laying in a bed, in darkness. The guy - we find out it's Maro - softly gets out of bed to go to a room. Another lady opens the door. Flash back to the first room, and Ayu turns on the light. She continues to lay in the bed, and the impression I got from the video was that Ayu knew Maro was cheating on her. She just laid in bed and didn't do anything. Throughout the video, Maro and the second lady continuously argue until, at the end, the girl kicks Maro in the face before walking off. I think Ayu could sense his pain, or maybe she was just in pain herself.

SCREEN3 "Staff Room" (played before Shake It)
Timmy opens a door, stands there, before walking off. We see Ayu and the girl dancers peeking into a curtain, looking upset. Subaru storms over and demands they get to work. They kind of start working before they start to make a mess. Subaru is upset, but they start to throw soap around. He just gives in and starts lathering his body in soap. They suddenly step aside and throw off their work clothes into their sexy attire.

SCREEN4 (played before NaNaNa)
Some of the guys are in a room sitting around. Some of the dancers come out onto the change. I forget who initiates the challenge, but there's only started. They start shooting at each other before the dancers from the screen proceed onto the stage. They have a dance off. Suddenly, Ayu appears in the video before proceeding on the stage. With a gun in her hand, she looks around before aimlessly shooting.

SCREEN5 (played after EyesSmokeMagic ; there is no screen before the next LOVE, but Maro is tapdancing before that song)
We see Ayu on top of a piano. She is soon joined by her dancers and they dance around to Yo-chan and Enrique playing guitar.

SCREEN6 "The Garden" (played before Return Road)
Timmy opens the door again. We slowly zoom through the garden, which resembles the area in the "Return Road" video. It's gloomy, gray, and dull, unlike the description about the garden said in the first introduction video.

I can't remember if there was another screen after this... :/


Hope you liked it :)

emi♡ 11th April 2012 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bad Wolf (Post 2850063)
Not really, considering it was a comment someone made and... I'm responding to it. That's... how things work?

Agreed about the vocals. She's been pretty iffy lately, though I don't mind it myself.

irrelevant because of the koda part... O_o


I know a lot of people liked her PoM vocals, and I think they were good. I mean, she was never off key or anything major like that, but I just found them kind of unpleasant to listen to. And she was screaming every now and then. I only saw the dvd, so idk how the stream was.

I kinda am just hoping that her vocals become nice and pretty again for this tour.

TeamAyu2004 11th April 2012 04:50 AM

She was so emotional for PoM... I liked the vocals and thought they were the best she had done in a very long time...
Some of the previews that i have heard for this set she sounds pretty good... but of course I dont know what has been doctored up or not...

I wonder if she will do something like a limited edition like she did with PoM in yoyogi

Aderianu 11th April 2012 07:55 AM

polka-dot-jewel thanks
can't wait to see it

RayJason 11th April 2012 08:03 AM

I'm so curious and excited! I want to see this NOW!!!! Thanks, polka-dot-jewel!!!

jewelbox 11th April 2012 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2850368)


I know a lot of people liked her PoM vocals, and I think they were good. I mean, she was never off key or anything major like that, but I just found them kind of unpleasant to listen to. And she was screaming every now and then. I only saw the dvd, so idk how the stream was.

I kinda am just hoping that her vocals become nice and pretty again for this tour.

I totally agree. The screaming was especially unpleasant in BRILLANTE. I hope she has a new technique now.

freedreamer 11th April 2012 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004 (Post 2850372)
I wonder if she will do something like a limited edition like she did with PoM in yoyogi

Hope this will merge the CDL HLS and the current PQ-dominated HLS and we'll have a perfect fusion :)

JackieRos 11th April 2012 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HULUFan (Post 2848181)
Spoiler:
And here's a pic I found from crea1002ma4 @ twitter:
http://i.imgur.com/QtM7V.jpg

so this is the book that wasn't going to be on sale?
she looks so hot!!!!
that tattoo looks sexy

LacusClyne 11th April 2012 07:12 PM

^yup, that picture is the back cover of the book, I begged the staff to show the book to me, and it's gorgeous!!!

I end up buying a cd only just to try my luck at the lottery and got the stupid poster instead... I WANT THE BOOK!

Pieces_of_SEVEN 12th April 2012 02:46 AM

I want the book too! ahhhh lol

yabieru 12th April 2012 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LacusClyne (Post 2850705)
^yup, that picture is the back cover of the book, I begged the staff to show the book to me, and it's gorgeous!!!

I end up buying a cd only just to try my luck at the lottery and got the stupid poster instead... I WANT THE BOOK!

How is the book? I mean, what type of shoots have? Only the album one? Or there is shoots from London or another places...

AyuGAME 12th April 2012 01:40 PM

Has anyone try buying ticket from this site?
http://www.ryoko-donya.com/TKT/japan-ticket.htm

i already contact them for nagoya concert tickets, and i got this reply
Quote:

01JULY 16:00@NIPPON GAISHI HALL,NAGOYA
STAND G ........ 12,000 YEN per ticket
SHIPPING CHARGE SEPARATELY 1,500YEN

TICKET FOR FUN CLUB MEMBER(SEAT UNKNOWN) ........ 14,000 YEN per ticket
SHIPPING CHARGE SEPARATELY(ONLY TO INSIDE JAPAN) 1,000YEN

SEAT MAP
http://www.nespa.or.jp/shisetsu/hall...ist/index.html
someone please give me advice what to do...
i'm interested in the fan club member ticket, since usually i can get better seats, right?

chocopockymaster 12th April 2012 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyuGAME (Post 2851383)
someone please give me advice what to do...
i'm interested in the fan club member ticket, since usually i can get better seats, right?

Not necessarily. Just because it's a fanclub ticket doesn't mean the seats are better. You could theoretically be in the farthest seat from the stage...or you could be 10 feet away from Ayu. There's no way of knowing.

AyuGAME 12th April 2012 02:31 PM

^i see...so..it's like gambling?

but i think that Stand G, is kinda farthest seat as well, then why not to gambling, right?

Evolution7/4 12th April 2012 02:43 PM

^G probably means the section block. I want to say that is towards the back but I can't remember the chart from this weekend!

polka-dot-jewel 12th April 2012 04:20 PM

^ There was no G at Saitama, heh. But you're right about it being in the back!

"Stand G" would refer to a floor seat. Usually if it's not on the floor (which are listed as a "A", "B", "C", etc), it's listed somewhere in the 100's, 200's, 300's, 400's, etc. You wouldn't be near the stage, but you wouldn't be waaayyy up high.

AyuGAME 12th April 2012 04:29 PM

from the seat map

SEAT MAP
http://www.nespa.or.jp/shisetsu/hall...ist/index.html

G is in the back...
so what do you think guys? i buy the fanclub tickets?

polka-dot-jewel 12th April 2012 04:44 PM

Get the one with the G section. You know where you're sitting at. With the other one, it's 14,000yen and you could be in the very back.

HilaryDuffFanboy 13th April 2012 12:52 AM

I've been in Nippon Gaishi Hall before. It's not that as big as Yoyogi, I had standing tickets behind the very last row of seats (so I was the furthest away from the stage as possible) and I still got a good view, could see everything.

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 03:02 AM

Ok..thanks for the input so far guys...

what about the price? 12.000/14.000 Yen is reasonable?

polka-dot-jewel 13th April 2012 04:15 AM

Well, 14000 is reasonable if you're on the floor / in the first upper level close to the stage. Otherwise, since that price is for the random seat, who knows if it's a good price or not. 12000 is a good price for a floor ticket, I'd say. I've gotten better-priced floor tickets, but that was from a shop, not online.

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 09:06 AM

^before...i want to buy it from reseller shop when i get there (Japan)...
but i will watch her concert at Nagoya, and i don't think it's easy to find reseller shop there, or selling ayu concert ticket. Different situation if i watch her Tokyo area concert. That's why i decide to buy it online.

Maybe i'm too worried?
just want to be safe...

HilaryDuffFanboy 13th April 2012 09:27 AM

When I went to a Miliayh concert in Nagoya last December, there were a few people selling tickets outside the concert venue.

I know, you definitely run the risk, I'd get one ticket now. Just to be safe.

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 09:49 AM

^i see..yeah..i feel safer to have one than nothing at all.

Where do you get the ticket for Miliyah concert? Online? Buy from lawson store? people outside arena?

HilaryDuffFanboy 13th April 2012 09:57 AM

I bought it via an agent on Yahoo Auctions.

kimmeh 13th April 2012 10:14 AM

We paid 11000 yen for floor tickets D section (floor); but after two songs we were moved to 'A' section by some random dude working there, he even gave us the tickets for the A seats. (so I have two tickets from the same concert~!)

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HilaryDuffFanboy (Post 2851951)
I bought it via an agent on Yahoo Auctions.

you live in Japan?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimmeh (Post 2851957)
We paid 11000 yen for floor tickets D section (floor); but after two songs we were moved to 'A' section by some random dude working there, he even gave us the tickets for the A seats. (so I have two tickets from the same concert~!)

wow..how lucky is that? A means in the front, right?

kimmeh 13th April 2012 10:20 AM

^ At the very front; just one row of people infront of us!

Picture taking without zoom:

HilaryDuffFanboy 13th April 2012 10:26 AM

I live in Australia. I used a middleman online

I wonder if they moved you to the second row so the front seemed absolutely full.

kimmeh 13th April 2012 10:29 AM

Probably! I'm also guessing he chose us since we weren't japanese. International fans are loved, no?

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 12:16 PM

HilaryDuffFanboy - something like this? http://www.mukunoki-jp.net/service/
how much you paid for Miliyah ticket?

kimmeh - wow..that's really in the front...lucky you!!!
but i'm not westerner, although i'm not japanese, but i'm chinese...so...if that happened, i don't think, they will moved me to the front...LOL

kimmeh 13th April 2012 12:32 PM

^ I'm of middle eastern decent ;)
But my I'm born in Norway; and my friend with me was Norwegian! But I was still 2 heads taller than all of the japanese girls :p (and the surprising amount of guys at the concert. All of them had the Shuya-hair though!)

AyuGAME 13th April 2012 05:14 PM

I think i'm quiet tall
190 cm...i hope it will give me advantage when watched her concert..hahaha

LacusClyne 13th April 2012 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimmeh (Post 2851959)
^ At the very front; just one row of people infront of us!

Picture taking without zoom:

Omg! That was so close! Which day did you went to? Chelsea and I went to the 8th, and we're sitting at block D4.

polka-dot-jewel 14th April 2012 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimmeh (Post 2851959)
^ At the very front; just one row of people infront of us!

Picture taking without zoom:

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimmeh (Post 2851957)
We paid 11000 yen for floor tickets D section (floor); but after two songs we were moved to 'A' section by some random dude working there, he even gave us the tickets for the A seats. (so I have two tickets from the same concert~!)

OMG :O That's an incredible picture!! And lucky you got to take it, being as close as you were!!!

And that's incredible. I'm a tall foreigner, also seated in the D block (with Arina!), I wish the staff would have seen us and moved us to the front!! Haha.

kimmeh 14th April 2012 08:55 AM

This was CDL11-12 on the 30th! Unfortunately I don't have time nor money to travel to Japan again now :( I've always wanted to go to Japan in April, during the sakura blossom season. Japan was pretty cold in January!

HilaryDuffFanboy 14th April 2012 11:14 AM

^Haha I was there too!

ayu_fantasy 15th April 2012 04:23 PM

http://i.imgur.com/GI9ez.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NRuVG.jpg

Oh wow!!! Lucky Maro, could screen play as her hubby for once. haha


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