It's little funny because these song are all but rock XD

She can sing SURREAL/EVOLUTION/UNITE/ENDLESS SORROW/NEVER EVER/Progress/Mircrophone/talkin to myself/decision/Is this love/even a qong for XX & hanabi ep II etc... all these songs are popular and have rock influence !

Well, you remember the 'circus' aspect of that title too, right? Plus she had singles in the way so it's not like that album was going to be 100% rock.

Well, when u title ur album "Rock n Roll Circus", you put it under the impression it will be a mix between rock and circus, not half/half... And she herself said on a interview at the time that she soul is so filled with rock, everything she sings turns into rock, or something like that. :P

Also, japanese are less strict about mixing musical genres than we are on the west... If she enters the stage with a rock-chic attitude, as she almost always does, she can get way singing almost anything from her repertoire.

Still, I'm not expecting obscure tracks... maybe we will have one or two surprise tracks, but I bet most of it will be hits + stuff she is promoting this year...

-translation by Misa-chan

I thought she explained it pretty well. "Weird and a whole bunch of other things mixed together" especially for the tracks that may not fit under the 'rock' title.

For most of her tracks that are not 'super sweet' or a 'soft ballad', they do kind of end up becoming rockish in a way. Would be very interesting to hear a rockish version of Sunrise though. (She needs to perform Ladies Night ~another night~ already.)

^Even some of her super sweet tracks can be pretty rockish... STEP you easily comes to mind. ^^

Well, STEP you isn't really in the vein of 'super sweet' imo... at least the performances I'm thinking of. It can veer into that weird nasal territory though.

I'm thinking more Thank U/EnergizE and the like that usually make her nasal voice come out.

EnergizE still have a good amount of 50s rock influence :P

I love (well, hate) this really weird notion Ayu has that filming something in London makes it edgy, cool and rock... it seems like she had this preconception in her mind with with all the London songs on RnRC & PQ. Combined with those tutu and leather outfits, it's such a tourist shop Primark Union Jack tack look. Tacky I'm-so-cool-because-I-wear-****-from-Camden-market style... but in Hackney because it's up and coming and just lol at Ayu wearing that look in Hackney and Ministry.

It's just... funny. Really funny.

That is all I have to say about Ayu's recent rock adventures.

I think that's probably more her location scouts' problem than anything. She does have a feeling about London though that it isn't as 'bright' as NY/Hawaii/LA which I can kind of understand.

now this was unexpected '-'

This is so unexpected, but at the same time I'm looking forward to it :D.
I know people would hate me for this but I wish she will perform Humming 7/4 lol. It's so upbeat and rockish, much more than other MY STORY pop-rock songs as GAME and About You imo. Don't know why people hate it so much :laugh.

^ I hate it so much, but I agree she should sing it...

omg just realized that this is in a week :thud

i hope ayu will sing 'Return Road' <3 very rockish~ *giggle

I bet she'll sing HANABI ~ep 2~ again

oh great!! Hope Ayu will dressed really rockish and sing songs from RnRC. :)

I hope we don't have Timmy running around on stage with his pink hair and tutu ;_;

^ me too.
it honestly should just be her and the band -no props, no dancers.
Maybe a costume change or two, but nothing too over the top.

I hope she sings 1LOVE <3

I would love a heavier version of evolution. Slow down the tempo, especially for the chorus. evolution with the feel of talkin' 2 myself would be sick as Hell!

Please Return Road!!! T-T please, please!!

Hoping for rock songs that she hasn't sung in awhile:

1) End of the World
2) talkin' 2 myself
3) alterna
4) ourselves
5) Rule

COME ON!!!!

Return Road would be spot on :yes

I would love M rock version like in PoM! :love


I've got the feeling that she'll have a nice mix of rock songs and ballads, perhaps throw evolution in there, although I would prefer SURREAL :innocent

I love that song, too! I love it when she preforms it, it's so fun! I hope she closes with it at Kishidan!

I want her to perfom humming 7/4 too!!
I wanna jump in front of my computer singing along with her :P
EVERYBODY GO, EVERYBODY JUMP!!

Did I miss news about broadcasting?..

Even if it had the fast chorus, if it were heavier that'd be so damn awesome...
i think its one of the songs that would benefit off a heavier arrangement

Time is passing...I'd love a new rock single coupled with a JEWEL-type ballad.

hopefully we can hear a new song!

whatever about song... i hope ayu can make her BEST performance, BEST concept, BEST costume, (and BEST voice?) :love

Doubt we'll hear a new song, but I'd love Return Road, reminds me, GAME, etc.

^ the game comes out in 2 months... when did we get the next song for ToX?

^FIVE released on 2011.8.31
ToX released on 2011.9.8

So a week for the real release, but I thought we heard it a lot earlier than that?

^I thought it was a TV program airing?

^ i really dont remember, lol.
I wanna say somewhere between 2-3 weeks before the game we got the opening and it had the song with it.

So I've recently made friends here in Japan with a huge Ayu fan. He is a japanese man and has been to every one of her tours since her first one in 2000. We were talking about this Kishidan show and the talk we had really showed the differences in musical perception between Japanese and western fans.

I was telling him that I was really excited for this show because it would probably be an all ROCK setlist. And he was like "Yeah, yeah! I really want to hear Last Angel!!" :thud I would never imagine classifying Last Angel as a rock song, lol.

Maybe Last Angel because of the feeling it has, the lyrics, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if she performed that song :yes It would fit I guess.

And she performed it between Microphone and about you before, maybe they just see it as a rock song now? XD

That definition of Rock would make much sense with the way Ayumi talked about RnRC, you know, the "I sing the song with a feeling in mind and so it's transformed into rock". The subject matter and desperation of Last Angel is truly powerful, so for that I guess it would fit.

Yea, a heavier version of evolution would be awesome!
I'm really interested to see how the setlist turns out. Just because this is a rock festival doesn't mean that she'll only perform her songs that fall under the 'rock' genre, there's still the possibility that she could do different, more rockish arrangements for some of her other songs; like M from Power of Music, or even Fly High from the tv version of the TA Live Tour seems slightly more rockish than the original version of the song (but maybe I'm the only one who thinks that lol).
In any case it'll be really interesting to see what she comes up with. I really hope it wont just be a kind of rehash of Hotel Love Songs and this year's a-nation.

last angel could be considered rockish... i think more of a heavy dance beat though.

I would love to see her sings About You like this again

^Yes, I'm too:)

pretty sure this isn't broadcasted or filmed anyway so it doesn't matter what she sings lulz

It will be broadcasted in october on fuji TV next ! I've seen this on Twitter but I can't find anymore...

Isn't someone here said it will be on DVD too?

Wish she performed Love song for this too actually...love that rawness of the song

coolness!
A broadcast!

Ayu rock this performance at RnRC tour! so fierce! :yes

anyway yaay for the brodcast hope it's true

i hope for because of you!

jeeze, she performs tomorrow, doesn't she???
(well, it's already the 17th in Japan)

In like three hours

wow, so she's going to perform rock songs..yaaay

rock rock... what if Ayu come with cute Energize and Shake it? =)

I want Return road!!

About 2-3 hours until she performs~

http://natalie.mu/music/news/76652
Article for yesterday's show. Looks exciting.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/momoclomatom.../17453885.html

君が代
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労働讃歌
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CONTRADICTION
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ピンキージョーンズ
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words of the mind
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Believe
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One Night Carnival
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Chai Maxx
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行くぜっ!怪盗少女
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走れ!

Momoiro Clover Z did about 10 songs yesterday, it seems. Wonder if Ayu will do as many today.

Interesting stage. I never saw Ayu on something like this

I hope Ayu will have a super rockish outfit, and we get some picture..

We'll definitely get official photos from news reports tomorrow.

Not sure if we'll get a setlist tonight though since only Momoiro Clover's is out.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/momoclomatom.../17492445.html

A 3 hour or so digest of each day's show may be aired on Fuji TV NEXT in October. Ayu is the "BIG SURPRISE" from day 2.

I think we'll get photos today because of course everyone is free to take photos at a festival, so I imagine people will be tweeting photos and such..

VAMPS and Ayu are up next! TMR just finished up.

can't wait to know which songs she performed

There seems to be a huge space for sitting/standing on the grass.

Someone took a photo of VAMPS' Hyde as they were performing.

http://i.imgur.com/qfeBi.jpg

http://twitter.com/love6002_Yuchun/s...108032/photo/1

The open air atmosphere is rather nice. I don't think Ayu's ever done a live at one of these.


http://onionixp.files.wordpress.com/...danmomoclo.jpg

Looks like VAMPS performed Glamorous Sky? (I think it was a song that Hyde made for Mika Nakashima)

I don't think she did. Glad she's doing it though.

And it looks like VAMPS is done and Ayu is up very soon~ Pretty early though too.

http://i.imgur.com/5I8Dw.jpg
http://img.ly/nr6P

A fan's photo after VAMPS waiting for Ayu~

they are! there was only 8 songs total and two MC parts

wish Ayu the best
the audience is totally different than the audience used to watch her live performance...i really excited to know what kind of performance that ayu will do....

is it just me that feel that the audience is not that much?

Ayu is on now!

They're very spread out.

http://i.imgur.com/8cYMc.jpg
https://twitter.com/chiaki55555/stat...306944/photo/1

You can roughly make out the Ayu A here!

Someone said the first song is "oh yeah"... evolution for the first track? There are also 40 people on stage?
https://twitter.com/biftech/status/247636406145515520

Another report says it's in the middle of a hit song medley.
https://twitter.com/wakame625/status/247637075745189888

Looks like it was indeed evolution.
https://twitter.com/MamikoHashimoto/...36723968921600

Ayu opening in 学ラン seems to be tweeted a lot as well. Seems like she's wearing a school uniform like how Kishidan wears? 学ラン = the male school uniform btw. She has short shorts with this uniform though, haha.

^ahhh...i see the "A"...AYU!!!!

I see Shu-Ya??? behind Ayu? i thought that this will be just her and the band, but looks like she still can use her dancer for this event...

I see something that looks like Timmy in the middle of the screen lol

They're all dressed in boys school uniforms, hahaha.

The broadcast is 12th October. Can't remember if it was posted

yay for the broadcast!

Ayu need to do something like this more...

Gehhhh~ someone said something about a shinkyoku/new song being very 'nurui' or warm. Maybe they were talking about You & Me though.

https://twitter.com/biftech/status/247642691700133889

It was also mentioned that she has a "WE LOVE KISHIDAN" shirt on.

July 1st now I think

the setlist is like a-nation? ohh i wanted some rock song, not summer song..

01. evolution
02. SURREAL
03. HANABI
04, HANABI ～episode II～
05. Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～
06. You & Me
07. July 1st

Not confirmed, but likely. Maybe there wasn't time to prepare much else?

Dissapointed with the tracklist... :grumpy

Good and appropriate setlist. I don't know why people think -
festival = rock

If you're going to watch Ayu's set at a festival you're gonna expect and want to listen to her well known songs not an album track from GUILTY or Still Alone . This is not Team Ayu festival tour 2012.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/...4/facepalm.jpg

https://twitter.com/ryotabb

Yeah, I think it's confirmed.

Not too surprising considering she was just in LA last week and had a-nation just a while ago.

As for the setlist and stuff... it was probably assumed to be a bit heavier since the lineup was very edgy and the show was called "Rock'n'Roll Olympic".

^ If that's the setlist, then I'm glad I didn't go. This was Ayu's chance to do a different type of show and appeal to a different audience.

I'm disappointed. I really thought Ayu would do something different for once. (Rock Songs, just the band and her) But this is same old, same old. She could have done another a-nation date, that wouldn't have been any different. :(

lol don't be disappointed, it wasn't going to be something life changing or career-changing :shrug

The setlist seems like a good way to keep promoting her ASB, so whatever really. I just hope her vocals were good.


EDIT: And she never said anything so, people were just assuming that she was going to perform rock songs, it's not her fault :shrug

Almost the same setlist like a-nation

hoping more for her rockish song..but looks like she still using summery theme

Exactly, omg she performs random fan pleasing songs at Countdown live because that's the appropriate audience. IDK why people were hoping was going to go on stage and sing a bunch of songs that 90% of the audience wouldn't know.

I mean look at Kishidan themselves


They're not exactly dir en grey

Well, Ayu also has released more rockish songs as singles so it's not like people wanted her to sing only obscurish album tracks. And I also believe that putting You & Me in there would also be acceptable since she is obviously still thinks she is promoting ASB. But the rest? Is another a-nation. Well, that's it. No use crying over it. What's done is done.

I'm really not surprised, and didn't expect anything different.

Why would she perform songs nobody knows outside of her fanbase at a festival that isn't targetted at fans?

It would be an awful idea, she has to play songs that the crowd know.

I don't think people were expecting obscure album tracks exactly (well.... some were) but just... overall a heavier setlist compared to what she would normally do at a-nation.

Besides You & me & Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~ all the other songs have more or less a rock influence ! What did you expect this is not because the show is called rock n roll that all songs interpreted must be dark ! I don't think Momoiro Clover Z is a rock band !
People always complaining ...

she continues to promote asb though summer is over now :laugh and where's BRILLANTE? XD

Rule, talkin'2 myself, desicion - single
A Song for XX - well known song
Microphone - her promo for RnRC
m.... monochrome, Last Angel, NEVER EVER, Because of You
^why not?

in the end, i still happy that she perform again...she need to do more, a lot of youngsters don't know much about her, she need to show her face more again in front of public to attract new fans...

can't wait to watch the broadcast

Love her outfit :D

Yeah, she looks sexy.

did she put it for the whole song or she change the outfit...

wow!!! she looks great!

OMG!!! love her looks!!! EDGY!