Yes she is categorized as a pop artist but no one can deny that she has a lot of rock influence throughout her discography ^^

Btw It's quite rare for a mainstream singer to have succeeded with style influenced heavily by rock (I know she has not done only rock song but maybe 3/4 or at least 2/3 are a pop-rock/soft rock/rock or other rock style)

^ oh, of course.
I mean her entire secret and guilty albums are heavy rock, but I still think of her as the queen of pop.

Yay, exposure! I hope her voice is well taken care of.

So we'll be able to watch this live eventually right?

This is really cool :) I hope she'll perform a rock song of hers, but I guess You & Me makes the most sense since it was just released....

And Ayu + the Gazette performing at the same festival = <3

YES!!! I'm so excited!!! I want some Talkin' 2 Myself, Decision, Because of You...YES AYU + ROCK MUSIC = :heart

New rock songs please! Never understood what people categorize as pop-rock and full on rock. I mean, Ayu has had some of the HEAVIEST guitar work in her songs, and down-right badass tunage... so I consider her rock songs some of the best, if not THE best out there.

I think its just because she is a pop star... She will always be in that cat. as long as she is making music... I always feel even her hard rock songs still have touches of pop. Still love them though.

Nice! Thanks for sharing. Doesn't care much about what she gonna sing, I like to see her outfit.

Well what makes "pop" though? I'm always just confused? Something that's catchy? Something with a distinct melody? Something that's POPULAR? By that definition though, even goth-metal could become "pop" if it were "popular"... Take talkin' 2 myself for example - how the Hell would you consider that "pop" lol. Or Microphone? I mean, what is an example of a purely "ROCK" group/singer? Do you have to be in a group to be considered "rock" ? Food for thought. Many of Ayu's rock/rockish songs you would never hear your average pop artist sing, so just because she is by definition a "pop star" means that anything she puts out is considered pop?

Ayu in a rock festival!? I just cannot believe about this...!!!

wow..yay for another performance...
i hope it will be broadcasted

Me too! But turehappiness says usually not, but there is a DVD!

WOW!! new event!! i would love to see videos of it once its done

o_o

I wanna go!

I have work until 4:30... Since Ayus on at 7 I wonder if I could get to the place on time...
Never been there before lol

I hope you can go too! It's always awesome getting first hand accounts from attendees~

I just looked at the "access" page and was confused out of my mind lolol.

Shuttle buses and time tables?

Hm. I'll ask my roommate lol

@Zeke. Well, pop music is technically, only whats popular... but of course one could argue that it has taken on a life of its own? I mean it has its own sound and what not, but it is always something that I think evolves a lot and very often.
Ayumi just fits into that mold very well...

like your example, talkin 2 myself is a good example of pop rock... ins more rock then pop, but I think it's more pop friends...
I mean look at Sarah Brightman, she is classical pop/crossover... talkin 2 myself is almost a carbon copy Fleurs du Mal, but it's not consider rock at all, it's Gothic. lol

she better sing rockish songs not no ballads

actually, Heartplace or A Song for XX would be sick too...

+ anything from Guilty.