Last year it was announced on Christmas Eve that they would have a USTREAM version. Wonder if it'll be the sameish this year?

any news on what the set list looks like yet??
anyone go snooping around to see if they can hear anything? lol

I don't think rehearsals in the venue itself started yet?

i gues it would be kinda early...
I cant wait for this to start...

really hope there is a ustream... i would stay up for that...
although.. I think it would be around lunch time for me, lol.

Well, they should be going on soon (but they're probably at Makuhari Messe instead of Yoyogi) but other acts probably have Yoyogi for right now.

going on the 29th and 31st!!! so excited for my first cdl! would love to hear from other ahs members attending :)))

^I 'll be there on 29 th and 31 th as well!!!! :)

I'll be there on the 30th.

Why don't we go to karaoke together then? :-)

great! we still have hope then! last year was great having to watch it with others even just online :yes

I don't want to know ANYTHING, I want the whole setlist to be a surprise when I'm there on the 29th. :yes

So, ban time for this thread? xD

Yay I got tickets for all three dates now. Can't wait. :woohoo:

Damn, I want to attend on 31st too!!! I need to sell my 30th's ticket and buy 31st'!!! >.<

Guys, let's decide about meeting!!! I really wanna see you all!!

Maybe we can use this thread for the meeting plans: http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread...=113614&page=4

When I leave for Japan on the 26th I won't be checking the thread again. XD

Hopefully a Ustream version is announced soon! :D

was it hard to do that?

It was hard to get good tickets for the 31. They are expensive. X)

I hope they stream it, too! I might have enough to shell out for it. If not, I don't mind doing my yearly NYE tradition of downloading it and celebrating by watching the pirated version XD However, I'm going to actually be in NYC during that time so... I'll just pretend that countdown is being performed by Ayu in Japanese.

aka I'll probably be pretty drunk and singing in Japanese. Yeah. Enjoy the show to everyone going!

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many tickets for sale at the Shibuya reseller shop :thud Like almost an entire shelf!

I dunno if this is good or bad lol

^ can you give me an adress of this store or screenshot from google maps or any directions from the huge Starbucks near Shibuya Station? I must visit it :p

Agree'd! I'm not going to CDL; but for future concerts :D

where is the announcement for u stream!!!! >_<

100bucks for tickets ouch.

Really? Gonna be there on the 28th to check it out. Want ticks for the 31st!

^ I wonder if this is usual or if this is just because of the little protest thats going on right now...

hmmm... I hope Ill be able to get one next year for when i go!!
if I can swing it... im going to call all 3 nights!!

I'm excited to see what the setlist will be like.

Maybe she'll revealing a new song? ^ ^

Possible but i doubt since we have plenty of new ones so she will choose sth from love and again i think. Also it's possible we get more than usual older songs due to anniversary thing ;)

She did reveal two new songs at CDL1112 and the album wasn't even announced yet. And didn't she also reveal Startin' at CDL0506? Would be a nice little gift to fans :)

that would be nice... we got two last year!

um, has it been posted that its going to be on WOWOWO??
I think it says its on the 15th...
its on oricon website

WOWOW will be on January 2nd.

^ I wonder whats going on on the 15th then?

No idea what you're talking about since there's nothing about that on the Oricon site or on WOWOW.

http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/ayu/

^ it was an ad... ill see if i can find it again...

on the wowow website... what's the 15 that they are talking about?

May I ask what songs were revealed at last year's CDL?

Party Queen was performed as the first song of the final segment(with an extended intro) and how beautiful you are in the encore ;)

^^ when they were revealed or what songs that there were?
the dvd's out you know, lol.

EDIT:
nevermind... I get it... isthisLOL answered it.

me too!!! :(

The last several years, there are always shelves of Ayu tickets available.

I really want and hope for it to be Ustreamed for the rest of us international fans but I don't have a good feeling; they would've said something by now. plus they didn't Ustream the finale of HLS. perhaps they're worried about distribution since they passed that law recently?

What protest do you mean? Is it against Ayu?

So, anybody wants to meet up?? Me and OyTony are meeting on Dec 29th!

its a little boycott going on because ayumi hamasaki has a life...
people are shallow.

Seems like a ustream live isn't happening...

im with the 2nd... at least it will be in HD.

yeah I'm getting that impression too. :( such a shame.

I found this.. don't know if it's helpful or if it's true:


“ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ～WAKE UP～” Live Streaming on Pigg Channel!!

Date: 31 Dec 2012 (Mon) 22:30 until show end

Place: PC Version withing “Ameba Pigg”, at Pigg Channel “Hamasaki Ayumi Live Streaming” area (no mobile, smartphone access)

Conditions: ”Ameba Pigg” users are to buy an entrance ticket (2,000 Ame Gold) to enter the “Hamasaki Ayumi Live Streaming” area, where they will be able to view the live stream.

Visit Ameba Pigg: http://pigg.ameba.jp/

source here

Of course it's true lol Misa-chan is a TA member and always translates a lot of Ayu stuff!
But unfortunately I think this streaming is Japanese only?

yeah I think that's the case. I will say I'm a bit annoyed because they're also airing it in cinemas all across Japan and Asia, yet screwing over the rest of us international fans. I mean we're her fans too. maybe we're not able to see her perform live in person like some other forum users, but we should have the same right with Ustreaming. but I don't know, maybe there's a larger issue at hand? never the less, it's really annoying and is really ticking me off.

Those who'll preorder LOVE again at CDL will get a B2 poster!
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/large/6850f51ajw1e08pqwlnbgj.jpg

WHAT?!
come on! lol... I want that!

GOD! They took the best pic for the poster!!
I want it too >___<

There will also be a raffle for an autographed Poster^^

Lovely poster~

Oh please, this is a bonus?? What a joke, this cover looks like her love songs album cover!! Ayu just keeps disappointing me :thud

Hm, usually we get more people walking around the venue by today...

Wake me up was the only song heard being rehearsed so far from what I've read. But this is more exciting, I suppose, since tomorrow it'll be a surprise! Though we should probably expect the usuals (Song 4 u, Wake me up, Sweet scar, snowy kiss, etc.)

Except on Love Songs she looked like a drag queen with all that makeup on.

I want to see her outfits!!! I hope she won't use ugly wigs!!

Three days of CDL??? O.O

O.o What?

The CD only looks awkward.
The CD+DVD looks scary.

But, the LP version looked GORGEOUS.

Otherwise she just looks like a pathetic middle-aged woman trying to pull of some odd baby-doll look. That makeup didn't do her any favors (except in the LP version)

I guess the full theme will be Black/White/Silver/Grey ^^ Maybe she will worn silver wig like the one in Song 4 u PV

I think we won't agree. But actually the LP version is my favourite. :)

holy crap people!
Isnt CDL tomorrow for japan?
29-31??

at what time would the concert end tomorrow??

If the color scheme is that I would prefer that she adds silver/Grey hair extensions to her blond hair instead of a wig. Because the most of the wigs she used in concert are really awful. >.<

Still no updates for USTREAM? ><~~~

No other news about it? ^^

Early reports from Mixi of what songs are being sung (heard from outside Yoyogi):

It's gonna be epic tomorrow !!!!!
My first time!!!!!! >.<

Together When... !!! *.*

guys, today I went to Yoyogi and guess what? I heard her!!! It was about 8 pm and I hear trauma, audience and boys & girls! she introduced the band in boys & girls and I heard her "YES, YO-CHAAAN!" for sure!! omg she was there inside and I was standing outside!! some people also were there, fans wearing warm coats. I guess they were sitting there for long... :)

here are some pics from venue



awww so excited!!! don't care about all that LOVE again thing lol I'll see her tomorrow!! that's all that matters!

edit: lol I've just seen tokyo's post above :P

^Thanks for the pics! You live in Japan or you fly all the way there to see the CDL?

AHH!! coolness...
Humming 7/4 so early, strange...
audience and boys and girls! Ah man! I really want to go to this!

You're brave to face the rain to go there hahaha!

I hope AUDIENCE is true !!!


See you at the venue tomorrow maybe ?? Haha

^ sure, let's meet!! I'll write you pm now :)

I'm studying abroad in Japanese university right now :) Spending my holidays in Tokyo :D

Together when! Yes, i love this soo much! Snowy kiss was to be predicted as opening, missing sounds nice when i imagine starting after. Anticipation rises :] I believe Ayu can pull off great countdown.

i really cant wait to find out what the countdown song is!!
I love evolution, but i kinda want her to do something else... like last year, RAINBOW was SOOOOOO unexpected.

^She sang Rainbow at CDL 2007-2008 I think, for me it was a surprise last year because she sang it not that long ago.

I think Wake me up would be a good song for countdown, sadly I don't see this happening... lol I just remember the two times performed happening here that was a waste, one time was enough.

I also thought about Wake up as countdown song, well maybe not countdown but after it just like until that day during best of countdown.

I would think she would open it with wake me up, since it is the title of the CDL, lol..

I think it would be epic if she showed us a new song for the count down...

Or it is the final song like 2010/11 "Do it again"... who knows.

Sooo excited!!!!!!

About 12 hours till we know the full setlist!

I posted this in the Ayu/Maro relationship thread, but it looks like he quit, maybe? Apparently he wasn't present for the rehearsal on the 27th which has caused them to make some major changes. They're saying he wasn't sick either.

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/201...060008-n1.html

^ ouch, ayu's album better be canceled and re-named LOVE (never)again

I think they may be reading too much into it? I mean he was at her last few performances so why 'leave' now?

He's Ayu toy boy now, he doesn't need to work anymore. She probably pays a pension to him now. You fools.

Just kidding, love ya :love haha

maybe avex finally said this is enough?

Madonna's toyboys are cuter than Ayu's toyboys :shakehead... Sorry if it's out of topic... :lech

Maybe maro hit ayu and ayu said u need to quit right now or timmy beat him up

lol i wonder if maro was kicked out of the dance troupe.
i would laugh.

i hope the setlist has new music.
praying for sakura to be sung.

It seems Ayu mentioned something on TA saying that Maro is now a choreographer only and will not act as a backdancer? I wish people would look at other articles before coming to conclusions.

Pics from the goods stands :D

interesting...
I wonder why? I wonder if he pulled something while ayumi was demanding her do that special flip in bed, lol.

Howwwwwww convenient ayu, if this is true, it qualifies in being the biggest lie in 2012. excuse my language but I can't believe this! :wtf:wtf

Everything from the 1st announcement has been too convenient. Her staff fed the story to a tabloid to get the ball rolling. Now it's Maro is off stage because she listens to her fans. BULL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!