Wonderful - thanks heaps. My first time getting tickets through the lottery

Why I'm not surprised it's still empty even after 2nd chapter final

https://i.imgur.com/yBvLCcNl.png

Yeah and they even advertised it again in their news for TA new items on news xD

Maybe whoever has been updating it has forgotten to save changes?

why is Wakayama show today is moved to chapter 2?

https://i.imgur.com/0sJbBSu_d.jpg?ma...idelity=medium

I just went to official site and Wakayama show is still in chapter 3 o.O

Yup my ticket says chapter 3

From twitter


Recycled costume from Cirque de Minuit?

Looks like the GAME outfit!

omg please no more circus ayu!!

but hell, the golden A at the top looks amazing

so..has the third chapter begun?

2017.12.02 - Wakayama: Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall

setlist

01. I am...
02. Moments
03. A Song for xx
-Interlude-
04. Shake It ♥
05. STEP you
-Interlude-
06. Memorial address
07. Last minute
- Interlude - Pieces of SEVEN
08. Bold & Delicious
09. progress
10. FLOWER
11. ourselves
ENCORE
-MC-
12. Feel the love ~ XOXO ~ Lelio ~ You & Me ~ AUDIENCE
13. Boys & Girls
14. Love song

I can't, why these setlists are incredible? I hope she will record it cause we don't know if she recorded second chapter.

This is actually a pretty cool set list. I feel like it covers all the different sides of Ayu.

Uhm, wow. That setlist!!!!!!!!

FLOWER ourselves must be perfection.

did you notice how me miss alterna? again? xD

That setlist tho, so many of my favorite songs there :luv2

alterna getting removed is probably gonna be a meme at this point.

I am... YES.

I hope they kept Bold & Delicious original arrangement and not the one she's been using lately, it takes away the power of the song...
But it's really cool setlist! Just a bit disappointed she kept both STEP you and Shake it!♥, she could have changed at least one of these. But otherwise it's great.

No filming and diffusion of chapter 2 has been mentioned?

I hope she will sing at least one winter ballad, need a tearjerker here xD

wondet why with the recycle outfit

That set list is amazing!! I wanted to go next year in the anniversary proper but it will be hard to top this set list. Really hard.

SO DAMN AMAZING OMG IM EXCITED!!

but AYU PUT BACK A BALLAD SECTION with walking proud plz

Ugh I love this setlist. Memorial address and last minute together is just perfection.

This!


Edit:
Some pictures from IG


https://i.imgur.com/eEkvaSz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hVbtBUy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zCs28gq.jpg

there is no evolution :luv2

She dropped WORDS which is weird because even if it's generic... I mean... it is the song of the tour...

lovely outfit!

love that huge pink rose!

I beg to differ, WORDS was the song of the second chapter only, the song was available to buy/download only from the first concert of chapter 2 until the last day of chapter 2, so now that it's done this song will be forever forgotten lol (hopefully not)

Also, wtf is ZIN doing in that last picture? lmao, i wonder what song that is

Well, she still could perform it during encore, after all it's the only new song xD

The rose itself looks good and thank god it's not like the one from AT06 because that one just looked... cheap... But it looks ridiculous on that table! I seriously think that normally they would place it on the platform from the main stage but since they only have that with arenas they use a table instead... which is just not a good replacement or however you want to say it.

Since there are fans, the pink rose is probably where she is for I am... - Moments.

Also AT06's looked about the same I think, but wasn't as matte as this.

Placement is because it went into Ourselves with everyone at the table. You have to see how it transforms to understand

Bold and Delicious

Hilariously these pics seem to have been taken by the person behind me...

^ Tell us how it was! :)

Were photos actually not allowed?

Yea it wasn't matte and to me it looked like some cheap plastic because of that... It was amazing anyway but the new rose looks much better though with it being matte.

Well, could you tell me/us more about how it transformed then? Although I still think it looks ridiculous like that I would obviously like to understand the reason of the rose's placement.

This setlist is awesome, and she looks gorgeous with the long hair. I only don't like the dress she is wearing. Less is more...

But yay for rose performance. She is stunning.

The Rose looks beautiful but the placement looks cheap. Why wasn’t the rose placed on the higher part of the stage?? Maybe there’s some meaning to it.

Not really. She didn’t perform it during chapter 1 either. I love the setlist!!

^Well, the song wasn't even released during chapter 1.

On another note, am I the only whone who thinks that the police kinda hat doesn't go well with the CdM dessous?

The police hat should stay with the chapter 1 ourselves outfit or maybe paired with a leather jacket and black top

I'm not feeling this setlist... I do LOVE all of the songs in it, but there's nothing outstanding for me, except for FLOWER-ourselves. Chapter 2 has my favorite setlist!

Same here, I am... the only one that surprised me.

Her hair giving me 2000 teas here:

How much info you want?

In short, I went to the final chapter 2 show and while that was awesome, this was by far more impressive. Her outfits were MUCH better - particularly the gold Japanese-style dress she wore for I Am... and Moments and the black dress she wore for Memorial Address and Last Minute - and the set list blew my mind. Her voice wasn’t at its best for the first few songs but she sounded better as the night went on.

There’s still the same interludes from Chapter 2 and the lucky boy/girls part (which for anyone wondering they always select at least one person from the upstairs section). But the whole tour comes full circle using the Chapter 1 performance of Ourselves again to close out the main show which I think was a great touch.

So yeah, amazing. Go see it if you can because it is totally worth it. I wish I could show you pics of how gorogeous she looked!

I’m really interested to see how this show evolves - Chapter 2 looked quite different by the end of November

^well I on my side just want to know more about the performance with the rose, how it transforms etc..

that is quiet sad, though the auctions seems gone now
Japanese fans get all angry about this on social media

https://i.imgur.com/TVy5mxC.jpg

Just finished the Nara live, it was awesome.

There was no golden outfit with black hat by the way. Maybe one of the outfits wasn't ready for the first show?
Tracklist is the same as the first show.
And she did look gorgeous as ever, the dresses for I am.../Moments and Memorial address/Last minute are so beautiful I just can't! This is by far the best chapter IMO when it comes to outfits (wait & see).

There was no taking pictures during Boys & Girls (like in chapter 2).
Today she was so late for the encore, something about Papiko. So ZIN had to start alone to cheer the audience and everything. During the MC they talked about the Nara Hall and how the highest sections could come down if wanted, she was so amazed. Also, it was her first live in Nara!!! (Thanks, Hall tour xD).

The flower isn't mechanical like AT06's one and won't open itself, hence why this one isn't in plastic and looks better. At the end of FLOWER every dancer takes a petal away to reveal the table for ourselves.

Vocally she nailed FLOWER it was sooo good, but had a bit of trouble reaching the right notes for I am... and Last minute.
Her voice was less good IMO than in Chiba for chapter 2 (and she was sick there 3 days ago).
To be honest she kinda lost her voice at the middle of Last minute, but whatever...

The interlude for MA/LM is some clips of both performances from AT2003-2004 and a recent live, don't remember which one for LM.
The other interludes are similar to chapter 2.
The lucky guy was sitting right in front of me today xD

It was fun, and while chapter 2's tracklist will always be on top (alterna guys), this show was very entertaining.

Oh, and did anyone mention that Micci is still doing the first part of the show. He already sang one of his songs during chapter 2, so he's still touring with her for chapter 3 (1 song 10 minutes before the show starts)

groping himself.

Ayu slays!!! :luv2:luv2:luv2

Looks fantastic though and she looks slimmer. This year she has had some really unflattering costumes figure wise.

Holy crap, she looks GORGEOUS THERE!!!!!

Love that photo of her!

Except for ballads. There are no, like, total ballads on that list. Even Moments is still mid-tempo. But regardless, I love the setlists for both the 2nd and 3rd chapter. I hope they both get filmed. I'm expecting a complete live boxset next year.

THIS TRULY SLAYS!!

is this for I am.../Moments?

It's for A Song for XX.
The I am... / Moments outfit is a golden kinda japanese dress/kimono-like, you only see the top in the picture (she removes the bottom of the dress at the end of Moments)

Is it me or is that Ayu a bit like the TSUKI cover?

With the new costumes it seems pretty sure that she'll be recording these shows. What do others think?

omg this is looking amazing *___* I think I'm gonna die when I go lol

I was scrolling the photos and stopping on each one...are photos still not allowed? I would be happy to try and take pics of the days I attend since I'll probably forget the setlist..... :P

Would you be able to enter the lottery for days you're not going to the concert, but can get to the venue? If so I might enter all 5 days to see if I can win something.

Loving the new setlist and the new look. Long blond hair = perfection.

I saw on twitter japanese fan who went to Yamaguchi show said they will be in Ayu's tour video

I'm just curious to know if 20th anniversary stuffs will be soon announced? If not, i would go for Namie Finally Tour

It could be announced in February easily. I think now it's too early.

Don't think ayu will announce something until the end of this tour

Oh my God. Moments is my all-time favorite song of her and I'm so devastated that I'm unable to see it live. I really hope that there is going to be a broadcast of it at least. I like that setlist a lot more than the one one from chapter 2.

She just posted another photo on Instagram and twitter of the black n white dress :) I love the one she posted of the I Am dress. I wish we could see the top portion better lol I’m very impressed with her costumes this round. And her hair *squeals* I’ve missed her having long hair.

More than 4 pages of out of topic discussion. Please carry on it in the Anything Goes thread where your posts were moved and let this thread to talk about her current concert.

OMG BEYONCE

Ayu doesn't plagiarise artists...

That is not Beyonce.

Yeah, she does. But so do pretty much any popstar

AT02 says hi, girl

Oh please hahahaha

I'm not saying she doesn't (Startin' PV plz) but who did she plagiarize at AT 02? :0

Madonna lol

http://www.idolator.com/wp-content/u...rowned-tour.jp

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/53VzQxeZ0e8/maxresdefault.jpg

like, BLATANLY copied.

Ayu was full late-90's-Madonna mode during 2002 :P

I wonder what the next step is since this tour is mostly like a TA tour. Will she try to go big? Or still do these halls in the 20th?

Lets hope that the good sis Ayu channels her Ray of Light for the upcoming album

I imagine tbh that she did Just the beginning small so that they could use two tours worth of funding on 20th.

It all really depends on what venues are available. Across Japan it's not really a big deal, but as all the places in Tokyo get renovated for the 2020 Olympics, it has created a shortage of venues for sure. I really have no clue when Yoyogi will be back open for use (if at all) before 2020?

I guess that kinda already happened during I am... and RAINBOW :P

xD

Musically though, I wish that she played more with her sound.

She really had been playing it a little too safe since Party Queen aside from some tracks.

I like my Ayu a little on the crazier side too :P

Anyone knows approximately how long is her chapter 3 concert?

The concert itself is probably about 2 hours

Ayu wrote that all band members will attend new year's eve show

That is great!

you choose the wrong words. have you ever watched jóga after Depend on you? it even gives me secondhand embarrassment

^ More like inspired, than really copied imo.

I just realised the similarity there! The idea that ayu (or director Wataru Takeishi) might know Björk just makes me really happy haha I love Björk

me too! I love that fact, even though I think it's heavily inspired by jóga! the thought of Ayu being inspired by her is mindblowing already. but she was in the beginning of her career so it was probably a concept thrown at her by the director.

sorry for being this off-topic, though. I just saw a picture of her on instagram and did she just said that there's 40 dates left? jfc, that's too many!

Probably gonna have a different setlist?

Hurray for the band coming back! It's possible there will be an entirely different setlist, or they'll just be playing live what they pre-recorded for the tour. Either way I'm stoked to see the CDL. I wonder if she'll keep the band members for the rest of the tour...but I have a feeling they're just back special for the CDL and then not until the actual 20th anniversary tour.

Just the beginning - 2017-2018 Secret Chapter -

I wonder if Ayu will sing any xmas songs for 25th show.
https://youtu.be/Opva2Qj3hGg

No, she said it's her 40th show already (which means 20 are left).

I need to stop using instagram's translator lmao

She probably might add one song to the countdown segment?

she will not have countdown segment, live starts at 6

Aww, so this means that it will be the first time since 2000 without a countdown, even if she still has a concert on the 31.