The stage already looks awesome.

I'm so tempted to buy Style off of CDJapan.
The special price just shouldn't be passed up. And Style is an amazing album as well. To this day, I'm still baffled as to why it 'failed'. Just look at (some of) the track list: shine more, so crazy, put em up, come, lovebite, Indy lady.

lol yes, sorry I didn't recognize it at first :rolleyes

Wow, the stage is so huge. >.> Looks like an awesome location too.

Haha, the weather in Japan is the same as here...

Don't worry, I basically had the same reaction, lol. Especially since it doesn't really look like anything at all right now. Nothing is finalized.

I think it was bad timing. That's when Ayu and Utada were still ruling the world.

I never get tired of that album though. Plus the b-sides from that era are just as amazing.

I tried to listen to Style but I didn't like it.
I'm going to try again!

For some reason I thought the 20th Anniversary concert was indoors...I guess this is better than nothing. Outdoors concerts tend to be a bit boring imo. Lighting isn't as controlled, sound is usually worse and there is less possible in terms of stage design.
Of course, you CAN make great use of outdoors venues, too, it's just rare.

Without talking about the weather, which can be kinda unstable and spoil the whole show....

Totally forgot about that :/ Let's hope for the best!

the live's gonna be EPIC. I feel :D

STYLE had some of her best r&b work like Alarm and So Crazy

meh. It was raining at kuu's Dream Music Park, and it was still amazing...

And her set was awesome. But then she was in a stadium I guess.

Watch any artist's concert done outdoors. Majority get caught in the rain. I wonder if it's really a mishap or done on purpose for dramatic effect.

Can't wait for the live!

^ Lol, it would be funny if it were on purpose. Namie would look pretty sexy dancing in the rain. *thinks of "SO CRAZY" video*

I think this situation is a bit different than other artists concerts. Rock bands and whatnot can perform somewhat in Typhoon's, but Namie's show is centered completely around her dancing in stiletto heals. That's dangerous. I can see this show getting rescheduled; either that or they will have to change the show quite a bit I think or put her in tennis shoes the whole time. :) They are going to announce today at 3 whether the show will go on or not.

Raining and in the middle of a typhoon are TOTALLY two different things. You will only get wet when it's raining but you will get blown away or the stage may collapse when there's a typhoon...

and the typhoon is confirmed to hit Ryukyuu Island in the weekend.

It's already raining here in Taiwan

Oh dear, this is NOT good...

UPDATE: Hearing that it's going to be CANCELLED...
(Could anybody translate this, please?)

http://avexnet.or.jp/amuro/info.html#info_1056

Show officially canceled.

Yep, it is cancelled - no news on whether it will be given a new date or not.

edit: It looks like it will NOT be rescheduled. I think a lot of people were probably flying there specifically for this so I suppose changing the date would be too difficult for a lot of people.

The cancel information about the event "namie amuro 20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA"

We decided the cancel of the event "namie amuro 20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA" scheduled to be held outside at a special site in Ginowan Seaside Park in Okinawa on Sunday, September 16.
We took first priority of your safety from the affection of typhoon No. 16 after careful discussion in the "namie amuro 20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA" executive committee meeting.
We are deeply sorry to announce this cancellation to you and please understand this decision from current worst weather situation.
There is no rescheduled concert because of the purpose of this event that the event date is the debut day of 20th anniversary.

:(:(:(
Source: Official FB Page

Its a big shame for the foreign fans but I don't think it's too bad for domestic fans since the dome tour is very soon :)

WOW that must have been a really hard decision for Namie and the staff.

And even harder for the international fans:-(

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...0763533_n1.jpg

RIP The Never-Happened Event

This picture was taken just 30 minutes before the official cancellation announced.

SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

Cancelled? Now I'm really sad. :( That stage looks so amazing that it makes me feel even sadder now. *sob*

So dumb, they should just reschedule or move it to an Arena/Dome. Maybe even use everything prepared for a New Years concert.

"Namie was planned to perform How To Be A Girl, Lets Go, a walk in the park, Chase the Chance and Whisper"

I just saw this on twitter and umm ummm ummmmmmmm!!! :weep :weep :headache

omfg she better perform those + more old hits for the dome tour..and include it on the dvd/blu-ray

She was gonna sing Whisper? D: I hope she sings it at the Dome Tour then ;_;

^OMFG I LOVE WHISPER.

I'm not gonna lie, this is pretty upsetting news. Even though I couldn't attend the concert, I was still hoping for amazing pics.

I also wanted to see her collaborate with the other artists....I'm guessing they won't join her for the dome tours?

Well she already has a Dome tour scheduled and its hard to reschedule something for Okinawa - I would guess around half the people going were going to be flying there.

I guess, just seems such a shame and sooo drastic to just cancel it out right. Hopefully she can add a lot of it into the dome show.

And she was also crying in the backstage

What an anticlimax. So sad. :(

I hope they at least tried to reschedule it and failed because that'd really be the next best option. It's a shame, from what the stage looks like it would've been an epic event.

You can hear part of the rehearsal here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151427131952796

^what is the second song?

I'm so sad that they cancelled the concert but I worry about her more.
I'm all up for not being rescheduled.

Hopefully she sends a message to all her fans ^_^

Alarm was on Queen of Hip-Pop :P

I think it's Whisper from Concentration 20

Oh my...but i think this is the best decision...

:yes My thoughts exactly.
I suppose that wasn't possible though, such a shame!

Oh yea, I was thinking of shine more :P

EXACTLY. It's such ******** that they're saying there's no point in rescheduling because it was supposed to be on her 20th anniversary. Screw you guys, just delay it and have it be a special show. Ugh. Poor Namie.

I would just love to know why would they risk scheduling it outside during typhoon season X_X

Well, this sucks...had they just done a dome concert in the first place...though I guess the dome tour wouldn't have been as special then...

this

what were they thinking:thud

Because it wouldn't have been on her 20th anniversary, you don't understand ...
:P

Yes we know that, but just logically thinking and not even regarding it's a special concert, why would they plan it during typhoon season

**** my life :thud

Wasnt Namie debut in Tokyo or something? And wasn't she ever said she know Tokyo better than Okinawa? Sometimes I wonder why she wanted to do it in Okinawa :laugh

^I think Okinawa just holds a lot of special memories for her. She was born and raised there and held her 15th anniversary (or was it the 14th?) there, so I'm sure it was just a sentimental place for her.

I think it's unfortunate that it was cancelled, but like so many others, I wished they would have moved it to an indoor location.

^ I don't know for sure, but I would imagine that Okinawa does not have a large indoor venue. :(

This really sucks though because I was hoping that we would be getting two completely different shows from her this year. Now probably the Dome tour will become a mishmash of what was supposed to happen in Okinawa and whatever they already have planned for the Dome tour.

I hope it will be a mishmash. Not only because I would like to see what she came up with to perform but also all that hard work of rehearsing would be for nothing.

Damn, sucks that the concert was cancelled! Must be a lot of disappointed fans!

Gosh, If Okinawa was your motherland would u come back to it on ur speacial day??? It hold every little special thing in a person's memory dun u think?

Back then in 2006 she also came back to Okinawa and wrote a short message to her mother at the end of the LIVESTYLE2006 pamphlet.
The message was:

Quote:

How I wish from the bottom of my heart,that we could have sharedthis 15th anniversary with you by my side,wished that you could have witnessed this memorable performance and experienced the moment together.I will sing and hope that my songs will reach you. To My Beloved Mother With love...from my heart. ~ R.I.P~

They didn't move to any indoor venue because Okinawa venue was not big enough for 27,000 people, and also the stage design and everything else related to concert would not fit.
I'm really sad it was canceled due to typhoon, but the decision was reasonable.

to me, it's just damn plain bad luck. If the typhoon arrived a few days earlier or later, none of this will happen! Damn unlucky it hits exactly on sat and sun.....
*SIGH*

Maybe it's just me being optimistic but I feel that Namie loves and respects her fans and will try to find a way to make it up to them. It maybe something in the dome tour or it maybe something else but I just feel confident that she will make it up to us.

^I hope she can do this concert...maybe not the day of the anniversary but some weeks later?Maybe next year?
I hope Namie doesn't feel too sad... u_____u

If they reschedule or not that's up to her.
But she doesn't own us anything.

I hope they'll use the amazing stage for Dome Tour. And keep Whisper in the track list because I really need that live in my life. <3

^Whisper is pretty much flawless.

I could also go for another 'Toi et Moi' performance if she's willing, lol.

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I'm so excited for her Dome Tour and I hope they go all out for it.

Zeebra & Tetsuya Komuro celebrating Namie's 20th anniversary

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...lus/20th31.jpg

I must admit, I was a little sad when I heard they cancelled the 20th Anniversary concert, and I wasn't even going, but it's out of their control

Hope Namie doesn't beat up herself about it too much

There's always the Dome Tour coming up.

Excited to see what they do for that.

20 years wowowoow

Yaaay! Happy official anniversary, Namie. Cheers to 20 years!

And cheers to 20 more!

Happy 20th anniversary to Namie! :heart

What was your first Namie song?

Mine was FUNKY TOWN :D

I can't remember exactly, but it was either Body Feels Exit or Love 2000

Mine was Baby Don't Cry! It played so much on MTV Taiwan and I would always be so excited when I watched the PV! Her gorgeous hair made me a fan :laugh

Mine was WoWa! Haha, I love that MV even to this day.

Happy 20th anniversary Namie!
I think mine was Want me, Want me.

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY!! Mine was Say The Word

I can't believe it's been 20 years already! Happy 20th Anniversary!

I think my first song was Put 'Em Up. Instant love :heart

Honestly? Mine was Come! <3

Happy 20th Anniversary Namie! <3 I believe mine was New Look!

Happy 20th Anniversary!!! <3

I was only 14 when I first knew her now I'm 22! 8 years already!!!

Mine was 'So Crazy"

My very first Namie song was WHAT A FEELING (yeah I'm a recent fan^^)

And here's a pic of the re-issues of her albums/DVDs :

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...00158334_n.jpg
source : Official FB page

Happy 20th Anniversary, Namie~ :heart I still remember when I heard Baby Don't Cry in 2007 and loved it into bits, and I still do. Amazing song indeed. <3

I got to know Namie during Play and my first song was Hide&Seek I liked it a lot^^

Happy 20th Anniversary=)

I don't even remember what song I heard first, was it Say the Word or Never End? I just know it was back in 2002, one of the first Jpop artist I listened to ♥

Can't believe it's been so long already! Happy 20th Anniversary to Namie Amuro!

I think it was Hide & Seek for me. Happy 20th anniversary Namie!

My first Namie song was Put 'Em Up. I saw her perform it on Hey!x3 back when it used to air here.

My first was WoWa a couple months before QoHP came out! ;)

Happy 20th Anniversary to Namie. The first song of hers I heard was Come and my favorite is Body Feels Exit. I regret not liking her music years ago but I love it now.

The first Namie song I ever heard was Come, when it was one of the endings for Inuyasha. At that time I didn't know it was her.

I didn't end up really getting into her until 2008, around the time Best Fiction came out.

Anyway, Happy 20th Anniversary!!

my first song was "SWEET 19 BLUES" in 1997

Happy 20th Anniversary Namie! n.n

Mine was wild. I remember I hated it until I watched the pv.

my first namie song was Do Me More, i watch the VS CM and i was so excited, a fierce woman singing a sexy song

Happy 20th Anniversary!

My friend made me a compilation CD of Namie songs back in 2005 when I was curious to find out who she was. In that CD were some songs that got me hooked immediately, like "WANT ME, WANT ME" and "SO CRAZY". It was love at first... play?

My first song was Queen of Hip-Pop ;) I love her until then

The first song I heard was I Have Never Seen and actually, I didn't like it. I think it wasn't until I saw the Genius 2000 concert and heard other songs that I started liking her.

my first song is funky town ahahaha
happy 20th anniversary namieeee <3<3

My first song was Come, and then Four Seasons... I was a big Inuyasha fan, haha. What really got me hooked though was the PLAY CD; I bought it on iTunes and played the heck out of it. Happy 20th Anniversary to the Queen of Hip-Pop!

Have you listened to this HOT GIRLS's remix?
I find it so cool!
Is it possible to have a rip, please (I don't know how to do that xD)

http://soundcloud.com/uhplus/namie-a...rce=soundcloud

omg i love it !!
Here you go
http://www.mediafire.com/?w0r682nnda55aru

OMG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

My first song was "Tempest" x_x
I joined the Namie fandom rather late hehehehehe

Love this!! Thanks!

Is this a fanmade remix or?

^ it's official! as seen on cdjapan's page http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/rcms/jpop/a...issue0913.html


I honestly can't remember my first na-me-uh song...I'm thinking it was Four Seasons or Come?? but back then I didn't know who she was yet.