OMG. I have never been so disappointed in ticket booking before today. I sat here trying to put in my birthdate only to find out this information AFTER the tickets sold out. *sigh* guess there's always the 2nd batch.

I purchased a tier 3 through the Japanese side a half hour after tickets went on sale.
Tier 3 was still at 11,000
Tier 2 was sold out, and Tier 1 was going for 34,500. I can’t afford that.
While not thrilled that I have a chance at a seat all the way in the back, I justified it because I never win for the 31st, and I usually pay around that amount from a resell for far away seats anyway.

I’m still not a fan of this system, but in the end it worked out for me with this particular show. If this was the case for an ordinary tour I would be annoyed, but as the countdown is special I’ll let it slide.

Now, Tier 3 : ¥ 11,500.
I bought mine for ¥ 10,000.

I am so angry about this and literally having a headache.
I managed to get Tier 2 tickets on hold, and get locked out from the site for 30mins for failing 10 times.
Nothing they do will compensate for this.

Oh no, that's awful!

Theres already resellers selling 2 tickets for 100k :rolleyes

obviously:raincloud

https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1078890

They’ve published a warning about reselling tickets.
It says anyone caught doing that can be kicked out of the fan club.
Also states that taking a screenshot of the ticket will not work for entry.
https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1078890

I can confirm that there is some kind of technology that prevents entry with screenshots of QR codes. A few years ago going to a Namie Amuro concert, my phone was having problems. I was scared I’d lose the QR code because they only allow 1 download of it. So I took a screenshot and emailed it to myself. Well, on the day of the concert my entry was blocked and I had to go on a special line and explain what happened.

For this reason I would not recommend people to buy QR tickets from resellers! Wait until there is an official ticket trading system from avex. I’m positive they will introduce this later on.

So how come this dynamic pricing systme could stops reselling, given that there will be no ID check at the entrance? Even screen shots of the QR code ticket will be prohibited from entry, resellers could sell the accounts which got tickets couldn't they?

"Your ticket(s) will be issued in [at 1 and a half hours before the opening time on the day of the performance respectively].
We will contact you by email when the tickets are issued. You can receive your ticket by using the provided URL."

This is what they wrote in the email after bought the tickets.
Maybe they'll also check your TA membership?

That’s the name of the next countdown/ tour “promised land”. *Sigh* I don’t understand ayu’s fixation on using the Bible concepts on her tours. It’s insulting for Christians everywhere since the word of god is sacred and shouldn’t be mocked. ayu throws herself on a cross, mimics the last supper and now the promised land. I can’t

Are you serious ? She probably named this CDL like this because she made the promise to comeback at the yayogi Arena after it was closed for reconstruction...

You don’t have to

Ayu has no obligation to respect someone else's religious thoughts. Noone has to. Once I talked with chinese fan who said that ayu don't respect muslims with doing (I don't remember what exactly, maybe supporting lgbt) and she just don't want to follow ayu anymore. You guys just want to be offended.

If there's going to be no band at CDL then that is going to be really disappointing. I really missed the band at Power of A^3. If we're not getting any music, then I'd like Blu-ray releases of her concerts (featuring the band).

Not everything is about Christians and religion. Nor has she ever mocked any religions as far as I am concerned. Crosses existed way before Christianity took over the world and had hundreds of thousands of people slaughtered in the name of almighty god. So please just stop right there as this simply isn't the place.

Unlikely for 2 reasons: there will be sales for general public; you can buy up to 4 tickets, so what other 3 people will show?

this is probably the only way that would work. But they need to change their account details to some fake ones first not to get caught or something.

The FUMES :roflmao

I know everything is being quite civil so far, but I'd suggest moving away from this conversation about religion. It never ends well.

SEE YOU ALL @ CDL

It's always possible for them to check the ID and see if it matches with the ticketholder's name.in such cases, if you buy multiple tickets, those people would have to enter with you.

But if that's the case she should've specified that you have to bring your ID to the concert

Does anyone know if there is a broadcast?

The broadcast can be announced up to approximately 2 days before the show, so it's too early now.
Last year's live broadcast was announced on 12.28:
https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1068726

Another way to try and maximize the ticket sales, avex sure wants to milk this as much as possible. Now I am also wondering when'll they start with the TROUBLE 3 lottery considering there is 2.5 months to go...

I wonder why tier 3 still isn't sold out. People want to try to get higher tiers during round 2 first and in a worst case scenario buy tier 3?

May be after the 2nd round TA-only sale's over and T1 & T2 sold out, those who unsuccessfully for these 2 tiers will divert their attention to T3.

and this sends off a signal to avex that there are real fans who are willing to pay 20k+/30k+ for T1 and T2, which means they will start T1+2 prices even higher for second round of sales, until they are either sold out, or no one buys them and switch to T3.

And when T3 rises, unsold T1+2 will start to decrease again until someone is willing to pay a sky high price again.

In short, apart from being an obvious scam, this Tier and dynamic pricing thing is ripping TA fans apart by discrimination and unfairness.
I rather they just zone the front 3 rows as super VIP at a fixed price like 50k with backstage tour or special goods, at least what those people get is something more than the show itself.

It's totally crazy when fans already spent money to get into TA still have to spend hours and hours getting into the system and pay a ridiculous price for a ticket that would eventually be discounted for the public right before the show starts. I'm not sure which part of that is a benefit for paying for a membership.

We don't know how many seats were available for tier 1 and 2 this round.
Maybe they just wanted to try out how much fans are willing to pay?
And then TA round 2 will have more seats available for tier 1 and 2.
But yeah, this system is cringy, cause it isn't fair - the better you stand financially, the better your chances are.

I think they are divided equally.

I wonder if this would happen as T3 tickets are still available but the price haven't gone down. Fans on twitter started to doubt whether this so called dynamic pricing is real AI.

I don't blame them one bit. Real AI or not, it doesn't take a mastermind to piece together the fact that fans are being fucked. In fact, the most loyal fans are the ones most royally screwed.

dez0424 is absolutely correct. Aren't they the first ones out there trying to get T1 tickets? They're the ones that are hit hardest. "Whatever it is I'll pay it".

What an unscrupulous bunch of people.

Fans who failed in getting T1+2 in the second round will start to get nervous for not getting a seat at all and decide to get T3 tickets.
Then here comes Public sales, they found themselves lucky to get a hand on T1/2, and one of the below happens:

a) resell T3 tickets to someone, get caught, and have his/her TA account banned.
b) resell T3 tickets to someone, get caught, and the buyer changes your TA password as revenge.
c) get the T1/2 tickets and celebrate empty T3 seats in the venue.
d) don't proceed to payment, be a good kid and stick to T3 bitterly before getting paranoid with grudge while looking at people down there in T1+2, thinking how unfair life is and cannot concentrate during show.

I guess I'll be D.
and eventually stop going to shows because this mess ain't worth it.

This new system sounds so stressful! I always thought the lottery system seemed quite fair even if it didn't stop scalpers.

This was so stressful!

My roommate and I logged on at the same time, he got through I got the busy signal. He was able to order two Tier 1 tickets 30,000 yen each.

I’m going to the US this year so if they don’t do this system again, I guess I missed out on my chance to get great seats lol.

:clapclap Same thinking here...

I don't think the current Tier 1 ticket will come with anything, except QR code that displayed on phone :think

I want to buy Tier 3 butthe site says mi credit card isn't registered. I tried to register it many times but it doesn't work. I need this ticket so much!!!! Life s*cks!!

Ayu used the phrase "poker face" written in Katakana (ポーカーフェイス) on her latest Facebook post... maybe it's a hint that poker face will be on the setlist. Or maybe I'm reaching haha

https://www.facebook.com/ayu.officia...65515403466556

She also said something about 7 faces and posted 7 photos

Will the tickets be available at Konbinis???

She just says that her expressions don't change that much (=poker face) compared to Gori-chan who shows many different expressions

Did you see that prices changed?
Tier 1 -38000 yen, Tier 2 - 25 300.

Coming to 40000 😳

Tier 3 is sold out. So, all the tickets that were planned for round 1 are finally sold out.

I'm kinda glad I went to see her earlier in the year, this new system sounds so stressful and expensive. When I went to pick up my TA tickets at Trouble tour no one asked to see my passport or my phone/the TA app, I just showed them my print out and they went and got my tickets for me. It was so easy and we still ended up in the 12th row. Why do they have to fix something that's not broken?

Seems theres a live board cast for promised land.... looking forward

It's good that we're getting a live broadcast, it was to be expected. What's not good is that it's a paid TV broadcast, not free AbemaTV Internet one.
Anyway here's the news: https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1078978

Well, if the sound of the broadcast will not be as terrible as Abema's last year video, I'm okay with waiting a little to see the video.

The video quality will be higher as well. It's just that I wanted to celebrate the New Year watching this live like I did last year.

^ same. I was so excited to watch it live last year, but I’m happy to have any broadcast. The higher quality hopefully will be worth waiting for. Also I noticed that they’ve reserved a 4 hour time slot...I know the first 30 min will be crowd shots and they tend not to start exactly on time...but I’m curious to see how long the CDL is.

Totally fine with that. Abema was crappy. You can watch it live if you use something like iSakura.

From what I see it allows a 3-day trial for new users for $3, that sounds really interesting if it gives me an option to watch the countdown in good quality.

^ I've used it before. As long as you have a fast internet connection, the quality is pretty high.

do we know if the link to go for tickets (livepocket) is still the same for the 2nd wave of tickets? (separate links for in Japan and overseas) or if it's all through the special yahoo site now?

Second round:

[Application period]
2019/12/6 (Friday) 19:00～

Starting prices are revealed: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/yaf4p
¥39,700
¥ 28,800
¥ 11,000

Will break 40000

good LORD tier 1 tickets for overseas sold out before I could even choose payment. Thankfully I did accomplish getting tier 2 tickets. \o/ see you guys there! Now it's time to wonder when merch sales will start and if there will be more than 1 day to stand in the line, haha!

Tier 1 and 2 are sold out.

Well, this sure set a precedent in the "shit they know they can get away with" department.

Looking forward to the live broadcast though!!

Thus Ayu learned how to make more money from touring and never felt the need to release music again.

Trouble Tour ~till the end of time~

I wish she would do 7 Deadly Sins for this live?!

I've always felt Ayu's lottery ticket prices seemed relatively cheap compared to lots of western concerts so not too surprised by the change. It also means instead of resellers making money reselling seats in good places, Ayu and Avex can make that money in the first place?
Although if some of the money from the tiered prices went to the stage design and some cool new performances... :D

I still cannot register my VISA card so I think I wont be able to buy Tier 3. This is soooo sad ������

This will sound crazy but I will be at Yoyogi on December 31st, if someone buys an extra Tier 3 ticket, I can give him/her the money there.

I AM CRAZY AND FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS!! My first time in Japan and I cannot see Ayu ������

Maybe use someone else's card, people you trust, like your relatives or friends?

All tickets for round 2 are sold out.

I've tried with different cards but it's the same. Maybe because I am from South America and cards have different code numbers???

Shouldn’t matter, however it’s worth checking with your bank as they might be blocking what they consider suspicious transactions. If they are not then you might want to consider another bank...

^ lol she looks sixteen in the first pic

Yupe, like njanjayrp's advice, call your issuance bank ask for reason, could be they block what they consider suspicious transactions.

Did mine once (some kind of online subscription - monthly), transaction blocked then I call my bank and they removed the red flag on that transaction and no more trouble in all future charge until I cancel.

Back to brunette!

I hate those Versace sneakers lol.
She looks good though. I feel like it’s rare for her to wear green

Love the color and the cut !

Thought the same lol She's getting ready to portray herself in the M dorama lol

I love her dark hair :luv2

Wow, she is looking amazing in those pictures!

Yahoo presale has started.
Tier 1 was listed for a second and by the next refresh was sold out.
Tier 3 are the only tickets left.

https://ticket.yahoo.co.jp/tour/00004450/

For the 'General Sales' round, can us foreigners just try and buy directly from the website or do we need any specific accounts (i.e. the Yahoo etc)?

no she looks like 14.

Hello!! In order to buy tickets at Yahoo.jp you need a "Yahoo ID" which is a kind of username and password from this site. The negative point is that it is in Japanese only.

The show will also be broadcast live through streaming service called "dTV":
https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1079286
Japan only, 31 day free trial.

I think they broadcasted a-nation a few years ago.

I really hope she sings heartplace. It's one of my favourites especially if she sings it to the final end with the last wo parts.

Tour goods are out. I wonder why they dont have light stick this time

I wish I was there :O


Plus there is friend refferal/new registration gift (original travel case) at the venue:
https://m.imageimg.net/upload/artist...2207f9986c.jpg




They will also sell a few Trouble Tour Goods including the light fan

I love the cap! The goods are really few aren’t they? Maybe they’ll announce more in the next days, was hoping for a parka

Dynamic Pricing has FINALLY DROPPED THROUGH THE STANDARD PRICING!!!

Tier 3 was 11,000yen.
and now.....


it's 10,900yen

Not only that, tickets for all three tiers are available again, if somebody wanna grab one.

I love the bowl with that low-key design!
The shirt on the other hand isn't flattering.

Wow a whole 100 yen dynamic pricing is revolutionary.

Not that the public sales are open it's surprising tier 3 isn't sold out. People are reluctant to buy bad seats? They used to know they have some chance to get a decent seat with a lottery, but now it's impossible.

I understand why these rules are in place, but it’s kind of weird to have a meet and greet where you can’t touch, talk or take a photo with the artist... it’s a cool idea that they want to do a meet and greet, but maybe they should have limited the participants to like 10 or 20 people so they could have the full experience?

It's a meet and greet with none of the greet.

Meeting Ayu at the train station/airport is definitely a better deal, and it's free.

This one is also free if you don´t count the TA membership fee. You don´t need a ticket for the concert for the meet & greet

You don't? My mistake. That's kind of cool that they grab 500 people from TA for the meet and greet!

Where are the tour goods? Or am I blind?

It reminds me of awkward pictures of fans with Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears where it was forbidden to touch them, so there's a distance between them on photos.