Ayu at a-nation '10 - setlist, photos, and etc. [II]
 

Setlist


Video clips


Audio rips


Photos


http://www.wowow.co.jp/pg/detail/051380001/index.php

a-nation '10 will be broadcast on September 25th on WOWOW.

http://www.mediafire.com/?4ke5a53w104i8oe

Previous threads
Ayu to appear at a-nation '10

I didn't check out the setlist too thoroughly before, but she's really hamming up some classics there. "Back to the roots", indeed.

September is going to be an amazing month.

^ Agree with you...!! =D
Anyone here who saw crossroad performance at Nagoya? I'm curious about how great the full song is!!! o_o

BTW... is there any way to see it through internet on September 25?? ^o^

September's going to be quite awesome! Starting off with miwa and Sayuri Sugawara, next comes Arashi, then goes the good-bye of Rina Aiuchi, and then, after all those, it's Ayu's show to move on!

I think the best goes for last - Ayu's 49th and 50th singles should suit it! But first we've got a-nation to do...

^ ya?? i'm so surprised people aren't bursting to hear it

also in early October with the R'n'RC Final Tour ~7daysSpecial~

I wonder what'll happen in November/December.

Album and CDL prep, please~

maybe late October / early November could have something to do with her secret project from the trip to Hong Kong ^^

why does she sing surreal and evolution she can't sing them live anymore with her vibrations in her voice and screaming its very bad she should sing different songs that suit her voice like the songs on a song for xx. she is back in a song for xx era again anyways she should sing You or from your letter they would be more fitting.

maybe they have scheduled some type of 50th Single anniversary Tour to start in Asia and to end at Yoyogi with the 10th anniversary CDL 2010-2011 #speculationtime xD

We've been over it so many times. SURREAL and evolution are some of her biggest hits, people have loads of fun during those songs and love it when she performs them - they're not about singing, but the atmosphere. ASFXX songs suit her voice? :rolleyes

Really shocking pic the coffin one!....

Thanks for the info & photos!

maybe she'll do as in 2006.
we'll have no winter single but a winter song+pv that will be in a new album.^^

And actually from members of Mixi, they've been saying her voice during these two songs is great, much better than usual, and her energy during evolution when she says "Come on!!" is full power. I talked with someone who went, and she said it's the most energetic and great vocal she experienced of evolution and SURREAL.

not too excited at the set list but I'm glad some of her old songs are there
YAY FOR SURREAL

oh man her body *drools* she looks good

Those pictures are so full of energy, I love them:D
And the outfits are pretty, all of them:yes

Please dont make me so hyped up :thud

that is shocking and wonderful to hear. hopefully it isn't someone who gives too many complements. haha

i went to a-nation in nagoya, maybe i will write a report later. she sang CROSSROAD and her voice was absolutely amazing!

Japanese ayu fans really really love ayu, so even if her voice is not that great, it's fantastic in the mind. LOL... so I don't know how much I can believe her, but anyways, I think we can see that Ayu has really been taking care of her voice, and after she admitted that she didn't take care of her voice in the past, she's really been doing everything she can. She doesn't drink alcohol anymore (and maybe, she got rid of her refrigerator of beer LOL) and she is living a life completely about singing... So I kind of believe that her voice is the best it has been in years.

YES PLEASE!! is there any way we can hear it??

I can't wait to see Ayu's performance! I LOVE the setlist and I'm reli looking forward to "Microphone", "A Song for XX", "MOON" and "blossom" most!!! :heart

Yes she does! :lech

Huh? She does not drink alcohol anymore? Where did you get that idea?

Aw, I'm sure she gave it her all during evolution performance! Can't wait to hear and see that one :yes.

I would love if you wrote a report and described more of what crossroad sounded like!
Also I just need to say it's really confusing me how this woman is (almost) 32 years old.. I swear she looks at least 10 years younger than her real age in the a-nation pics!

She might be aging a bit, yet she might still look young to us; in the future, when she gets into the 40s or 50s, maybe she could be the next Seiko Matsuda...

why does she put lots of extra things on her hair? Hmm

In TA Diary, Ayu herself mentioned that she's been staying off alcohol throughout the tour (which was why she got so easily drunk during the afterparty :tipsy)

Might be interessting to know, when we can see it... can't wait to watch her performancs.

To make it look ~*PRETTY*~

And yeah, recently she has been saying that she won't drink alcohol much anymore, and that she is like "prohibiting" herself. （禁酒）And when she recently had the finish party, like explained before, she got drunk easily, so went home early from the party. She just drinks tea or something now whenever they go out, according to her twitter posts.

I wish august could stop now, and septembre could start tomorrow.. I can't wait!

Yeah.. now you are mentioning it...

I think she's starting a bit of a "change" for Ayu - from the young heydays, now today it's different...

I can't wait to see the performances!

Thanks for the pic! The coffin is stunning!

oh~ thanks for the information

i am glad that she stopped drinking. alcohol shrinks your vocal cords for a period of time and also scorches the crap out of them. :x
does anyone know if she smokes?

^I hope she's not.

Well, I have seen some pics of Ayu with a cigarette in her hands, but these pics are from years ago and also don't mean that she ever was or is a heavy smoker!

Here (the second pic on the right side):

http://img293.imageshack.us/i/dejidejidiary2403.jpg/

I'd like to think that because she seems almost frantic in protecting her voice, and giving the best voice possible, she has stopped all of these activities. After Microphone, I think she made a statement like "Okay I devote my entire life to music from here on out" kind of thing. Not that she didn't already, but this time it was really a strong strong statement, in that she stopped even drinking.

And you know what, in Japan, before stopping drinking, it would be more easier to stop smoking, because there is a society called like Alcohol Communication, where drinking is supposed to make communication much better. Personally, I think it's stupid, but still so many people practice it, so it's hard to get away from drinking. So what I'm trying to say is if she stopped to drink to the alcohol, then I'm sure she stopped to smoke the cigarettes.

Best a-nation outfits since...umm, wow...can't remember.

Yes, I also don't think that Ayu is still smoking and I'm pretty sure, that she never was a heavy smoker.
I don't know why, it's just my impression. I could be wrong, of course...!

In the end, it's her life and she can do whatever she wants. It's not up to us to decide for her!

I think it too.
Otherwise her voice will be similar to Anna Tsuchiya's one I think.

^^But her voice has kinda drastically changed over the years...I KINDA miss the LOVEppears voice.

she smokes or drinks, is her bussiness.

it's her life and she can do whatever she wants as long as it doesn't affect her voice IMO

Thanks Midori-chan :) I hope she'll not smoking and drinking ever again after this..

can't wait!! but does she have another eye color? It doesn't look brown... ^^

You know that both smoking AND drinking can severely affect one's voice, right?
Therefore your post is completely hypocritical.

I do agree with your thoughts :yes

^^:roflmao
If you overdoit yes it will affect your voice but
I don't think she's a chain smoker and an alcoholic.
We have seen photos and pictures where she's drinking and smoking and yes
Her voice has changed but by growing older your voice changes.
Therefore her voice has gotten deeper and we can assume is not by drinking and smoking.

I'm not a doctor and I don't you think are either but
is all common sense and therefore this post is a matter of opinion.

thanks for your time

I'm sorry, then by your logic, Matsuda Seiko should already have a voice like a man...
But actually, her voice still sounds like she was 10 or 15 years ago...

Ayu herself admitted she didn't take care of her voice before...
Smoking and drinking negatively affect the voice, no matter what's the amount you do.
Her voice has changed too much just to blame "Aging."
Aging doesn't make your voice sound like you are dying (HANABI at ANation 08 and AT08.)

Anyways, it's boring to talk about it now.

I really really love the A-Nation costumes this time.. it seems like Ayu is really on point this time, and it seems like she's back in charge of every aspect, like even with her voice... it's really refreshing and exciting.

Everyone changes differently but I'm not a doctor and I'm not an avid smoker.
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I want the rainbow strap but 22USD is pretty steep.

I have a question!

Do they sell the goods outside and you can buy it even if you don't have the tickets?

There we go - a question NOT regarding on smoking/alcohol - but I have never visited a Japanese location except for a stopover at Narita Airport back in 2000, so does anybody have any details?

^ I totally agree, with you!!!!
Why do people always think her voice has changed because of alcohol and cigarettes? And Matsuda Seiko's voice has nothing to do with Ayu's voice. It's normal that your voice changes over the time and it's different how much you can hear it by every person.
For example: I watched an old video of my Mom from 15 years ago and I was like that: 0.0 because her voice sounded different than today (and yes, she doesn't smokes or drinks!)
Furthermore I think if Ayu enjoyes drinking or smoking from time to time she is allowed to do so. I myself drink or smoke from time to time at a party, what means once in one or two month. Thats not much and I really love it to have a good party. Like many people love to party. And if Ayu wants to have fun from time to time by drinking or smoking at a party I think she deserves it.

Finally! :thud Thanks!
People have mentioned it countless times but never posted the picture! XD

As far as I know yes, you can buy the goods even without having the tickets.

I am so excited to see this when it airs! The track list is long (as usual), but seems longer to me than in the past even! I love the outfits! They seem different and fun! I love the pink dress and she's ADORABLE in that yukata!! :heart

She looks adorable in the yukata :3

wow LOVE THE BLACK DRESS!! she is burning hot!! :D

I NEED to see the coffin performance!!!

But why I can't see the pic...?

Nice, from the pictures it seems it was so powerful and full of energy. Love the costumes too! Can't wait for it!

Glad to see some classic songs in that setlist. :)

I'm actually very impressed with the outfits. The onlyyy thing I could do without is the big bow in her encore outfit. :P But! I love everything else. And that black dress? Sexy. That woman has ana amazing figure for someone her height. Seriously, I'd kill for her legs. :laugh

Thanks!

omg...i totally wanna hear ur take on it

It seems like a very happy setlist

live cam outside of Nagai stadium - via USTREAM -
maybe we could "hear" a-nation concert???

http://ustre.am/jZnY

I wonder if they'll really leave it on for the concert. I remember last time I watched one of these live things from a-nation they didn't. How long til it starts?

So for 2,000 yen, at the Osaka a-nation, there's a make up booth where you can get made up like ayu. Haha.

I assume it's using Rimmel products, and apparently it wasn't at the previous a-nation concerts.

I wonder if a lot of people will do it...most people have make up on by the time they're at the concert anyway haha.

^
wahh that's nice...
I wish there are fans who appear in Ustream interview with Ayu's look haha XDD

Wow, I would love to spend 2000 yen for the make up just like Ayu for a day :D

woot!!

I... totally forgot she was doing an early October tour o_o; or even more dates for the R'n'RC promotional tour. oh sweet mercurial jesus, this latter half of 2010 is going to be awesome for ayu fans.

her costumes look a lot nicer this year than previous a-nations, IMO. there's something more polished or refined about the look, i can't really explain it. and dawwwww, yukata :3

That's the official avex channel. Just an information channel, really, not the actual concert. avex even says when you go in "Fancams are illegal. Help us out by reporting them" or something.

I think...

Aw, I wanna get made up like ayu :3

The black tight fitting dress is nice! Lighter eye makeup would be better for her, as she looked much older with such heavy makeup :(

^Stage performances require heavy make-up...

the CD(or is it DVD?) will release soon
a-nation'10 Best Hit Live [w/ T-shirt, Limited Edition]
Release Date 2010/11/24

According from a-nation staff, Ayu was spotted holding JYJ's uchiwa. Her fangirling never fails to disappoint me :laugh :heart

The CD should've been out by now, could be the DVD ^^

Hahahaha!
I always love ayu's fangirling

here's the picture of ayu holding JYJ Uchiwa

http://j.imagehost.org/0297/ayujyjuchiwa.jpg

credit: dcinside + wickedinutopia @ Twitter

^ Thanks for sharing, I was about to post it :laugh Our crazy Ayu <3

i am surprised she sang so many songs. i have always thought that singers just sing two or three songs each at a nation cos there are so many singers performing.

now only i realize that both CD and DVD are open for pre-order

I love Ayu fangirling~♥
but now she's fangirling JYJ but not THSK. I wonder who is she reli support :P

JEJUNG

^ haha how u can be so sure..hehe..
wanna know who's her fave member tho..but it's never been revealed..
haha XD

here's one pic of Ayu on today's a-nation Osaka
taken by co-ceo of avex, Chiba Ryuuhei

it's so small haha XD

Credit: 858bati @ Twitter
Original source: Chiba Ryuuhei's Official Twitter
http://j.imagehost.org/0021/ayuanationosaka2nd.jpg

wonder what song she's singing.the male dancers are half naked again XD

I hope so too :D

Jaeyumi is back XD

*cough*JAEJOONG not JEJUNG please*cough*

Her Majesty... Good description :laugh

it's kinda unfair that Doragon san taking Ayu's pic from a long distance LOL..
can't see Ayu's face at all *joke*

I also preffer Jaejoong or Hero...
Please someone record crossroad!!!!

well, any more a-nation pics?

Oh, I would soooooo get this.

I :heart Ayu's make-up and 2,000 yen is quite cheap too!

i want crossroad too XD

and in that pics,looked like they were wearing the outfit for DLB in RnRC Tour ^^

Kawaii! :luv2
Ayu-chan is such a cute fangirl! :D