ayumi hamasaki 〜POWER of MUSIC〜 2011 A II
 

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Tour Dates :
[ Moved ] 2011/4/9 (Sat) Saitama Super Arena 17:30 / 18:30 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/10 (Sun) Saitama Super Arena 15:00 / 16:00 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/16 (Sat) Nagoya Gaishihoru 17:30 / 18:30 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/17 (Sun) Nagoya Gaishihoru 15:00 / 16:00 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/23 (Sat) Osaka jo Hall 17:30 / 18:30 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/24 (Sun) Osaka jo Hall 15:00 / 16:00 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/29 (Fri.) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena 17:30 / 18:30 →
[ Moved ] 2011/4/30 (Sat) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena 15:00 / 16:00 →
2011/5/7 (Sat) Hiroshima Green Arena 17:30 / 18:30
2011/5/8 (Sun) Hiroshima Green Arena 15:00 / 16:00
2011/5/14 (Sat) Yokohama Arena 17:30 / 18:30
2011/5/15 (Sun) Yokohama Arena 15:00 / 16:00
2011/5/21 (Sat) Marine Fukuoka 17:30 / 18:30
2011/5/22 (Sun) Marine Fukuoka 15:00 / 16:00
2011/5/28 (Sat) Osaka jo Hall 17:30 / 18:30
2011/5/29 (Sun) Osaka jo Hall 15:00 / 16:00
2011/6/4 (Sat) Yokohama Arena 17:30 / 18:30
2011/6/5 (Sun) Yokohama Arena 15:00 / 16:00
[ new ] 2011/6/18 (Sat) Marine Messe Fukuoka 17:30/18:30
[ new ] 2011/6/19 (Sun) Marine Messe Fukuoka 15:00/16:00
2011/6/25 (Sat) Fukui dome 17:30 / 18:30
2011/6/26 (Sun) Fukui dome 15:00 / 16:00
[ Cancelled ] 2011/7/2 (Sat) Sekisuihaimu super arena 17:30 / 18:30
[ Cancelled ] 2011/7/3 (Sun) Sekisuihaimu super arena 15:00 / 16:00
2011/7/13 (Wed) Nagoya Gaishihoru 17:30 / 18:30
2011/7/14 (Thu) Nagoya Gaishihoru 17:30 / 18:30
2011/7/23 (Sat) Yoyogi National First Gymnasium 17:30 / 18:30
2011/7/24 (Sun) Yoyogi National First Gymnasium 15:00 / 16:00
2011/9/30 (Fri) Osaka jo Hall 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/1 (Sat) Osaka jo Hall 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/5 (Wed) Shizuoka Ekopa arena 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/6 (Thu) Shizuoka Ekopa arena 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/12 (Wed) Nagoya Gaishihoru 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/13 (Thu) Nagoya Gaishihoru 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/18 (Tue) Saitama Super Arena 17:30 / 18:30 ←
2011/10/19 (Wed) Saitama Super Arena 17:30 / 18:30 ←

【Rescheduled Dates】
・2011/4/9 (Sat) Saitama Super Arena ⇒ 2011/10/18 (Tue) Saitama Super Arena
・2011/4/10 (Sun) Saitama Super Arena ⇒ 2011/10/19 (Wed) Saitama Super Arena
・2011/4/16 (Sat) Nagoya Gaishihoru ⇒ 2011/10/12 (Wed) Nagoya Gaishihoru
・2011/4/17 (Sun) Nagoya Gaishihoru ⇒ 2011/10/13 (Thu) Nagoya Gaishihoru
・2011/4/23 (Sat) Osaka jo Hall ⇒ 2011/9/30 (Fri) Osaka jo Hall
・2011/4/24 (Sun) Osaka jo Hall ⇒ 2011/10/1 (Sat) Osaka jo Hall
・2011/4/29 (Fri.) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena ⇒ 2011/10/5 (Wed) Shizuoka Ekopa arena
・2011/4/30 (Sat) Shizuoka Ecopa Arena ⇒ 2011/10/6 (Thu) Shizuoka Ekopa arena

Tour Goods
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108786

previous thread
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107011

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Good on her :) I am glad she is sacrificing her first few concerts. Hopefully this will also means added rehearsal to improve the show.

Postponed or canceled o.o oh man

はい。RT @RRC0613: @ayu_19980408 タイトル変わるの(*^^*)？

It seems that the title of the tour will be changed!! I know this should be posted to the twitter thread under celebrity news, but it is related to the tour so I hope it's all right. Anyway I am a little shocked, and start wondering what the new title will be...

hmm.. they have to cancel. there isnt anyway for ayu to start her tour at Saitama. :( Hopefully its just postponed and not cancelled.

so... it wouldn't be tour to support the album? 4 months after release that's really too late

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free days
2011/06/11 - 2011/06/12
2011/06/18 - 2011/06/19
some concerts may be moved here

Maybe "Tour of HOPE" or something like this. ^^

I don't think it's too late.

I think it's better they push back some of the earlier dates because of all the earthquakes and tsunamis, etc. Japan is still in shock, trying to recover.

It just makes sence that they postpone/cancell the first dates. I'm happy to hear this actually. It's good that they don't have any concerts now that takes massive amounts of electricity when Japan need to save it as much as possible.

Changing the title are they? Hmm, interesting.

The delay was expected, but it's nice to see an official confirmation. Thanks for the updated post.

I wonder if the title change has to do with the delay (switch from Love songs to support a new project) or the conservation of resources (can't do the grand hotel theme).


I kind of hope she doesn't do something like this unless she's planning on donating a significant amount of the merchandising proceeds to charity. It kinda squicks me out otherwise.

a nice tittle would be: Love Songs ~HOPE HOTEL~

Whoa... I'm quite surprised at this - I did not even expect they're going to delay for a month. I thought they would be delayed by a week, but instead, it's a month-long delay. And I'm quite surprised they're even cancelling/postponing Osaka!!! Well, obviously Saitama's a no-go, and Nagoya and Shizuoka now even in the red...

should be "LOVE & HOPE" Tour
thanks for sharing!

From what I understood reading her twitter she's not only going to change the tour name but also many performances in it. It's going to become a complete different tour from the one it has to be O_O

Anyway, I'm glad she decided to postpone it. I'm proud of her ^^

Honestly these concerts dont do anything to album sales, if anything, the album promotes the (more successful) tour.

I hope all the changes are for the better!

I thought the same =) http://twitpic.com/4e97os

So she is changing the tour name... hmm.. I wonder what are little ayumi has up her sleeve..

And cancel/postponing the first few tours, pretty cool, although i think she had to since the space was no longer there...

The tour isn't even meant to promote the album, it gives people who bought and liked the album a chance to hear the tracks live and enjoy the visual aspect and atmosphere of the concerts.

I want to know the new tour name ! maybe something relates to HOPE!

My thought exactly. I mean... It's good to push the dates b/c of what has happened, but to change the name? Ummm... naaaah... not really into that. I like the meaning behind HOTEL Love Songs

I don't want to sound heartless, but adding "HOPE" to the name sounds really unoriginal. If she changes the name, change it well. Like... JAPAN Love Songs or something but not "hope" >.<

I don't think it's conservation or whatever. I think Ayu believes it's not the time to have like Hotel Love Songs tour, because people call it Love Hotel Tour, etc, and actually it's just bad feeling right now... I think it needs to be more serious, with a better message than hotel and fun feeling... it's like what she did with I Am... album. She made it more serious and have a message. I'm not saying that Hotel Love Songs tour might not have a good message or something, but it just needs to be more meaningful, because many people in Japan have lost their homes and everything they have, and so... I don't know how to explain in english ahaha, but it's the right decision.

"It's not just one part, everything about the performance will changem(_ _)m @t_a_k_echan: @ayu_19980408 Even if you change one part of the tour, there's no mistaking that it'll be such great entertainment. I'm really look forward to the day we can meet."

"Yes, I am. RT @mari4649mari: @ayu_19980408 It's awesome! From now, you're gonna change everything, and you're going to make it in time for May?"

It seems like she is changing everything about the tour, so perhaps Hotel Love Songs didn't fit the tour contents any longer.

I agree with everything you said here.


@maikaru thanks for those translations! Wow, I'm surprised. I hope she makes it in tiem and I really look forward to how it will be .

Maybe she'll actually move in a new direction again, like in 2001? I wouldn't be surprised.

Even though I stick to my previous comment, I agree with you. And I think the tour might sold more if she'd change... well, pretty much everything. Make it Japan-themed :) People would appreciate it.

wow she really wanna change everything!
it's not gonna be about Love songs album then?

what fo you mean? I can't remember 2001 %)

Reffering to the I am... -year. Ayu, after 911, chose to go with a different theme with the I am... -CD. She changed the covers, even though they already had everything set for another theme. She made it about peace (with the dove etc.) and wrote the song A Song is Born.

^correct me if I'm wrong

^oh, I see... thanks

ARENA TOUR 2011 ~Love songs for JAPAN~ ok sounds cheesy. but i find it a pity that she spent so much time rehearsing and then she decides to change everything. all effort gone down the drain. :(

i think we can expect a less lavish concert set up this year.

Actually I'm half expecting an opening like the one in dome tour.

I want her to do STADIUM TOUR 2011~HOPE
And i would love it to happen during the day

Don't lose your hope yet. She might still use some or use them another time/year. :)

time for a change. time to not sing boys and girls, evolution, and audience for once.

^ It'd be silly to exclude those songs :no They're fan favourites and more importantly, concert-goer favourites. And singing uplifting songs like those that really unite the crowd would be really great at such a time in Japan.

But it's really interesting that she's changing things up so significantly. Can't wait to see what'll happen, but I think we're all going to be curious about what the (now-mythical) HOTEL Love songs tour would have been like :P

So first, I knew it would be postponed, but then I did not even knew that the Osaka, Nagoya and Shizuoka concerts in April are about to be postponed also. Now I'm hearing that the concert stage could be redesigned? Now what in the world is that? Of course we here at AHS are not part of the stage staff, so this means that even I'm not seeing the stage that would have been used had the earthquake and tsunami did not happen...

:yes You are right and i agree with 100% Do not add HOPE or anything.. its jsut.. no.. thats not the theme of the album or anything like that. But i dont know what she is going to change it to, but of course with Love Songs you can have any kind of theme.

:headache I dont want to fly all the way out there and not hear evolution.. the other two im fine with, but she has to sing the staple song for sure.

I honestly really don't think this tour is about Love Songs album anymore. She's been really impacted by the tsunami and earthquake, and she's been talking about giving hope and love to everyone recently. Everything she is posting in Twitter points to this theme, so I know some of you guys don't want it, but I really think this time the concert's theme is gonna be "Hope." I mean even her charity t-shirt has just "Hope" on it.

^ you give solid reasons...
I hope she donates money and stuff with it too.

Maybe she'll do two tours. Like in 2002 -> Arena Tour and Stadium Tour. Love song tour and Japadium tour ;)

Actually, I'd like that. As long as she won't call it "Japadium Tour" :cool

I am actually touched by her decision to change this year's stage, theme, title and everything. I think Love songs is a good album, but right now Japan and everyone impacted by the earthquake and tsunami need something more than that. I think the main message would be using music to deliver love and hope.

Yeah I'd really like two tours too. And maybe some of the profit can go to charity?

Oh man! She should totally extend the tour into the fall and winter. and then have like the GRAND final be the countdown..
Epic.

I'm not sure if I agree with that, especially when anything could come at any time, and really here in the world it can be completely unpredictable...

craap. i hope those cancelled dates will be replaced soon

article on yahoo about postponement
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...0585-bark-musi

so sorry they cancelled all the first dates..

I think it's sad that they had to cancel the first dates, but I am very surprised and touched by their / her decision to change everything about the tour.. Music always gives me a lot of hope and strenght, I hope for all the people in Japan it will work the same way. Do you think she will have a smaller stage than normal? I mean, normally she has this big stage, effects and much costume changes. But if this tour will be mainly about hope and comforting people, I think maybe it will look different? Plus, they might still have this electricity problem.
2 tours would be a lot of work to do, but if she could really manage to do it, it'd be so great if she could give some part of the money she earns with it to the victims.

She's doing the right thing.

I'm liking that she's changing the theme of the tour. Even more honoured that I'll hopefully get to watch it in July!

I still think that Ayu should have an outside tour. For me it's like... Japan it's known for it's nature, you know? For me, outside would make more sense.

And knowing Ayu, she'd give out money (the tour makes) to charity.

I think Sandy means an outdoors tour, not and oversea one

Is it confirmed she's changing it?

^ She was tweeting something about changing, but I havent seen the tweets where she is talking about the tour...

I hope she does the original theme this year as well though... Like have one massive show at the dome, maybe?

Is not because avex, is because some useless media who want to detract the reality.

I think the new title will probably have "HOPE" in it since her charity t-shirts say "HOPE for JAPAN"

^ I agree that this is a bad situation, but put yourself in the shoes of avex management. Of course they would rather have ayu do the tour as planned, this is the way the company earns money. But in the last two weeks there were new news about earthquakes and Fukushima nuclear plant coming nearly every 4 hours. Everything was uncertain, and that was not avex' fault, nobody knew what would happen next.

But make the annotation that Ayu's concerts were not the single event to take place in Saitama arena.
Do you think that someone will dare to push those people away in their situation? I wonder who came with this ~brilliant~ idea at first, the victims will stay in there the time the goverment says to be required, and not, is not three days.

And for the people from overseas who is already in Japan is a shame, but they might see the situation, Saitama is close to the affected area.

A whole new concert? Wow this is very interesting!!

I am very curious to see what happens. This is the first Ayu concert I am getting to go to (it's my graduation present) I will be at the June 4 show.

It would be so very cool if she wrote a new song for the efforts! Like A Song is Born. I hope that no more dates get cancelled ... I would be heartbroken if I wasn't able to see her this year. I worry she could stop touring at any time now.

Also, I agree that having HOPE in the the tour name would be really good.

Maybe she just calls it "ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2011 A". Simple. x3

And I really want to see a similar theme than Dome Tour 2001 had. *_*

Man, poor Ayumi doesnt get a break does she?

But avex could of said something earlyer. I know everything was uncertain but there is no way that everything could get back to normal by the time that the concert was suppose to be held their. As soon as they found out that people were staying in those area because of this, they should of put postponed for those dates.

Poor planing on avex's part.

I posted them earlier...

This has nothing to do with Avex. It's the idiot media.

Ayu seems to be getting picked on heavily by the media anyway. I'm sure any ammunition the media could use on her they will. The delayed news is just a reason to tell blatant lies about her because as ANY fan would know, Ayu news is almost always late now a days. Is that bad on her management's part, yes. But I doubt they were sitting on their asses, twiddling their thumbs and wasting time. I'm sure they were trying to work something out behind the scenes but because of media pressure, they put out a cancellation notice.

I should rephase my words. Ayu's management.
There was already news from koda kumi management 1 week ago that her tour, first few dates will be postponed, i don't really understand why ayu management had to take so long, cutting it so close to the dates.

The media and people will just attack her, instead of her management.
Ayu- scapegoat.
This is what I am not happy about. Being a management, you should not only look out for your company interest, and your artist interest too. They should minimize chances of media bashing their artist, preventing bad news, not the other way round.

Now that her website is updated again, im pretty convinced that the tour will be Hope for Japan theme.

Hey guys, Is there anyone from Japan who could buy the tickets for both dates in tokyo for me? I'd pay you the money with some extra. please

but aren't the postponements due to the fact that she changed things around?

Well uhm, according to the news here, the blackout-schedule probably is going to continue until summer. I think it'll be hard for avex to held concerts in this kind of situation

Not sure about koda's team but I think ayu's team gets to have a break to deal with the disasters right?
And only went back to work last week?
And I don't think they dare to make such big decision of cancelling concerts without approval from ayu after a group meeting. So even they're confirm of cancelling the concerts, they have to wait till someone to give a green light to carry out the announcements.

I think Avex/Ayu's management should have announced relevant cancellations/postponements earlier. It is not only in people's interest to know and plan their travel accordingly, it is also in the artist's interest.

And yeah, bad media!!! :( :( :(

I kind of hope she will do something really calm and easy for this tour now. Like, outdoors arenas, in daylight to save electricity etc. I kind of like a simple stage too, just like a normal one. So that ppl will concentrate on the music and the meaning and not wonder how much electricity that went on the concert or something else.

But OMG I'm sick of media... Avex did very badly with canceling Ayu's concerts when they gave good notice for other Avex artists. Such a shame really.

oh, I love that idea. A half of concert from Stadium tour was under daylight
and simple stage → less weigh of decoration → less trucks needed for delivery

+easier to take overseas. :innocent

The thing is, we just DON'T KNOW how it works within Avex, and between them and Ayu. So we can't really assume and then point and blame whoever at this point.

The media likes to cause drama, especially asian media I've noticed, everything surrounding celebrities out there is blown out of proportions even more than it is elsewhere and sometimes they just fabricate something totally unrelated out of the blue.

We know Ayu didn't do those things the report is mentioning.

Why Avex took longer to cancel/postpone her concerts, who knows, we'll probably never know.

Finally someone who is aware that NONE of US know whether it's ayu is to blame or her management. +1 for you.

I really don't think electricity is gonna be a problem, they could just use power generators that don't rely on the public grid or a combination.

If she chooses to go with some kind of charity theme, I hope she completely ditches the original idea so it won't be some kind of weird mash-up.

Agreed.. Avex should of done something sooner.. it wasnt like this happened over night.

I am afraid that one way or another that's what it's gonna happen. It's a bit too late to completely produce a tour from scratch so you can bet she will use many of the ideas she originally had for Hotel Love songs.

Yeah, no way she can start from scratch so hopefully this concert isn't filled with rushed ideas... We could see a lot of re-using of performances this year.

But it wouldnt be right to channel electricity for the sake of having a smooth concert without blackout when the rest of japan are dealing electricity ration (is there such a term?)

^I do think they're balancing a very delicate balance between trying to make life go on as usual with a great show that will make people think about happier things and ending up coming off as being completely out of touch with the situation and just trying to rack money in.

But as far as it being possible for them to put on a huge, power consuming show, it definitely is.

What I meant with the show was that if they go with the Hope charity thing, I do hope they ditch the whole old show and come up with a simple show that doesn't require a ton of planning. Either go with the old or do something all new on a smaller scale. Anything in between and the charity would look tacked on.

They can just adapt the old concert... Most of the time, the only thing that really settle the theme for her performances are the outfits and the videos..

^
^ I also thought that they might do a smaller concert. Smaller stage, less crazy lightning effects and maybe less costume changes, too? I know this doesn't have to do with electricity, but it'd be another way to save money. I don't expect her to do a show like.. just standing on the stage and wearing one outfit all night, but on the other hand, she did just that for MSta as well! And I think that'd be really great actually. Would make it all about the music, feelings and the hope they want to give people. But either way, I think they'll put on a great show that will make people happy and maybe take some worries off their mind.

^ the costumes and videos were prolly already made by now, it would be a shame not to use them, especially when they've already spent money on those.

Yeah, I think something like HOPE&LOVE SONGS TOUR would be cool, but the HOTEL word thing in front of it is also kinda funny and cute in a way, like AYU's been running a hotel or something like that XD

Agreed. I hope she will save Hotel Love Songs for the CDL instead or something.

^ that would be cool.. I never thought of that. Countdown live with a bed theme... sleepie... :tired lol

The next time Ayu's concerts they do, I think they should use as much LED lights as possible (does not use very much electricity, as we know)...

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8...4040016443.jpg

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thanks to ayumifans

^ So I'm guessing they can be thrown in the trash now that the name might be changed? :S

I think so =/

Also the theme of the tour is quite "expensive-feely"... But yeah, cool busses.

Cool buses :D

I'm thinking that she'll have Tour like Limited TA live one. So simple. It's just my thought :P

new title!

ayumi hamasaki 〜POWER of MUSIC〜 2011

april tour dates moved to october
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2706/newshedule.jpg

^I like the new title seriously :D Thanks

Oh, cool. I like it... it makes it sound... Powerful.. lol. Wish i could still go :(

So glad she didn't go with HOPE.

Good. It's not superduper cheesy so I'm happy. ^^