ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ～A BEST LIVE～ VI
 

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Four shows left! Man, time goes so fast...

^ Yeah, it seems yesterday to me when LOVE again was released :/

Time goes by.. :o

I was just wondering why the live cd wasn't bundled in with the video release. I know that there are different release dates but I kind of want the bluray at the same time.

Excited to see what happens for the final show!

I'm wondering what she will do for a finale... because looking at the current setlist, it feels so blank. What happened to SAKURA still?

^
yeah
... and the strangest part is that she stated before that SAKURA was so far the favorite song (from LOVE again) among her fans on twitter and YouTube :\ so why not perform it?! T^T

I hope it will return for the final shows, I want to see it ._.

She is using the same thing she used for SAKURA to start SURREAL. I doubt it'll be back :(

to be honest i didnt feel any exciment about this 15th anniversary '-' i thought it would be so much bigger than it actually is...
i hope i'll exceed my expections watching the dvd though

I think this Tour should be forgotten ASAP, from the beginning haven't had anything exciting, I suppose ayu neither is very pleased with the results as the tour. For a BEST LIVE at least she could sing more songs... 19 songs sung while the performance is just a copy-paste... At least if there were some changes on the tracklist, nothing interesting on that tour...
Waiting for the BD just to have the photobook xDD

I think when we watch it properly when it comes out our opinions will improve, maybe not drastically, but they will.

I wonder if the last two shows (or mainly, the last show) will be extra magnificent, or if there will be any songs added...

The two last shows are at the end of the next week right?

I'm not expecting much, I Ayu just wants to hurry and finish the tour ASAP and move on with something else..

Yeah, I don't think she'll satisfy our expectations at finals, that's why I think I won't be attending July 28th show...

i can't imagine the fans' reactions without SAKURA at the final show.

People only expecting for jewel, heaven n sakura from the whole setlist! N now ayu took away sakura... Ayu,please end the tour as fast as you can n start a new tour soon! Worst tour for now!

Knowing ayu, she will take away JEWEL And HEAVEN in the last show... And maybe replace them with a 10 minutes Trauma/Independent/Greatful days medley... That would be funny xD

^ I would die if that happens XD

Uhmmm no SAKURA? Oh okay lols

I really don't mind that SAKURA is gone, I just wish she had put another song in exchange instead of just removing a song from the whole setlist...

It seems very unlikely but I still hope she adds several more songs for the final two dates.

If she doesn't, then I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe she does need to wrap this tour up as soon as possible and decide what she wants to do with her future. (And I hope whatever it is is awesome)

still no SAKURA............so sad

OK so I am finally in front of the PC in the hotel and there are a few additional things worth mentioning from the 1st Hiroshima date:

- Unlike in Yokohama last year there weren't that many people cosplaying this time which is most likely normal.
- There was a separate line for people without tickets as they could purchase them on spot.
- The arena had under 50 seats empty, perhaps even less. I could only see a couple of empty seats from where I was.
- Her vocals were superb.
- poker face/Fly high/HONEY featured a very high pitched back track and at some point I was sure she wasn't singing certain parts of those songs. The rest was totally live and awesome!
- the performances weren't that interesting, leaving aside the ASFXX opening and HEAVEN/JEWEL as other than the thing she was standing on during You & Me and the disco ball there weren't any cool props.
- Someone messed up something during the start of No way to say. SHU-YA was pulled back, Ayu pointed at Yo-chan and he started playing a long guitar solo while Ayu was just walking around, smiling and waving to people on the center stage. She was really professional.
- The pool songs (HEAVEN/JEWEL) were breathtaking. Loved those and I could really see well from where I was.
- People around me were totally clueless during Tell All as it seemed they did not know the song, the same was with Wake me up.
- I was kinda disappointed Sunrise was taken off the set-list more than I was after realizing SAKURA was gone.
- They start Voyage with the back vocals singing "I'm on a journey looking for love". The arrangement was somewhat different. In the end of the song Ayu sings the English part herself. Really loved Voyage, she sang it really well and I forgot it was on the setlist so was kinda surprised.
- The encore started with July 1st.
- After Who, she tried doing the "arigatou gozaimashita" without mic, but people kept screaming Ayu and omedetou ^_^ she picked the mic like 3 times and was all like nandeee!
- In the end some girls started singing "ayu no koto, ayu no koto omouyou..." and soon the whole arena joined in singing part of me! She seemed touched and confused!
- After the encore some people started leaving, but the majority of us remained in our seats, clapped our uchiwas and screamed Ayu! After a few minutes she was back on stage and MY ALL started. She let us sing the last chorus!
- In the end of Wake me up they use the same thing as they did for Ladies night [(miss)understood tour]. It's just that there is just one instead of 3 and Ayu gets caught up in it in the end instead of one of the dancers.

The best 2 points of the show for me were the setlist and her vocals. There wasn't really a theme set this time, so the performances weren't that amazing, but that's oke!

^ wow, from your comments the show seems awesome! *-*
I can understand if some didn't know Tell All, but Wake me up as well? LOL
The public seemed to be very adorable on that day, she must have been really happy with the whole arena singing part of me ♥

Well, after seeing so many positive reviews about her vocals this time, I'm not surprised at all they wanted to pull out a live cd! Ok, now I'm definitely super curious about hearing this tour, more than watching it!XD

^^ Yeah, Tell All is understandable, but Wake me up? really? At least it had a bit of promotion.. -_-'

And it seems SAKURA won't be performed again.. What a pity.. :no

SAKURA can join Return Road into the group of axed performances that fans are dying to see on DVD/bluray..same as Alterna from AT2010

Thanks for your points!

- There was a separate line for people without tickets as they could purchase them on spot.


Wow the tour must really be struggling, no wonder there are all those reports about it "flopping". I imagine Ayu just wants to end it now.

As I said the arena ended up being full. So I don't really think the tour isnt selling well, but just a bit slower :) people here tend to really make big deal out of things while in reality things arent that bad at all.

I hope they put those parts into the DVD as well, the audience were so nice! :)

im praying SAKURA will come back :(

Amen to that! :thud

it just sad that they removed sakura, i'm really looking forward to the performance

I was present too at this date and i'm totally agree with you !!
It was really amazing and her vocal was just... perfect !

At a moment she said 'Nagoya' for 'Hiroshima' I think. She was really embarrassing and laugh a lot, it was really cute :p

But sadly, no 'SAKURA'... but a little a cappella of 'part of me' :)

Reasons for axing SAKURA:

1 One of her staff member sabotages the dress with the long tails, cutting it in pieces, and AYU refuses to sing the song again till she finds the culprit
2 The fan blowing the dress malfunctions, and is out of order indefinitely
3 Blossom season for SAKURA had passed, so they can no longer show the tree on the backdrop

The Sakura performance is pretty much the same as the Together When one from CDL, isn't it?

IMO that performance works far better on the circular stage... But I say this without seeing the SAKURA one.

:roflmao

reading your review made me want so much to watch this concert asap '-'

btw, what about those annoying clowns? >>"

Yes it is.. but there, it was really nicer than the CDL !

With the tree on the background and Ayu going up, down and front (she goes close the central stage), it was very great !

I really do prefer the performance from A BEST LIVE than from the CDL !

The clowns are the soldiers this time !

Is there a 100% chance to buy tickets at the venue? If so, how are the seats?

haha this is funny! but number 2 is possible.

No.

And you really need to take in what all these people helping you have said these last couple of months. And you know, trust them. Because me and they have done this so many times and by now, we kind of already know what works or not. So, if you're gonna keep on annoying people with questions already answered by us, just stop it. My last advice to you is the following.

Go to a freaking reseller store. End of story.

This. There's a risk with doing this but 99% I know who have done this have received tickets and were happy with them but personally I'm not the type to travel all the way to Japan with no real certainty of getting tickets.

:yes:yes:yes:yes:yes:yes:yes:yes

Changmin attended the latest date and got a big cheer when Ayu mentioned him!

I actually got my tickets on the day of the concert at the venue. Same price and good seats. :D

Changmin from TVXQ or Changmin from 2AM? Or some Changmin I don't know of? :D

Would you want to spend heaps of money on the trip and miss out on the concert because you didn't get a ticket in advance? Get yourself a middleman and get the ticket before you go to Japan ^^

Today she sang Days & July 1st but always no Sakura ...

They also say that DJ 2-YAN showtime now consists of Ayu songs only.

^on the first concert they played gangnam style and more too... I don't like that song xD

Please let it be true, i found weird playing those other ****** songs like g... style etc so that would be perfect change.

Love Days ♥♥

Japanese friend went to the Osaka concert, posted this picture of the arena
http://i.imgur.com/RvP3CtD.jpg

And she bought me a towel *_*

I think they removed songs of other artists because of copyright issues that could appear if they kept them for DVD. So I kinda expected it for Yoyogi, but it happened beforehand :-)

We had the same thought at the same time :-)

woaw lucky you :P her seat was pretty good too *____*

^i don't think her seat is good...that's really on the back..hahaha...LOL XD

Ayu sang Key and Sunrise today.

For the last date of the concert.... I think we can guess there's nothing surprised at all for her 15th Anniv...

oh please..bring back SAKURA

Key!!! how lovely :luv2:luv2:luv2

Hope key will be on the DVD I think that'd be a awesome encore song! As well as Sunrise!

It's like they are saving performances for a future release, alterna AT10, Return Road AT12, and SAKURA assuming it won't be in the final :thud

Yeah~ thinking all of those performances will on a future release like the then unreleased performances on A COMPLETE.

may I ask typically, how long does ayu concert last?

First two Osaka concerts of this tour lasted 151 minutes.

I think that they removed the sakura performance because of ayu's lately health status.. i think it's not a coincidence... I mean the fan used in this performance could make ayu sick. Am i the only one who thinks this??

Hmm i didnt know any fan tgat they used there, can you tell please?

I wanna chase after Ayu in japan like Jorge too! But no money to do so >.>

There doesn't have to be a special reason for removing SAKURA. Maybe she just felt the song was out of the place and not really suited for the concert...Who knows.

Sounded like a big harsh time. Well anyway, I was also thinking maybe she cut sakura out bc the song had nothing to do with the 15th anni, it's a new song after all. Aside from tell all (which was a song for the anni), sakura plus wake me up looked out of place somehow.

Wake me up was at least the lead track off the "single" and considering the tour mostly consisted of pre-GUILTY stuff I was glad it was in the setlist.

Now that you say, only You & Me, Wake me up and Tell All, plus some in the encore, are songs after GUILTY, that makes you think

i really hope I get tickets this weekend!!

On sunday we will know the dvd/blu-ray setlist since it will be the tour's final day :)

I would have rather she cut wake me up.

She at least could have replaced it with another ballad.

Even if the "SAKURA" and other previously performed songs aren't performed at the final, I hope they're at least included on the bluray/DVD release! I don't even care if it's like the LQ "JEWEL" performance that was included on the AT07 DVD. LQ, HQ, doesn't matter to me as long as we get to see it!

Off-topic posts have been split into a thread here in the Suggestions forum. Keep discussion here about Ayumi Hamasaki's 15th Anniversary tour.

I presume that she hasn't sang guilty?
urgh

Agreed! So desperate to watch SAKURA >.< the live recording sounding so lovely moving and touching.

^ Let's keep our fingers crossed for it :yes

I am more interested in all these different performances at the first of the encore than SAKURA itself.
SAKURA was beautiful but I saw it live so... xD ok it was beautiful, I want it also in the DVD
It would be perfect if the DVD include all these songs and SAKURA is like a bonuss.

The same for the CD, it would be nice if it's a double CD, one with the regular concert and another one with the other songs.

I'm listening to the recording, can't wait to see the DVD ^^ I hope the use good views of JEWEL & HEAVEN performance *¬* that was my favorite part!

Someday...no, wait it'll never happen!

Tell All live from voyagelph@weibo
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ejkYgVJzXh8/

^wow..nice! I'm sure that when we'll see the hq concert it will proove to be amazing.

I think she sounded great there!

Great performance! Makes me excited for the (eventual) physical release of Tell All!

Going to the show tonight. If u see me say hi! I'm wearing the pink ayu tour shirt and white shorts and white flip flops ;)

^Have fun! Hope it's an awesome show! Maybe you will show up in the DVD/Blu ray release if the camera looks around the crowd!

How I wish I could jump on a plane right now for Japan. I don't think I'd make it before the last show...

^^Finally you got tickets !!!! I'm happy for you, tell us your experience ;)

Hope you have fun as much as I did! Be careful not to break anything. bahaha. I can't believe that this tour is ending soon. It makes me feel
proud for being able to attend it. I felt like being a part of Ayu's 15th anniversary too! LOL I'm so ready for another Ayumi Hamasaki era!!!

Today in Zin's blog, he wrote
"Yoyogi 2 Days will be the final closing of the curtains."
"... Final Closing of the curtain?!"
"Wait a minute!?"
"Isn't the 15th Anniversary until 4/8/2014?"
"That means that we're just getting started!!"

What does it mean?!

so sad that the tour is coming to an end. looking forward to the blueray release ^^

Can't wait to see what ayu has in store for us!! =)

Tomorrow we will know the DVD/blu-ray's main+encore setlist xD

Finally, some news (kind of)!
So curious about the setlist! Since the concert was quite simple, or so they say, I hope they include as many songs they can. And I hope anything she's planning to do more for her anniversary will be something truly epic that'll blow away everything we had until now!

^Don't hold your breath.

Yeah I personally don't expect any major changes.