Ayu to perform/take part in a-nation stadium fes. in August
 

【a-nation stadium fes.】

◆Osaka

22nd & 23rd Aug 2015 (Sat & Sun)
Venue ：Yanmar Stadium Nagai (Nagai Stadium)
Time：1pm Doors Open / 3pm Concert starts

Artistes performing :

＜22nd Aug＞
Headliner：BIGBANG

AAA / E-girls / Hamasaki Ayumi / Koda Kumi / Sonar Pocket / TRF

Shooting Act : MACO

Opening Act : FUTURE BOYZ / Raychell feat. RICKEY＆RABBIE / Zushi San Kyodai

Setlist



＜23rd Aug＞
Headliner：Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE

Acid Black Cherry / Crystal Kay / Hamasaki Ayumi / Naoto・Inti Raymi / SHINee / Shonan no Kaze

Shooting Act : Da-iCE / Dream5

Opening Act : Hirai Dai / lol / PrizmaX

Setlist



◆Tokyo

29th & 30th Aug 2015 (Sat & Sun)
Venue：Ajinomoto Stadium
Time：1pm Doors Open / 3.30pm Concert starts

Artistes performing :

＜29th Aug＞
Headliner： SUPER JUNIOR

Every Little Thing / Golden Bomber / Koda Kumi / VAMPS / Do As Infinity / f(x) / Tsuruno Takeshi

Shooting Act : Dream5

Opening Act : Kaji Hitomi / Leola / SOLIDEMO

＜30th Aug＞
Headliner：Hamasaki Ayumi

AAA / Acid Black Cherry / E-girls / XO / Sonar Pocket / TRF

Shooting Act : Da-iCE / SUPER☆GiRLS

Opening Act : Meiri Alaha / Cheeky Parade・GEM / Kobayashi Yutaka / lol

Setlist



http://a-nation.net/stadium_fes/

That's great! She will probably be the last to perform again. I hope for a good big setlist! =)

I wonder if there will be asian leg again...

Yesss!!!! she'll
be appearing in three dates again after a while!! :) I might go!! gonna be my first a-nation!

I hope so as honestly last year's a-nation Singapore wasn't done very well :x

If a-nation Singapore returns this year , please stage it at the Sports Hub . The Grand Theatre at Marina Bay Sands is not a good venue to hold a concert -_-

Ugh crystal kay why not in tokyo?!?!

I'm happy to see her active at osaka and tokyo! And she's tge headlining act of the last day ;)

That's really exciting!
It sucks that Kuu's not on the last day too :(

Will watch her at ajinomoto stadium for sure..

Does that mean kuu wont appear on the DVD?? hopefully not.:(

If I'm not wrong they stopped releasing A-nation DVDs, but they usually air both Tokyo dates on TV after a couple of months.

I can't believe how active she is this year...wow.

Sorry >.> but I might actually be in Japan for my first time! How does one go about buying a nation tickets??? Is there a post? I know there is one for concert tickets

So excited! I hope the setlist and the performances are as good as last year's! Go, Queen!

I entered the lottery for both Osaka dates. :D Still hesitant whether or not I should book my flight now: I'd cry my eyes out if I won't be able to get tickets for A-nation after all. :yes

Curious about the setlist as well. :love

getting my friend to buy me tickets for the 30th of August in the lottery! <3 hopefully I get it >.>

I hope she will win everyone's heart at a'nation this year. It is absolutely right for Japan (or Asia in general) to fall in love with her again. She is doing great.

I prefer mbs though! Smaller n closer! If wana see grand performance it's still best to go japan for arena tour 😀

a-nation always seem so fun. Especially last year when she sang XOXO and STEP you. Fans were really excited.

^I KNOW! Makes me excited thinking about which songs she will sing this year!

a-nation is so much fun! She's probably going to sing Step by step :)

And YAY for Super Junior being the headliner on the 29th!

what does Headline mean? hahah..i had the impression that she wont be the final act...though she will always be

^basically, the "main" act ... or like, what to look forward to the most.

so CLEARLY they're mistaken.

^ I think the headliner will be the final act. Apparently she's going to do the ending only on the last day... I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't mind not being the last.

Since she's not the headliner in Osaka it's possible that her set-list will be shorter than in Tokyo.

That means that this will be the first year since the start of her career that she is not the headlining or final act at a-nation? Or am I making this up in my head?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psxwlkweyp.gif

It happened before with the JYJ and JUNO fiasco. TVXQ closed the show in 2011.

It happened in 2011, and she's still going to be the final act on the final day :)

And I'm not sure of course, it just makes sense to me that the "headliner" should be the final act, but I may be wrong...

^Sometimes I feel like "headliner" could also mean opening act...but only when the opening act is the most popular, I suppose?

^ yeah, but in a-nation they consider the opening acts those artists that are not very popular, they usually have what they call the "opening acts" even before opening time of the main concert. Usually the more important acts are left for later, so people won't go away right after their performance.

Well...like it or not...there are current artist that on the rise need to be recognize as headliner..

at least she is still the headliner on Tokyo show

Actually I think it's okay. We get to see her up close. It's difficult for a nation to be at sports hub because there wasn't many people there last year. People who sat around me was there because their company was the sponsor for a nation and they were given free tickets to watch.

being the last to perform is not that good. Last year I saw a lot of tweets like "sorry ayu, I want to see you, but I need to go on train"

We Singaporean fans got to see her very upclose that I do not deny . What I did not like was the way avex Singapore handled matters as I feel they weren't that skilled unlike Amuse

Anyway if a-nation Singapore would return again this year , avex Singapore should consider holding it at the Star Theatre

Eh but in your previous post you were saying that MBS theatre is not a good place to host concert?

MBS's Grand Theatre doesn't feel it's conducive to hold a concert . It's most suitable to hold a stageplay

My younger sister didn't enjoyed the experience as the audience weren't very kind to the other acts whom performed aside from Ayu & I feel bad for them especially Sonar Pocket as they were the ones that coaxed the audience to stand up & groove along to their music . Prior to that , everyone refused to stand up

Almost 90% of the audience waited til the very last end as Ayu was the last act to close the show . A lot of seats were empty when a-nation Singapore started but the very same seats were suddenly occupied before Ayu took the stage

OMG, it's a good news !
How can I get tickets for the show in Osaka ? Because I'm in Japan just at this time and it's a dream for me to see Ayu at a-nation (and Kuu :p).
It's today that I can book some tickets if I understand the announce

Well, that's true, Ajinomoto Stadium is kinda far, I had to take 2 buses and a train to get back home last year, but thankfully the show did not finish too late. Still, that's exactly why they leave the most popular for last. From my seating if I looked around the stadium seemed full up until the end, so the huge majority clearly stayed to watch Ayu's performance :) (I just saw a couple of people leaving early, after the k-pop acts).

god! o.o That's sooo sad!
a Festival is for having fun! no matter if there are a lot of artists you never listened to! Just have fun with other people. Move your body! Discover new feelings! It's what I would like to say to them!
As I'm into asian music, I barely listen to what we can hear here. But I went to festival for having fun with my friends regardless if I know the artist or not or If the music was great or just listenable!

^ normally I would agree with you and say the atmosphere at a-nation is awesome for discovering new artists, etc...but the only thing a-nation Singapore had in common with what we perceive to be "a-nation" is the name and some of the headlining acts. :shrug

I don't know if it's due to the artistes that came to perform for a-nation Singapore and/or the mood but it was very clear the main artiste that everyone all wanted to see was Ayu

Still it doesn't give them the excuse for not respecting the other artistes that performed before her . I don't listen to m-flo , GENERATIONS & etc but the very least people can do is to give them respect which I didn't really see that at the 1st 1/2 of the show -_-

It was only after Sonar Pocket finished their set then the crowd started to get more loosen up . Prior to that , everyone was all rooted to their seats which was meh

The atmosphere is always different according to the place the thing is happening. Just in Belgium there are a bunch of festivals during summer with varied atmospheres. But it doesn't mean that you can't have a good time. The problem from what Karen said, is the audience who wasn't "open-minded" (don't think it's the right word to explain my view, but it's the only one that comes to my mind now) enough to enjoy unknown artists. It's like they were : "I want to see Ayu and nothing more!" instead of " I want to have a fun night with friends and others even if the only artist I really care is Ayu and the others before her will be merely a warm up before the real show". And I think that's odd when you decide to take part to a music festival with lots of artists.
But well, maybe I think like that because I'm from a country where pleasure flows in our blood. After all, even when it's raining there is crowd in front of the stage ^^

Yeah you used the right word Aurore , those whom attended a-nation Singapore , I feel they were not very open minded to the other artistes whom performed besides Ayu

I suppose if you listen to a wide variety of music & support many artistes aside from Ayu , then it will be different . But as I said before , my younger sister & I saw many empty seats at the beginning when the event started

Towards the end before Ayu came onstage to close a-nation Singapore , the entire venue suddenly was filled with a lot of people . I don't know why the organiser let people in as the event started quite early & they shouldn't have let latecomers in the very 1st place

My sister & I stayed throughout the entire a-nation Singapore from start til end as we didn't know if we were to be allowed in should we leave the venue to go to the toilet in between intermission break but we didn't do that

There were many things that avex S'pore didn't do that well & if a-nation Singapore were to return again this year , I hope they will fix/do things better

I'll be seeing Ayu at both Osaka dates. :D Got my festival tickets, booked my flight.. I'm so stoked!

It's great!
I'm looking forward to see her performance, i loved what she did last year

I hope you get great seats. Take care there because it's likely to be extremely hot or/and raining.

I just got my ticket to see Ayu at the last day in TOKYO!!!! I'm so excited, its my first time going to Japan and going to see Ayu <3 GAHADLFAKDJFK!

Going to be going on a study exchange to Tokyo for a year in September and this is the perfect start, I'm so happy!! ^^

Acid Black Cherry & VAMPS have been added to the list of performers for a-nation stadium fes

Stoked especially for ABC :D

VAMPS will perform at the only one day when Ayu will not -_- how come? I want them to be on one stage =)

VAMPS LIVE 2015 BEAST PARTY will take place on 22nd & 23rd Aug

They could have performed on the last date of a-nation stadium fes but apparently not

oh I forgot about beast party

Ayu, please perform NO FUTURE. That song would be epic with that huge audience. But she.ll probably not. I.m expecting at least her new summer songs - Step by step and Summer diary.

That's great. Hope for a good setlist!

What.s this?

http://www.m-on.jp/a-nation2015/

Is this going to be streamed?

all 4 days but not in full (一部)

and that's nice, because ayu going to have different tracklists

Thanks for the link. All 4 dates will be partially broadcast live. Each broadcast will center on the headliner. It's undecided which artists besides the headliner they'll broadcast, so there's no guarantee that we will see Ayu in Osaka's broadcasts. I hope we will though:) It would be nice to hear unedited vocals and different set-lists.

You.re welcome.
It would be nice if we.ll have the chance to see the livestream. But I believe we.re going to wait for the rip. Still, a great news, as we dont have to wait until Sept/Oct like last years.

It's going to be a TV broadcast, not a live stream:)

Ohh, that.s nice too.
I.m still angry that they decided to cut fairyland from last year.s setlist. I would have lived without You & me.

I agree, you & me is overperformed. I miss fairyland.

I think they won´t cut Ayu for Osaka shows. But I guess for Osaka we will not see whole setlist.

a-nation stadium fes. Live viewing
http://liveviewing.jp/contents/a-nation/

2015/08/22 17:00
2015/08/23 17:45
2015/08/29 17:30
2015/08/30 17:30

Live broadcast of the second half (about 3-4 hours)
price - 3,800yen

「2015 a-nation stadium fes.」MUSIC ON! TV

2015/08/22 17:00 - 21:30
BIGBANG
AAA
E-girls
EPIK HIGH
浜崎あゆみ
倖田來未
ソナーポケット
TRF
(※アルファベット順)
…and more

2015/08/23 17:30 - 21:30
J soul brothers
Acid Black Cherry
Crystal Kay
浜崎あゆみ
ナオト・インティライミ
SHINee
湘南乃風
(※アルファベット順)
…and more

2015/08/29 17:30 - 21:30
SUPER JUNIOR
Do As Infinity
Every Little Thing
ゴールデンボンバー
倖田來未
つるの剛士
VAMPS
(※アルファベット順)
…and more

2015/08/30 17:30 - 21:30
浜崎あゆみ
AAA
Acid Black Cherry
E-girls
EXO
ソナーポケット
TRF
(※アルファベット順)
…and more

This makes me very sad, I collected them. Does anyone know why?

Maybe the sales are not good? Except Ayu, other artists just had 1 or 2 songs.

^ I think it's less that but more lack of interest in other artists. Most people probably only wanna see their fave group/singer and don't care for the rest. For example AAA is very popular atm and their last concert DVD sold over 42k DVDs and almost 12k blu rays. If they got that many sales for the a-nation DVDs they would already be fine with it I think. But I doubt all the AAA fans wanna see all the other artists stages, and since they don't care for most of the content they obviously won't buy it. That of course applies for all the fandoms not just AAA fans.

Oh that means in August, there are many Ayu's appearances on TV ?
This August is her month !!! :luv2

I can see her a-nation performance kicking off with "WARNING". What do you think?

Hmmm..its possible. It would be awesome but its message is kinda tough. I can already imagine )))

https://www.facebook.com/anation.off...73277/?fref=nf

Apparently she said there'll be a special surprise at the Osaka show?

The idea that SpeXial will be there to sing Sayonara occured to me when I watched the video.

^ Oh didn't think of that! That might have been a play on words haha

Gorgeous! Dark hair works so well on her.

She looks fresh...can't wait for the suprise..

My money on the surprise being SpeXial

My money goes on sayonara sung live with all the boys. :)

I would love a live performance together with Spexial

i hope it's other special, not with the spexial boys..hope not.. not that i'm against the boys..
and i hope she'll perform Sorrows / shape of love / Summer Diary

I would be shocked if she sang Sorrows at a-nation. It would be very fitting for her to perform it on the TA tour.

She's been saying since AT2015 that her performances at Osaka's a-nation and Tokyo's a-nation dates would be different...it makes sense that SpeXial would show up at one show and not the other.

Bought the ticket already.. So i will watch a nation on august 30... Can wait for it..

Can't wait to see this year goods

Happy to see the brilliant green (well... what remains of it) for the first time there !

:luv2 I know right?

I'm really eager to see this year's goods!

^ I really want to see the goods too!

Goods are out! I like them so much, wish i could buy them

http://i.imgur.com/FgPtjEv.jpg

If these really are the 2015 goods, I hope Ayu doesn't do this every year. I think she had the colorized sixxxxxx cover thing taken from that Malaysian fan that made it a while ago. Theme is citrus this year, it looks like.

I wouldn't have minded an uchiwa with the colorized photo if it was the actual color version of the photo and not, once again, blatantly ripping off someone's fanart. What the hell? Why does this keep happening?

i need that citrus pouch

The flower is a little tacky but I wouldn't mind having that T-shirt! ;)

Does someone have the malaysian fanart? I want to see it or where it was originally posted.

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...8/Qh57CQTd.jpg

can't read the full username in the bottom corner because she cut it off when she made it her fucking profile picture

Here: https://twitter.com/WChAiN_DLicoN

not a big fans with the goods so far..but I believe there will be more to come

I actually like the goods. : o Except for the flower headband thing. Everything else is cute imo.

ah, I thought T-shirt design was stolen. Still, it is clearly a theft.

It can be that her team colorize the picture by themselves...the fanmade is too LQ and blurry for printing...the idea is clearly same and they got it from the fans...but I think they remake it by themselves...

I hope the colored Uchiwa is the original picture from ayu's team/photog but not from the fanart, if avex never intended to credit the author.

I'm pretty sure avex doesn't have to credit anyone for the alteration of an image the fan artist doesn't own like that.

It'd be cute for the fan, but not really necessary.

It is pretty cheap though, I'll say.

I thought that's fanmade goods...

My cousin is attending this concert and I just want to cry. But she's gonna buy me sixxxxxx so it's okay.

I am in love with that citrus pouch *_*

Don't like the goods. They look so cheap.