ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』~II~
 

『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』

http://www.ayu2017tour.com/


＜アリーナ公演＞
2017年5月13日(土)　神奈川:横浜アリーナ　開場17:30 / 開演18:30
2017年5月14日(日)　神奈川:横浜アリーナ　開場15:00 / 開演16:00
2017年6月17日(土)　東京:国立代々木競技場第一体育館　開場16:00 / 開演17:00
2017年6月18日(日)　東京:国立代々木競技場第一体育館　開場15:00 / 開演16:00
2017年6月28日(水)　愛知:日本ガイシホール　開場17:30 / 開演18:30
2017年6月29日(木)　愛知:日本ガイシホール　開場17:30 / 開演18:30
2017年7月15日(土)　大阪:大阪城ホール　開場16:00 / 開演17:00
2017年7月16日(日)　大阪:大阪城ホール　開場15:00 / 開演16:00
2017年7月17日(月・祝)　大阪:大阪城ホール　開場15:00 / 開演16:00

＜ホール公演＞
2017年9月11日(月)　福岡:福岡サンパレスホール　開場18:00 / 開演19:00
2017年9月12日(火)　福岡:福岡サンパレスホール　開場18:00 / 開演19:00
2017年9月16日(土)　徳島:徳島 鳴門市文化会館　開場17:00 / 開演18:00
2017年9月18日(月・祝)　高知:高知県立県民文化ホール　開場17:00 / 開演18:00
2017年10月4日(水)　大分:大分・iichiko グランシアタ　開場18:00 / 開演19:00
2017年10月5日(木)　熊本:熊本県立劇場演劇ホール　開場18:00 / 開演19:00

Is there any hope for more October dates in Tokyo or no way?
I'm in Tokyo around september and october but I don't think I will be able to go to kyushuu/shikoku to see the tour. :(

I think it's more likely that waiting until next year will mean far worse sales for a new album. Ayu's been in decline for awhile. She's not going on hiatus. And unlike Utada, Ayu's discography is massive, so even waiting several years to release a new album means we probably won't hear anything remotely close to the kind of fan craze Fantome turned out to be compared to HEART STATION.

I don't know where I fall on Ayu releasing a new album this year. A part of me would like a new album, but I certainly don't want something as minimal-effort as MADE IN JAPAN was. That album had the sound, but it's so symbolic of how much Ayu has retracted from the Hamasaki Ayumi of yesteryears. I would love Ayu to do something akin to (miss)understood again... just go into the studio and write songs and interludes that are all about Hamasaki Ayumi. Put a lot of them on the album. And make a record that's as serious as it is fun again.

The second leg could be starting in the second half of October, but no confirmation on that yet. If it does, I'm sure we will see more Tokyo dates in there.

ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』



ステージこそが浜崎あゆみの生きる場所――。

もはや、この形容に対し異論を唱える者はいないだろう。

エンタテインメントを追求し、進化を遂げながら歩み続けてきた19年。



「Just the beginning－20－」

というツアータイトルが示すとおり、20周年への布石ともいえる本ツアーはなんと！浜崎あゆみ史上最多とな る60公演ものロングツアーに！！デビュー以来初の試みとして、アリーナを皮切りに全国のホールを駆け巡る 。




数々の名曲と共に辿るデビューからの軌跡を、あえて規模を変えて行くことでSHOWの多面性を打ち出す。す べてが今までのツアーとは一線を画す、多くのファンが待ち望んでいたかつてないspecial editionになるに違いない。



浜崎あゆみが仕掛ける“Just the beginning”の真意とは、20周年に向けてのカウントダウンか、それとも―――。




すべてが今までのツアーとは一線を画す

あえて規模を変えて行くことでSHOWの多面性を打ち出す

『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』

Looks like 1 LOVE or my names WOMEN from that video

I believe the message says that the intention for this tour is in fact a countdown for the official 20th anniversary afterall.

For me, looks like NEVER EVER (Best of CDL Ver.) + 1 LOVE

NEVER EVER + Lady Dynamite

That rehearsal happened before or after she went to Paris? I thought she only returned a couple of days ago.

I was surprised the video was in such low quality.

It says the same thing at the end as all of them have. "Is this the countdown to her 20th anniversary? Or...."

Seems she returned right after her anniversary
I see japanese symbols on exit mark on this photo posted 11th April
http://i.imgur.com/uGBI7rkm.jpg

First photo from rehearsal posted 14th
http://i.imgur.com/ptSU6JHm.jpg

hoping she will celebrate it with a tons of new songs and not with a best of album.
Both is ok!

I see, thank you!
I really hope for something in Tokyo at least around the 15~19 as I'm leaving on the 21st :P (20 would be also good as a last chance), but yeah.

I would hope ayu wouldn't do performances she already did in other best of lives like the BEST of CDL but since it's an anniversary tour it might happen.

Honestly, from the description above it may very well be that, but it is vague. So maybe? Maybe not? The video itself though is playing Never Ever with chairs, and we have definitely seen Never Ever, 1 Love et cetera with chairs before.

the tour starts in 4 weeks! excited :)

She said she matched her hair to this years tour colors
Purple and pink



Ughhhhhhhhh again these colors!

^ As long as it does't mean we getting something like this again

http://www.generasia.com/w/images/e/...Minuit_DVD.jpg

I'm ok with it

I hope the goods have different colors this year. :P

If it's like, lavender, I'd be ok with that. Pastel pink and purple would ar least be different than any tour colors thus far. If it's the same pink and purples she's used for tour goods already... kinda boring.

I wish she'd go to like, orange or yellow or green. Meh.

Pink and purple are my favourite colours, so I'm happy she's using them again :laugh

^I agree completely. I can't get enough of my pink CDL1617 shirt. Even bought another one ^^. Can't wait to see the goods. Hope that the light stick/fan will be something like the one from CDL. I really like that one...

She did use orange/green/red for a-nation goods once and it was nice. I think AT02 also had that color scheme. Since then though, it's always been black/gray/pink/red/purple or some combo of those.

Yes please!!! I really wanted to get the CDL lightstick but it was sold out so fast :(

I can´t complain as I love pink.
But I whoud also like green or blue goodies.

a-fucking-men. Even the camo A BEST LIVE goods were pretty refreshing but if I never see another pink or purple themed tour from her it'll be too soon

General tickets sale

2017/4/18 15:00～

http://r.y-tickets.jp/ayu1701_hp

http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1048499

I would love this kind of color scheme:

http://i.imgur.com/whPeBYd.jpg http://i.imgur.com/j5LyS5s.png http://i.imgur.com/h6BySSN.png?1

Or some texture/pattern like in these:

http://i.imgur.com/nDJlfxu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ivRB9uz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/d7nlyLg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CfavFWT.jpg

Since I expect to be going to the tour this year I wanted a color theme that was very unisex. Something that can come off as "cool" either way. Pink and purple is like the exact opposite of that, lol.

Pink is so predictable.

Besides, I don't understand her dyeing her hair pink. I thought she'd stay blonde since that's her signature look and this will probably be a Best Of tour.

I'm just surprised that anyone can plan a huge 1-year tour in just 3 months and rehearse everything in 1 month. I'm somewhat skeptical of it looking fresh or original.

Regarding to Best of Tour, I really want to listen an intro/ interlude from previous albums :luv2

Tasking is my favorite! :love No more clowns and acrobats between parts of the show pls

There's honestly nothing that we know for sure that confirms that. The concept could have been in the works since CDL ended, or before, and the dancers can start training and rehearsals without Ayu for large parts of it. There's a lot of planning, conceptually, that goes into things before getting to rehearsals or getting to the point of publicizing any of it.

And, given its length, I wouldn't be surprised if it evolves over the course of the tour. Whether that is 3 distinct acts, or just a natural evolution, there's no way to know right now.

I'm pretty sure the tour won't be the same for 1 year. It will have some changes for sure....

Perhaps she'll go for a more pastel shade of pink and purple, since those are what's in trend.

I hope so. I'm a little over the mid hot pink all the time. I'd love pastel pink! Especially as millenial pink is really in at the moment :luv2

Purple is my favorite color also.:yes
I'd rather she skip the pink though, it feels like everything has been pink since 2012.
I think purple and green is such an awesome combo, maybe one day.:rainbow

Haha, well that's not as pastel as I would have liked, but at least it's not exactly hot pink either!

Also, question: will anybody from the forum be in attendance for the opening night?

A friend of me is attending the opening night, but I think she is not on AHS, but she has a blog and will sure write about it^^

Pastel pink and purple would be perfect! I love pastels :heart

did you make this? I like it ^^

That is official Tour Logo ;)

But there aren't any spelling mistakes :laugh

WTF?! This isn't even done properly... :headache

I like this logo!

Hard to believe eh? xD
I love the logo, I so can´t wait for the goods, I allready here my wallet cry xD

Ohhh I couldn't find it on her official website when I saw that post, so I thought it was fanmade :laugh the website updated now though

this is so fanmade. it is so ugly....

Don't like this logo too.

It's super cheesy...

I absolutely love this logo! It's tacky as hell but I dig it

That logo straight up makes me want to vomit...good-bye

I like the idea of it, but I hate the font (so country, cowboy-ish). If the logo wouldn't be just one color, but something like a black A with a golden crown, the diamonds looking like real diamonds and the swirls in different colors, like the streamers in the concerts...

What the hell is this? A logo for Sailor Chibi-Moon's first live?

It's so... Barbie

Oh hell no.

I don't hate the logo, but I think there's too much happening with that crown on top... :dead2

OMG THIS :laugh

haha :laugh

I like it

This looks like a logo came out a Barbie themed birthday party oh my

The idea is nice, I like the crown on top the A (especially after the kanariya performance), but the execution... Hum, I'll pass

The logo itself is cute, with the crown and shit, but the color and the font GTFG

I saw the logo on Instagram and I couldn't believe it was official... oh my god. It is so ugly and poorly made! Those details in the middle are so unnecessary and the stroke around the "A" is terrible! I don't know why I always expect her to have nice designs if the "(A) Design Team" is such an amateur mess. :(

Now I wish the light stick is something like a magical girl stick, PLEASE.

I wonder if logo and goods will be changing as tour changes its episodes...

Jesus christ, well there goes my chance at buying a shirt, hoodie, or pretty much any of the goods this year. Ugh. Can it get any more flamboyant? Lol.

Omg it really is lol, with a magical scepter and everything.

At least the logo isn't a shameless fan-made logo copycat (aka cirque de minuit)

tho, why do i have the feeling that the tour will have that long-ass "cute" performance, like... it is always cringey when she does that cutesy-voice. I really hope she choose songs that would fit better with her current voice (her newer songs)... tho based on cdl, she wil probably sing her older ones

Well, I thought her vocals were pretty good on the 15th anniversary tour. Her new voice suited the older songs.

We should be grateful that she finally doesn't reuse the CDL logo again LOL

It's nice, I like it.

I like it!

I love the logo!

I'm re-watching Cardcaptor Sakura at the moment and am having a bit of a magical girl phase so I actually really like the logo. I wanted a paler pink like that too so I'm really excited to see the goods!

The first thing I thought was Barbie as well.:laugh
I don't think the logo is awful but it is tolerable.
I guess my complaint is that it looks very childish. Maybe if Ayu was a teen idol it would be more appropriate. Maybe we should wait and see how it will be used with other tour designs?
It does give a slight Concert Tour 2000 impression as well.

Barbie Ayu would be a nice Tour goodie :rolleyes

I think it looks like alien brains.

This Barbie talk reminds me of this.:heart

http://i65.tinypic.com/334ruok.jpg

^ I'm dead.

And the logo is so tacky not gonna lie, but I like it. Way better than cirque de minuit. Like it can PASS but not anything amazing.

I hope she doesn't spend too much time on the cutesy section because now whenever she does the cute voice I cannot bear to watch. I've NEVER had a problem with cute ayu/summer songs section in her tours, but Lelio and XOXO killed MIJ for me. It was cringe.

I really hope she pulls some tracks she hasn't performed yet from her discography... I would die / ascend to heaven if she did No Future.

Hardly gonna happen. She had trouble recording it, I doubt she can do it live, even if she wanted too

Darn, that's such a shame. I really think that's one of her stand-out tracks from recent years, and it wasn't even a single.

^wasnt there a case where she sang it a few times during the earlier part of a tour but then dropped it, or no?

so....


I kind of wish her shows could be as raw and powerful as the little moments of rehearsal we see in the documentaries for these concerts.

Even if she just dressed in the sporty type clothes, I'd be totally cool with it.

She just seems so much more authentic in those shots.

I think it's hideous. As if it was made for a Toddlers&Tiaras-contestant. -_-

She could just sing the verse and use pre-recorded for the chorus.

Omg I hadn't noticed the stroke till you pointed out I am cRYING RN

It's tacky and it's look like something a 10 years old girl would find cute. Very Ayu.

But her tour logos aren't much of a big deal anyway so...

Japanese fans like it, it seems. It'll probably look less gaudy on the goods themselves... maybe. I don't really care all that much however since the tour logos mean nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I love No Future and on the one hand would love to have it performed live but on the other hand, I'm not sure I want to hear the live vocals ruin the song...:no

No future is in her current vocal range, so maybe she'll nail it. :)

It looks cheap lol.
I think cute/pretty can be done without it looking like a Barbie'd
Out mess. I think that Ayu doesn't have good taste xD

That's true

Everytime she does something to please her core market, her western fandom complains... Nothing new.

LOL what I thought also. It's too tacky and dolly.

I pray that she finally sings No more words again! She sang Kanariya, so that makes me have hope. She's only performed that song once, and it didn't get the performance it deserved. :(

I just saw the instagram live, it was rehearsals, i'll put the thing under spoilers

I hope she does the live streams more often! It was really cool!

some screencaps

video

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTJTzppj9bs/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTJUQvLD7pr/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTJUl2RDbJH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTJVC4IjMA2/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTJVayZDDqU/

Wow, last angel was actually pretty badass. I'm not a huge fan of WARNING but that'd be whole lot better if they transitioned into that instead of doing all of last angel.

I'm really hyped for Last angel! The opening instrumental always gets me.

How long was the video ?? Was it the full rehearsal of the show or just some few parts ?

She also did Because of You, and I think it was the full rehearsal. I missed some of the livestream so I'm unsure.