Ayu performs at the Tokyo International Forum
 

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Ayu performed today at the Tokyo International forum. She performed with others like ELT amist a crowd of 5100 and sang "Inspire"

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Cool! She sang 'Inspire', huh??

Think there will be a video/audio clip of this??? :no

Thanks for the news!!!! :D

Another bit of info can be found here

Looks like a ballad song.

Thank you for the info.
I wish I was there ;__;

I can't wait to see what the song is like! I also noticed that Ayu's hair is getting long now! :)

From Sponichi:

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Another article can be found at Chunichi

Thanks for the info, I wanna hear!!!

Yet another from Sponichi:

http://s91400684.onlinehome.us/ayu-tokyo_forum4.jpg

Yes it does look Like a ballad o.O

I LOVE the red/black outfit. Thanks for the news!

I don't like her clothing and the last pic jose just posted doesn't look like her for some reason in the face lol

Cool thanks for the infor. hope there a clip of this. :rolleyes

thanks for the pics and info prime!

thanx for the info! Inspire w00t! maybe we will hear the song soon :D

Another link can be found at NikkanSports

soo pretty^^ thanks for the pics :D

Eww I hope its not a ballad... :grumpy

i like the first pic =)

This is NOT ayu, it's Ai Otsuka (http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ai)

ayu is the one who's dressed in red

LOL, wow the hand movements seem so Ayu... Yeah I was wondering why Ayu looked so different in the first and 2nd pics... O_o

ai's really pretty

I wanna hear Inspire SO BADLY!

thanks for the info...

Thanks for the info and for sharing it.

The outfit's great! I wanna hear soooooooooooo bad thanx for the info

thanks, cool. wow. i hope i get to watch it. =)

Indeed.

I LOVE Ayu's outfit!!! It looks soooo cool! I wish I could wear something like that lol! I can't wait to hear Inspire too~~~~

did ELT perform XD?

I was wondering how she had different outfits and only sang one song...That explains it. She looks stunning as usual though...

A larger pic from DailySports:

http://s91400684.onlinehome.us/ayu-tokyo_forum5.jpg

the one with the white dress isnt ayu, she usually doesnt hold the mic with her left hand anyways, plus the hairs a bit different

Yeah; I didn't realize it wasn't her til Cloud noticed that it was Ai Otsuka. Plus, since this was an event for Avex shareholders, I don't think this would be been a big event which Ayu would've changed costumes.

LOL its not ayu? oh shucks .. hahaha .. oh well .. s'all good

i don really like the red thing .. haha

hm....the outfit doesnt seem balladish tho..o.o

thanks ^_^

not cool.....leaves me hanging.....-_- ,but that awesome, she sang it.....but still not cool....

Someone related to this, but I noticed on Yahoo! Auctions that each person who went to the event got these straps:

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it looks nice

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From Mu-Ha

I participated in the stockholder limited secret live yesterday☆(^-^)

song list is
1.GAME
2.INSPIER
3.Moments

ayu is very cute!!
ayu seemed to be fine♪

I want to see this so much!

OMG she sings game too!!!! I MUST WATCH DAMNIT

Nice! I had heard about her singing GAME and Moments as well, but I wasn't sure if that was accurate til now. Care to tell us a bit about GAME and Inspire? ;)

yes tell us about inspire and GAME ^_^

^_^ no wonder seems like the hair length of the white outfit with the red one is different
i thought she change her hairstyle with the costume
hope she cuts it to short again... ayu looks better with short hair

the red outfit is... sexy :P

It was very the music of laver laver!! :angel
But the atmosphere of "music of summer" like "July 1st" and "Greatful days" was differed from.
It is the appearance of a lock for a while....??

English of mamii is weak.:yfrown
Therefore, it is not told well.
I'm sorry.... m(_ _)m

I could see by eye five sequences from before, and ayu was near ♪
ayu,thank you～☆

nice pics!! thank you!!

【 明 報 專 訊 】 日 本 唱 片 公 司 Avex Group 為 有 份 購 買 旗 下 股 票 的 股 民 舉 行 演 唱 會 ， Avex 派 出 6 位 歌 手 及 樂 隊 組 合 演 出 ， 包 括 ﹕ Every Little Thing 、 處 女 大 碟 賣 出 超 過 60 萬 張 的 創 作 歌 手 大 塚 愛 ， 以 及 Avex 的 「 一 姐 」 濱 崎 步 等 。

濱 崎 步 獻 唱 了 新 曲 《 INSPIRE 》 ， 日 本 傳 媒 形 容 她 今 次 穿 上 有 SM 味 道 的 服 飾 ， 更 認 為 她 一 身 打 扮 ， 靈 感 大 有 可 能 來 國 際 樂 壇 天 后 麥 當 娜 。

另 外 ， 濱 崎 步 亦 出 席 了 因 肝 病 逝 世 、 《 向 世 界 中 心 呼 叫 愛 》 攝 影 師 篠 田 昇 的 葬 禮 ， 其 他 出 席 者 尚 有 曾 與 他 在 廣 告 中 合 作 的 木 村 拓 哉 ， 據 目 擊 者 表 示 ， 木 村 神 情 悲 痛 。

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key points:
- it was a private concert for avex group stock shareholders
- there were 6 avex artists including: Every Little Thing, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Ai Otsuka
- ayu sang “Inspire” and the Japanese media described what she wore as having SM-feel, and might be inspired (no pun) by international pop queen Madonna
- in other news, ayu also showed up at the funeral of noboru shinoda

=\ ayumi inspired by madonna? XD SM feel of her outfit is cute, no?

That does look like something Madonna would wear..Egads, her lipstick is too..ughh.

^^^^^^^^^
Agreed

Cherry Red lipstick = NO for almost everyone

actually i don't think its a ballad..
from a bbs site or was it a fansite...either one
as they were stating that Inspire and GAME
is the "Summer themed" happy songs like July 1st or Greatful days but it'll be very different ..especially Inspire...after all its composed by that ...uh guy .....:doh crap forgot his name...the one composed A song is born
anyway you guys should know who i'm talking about...


edit: ooh just saw the mamii's posts......so i read it wrong...
i guess the other way around...is different "summer themed" songs from July 1st or Greatful days........i want to hear it so bad!!!!!

thanks ^_^ and welcome to the forum mamii ;)

If you havent heard th song yet, theres a MIDI preiwiev in the dl-section.... And its not a ballad! Its very... July 1st-ish... Its OK I guess, not her best song, not the worst...

o, that shud say preview

too much wait, more song preview.

Yoshi@TAMさん noted that today on the Mainichi Broadcasting System (Kansai area), there'll be a broadcast of the shareholders meeting, so I hope that someone will be able to record Ayu's performances!

I can't wait to see the full performance!

I just heard a sample of the chorus from a friend in japan who recorded it from the chaka uta that was just released on july 1st.

Oh man.. can you post it? Dunno why, but I really wanna hear it!

Yeah!
 

Come on PEOPLE

Let's get a clip of INSPIRE!

wew.... a ballad? I dont think its a balladish song... :) maybe just a song in moderato tempo :)

The preview clip of "INSPIRE" has been posted here.

... :vhot on WinMX (on the OpenNapNetwork-Tekito) is someone who has this video of "Inspire" 28.06.2004, it´s 194mb (mpeg2) big...... :bawl >___<;; but I can´t download it T____T ..nyaaaaaah :planning let´s try it together minna XD! ....
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Kathy

interesting.. thanks for the information ;)