[NEWS] Ayumi in concert (her ear did NOT recover)
 

　浜崎あゆみ（２９）がＣＤデビューから満１０周年を迎えた８日夜、東京・国立代々木競技場第１体育館で記 念公演を行った。アンコールで１万２０００人の観客が代表曲「Ｗｈｏ…」を合唱して祝うサプライズがあり、 浜崎は感涙。フィギュアスケートの浅田真央（１７）も祝福に訪れた。また、聴力を失ったとされる左耳もメモ リアルデーに向け、回復していたことが分かった。

　ファンからの思わぬ贈り物に驚いて口に当てた左手は、いつしか両目からあふれる涙を何度もぬぐっていた。 スタッフから大判のタオルを渡されるほど、涙は止まらなかった。

　１万２０００人の大合唱。「Ｗｈｏ…」は女子高生の教祖としての地位を決定付けたアルバム「ＬＯＶＥｐｐ ｅａｒｓ」（９９年１１月発売）の収録曲。♪これからも　ずっとこの歌声が　あなたに届きます様にと…。そ の言葉は、作詞した浜崎がライブでファンへの思いを込めて歌いかけることが多い。この日は逆に、ファンから 「あゆに届きますように」とささげた。

　９８年４月８日にシングル「ｐｏｋｅｒ　ｆａｃｅ」でデビュー。以来、１０年間で２０００億円以上を稼い だ。トップを走り続けた心身の疲労は計り知れない。昨年末、体調を著しく崩し、恒例の年越しライブさえ、一 時は危ぶまれた。

　左耳も１０年間のストレスと無縁ではない。関係者によると「いまも体調は万全ではない」という。だが、メ モリアルイヤーに「自分の精いっぱいの歌声を届けたい」という思いが、ステージに向かわせた。ライブでは何 度も左耳のイヤモニターを入れ直し、関係者も「どの程度かは分からないが、いまは聞こえているそうです」と 話した。

　ジュエリードレスなど豪華衣装のほか、ピンクのミニスカ姿で松田聖子風に“ぶりっ子”しながら歌うユニー クな場面も。アンコールでは重量５０キロの巨大ケーキも登場し「こんなにお祝いしてもらって本当に幸せ者だ と思います」。最後はマイクを置き、肉声で「ありがとうございます！」と客席に叫んだ。

　この日発売の記念シングル「Ｍｉｒｒｏｒｃｌｅ　Ｗｏｒｌｄ」はオリコンのデイリーチャートで首位発進。 通算３０作１位の記録達成は濃厚で、メモリアルイヤーに花を添えることになりそうだ。


Source: 每日JP

huh?

are u seriously serious?

EDIT: after trying to decipher the japanese, it didnt mention about 左耳．

english please...

I think I read that this wasn't really true :S

are you REALLY sure about what the news talking?
i'm sorry...
i doubt it

translation please!!!

O_O completely O_O

wad?!?!?..SERIOUSLY???

Ok, translation please XD If this is really true, it's awesome! But then all the rumours about Ayu making the "I'm deaf now!" thing to make the sales go up will stir up again =X

are you sure with this??
if this is true GOD just give me very BIG MIRACLE

No
it's only abt her new single and how she sang Who... and then she teared LOL
she din even sang Who... in AT08
hahahahha

if ayu's left ear 'suddenly' recovered
she must be so fooling us
and just want some simpathy and popularity back LOL

so dun trust that news

It says it here:

I don't have time to actually translate this though.

I believe Ayu will post something on team ayu if she really recovered~

I was wondering about this, too. In fact, I was just about to post something about it when I saw your post. XD Yeah, here's another website talking about it:

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../04/09/01.html

I just wanna know if it's true or if this is all one big hoax. :/

It's a missunderstanding. Read this: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=150

i am sorry but when i first replied to this post. there was only 2 lines and i dont see it!! when i come back, there is a long passage.

thanks for clarifying!!

so about her recovering is not true?
i thought that there will be a miracle~

:( i thought it was true

How misleading. :(

maybe it recover a bit...but not 100% recover

I don't think this is true. she would have made a formal announcement with team ayu...plus all the stuff they said about it not being able to recover.

EDIT: Second the title of the thread being changed.

To bad... it would be cool if it was true!

Engrish please... ^^,

It would be great if her ear was getting better, but I don't think it will unless someone up there REALLY loves our song bird. ;)

that lost me... i'm not going to both

i hope its true and is confirmed by ayu..

^ Not unless a new "Team Ayu" message was posted.
If that true, its a blessing for her. :)

EDIT.
CRAP, another hoax. :thud

-pop diva Hamasaki Ayumi (29) may have lost the hearing in her left ear but she can still put on a big show. Marking her 10th anniversary in showbiz, she held the Tokyo leg of her Asian tour at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium yesterday. She went through 21 songs and nine costume changes during the show. During the encore the 12,000 fans surprised her with a version of the song "Who..." and a tearful Ayu was presented a huge 50kg cake. She will play 27 shows in ten cities across Japan before heading overseas. Details for the Asian shows have yet to be announced. Since her April 8, 1998 debut single "Poker Face", Ayu has amassed sales estimated at ¥200 billion (approx. $2 billion). Her memorial single "Mirrorcle World" was released yesterday and is sure to become her 30th No.1. A Sports Nippon article said that she had "miraculously" recovered some of the hearing in her left ear, but it wasn't mentioned elsewhere and so can't be confirmed. She was seen removing the ear monitor during the show.
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/

あゆ１０周年にミラクル！左耳が回復
浜崎あゆみ（２９）がＣＤデビューから満１０周年を迎えた８日夜、東京・国立代々木競技場第１体育館で記念 公演を行った。アンコールで１万２０００人の観客が代表曲「Ｗｈｏ…」を合唱して祝うサプライズがあり、浜 崎は感涙。フィギュアスケートの浅田真央（１７）も祝福に訪れた。また、聴力を失ったとされる左耳もメモリ アルデーに向け、回復していたことが分かった。

　ファンからの思わぬ贈り物に驚いて口に当てた左手は、いつしか両目からあふれる涙を何度もぬぐっていた。 スタッフから大判のタオルを渡されるほど、涙は止まらなかった。

　１万２０００人の大合唱。「Ｗｈｏ…」は女子高生の教祖としての地位を決定付けたアルバム「ＬＯＶＥｐｐ ｅａｒｓ」（９９年１１月発売）の収録曲。♪これからも　ずっとこの歌声が　あなたに届きます様にと…。そ の言葉は、作詞した浜崎がライブでファンへの思いを込めて歌いかけることが多い。この日は逆に、ファンから 「あゆに届きますように」とささげた。

　９８年４月８日にシングル「ｐｏｋｅｒ　ｆａｃｅ」でデビュー。以来、１０年間で２０００億円以上を稼い だ。トップを走り続けた心身の疲労は計り知れない。昨年末、体調を著しく崩し、恒例の年越しライブさえ、一 時は危ぶまれた。

　左耳も１０年間のストレスと無縁ではない。関係者によると「いまも体調は万全ではない」という。だが、メ モリアルイヤーに「自分の精いっぱいの歌声を届けたい」という思いが、ステージに向かわせた。ライブでは何 度も左耳のイヤモニターを入れ直し、関係者も「どの程度かは分からないが、いまは聞こえているそうです」と 話した。

　ジュエリードレスなど豪華衣装のほか、ピンクのミニスカ姿で松田聖子風に“ぶりっ子”しながら歌うユニー クな場面も。アンコールでは重量５０キロの巨大ケーキも登場し「こんなにお祝いしてもらって本当に幸せ者だ と思います」。最後はマイクを置き、肉声で「ありがとうございます！」と客席に叫んだ。

　この日発売の記念シングル「Ｍｉｒｒｏｒｃｌｅ　Ｗｏｒｌｄ」はオリコンのデイリーチャートで首位発進。 通算３０作１位の記録達成は濃厚で、メモリアルイヤーに花を添えることになりそうだ。

[ 2008年04月09日 ]
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../04/09/01.html

Yeah... it's exagerated. She hasn't "recovered." Remember when she told us about her hearing loss how we'll all have to scream louder for her now so she can hear our support? That's all she was doing. She was "using" her left ear (cupping her hand around it) so she could hear the audience's louder screams in support of her. She can probably still hear faint sounds and if the screaming is loud enough, I'm sure she could somewhat hear it. That's what happened. :yes

I really thought a miracle has happened =/

Oh well, i do hope ayu's right ear will recover somehow..

Her right ear is fine.

^ sorry I meant left >.<

Well, it's not a miracle, but at least I know now that she didn't COMPLETELY lose her left ear... I thought it didn't work at all~

please, edit the thread title, for sanity's sake!!!

now i just can think about Bombs up in my face, by Darren Hayes.... :/

This translation took a lot longer than I thought it would...
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On the 8th, Ayumi Hamasaki (29) held her 10th anniversary concert celebrating 10 years since the day her first CD debuted. During the encore, the audience of 12000 people sang the song "Who..." as a surprise to Hamasaki, moving her to tears. Figure skate Mao Asada (17) was also in attendance of the celebration. *Even her left ear, thought to have lost its hearing, faced the anniversary. It was understood that she was recovering.* [I think they mean recovering from what happened, not the ear recovering.]

*Not completely clear on the grammar here

Surprised at the presents from her fans, she put her left hand to her mouth, and before long, she was wiping her eyes brimming with tears over and over. So many tears fell that her staff had to hand her a large towel.

A chorus of 12000 people. "Who..." is a song from the album "LOVEppears" (Nov '99) which continued to confirm her as the leader of high school girls. "From now on, that this singing voice may always reach you..." [lyrics of Who] Hamasaki, who wrote these lyrics, has put all of her feelings toward her fans in song and sang them many times. It was the reverse on this day as her fans offered the words "That we may reach Ayu."

Ayumi Hamasaki debuted with the single "Poker Face" on 98-4-8. Since then, she has earned over 200 billion yen over ten years. Her fatigue in mind and body of running to the top is unmeasurable. At the end of lastyear, her physical health was considerably in decline, and there were even doubts about her annual new years live concert.

The loss of hearing in her left ear is not unrelated to ten years of stress. According to a specialist, "Even now her health is not perfect." But, she faced the stage thinking, "I want to use my voice to reach out with all my might."

At lives, she uses inner ear monitors countless times, and the specialist says "I don't know the extent of the hearing loss, but I hear that she can hear as of now." [I think the guy is saying she can still hear ok even with just the right ear.]

At the concert, there were unique scenes such as when Hamasaki appeared in an ornate jeweled dress as well as a pink miniskirt in the "cute girl" style of Seiko Matsuda. During the encore, an enormous 50kg cake was brought on stage. "I'm really happy to have a celebration like this." At the very end, she placed the microphone down and shouted "Thank you!" to the audience with her own voice.

Her anniversary single "Mirrorcle World" debuted on the Oricon daily chart at first place. Already having achieved a record of 30 #1's, it seems to add a decoration of flowers to her anniversary year. [Probably a Japanese expression.]

Ayu should do another Team Ayu message. I'm actually surprised she didn't do one yesterday...

damn, got all excited for nothing :(

somebody changes the title please..
this will get ppl get an empty happiness~

that's amazing one to hear go Ayu GO!

losing one ear is not gonna affect her singing anyways. maybe her co-workers will have to repeat themselves a few times.

The fans singing to her is really sweet though!

translation pls

Um, look on the second page of this thread at post #36...

50kg cake?!?! O_O That's how much I weigh! O_O

Who... been sang for ayu from 12000 audience! that's so cool, if i was there i'll definitely cry hard...

50kg, huh? *looks it up* Holy bageezus! That's 110 pounds?! Dang!

Well, to be honest, I don't see how her ear would miracuously recover after all that's happened, so I'm not surprised.

Interesting to read, though. Thanks.

thanks for the translation HiruNoKaze!

thanks for translation
once again...congrats ayu!!!

oww.. congratz,she has earned 200 billion yens O_0

ummm
i thought she revealed ages ago that her ear was not able to be recovered? =S

it does, and it has been making it difficult for her to sing live these days. you use both your ears to be able to hear others, and when you are a singer you use them to be able to hear yourself. since she lost hearing in the leaf ear, she can only hear herself through one ear and it can cause unstable pitch in her singing. We have seen it in CDL 07-08 and other live performances so far, but I admire her resilience to keep trying. The only way she gets better is if she keeps practicing

All the best ayu..... :) Just hope she's doing fine.... :)

He's implying it's a media stunt she's pulling to sell more albums next time...

Well, Beethoven didn't sing, he composed. I hope she's able to adjust to her ear condition, considering the concert reports, I don't think we have to worry about her singing voice.

yeaaa he didn't sing
but still, she composes music doesn't she?
and if she was to compose then attempt to sing it whilst at home or something
then she'd be like no it doesn't sound right etc

Hmm....Misleading...

Thats said based on your ignorance. An ear isnt enough especially during a live where Ayu can hear instructions given by the background crew at times until the concert is seen to be settling smoothly. Furthermore Ayu is now left with just an ear to hear herself over the loud, blaring music.
Any singers will tell you that they do not want to lose their hearing, not even the slightest.