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Originally Posted by pedronekoi
I don't even think World Tour was ever an option on her career...
But one of the biggest names in Brazilian Pop - Ivete Sangalo - have done a single concert in New York and it was really well received, not because she's international famous but because there's a lot of brazilians living in the US and also Americans/foreigners that have interest in Brazilian Music. So I think if Ayu did something like that she would attract not only her fans but for sure the japanese music fans. But I really think she never even considered doing a western concert.
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Ken Hirai did this last year, two shows in New York in a small venue, and he usually does Arena tours domestically if I’m not mistaken. Most of the people there came on organized trips from Japan by his fanclub. I think 99% of the VIP area seats were filled by fanclub people from Japan and a lot of Japanese people flew in from California to see him. So it IS possible for Ayu to do something similar if there is enough interest, since the fanclub trips also included sightseeing in New York. It’s possible, it’s just not probable.
As Sunshineslayer mentioned above, Hyde and his various projects does it too, but I agree it’s just because he likes playing shows and he’s adventurous. If you’re not worried about the money, it’s easier to do. It also occurred to me that her ear problem also factor into this- if she does a poor job, international audiences might not be as forgiving as her local ones and she doesn’t want to deal with the negative reactions/press.