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Old 7th April 2018, 07:09 PM
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Short review:

Intro: Was a prerecorded one which included the original "Welcome to the power of music" line from 2011.

01. forgiveness
- She tried to copy that feeling from 2011 but get into the song over the time

02. evolution
- felt like a nice surprise here - vocals were really good
- classic intro until the first wow yeah... (like 2007)

Band Introduction

03. A Song for xx
- I first thought how nice to hear, but she didn't grab the feeling here - sadly

04. Mad World
- Her voice was on top here and because it was without her dances, it felt more honest to me

05. ever free
- it was a mix of the AOV and rockish arrangement - really touching, honest and well sung
- i think she struggled for a secend with the lyrics

Catcher in the light (from MY STORY Classical)

06. SEASONS
- Didn't expect this song. She looked stunning and her voice was pretty good

07. TO BE
- nice conclusion to SEASONS, but she screamed a lot here ( not as bad as last years CDTV)

08. how beautiful you are
- definitely one highlight of the show - her voice was on point!

09. BRILLIANTE
- remake from 2012s evoLLANTE without evolution - Vocals were fine

Diary (sung by Miccie and Yungon(?) (the new Korean backup singer)

Bold & Delicious - "Dance teaching for "yaya...gaga...dada...wowow..." parts
- this was actually really funny

10. Bold & Delicious
- Her Vocals were better than in the rehearsal videos

11. Born To Be...
- As Bold & Delicious her voice was really good

12. NEXT LEVEL
- The new arrangement was absolut perfection! I'm not a fan of her re-arranged songs but for this they went all out! A huuuge highlight!

Encore (no mc)

12. Curtain call
- was good sung with nice additions from BGVs

14. SURREAL
- a big surprise as a standalone! She struggled a bit during the Lala-Lalai parts...

15. Boys & Girls
- the same procedure than every year
- she started to sing second verse during first ones time

16. a song is born
- also a big surprise here, really beautiful and the audience did some magic to it while singing the chorus


+ Songs: Mad World, ever free, how beautiful you are, NEXT LEVEL
- Songs: forgiveness, A Song for xx, TO BE

Yes, the setlist looks pretty short, but the concert felt normal length-like
I think this setlist is really nice and with the addition of 2-3 Songs could be perfect

I loved that the focused on the music and not on the dancers...
BTW: there was a treadmill on the catwalk which was used during A Song for xx and Catcher in the Light
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concerts i've attended:
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.07
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ~POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary~」2018.04.08

Last edited by Party_King; 7th April 2018 at 07:18 PM.