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~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A setlists, photos, and etc. [III]

Sources include Japanese users' blogs/people here/2ch/evolution/livedoor/mixi/etc. They are usually linked to in the posts they originate from.

Please post all pictures/reviews/etc. here if you can. I'll stick 'em in the first post. Just to reiterate: this first post is updated as new information comes out so if you are looking for any new information, it should be in this post with a day or two of being posted in the thread.

Setlists and etc.
Spoiler:
Setlist for LIMITED EDITION:
01.forgiveness
02.progress
(A Song for XX: Prelude)
03.decision
(Catcher In The Light)
04.walking proud
05.beloved
06.BRILLANTE
07.Days
08.ANother song feat URATA NAOYA
09.Why... feat JUNO
10.SEASONS
(WONDERLAND)
11.Bold & Delicious
12.evolution
13.Boys & Girls
14.Born To Be...
15.A Song is born
16.Thank U


Setlist for FINAL CHAPTER:
01.forgiveness
02.progress
(A Song for XX: Prelude)
03.M
04.decision
(Catcher In The Light)
05.walking proud
06.part of me
07.beloved
08.BRILLANTE
09.Days
10.SEASONS
(WONDERLAND)
11.Bold & Delicious
12.evolution
13.Boys & Girls
14.Born To Be...
15.A Song is born
16.Thank U


01.forgiveness
02.progress
03.M
04.decision
05.walking proud
06.part of me
07.beloved
08.BRILLANTE
09.Days
10.SEASONS
11.Bold & Delicious
12.Mirrorcle World
13.evolution
14.Boys & Girls
15.Born To Be...
16.A Song is born
17.Thank U


01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. M
04. decision
05. walking proud
06. part of Me
07. beloved
08. BRILLANTE
09. Days
10. vogue
11. Far away
12. SEASONS
13. Bold & Delicious
14. Mirrorcle World
15. evolution
16. Boys & Girls
17. Born To Be...

ENCORE
18. A Song is born
19. Thank U

Past setlist(s):
01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. A Song for XX
04. M
05. NEVER EVER
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. Love song
09. vogue
10. Far away
11. SEASONS
12. July 1st
13. Bold & Delicious
14. Mirrorcle World
15. evolution
16. Boys & Girls
17. Born To Be...
18. A Song is born
19. Thank U

01. forgiveness
02. Love song
03. A Song for XX
04. M
05. NEVER EVER
06. monochrome
07. fairyland
08. walking proud
09. part of Me
10. Moments
11. vogue
12. Far away
13. SEASONS
14. Bold & Delicious
15. Mirrorcle World
16. UNITE!
17. evolution
18. Boys & Girls
19. Born To Be...
20. A Song is born

01. forgiveness
mini MC
02. blossom
03. BLUE BIRD
04. monochrome
05. fairyland
06. A Song for XX
07. M
08. NEVER EVER
09. walking proud
10. part of Me
11. Moments
12. vogue
13. Far away
14. SEASONS
15. Bold & Delicious
16. Mirrorcle World
17. evolution
  (5/21 Fukuoka onward)
 (17. UNITE!
  First date~5/15 Yokohama)
18.Boys & Girls
  (5/21 Fukuoka onward)
 (18. evolution
  First date~5/15 Yokohama)
19. Born To Be...
20. A Song is born

01. forgiveness
02. Love song
03. A Song for XX
04. M
05. NEVER EVER
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. Moments
09. vogue
10. Far away
11. SEASONS
12. fairyland
13. Bold & Delicious
14. Mirrorcle World
15. UNITE!
16. evolution
17. Boys & Girls
18. Born To Be...
19. A Song is born

01. forgiveness
02. progress
03. A Song for XX
04. M
05. NEVER EVER
06. walking proud
07. part of Me
08. Love song
09. SEASONS
(09. July 1st
 7/13 Nagoya stop)
10. July 1st
(10. SEASONS
 7/13 Nagoya stop)
11. Bold & Delicious
12. Mirrorcle World
13. evolution
(13. Boys & Girls
 7/13 Nagoya stop)
14. Boys & Girls
(14. evolution
 7/13 Nagoya stop)
15. Born To Be...
16. A Song is born
17. Thank U

(Interludes are used during the concert... but they are musical. The MY STORY Classical versions of WONDERLAND and Catcher in the Light.)

Mini MC songs (most are 1 chorus only) (http://ameblo.jp/ayu-soulmate/entry-10885698626.html):
Hiroshima: poker face - YOU - Trust - TO BE - second day
Yokohama: poker face - YOU - first day / Key ~eternal tie ver.~ - LOVE ~destiny~ - YOU - second day
Fukuoka: poker face - first day / poker face - Key ~eternal tie ver.~ - second day
Osaka: MOON - first day / Love song - second day
Yokohama: Love song - first day / YOU - second day
Fukuoka: N/A - first day / BLUE BIRD - second day
Fukui: BLUE BIRD - first day / MOON - second day
Nagoya: N/A - first day / N/A - second day

01. forgiveness
Starts off a cappella, and then the 23 piece orchestra comes in. Entire song had acoustic feel to it.

02. blossom
Bossa nova styled, performed along with the dancers.

03. BLUE BIRD
04. monochrome
05. fairyland
Short versions were performed... was a bit of a medley a la CDL10-11's ballad one I guess?

06. A Song for XX
Felt like acoustic orchestra version. Great intonation on Ayu's part.

07. M
Very jazzy arrangement. Went up an octave in the last chorus and her voice was very beautiful sounding.

08. NEVER EVER
Sung in the original key... I think... sounds very close to the CD recording.

09. walking proud
Arrangement was similar to MY STORY Classical. Lots of audience members cried.

10. part of Me
Hasn't been performed in a while, people cheered when it came on. Sung better than recorded version?

11. Moments
Arrangement was like MY STORY Classical. Ayu's higher register was very beautiful.

12. vogue
13. Far away
14. SEASONS
It was thought that this trilogy would never be performed together again. Many were shocked.

15. Bold & Delicious
There was a bit of a talk with fans before this song? Different sides of the arena were to sing 'ya ga da wo etc.' and the song itself was surprising since most of the songs before this were gentle ballads.

16. Mirrorcle World
The intro of the song had a cheer of some sort, and her voice was very cool. Rockish feel to the song and fits Ayu's voice well.

17. UNITE!
18. evolution
19. Born To Be...
Ayu went down to the runway during Born To Be... and was crying. This is the set of songs where she introduced the band members and dancers. People were really energetic and the curtain lowered at the end of Born To Be...

20. a song is born
Curtain rose, and this song started. Ayu was crying towards the end of the song, and fans were to join in for a 'lalalala' session a la SEVEN DAYS WAR at AT10, I believe.

- The entire concert went straight through from start to finish with no costume changes, no interludes, and no thank you mail at the end. Ayu also wore very natural makeup and had a simple flesh colored outfit on?
- Some songs were very different from their original versions and are more orchestrated sounding with the 23 piece[?] orchestra (Yay, strings and brass!) and some had a jazz flair to them
- Ayu cried during a song is born
- Ayu "changed outfits" from the longer skirt to the short skirt for the summer medley onward
- Most setlists came with this: 衣装着替・MC・アンコール・サンキューメールはありませんでした | There were no costume changes, no MC, no encore, and no thank you mail
- Chisa [knee injury and will not dance anymore], Subaru, 2-YAN, and Kayanocchi were not present at the concert... some have graduated from the dance team?
- Born To Be... is when the streamers shot out into the audience
- There are screens in the concert, so they were not axed with the other elements
- Dancers and performers that were present -
<出演ダンサー情報>
ダンサー ☆ シューヤ、ZIN、まろ、ゴーミ、かずま、あき、みどりんぐ、KO、EMI、EKKO | Shu-ya, ZIN, Maro, GO-MI, Kazuma, AKI, Midoring, KO, EMI, EKKO

パフォーマー ☆ SYU、KUNI、SUKE3 | the people who played the clowns at AT10
- The show is about 2 hours long or so?
- from maikaru: Ive been reading on mixi more, and everyone is saying that most songs are not in their original arrangements. For example vogue is now latin style, and blue bird has been slowed to almost a ballad. There is no lasers or explosions, so some people said mirrorcle world is awkward... also bold and delicious seems to have some riffs from identity in it. Finally, many people thought @ the end of the show, that would be the time for mc, and when announce that please exit now etc came, so many people felt like "what??" And didnt know what to say. Its very rare for mixi to agree with ahs, but many people are feeling very mixed. On paper, the songs are great, but many of them are changed almost beyond recognition. (>_<) so... we will have to see. On another note, everyone is commenting how different her voice is,like its new, and they can definitely hear the change.


Photos + new outfit photos
Spoiler:


Notable links
POWER of MUSIC 2011 A goods
~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A II
「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2011 A ~HOTEL Love songs~」
~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A information thread [I]
~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A setlist, photos, and etc. [II]
~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A setlists, photos, and etc. [III]

Concert reviews
tokyoxjapanxfan's short review of 05/14 show in Yokohama
tbb08's short review of 05/15 show in Yokohama
greggerz189's article of 06/04 show in Yokohama
greggerz189's review of 06/04 show in Yokohama
Lee^ChaN's review of the 7/23 show in Yoyogi
Misa-chan's review of the 7/23 show in Yoyogi
Luja.'s review of the 7/24 show in Yoyogi
miki_beland's review of the 7/23 and 7/24 shows in Yoyogi
Kei Rei's review of the 9/30 show in Osaka
Taru86's review of the 10/1 show in Osaka

Last edited by truehappiness; 19th October 2011 at 09:45 AM.