ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ～A BEST LIVE～ VI

[njanjayrp]

OK so I am finally in front of the PC in the hotel and there are a few additional things worth mentioning from the 1st Hiroshima date:

- Unlike in Yokohama last year there weren't that many people cosplaying this time which is most likely normal.
- There was a separate line for people without tickets as they could purchase them on spot.
- The arena had under 50 seats empty, perhaps even less. I could only see a couple of empty seats from where I was.
- Her vocals were superb.
- poker face/Fly high/HONEY featured a very high pitched back track and at some point I was sure she wasn't singing certain parts of those songs. The rest was totally live and awesome!
- the performances weren't that interesting, leaving aside the ASFXX opening and HEAVEN/JEWEL as other than the thing she was standing on during You & Me and the disco ball there weren't any cool props.
- Someone messed up something during the start of No way to say. SHU-YA was pulled back, Ayu pointed at Yo-chan and he started playing a long guitar solo while Ayu was just walking around, smiling and waving to people on the center stage. She was really professional.
- The pool songs (HEAVEN/JEWEL) were breathtaking. Loved those and I could really see well from where I was.
- People around me were totally clueless during Tell All as it seemed they did not know the song, the same was with Wake me up.
- I was kinda disappointed Sunrise was taken off the set-list more than I was after realizing SAKURA was gone.
- They start Voyage with the back vocals singing "I'm on a journey looking for love". The arrangement was somewhat different. In the end of the song Ayu sings the English part herself. Really loved Voyage, she sang it really well and I forgot it was on the setlist so was kinda surprised.
- The encore started with July 1st.
- After Who, she tried doing the "arigatou gozaimashita" without mic, but people kept screaming Ayu and omedetou ^_^ she picked the mic like 3 times and was all like nandeee!
- In the end some girls started singing "ayu no koto, ayu no koto omouyou..." and soon the whole arena joined in singing part of me! She seemed touched and confused!
- After the encore some people started leaving, but the majority of us remained in our seats, clapped our uchiwas and screamed Ayu! After a few minutes she was back on stage and MY ALL started. She let us sing the last chorus!
- In the end of Wake me up they use the same thing as they did for Ladies night [(miss)understood tour]. It's just that there is just one instead of 3 and Ayu gets caught up in it in the end instead of one of the dancers.

The best 2 points of the show for me were the setlist and her vocals. There wasn't really a theme set this time, so the performances weren't that amazing, but that's oke!

[marty]

Well, after seeing so many positive reviews about her vocals this time, I'm not surprised at all they wanted to pull out a live cd! Ok, now I'm definitely super curious about hearing this tour, more than watching it!XD

[Ayufan85]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

The best 2 points of the show for me were the setlist and her vocals. There wasn't really a theme set this time, so the performances weren't that amazing, but that's oke!

I was present too at this date and i'm totally agree with you !!
It was really amazing and her vocal was just... perfect !

At a moment she said 'Nagoya' for 'Hiroshima' I think. She was really embarrassing and laugh a lot, it was really cute :p

But sadly, no 'SAKURA'... but a little a cappella of 'part of me'

[Luther10]

Reasons for axing SAKURA:

1 One of her staff member sabotages the dress with the long tails, cutting it in pieces, and AYU refuses to sing the song again till she finds the culprit
2 The fan blowing the dress malfunctions, and is out of order indefinitely
3 Blossom season for SAKURA had passed, so they can no longer show the tree on the backdrop

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by Luther10

Reasons for axing SAKURA:

1 One of her staff member sabotages the dress with the long tails, cutting it in pieces, and AYU refuses to sing the song again till she finds the culprit
2 The fan blowing the dress malfunctions, and is out of order indefinitely
3 Blossom season for SAKURA had passed, so they can no longer show the tree on the backdrop

[alternarist]

Originally Posted by Luther10

Reasons for axing SAKURA:

1 One of her staff member sabotages the dress with the long tails, cutting it in pieces, and AYU refuses to sing the song again till she finds the culprit
2 The fan blowing the dress malfunctions, and is out of order indefinitely
3 Blossom season for SAKURA had passed, so they can no longer show the tree on the backdrop

haha this is funny! but number 2 is possible.

[brener]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

OK so I am finally in front of the PC in the hotel and there are a few additional things worth mentioning from the 1st Hiroshima date:

- Unlike in Yokohama last year there weren't that many people cosplaying this time which is most likely normal.
- There was a separate line for people without tickets as they could purchase them on spot.
- The arena had under 50 seats empty, perhaps even less. I could only see a couple of empty seats from where I was.
- Her vocals were superb.
- poker face/Fly high/HONEY featured a very high pitched back track and at some point I was sure she wasn't singing certain parts of those songs. The rest was totally live and awesome!
- the performances weren't that interesting, leaving aside the ASFXX opening and HEAVEN/JEWEL as other than the thing she was standing on during You & Me and the disco ball there weren't any cool props.
- Someone messed up something during the start of No way to say. SHU-YA was pulled back, Ayu pointed at Yo-chan and he started playing a long guitar solo while Ayu was just walking around, smiling and waving to people on the center stage. She was really professional.
- The pool songs (HEAVEN/JEWEL) were breathtaking. Loved those and I could really see well from where I was.
- People around me were totally clueless during Tell All as it seemed they did not know the song, the same was with Wake me up.
- I was kinda disappointed Sunrise was taken off the set-list more than I was after realizing SAKURA was gone.
- They start Voyage with the back vocals singing "I'm on a journey looking for love". The arrangement was somewhat different. In the end of the song Ayu sings the English part herself. Really loved Voyage, she sang it really well and I forgot it was on the setlist so was kinda surprised.
- The encore started with July 1st.
- After Who, she tried doing the "arigatou gozaimashita" without mic, but people kept screaming Ayu and omedetou ^_^ she picked the mic like 3 times and was all like nandeee!
- In the end some girls started singing "ayu no koto, ayu no koto omouyou..." and soon the whole arena joined in singing part of me! She seemed touched and confused!
- After the encore some people started leaving, but the majority of us remained in our seats, clapped our uchiwas and screamed Ayu! After a few minutes she was back on stage and MY ALL started. She let us sing the last chorus!
- In the end of Wake me up they use the same thing as they did for Ladies night [(miss)understood tour]. It's just that there is just one instead of 3 and Ayu gets caught up in it in the end instead of one of the dancers.

The best 2 points of the show for me were the setlist and her vocals. There wasn't really a theme set this time, so the performances weren't that amazing, but that's oke!

reading your review made me want so much to watch this concert asap '-'

btw, what about those annoying clowns? >>"

[EnergizE]

Originally Posted by brener

reading your review made me want so much to watch this concert asap '-'

btw, what about those annoying clowns? >>"

The clowns are the soldiers this time !