Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017 ~VI: Third chapter~

Aderianu · #1 9th January 2018, 04:54 PM

"The stage, this is where I live."
We have no doubt what ayumi hamasaki says, 19 years she has been pursuing ultimate entertainment and kept improving.

"Just the beginning -20-" tour, the advanced step to her 20th anniversary year, runs 60 concerts!!
It's her first attempt and shows begin to be held at hall venues in Japan, starting with Arena venue.

We follow the track of the masterpieces since her debut by changing scale which makes her shows multifariously.
This tour must be going to become something special and the long awaited "special edition" tour for her fans.

What is her intension of starting "Just the beginning", is this countdown to her 20th anniversary or...

FIRST CHAPTER: <Arena Performance>
May 2017 - July 2017
✓ 01. 2017.05.13 - Kanagawa: Yokohama Arena
✓ 02. 2017.05.14 - Kanagawa: Yokohama Arena
✓ 03. 2017.06.17 - Tokyo: Yoyogi National Gymnasium
✓ 04. 2017.06.18 - Tokyo: Yoyogi National Gymnasium
✓ 05. 2017.06.28 - Aichi: NGK Hall
✓ 06. 2017.06.29 - Aichi: NGK Hall
✓ 07. 2017.07.15 - Osaka: Osakajo Hall
✓ 08. 2017.07.16 - Osaka: Osakajo Hall
✓ 09. 2017.07.17 - Osaka: Osakajo Hall

SECOND CHAPTER ~sacrifice~ <Hall Performance>
September 2017 - November 2017
✓ 10. 2017.09.06 - Kanagawa: Pacifico Yokohama Great Hall
✓ 11. 2017.09.07 - Kanagawa: Pacifico Yokohama Great Hall
✓ 12. 2017.09.11 - Fukuoka: Fukuoka Sun Palace Hall
✓ 13. 2017.09.12 - Fukuoka: Fukuoka Sun Palace Hall
X --. 2017.09.16 - Tokushima: Naruto City Cultural Center
✓ 14. 2017.09.18 - Kochi: Kochi Prefectural Cultural Hall
✓ 15. 2017.09.28 - Shizuoka: Shizuoka City Cultural Hall
✓ 16. 2017.09.29 - Shizuoka: Shizuoka City Cultural Hall
✓ 17. 2017.10.04 - Oita: Oita Iichiko Grand Theater
✓ 18. 2017.10.05 - Kumamoto: Kumamoto Prefectural Theater
✓ 19. 2017.10.11 - Fukui: Phoenix Plaza
✓ 20. 2017.10.12 - Ishikawa: Honda No Mori Hall
✓ 21. 2017.10.17 - Mie: Mie Prefectural Culture Hall
✓ 22. 2017.10.18 - Gifu: Nagaragawa International Conference Hall
X --. 2017.10.22 - Hyogo: Kobe International Hall
✓ 23. 2017.10.23 - Hiroshima: Hiroshima Cultural Academy HBG Hall
✓ 24. 2017.10.27 - Saitama: Omiya Sonic City
✓ 25. 2017.11.01 - Tokushima: Naruto City Cultural Center
✓ 26. 2017.11.02 - Ehime: Matsuyama City Hall
✓ 27. 2017.11.10 - Osaka: Festival hall
✓ 28. 2017.11.11 - Osaka: Festival hall
✓ 29. 2017.11.15 - Hyogo: Kobe International Hall
X --. 2017.11.17 - Miyagi: Tokyo Electron Hall
✓ 30. 2017.11.21 - Chiba: Ichikawa City Cultural Center
✓ 31. 2017.11.22 - Yamanashi: Collany Cultural Hall
✓ 32. 2017.11.28 - Yamaguchi: Shunan City Cultural Center
✓ 33. 2018.02.13 - Miyagi: Tokyo Electron Hall

THIRD CHAPTER:
December 2017 - February 2018
✓ 34. 2017.12.02 - Wakayama: Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall
✓ 35. 2017.12.03 - Nara: Nara Centennial Hall
✓ 36. 2017.12.07 - Tochigi: Utsunomiya Bunka Kaikan
✓ 37. 2017.12.08 - Gunma: Beisia Culture Hall Gunmaken Minkaikan
✓ 38. 2017.12.14 - Niigata: Niigata Prefectural Civic Center
✓ 39. 2017.12.15 - Toyama: AUBADE HALL
✓ 40. 2017.12.20 - Nagasaki: Nagasaki Brick Hall
✓ 41. 2017.12.21 - Kagoshima: Kagoshima Cultural Hall
✓ 42. 2017.12.25 - Chiba: Ichiharashi City Hall
✓ 43. 2017.12.26 - Chiba: Ichiharashi City Hall
✓ 44. 2017.12.31 - Tokyo: Tokyo International Forum Hall A
✓ 45. 2018.01.05 - Saitama: Omiya Sonic City
✓ 46. 2018.01.06 - Ibaraki: Ibaraki Prefectural Culture Center
✓ 47. 2018.01.09 - Kyoto: ROHM Theatre Kyoto
✓ 48. 2018.01.10 - Shiga: Biwako Hall
✓ 49. 2018.01.14 - Fukushima: Koriyama City Cultural Center
✓ 50. 2018.01.15 - Miyagi: Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
✓ 51. 2018.01.21 - Hokkaido: Nitori Culture Hall
✓ 52. 2018.01.29 - Aichi: Nagoya Congress Center
✓ 53. 2018.01.30 - Aichi: Nagoya Congress Center
✓ 54. 2018.01.31 - Aichi: Nagoya Congress Center
✓ 55. 2018.02.05 - Hyōgo: Kobe International House Hall
✓ 56. 2018.02.06 - Hyōgo: Kobe International House Hall
✓ 57. 2018.02.11 - Iwate: Morioka Civic Cultural Hall
✓ 58. 2018.02.12 - Aomori: Link station Hall Aomori
✓ 59. 2018.02.19 - Okinawa: Okinawa Convention Center
✓ 60. 2018.02.20 - Okinawa: Okinawa Convention Center

[Ticket price]
Reserved Seating (ARENA): ¥9,400 yen (tax included)
Reserved Seating (HALL): ¥8,800 yen (tax included)
*Children aged over 3 years old are required tickets.

Special site: http://www.ayu2017tour.com/
Official site: http://avex.jp/ayu/live/tour.php?id=1001001

====FIRST CHAPTER: <Arena Performance>========================

-=SETLIST=-

Spoiler:

-=PHOTOS=-

Spoiler:

-=VIDEO=-
http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123732

====SECOND CHAPTER ~sacrifice~ <Hall Performance>================

-=SETLIST=-

Spoiler:

-=PHOTOS=-

Spoiler:

-=AUDIO RECORDING=-

Spoiler:

-=REVIEW=-
junshen 2017.09.06
HilaryDuffFanboy 2017.09.11

====THIRD CHAPTER: ==============================
-=SETLIST=-

Spoiler:

-=PHOTOS=-

Spoiler:

YUKARI · #2 10th January 2018, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

Lol, you have seen me and my tall Russian friend xD I guess you wrote on his Instagram ?

Where were you sitting??

yeah it was me! I was sitting at 23th row very close to the gate. I heard how you guys said "6th row" when you came in the hall.

how was it sitting at 6th row?? really close?

Ayumi_lover · #3 11th January 2018, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YUKARI

yeah it was me! I was sitting at 23th row very close to the gate. I heard how you guys said "6th row" when you came in the hall.

how was it sitting at 6th row?? really close?

Yeah, it was really close! Yesterday in Shiga I was in 9th row. Didn’t know Global TA can get 23rd row. The worst ticket I got was Saitama, 17th row and there were lots of foreigners at that show. In Kyoto there was couple from Singapore on 7th row and a guy from HK, so I thought all foreigners were quite close

Zeke. · #4 11th January 2018, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

Yeah, it was really close! Yesterday in Shiga I was in 9th row. Didn’t know Global TA can get 23rd row. The worst ticket I got was Saitama, 17th row and there were lots of foreigners at that show. In Kyoto there was couple from Singapore on 7th row and a guy from HK, so I thought all foreigners were quite close

Well when taking the entire hall into account, 23rd isn’t that bad. At least that’s what I told myself on the 31st, lol.

So far I’ve gotten:

Yokohama: 8th
Saitama: 8th
Tokyo International Forum: 24th
Saitama: 12th

I was wondering if I should ever try updating my TA with a Japanese address and applying that way for the next tour, to see if I’d have a better shot at even closer seats, but I think that would probably end up being a mistake. I mean, with global Team Ayu it appears that it’s already common place to be seated relatively close - it’s unknown what could happen if I changed my address and whenever I’ve done crap like that (wanted to test out another method when the way I’ve been doing it was relatively good) I always end up regretting it and say to myself “a gaurentee is better than an unknown!” So I think I’ll stay in global but I might splurge on a front or second row ticket from an auction site just once.

Also, I just noticed, but does it bother anyone else that the third chapter isn’t titled? Why give the second chapter a title and then not the third. Kind of stupid if you ask me. It’s like they didn’t follow through with the concept.

attractive nausea · #5 11th January 2018, 11:02 AM

^ Chapter 1 didn't have a name either lol

What bothers me the most is that chapter 1 was filmed and aired on TV really fast, so i was expecting the same for chapter 2 when it ended, but nope, nothing. I think it would have been better not to do anything at all for chapter 1 if it doesn't follow the same logic for the next chapters smh.

I expected chapter 1 & 2 & 3 to be all recorded and released on a 3 DVD release (+ maybe CDL 2016-2017) after the tour ends, but since we don't really know if they filmed chapter 2 + the fact that the setlists are the same for chapter 2 & 3 for the cute section, i really wonder if we'll ever see chapter 2 on a DVD.

Xianghua · #6 11th January 2018, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I was wondering if I should ever try updating my TA with a Japanese address and applying that way for the next tour, to see if I’d have a better shot at even closer seats, but I think that would probably end up being a mistake. I mean, with global Team Ayu it appears that it’s already common place to be seated relatively close - it’s unknown what could happen if I changed my address and whenever I’ve done crap like that (wanted to test out another method when the way I’ve been doing it was relatively good) I always end up regretting it and say to myself “a gaurentee is better than an unknown!” So I think I’ll stay in global but I might splurge on a front or second row ticket from an auction site just once.

I have a Japanese TA account and there were times that my seats ended up being far away so I don't think it will necessarily increase your chances of seat location.

As a side note, it may be harder to get closer seats at the cities you went to. I find chances of closer seating are better at places that are "out there" like Aomori or Tokushima

Zeke. · #7 11th January 2018, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

^ Chapter 1 didn't have a name either lol

Lol I know but for some reason that would't have bothered me as much since like say for example in trilogies of movies the first one doesn't usually have a subtitle anyway, lol. But to randomly throw ONE subtitle in is weird to me.

I actually wasn't aware that the first chapter even aired, lol. But if they do plan to release the second and third chapter on video it is curious how they would handle that considering the similarities you pointed out.

attractive nausea · #8 11th January 2018, 03:13 PM

^ Yeah you're right.

I told myself that she could decide to change the setlist for the last show(s) by replacing Shake it!♥ and STEP you with Beautiful Fighters/ANGEL'S SONG/HONEY/Ladies Night for example, but if i recall correctly chapter 3 doesn't have a band and all the songs were pre-recorded so it would require her to gather the band again just to record these songs.

YUKARI · #9 11th January 2018, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

Yeah, it was really close! Yesterday in Shiga I was in 9th row. Didn’t know Global TA can get 23rd row. The worst ticket I got was Saitama, 17th row and there were lots of foreigners at that show. In Kyoto there was couple from Singapore on 7th row and a guy from HK, so I thought all foreigners were quite close

no, it wasn't global TA

I bought the ticket like 1 hour before the show through twitter haha.

ayuuk · #10 12th January 2018, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Well when taking the entire hall into account, 23rd isn’t that bad. At least that’s what I told myself on the 31st, lol.

So far I’ve gotten:

Yokohama: 8th
Saitama: 8th
Tokyo International Forum: 24th
Saitama: 12th

I was wondering if I should ever try updating my TA with a Japanese address and applying that way for the next tour, to see if I’d have a better shot at even closer seats, but I think that would probably end up being a mistake. I mean, with global Team Ayu it appears that it’s already common place to be seated relatively close - it’s unknown what could happen if I changed my address and whenever I’ve done crap like that (wanted to test out another method when the way I’ve been doing it was relatively good) I always end up regretting it and say to myself “a gaurentee is better than an unknown!” So I think I’ll stay in global but I might splurge on a front or second row ticket from an auction site just once.

Also, I just noticed, but does it bother anyone else that the third chapter isn’t titled? Why give the second chapter a title and then not the third. Kind of stupid if you ask me. It’s like they didn’t follow through with the concept.

Speaking of the next tour, do you guys think Ayu will be touring this April or May??

Zeke. · #11 12th January 2018, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayuuk

Speaking of the next tour, do you guys think Ayu will be touring this April or May??

We mentioned earlier but she did say during MC in the last Saitama show that she would be returning to Saitama to perform again in April. So we know she’s at least planning something.

~angel*ayumi~ · #12 12th January 2018, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke.

We mentioned earlier but she did say during MC in the last Saitama show that she would be returning to Saitama to perform again in April. So we know she’s at least planning something.

I hope she will announce it soon, the waiting is killing me

njanjayrp · #13 12th January 2018, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I hope she will announce it soon, the waiting is killing me

Me too. I would like at least 2-3 months to plan everything!

Katsuyuki012 · #14 12th January 2018, 04:11 PM

Who knows if it will be a new show and not just all three chapters mixed up for THE anniversary live. Obviously it's very possible she'll make a different live but I wouldn't be surprised if it'll simply be an altered version of the current tour.

~angel*ayumi~ · #15 12th January 2018, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsuyuki012

Who knows if it will be a new show and not just all three chapters mixed up for THE anniversary live. Obviously it's very possible she'll make a different live but I wouldn't be surprised if it'll simply be an altered version of the current tour.

I don't care xD I just want to See her live on her Anniversary^^

dreamalley · #16 12th January 2018, 04:59 PM

I would rather see her take a break for a few months between tours and do her 20th anniversary tour after the summer. I'd rather see her do a tour with less dates but better planning and better production.

ayuuk · #17 13th January 2018, 02:26 AM

I hope she will do several lives in bigger cities in May...

krtman2002 · #18 13th January 2018, 08:44 AM

After all those concert dates I don't care about a new tour now, I wonder when is she going to release a new album. That wait is really killing me. Hahah

rainbow_smile · #19 13th January 2018, 09:49 AM

Speaking of global TA seats... Applying as a Global TA member doesn't really guarantee anything (although maybe it increases your chances). Out of the 6 concerts I attended, I had great seats only at half of them. At the 3 remaining concerts my seats were quite far from the stage. I think I've seen a couple of people here who also got bad seats before. And apparently, some didn't even win the lottery.

~angel*ayumi~ · #20 13th January 2018, 11:11 AM

I think not winning tickets at Global TA we only had for TA Tour if I remember right.