AEG and Avex team up

[kendelle]

I actually got a lead into Avex several years ago, maybe 2008 or 9. Can't remember exactly.

Avex wanted $250k PLUS Ayu and her entourage's first class flights and accommodation paid for to perform a very basic concert back then. I shudder to think what they'd expect to earn for a multi-stop tour with sets and stuff haha

[barisuta53]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Avex wanted $250k PLUS Ayu and her entourage's first class flights and accommodation paid for to perform a very basic concert back then. I shudder to think what they'd expect to earn for a multi-stop tour with sets and stuff haha

That's wild.

I wonder if with her performing the much simpler Christmas Live she could do a stripped back concert. I'm not hopeful though. I don't think that even in her prime when she did more simple productions she would have been successful because her voice was pretty idiosyncratic and her songs are very Japanese.

I think Ai Otsuka might have done well overseas because her songs are very catchy and very comfortable to western ears.