ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [I]

[Yoake]

omg I love the stage!!!
Ayu is so kawaii

I hope we'll have more pics soon

[noidea]

Originally Posted by part of Me ♥

a thousand times
that was so lame and tacky and just ugh

I actually thought that was a very nice idea and ive never seen another artist do that, I really loved that and its the only live performance of kuu that i like xD because its interesting and innovative + it did fit the song really well(but it wouldnt fit rollin...xD)

Originally Posted by walking.proud

poor shu-ya...

and.. not enough?? i don't understand those japanese XD 20 songs! Int he past years have been less... and this tour most of them are new (NEXT LEVEL) or have been sung 1 time before (green/days and PCDL songs) only 4 songs are repeated...

well... we'll see..

UNITE!, AUDIENCE, evolution, Boys & Girls, MY ALL makes 5 to me, thats over a fourth of the setlist after all. her usual amount

[aura~]

^ well.. but MY ALL compared to UNITE, AUDIENCE; B&G and evolution is new... MY ALL has ben sung 3 times (2 CDL and 1 tour, and now this year..) the other four.. is like... XD since they were created... XD

[Megshere]

Yay for a pic of Ayu. I love the A symbol on the merch, looks really cool. I gotta remember to buy a shirt. She looks good, but whoever said that she slimmed down... I still can't wait for costumes. That is what I always worry about, cause sometimes it's just OMG amazing and sometimes its really bad. And does it say that she cried like during Rule cause she messed up or what? Anyways, I hope Rule really is like the opener cause t2m was a hot one and it starts it off great.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Or they could have just been big hits and the fans gave her feedback that encourages her to perform them again. Or she probably realizes she enjoys performing those songs and wants to do them again. To me, the setlist is pretty perfect. The entire album is being performed, rare songs are being performed, staples, songs here and there from other albums. I mean what more could you want? xD; Not to mention, if it's true, the tracklist is long as hell, it's almost as many songs as PCDL. And even if it was easy to do, that makes it best for everyone, her and us.

The tracklist isn't that much longer than usual (interludes shouldn't be counted) and its only a great tracklist if you love Next Level.

Also the track length of most Next Level tracks are shorter than usual. (which is why the album feels short to people - it actually is short) So the total length of the concert should be the same as usual.

[pommy48]

ayu looks so cute! oh i was thinking what kind of a pant that was XD

[Evolution7/4]

Well this is different from Ayu's other concerts, its the first where all tracks including interludes are used!!!!!!!! Also, the fans who actually see this concert but couldn't see PCDL actually live will enjoy that she is eprforming these fan requested songs on the tour. i'm in love with the setlist! next level's songs and interludes are amazing, so glad none are left out.

Why oh why is there always so much complaining.

[Chibi_Venus]

This looks like it'll be an awesome tour! Thanks for posting all info!

[AyUta]

Nice! Thanks for posting

[SunshineSlayer]

Info is still spotty, but I've read the following enough times that they should be true:

She cried during Days.

There were no signed balls or pieces of tape (the streamers that get shot out over the audience). One of the only times she did not sign anything for the audience?

I've seen a number of people describe the stage/set as "simple." Or not "Next Level" enough.

[maze]

Credit: ayu200403@ayumifans

[pommy48]

omg i love the outfits, but that one with the purple jacket and that hair....X_X

but the black leather outfit is <3<3<3!!! LOVE IT!!!
lol the cheerleader outfit is cute <3

edit: >_> can't believe i missed that big white dress T_T....another mermaid like dress

[truehappiness]

...oh my lord.

[SunshineSlayer]

Overall not bad costume wise.

But its as I suspected - it seems the PCDL performances are completely recycled even down to the outfits. In fact even the non PCDL outfits seem recycled from past performances actually except for maybe the cheerleader one.

I'm not going to get my hopes up for the cheerleader section to be live...

[rookies]

The outfits, OMG, they are so good!!

HAHAHA WTF IS GOING ON WITH THAT WIG

There's some really nice outfits,but some of the outfits are weird,like the cheerleader one.

[[taskin.ayu]]

Is it just me.. or have we seen ALL these outfits somewhere else before? (minus cheerleader)

[Polyrhythm]

Haha...cute....but she looks like Ayu from AT07

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Overall not bad costume wise.

But its as I suspected - it seems the PCDL performances are completely recycled even down to the outfits.

I'm not going to get my hopes up for the cheerleader section to be live...

That section's probably live. I'm worried about the pre-Bridge to the sky section. How is the vocoder-ness gonna work? Oi.

Is it just me or is her hair de-evolving? It's like, concert tour 2000 all over again in the encore.

[pommy48]

lol i immediately thought of v for vendetta when i saw her wig