ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ information thread [III]

[AyuWorld]

^

yaay! for Melody! so how was it for the 3 songs live?

[Aderianu]

what is the full setlist then?

[TeamAyu2004]

coolness.
I wonder what songs are going to be on the DVD... most likely everything in the final show?
hope kiss o kill is there and the three new songs...
But I wish i would have heard Moon

[MissElin_]

Okay~
A review from me. It's really messy and such, I'm quite tired. So, beware!

Tonight was the firt time I saw this tour... But I have read and seen other reviews from earlier dates so I could fogure out what was changes and so on.

All three new songs was performed. Niiice.

Song 4 you was performed right after Happening Here, her wearing that blue two piece outfit. Thumbs up for this song.

Missing was performed after appears, in a gorgeous pink dress. Thumbs up for this song.

Melody was the first song in the encore. I have no idea how this goes like. Still.

Overall tonight the volume was high, I'm pretty much deaf on my right ear (pointing towards the stage). Lol. Othervice the show was... Alright. This is my 12th time seeing Ayu live and this is my (by far) least favourite concert so far. It's not that it's bad, I guess her other concerts have been so superior before. But then again, the only songs I enjoy from Party Queen (the album) is Tell me why and reminds me. Now, this might be me.

The concert was a bit too messy for me. Messy and almost too conceptional. Like, my favourite time on this concert was when she did her oldies (appears, evolution~SURREAL~evolution). Also that dance show's music remix that got played was awesome. I HATE remixes, pretty much always, but this one I really really enjoyed. It was nice to hear those ollder songs too, even if it was really short.

Overall she looked gorg on stage and overall her voice was good. Sometimes she sounded a bit off but that's pretty much all. There was no MC tonight (well, "it" was a one-two minute long thanks speach) and Timmy was all over the place.

I think I enjoyed Missing and the encore parts the most. Because it was like Ayu, on stage, singing to her fans. All the other parts was like Ayu-dancers-band-Timmy jumping, screaming all over the stage in the same time as their clothes glitters and have multiple colouring.

At the "Shake It" part I felt utterly confuced. Indeed the outfit looks better IRL, but it does still look like something a five-year old would wear. In the same time Ayu did gave off this sexy vibe while wearing that. Also the song itself is quite messy and the performande was really cutesy. After it ended I simply thought "where did my mind go? What was that?".

kiss o' kill was great! It was like a warrior princess version of the Return Road dress. The shining heart on the front that changed colour was still there but the skirt was short. It was actually a nice modification of it.

I think, that's all, for now.

[MissElin_]

The setlist... I think... looked like this... Correct me anyone if I'm wrong. My memory is quite fuzzy.

01. Happening Here
02. Song 4 you
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03. Tell me why
04. reminds me
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05. appears
06. Missing
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07. Shake It
08. STEP you
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09. NaNaNa
10. Sparkle
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11. the next LOVE
12. Eyes, Smoke, Magic
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13. kiss o' kill
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15. Ladies Night
16. Party queen
17. SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL
18. Love song

ENCORE

E01. Melody
E02. Boys & Girls
E03. how beautiful you are

[AyuGAME]

Oh no..please bring back Return Road!

[SunshineSlayer]

^^ Yep, I agree with pretty much everything Elin said. Also, yes, that set list is correct. Party Queen just hasn't stuck with me much as an album over the course of the year.
Kiss O' Kill was the biggest surprise of the night and the only time during the show that she used the side stage at Yoyogi. I was surprised to see Return Road out. I saw this tour back in May and that was treated like one of the main performances of the set list. I was expecting it to come on after Kiss O' Kill, but it never came.

A Song for U was good. Missing, I liked but I feel like it needs to grow on me a bit. Melody unfortunately was easily forgettable. The only thing I remember about it was Yoshio had a nice guitar solo towards the end. Missing and Melody are both mid-tempo ballads but Melody is a little softer. It kind of reminded me of Meaning of Love in that it is just kind of "there" and easy to skip over.

Oh btw, the show didn't start late because of the audience. The doors were supposed to open at 5:30, but for some reason they were not opened until 6:00. The show was scheduled to start at 6:30 but was probably more around 6:45.

[Mai82Go]

Originally Posted by MissElin_

Okay~
A review from me. It's really messy and such, I'm quite tired. So, beware!

Tonight was the firt time I saw this tour... But I have read and seen other reviews from earlier dates so I could fogure out what was changes and so on.

All three new songs was performed. Niiice.

Song 4 you was performed right after Happening Here, her wearing that blue two piece outfit. Thumbs up for this song.

Missing was performed after appears, in a gorgeous pink dress. Thumbs up for this song.

Melody was the first song in the encore. I have no idea how this goes like. Still.

Overall tonight the volume was high, I'm pretty much deaf on my right ear (pointing towards the stage). Lol. Othervice the show was... Alright. This is my 12th time seeing Ayu live and this is my (by far) least favourite concert so far. It's not that it's bad, I guess her other concerts have been so superior before. But then again, the only songs I enjoy from Party Queen (the album) is Tell me why and reminds me. Now, this might be me.

The concert was a bit too messy for me. Messy and almost too conceptional. Like, my favourite time on this concert was when she did her oldies (appears, evolution~SURREAL~evolution). Also that dance show's music remix that got played was awesome. I HATE remixes, pretty much always, but this one I really really enjoyed. It was nice to hear those ollder songs too, even if it was really short.

Overall she looked gorg on stage and overall her voice was good. Sometimes she sounded a bit off but that's pretty much all. There was no MC tonight (well, "it" was a one-two minute long thanks speach) and Timmy was all over the place.

I think I enjoyed Missing and the encore parts the most. Because it was like Ayu, on stage, singing to her fans. All the other parts was like Ayu-dancers-band-Timmy jumping, screaming all over the stage in the same time as their clothes glitters and have multiple colouring.

At the "Shake It" part I felt utterly confuced. Indeed the outfit looks better IRL, but it does still look like something a five-year old would wear. In the same time Ayu did gave off this sexy vibe while wearing that. Also the song itself is quite messy and the performande was really cutesy. After it ended I simply thought "where did my mind go? What was that?".

kiss o' kill was great! It was like a warrior princess version of the Return Road dress. The shining heart on the front that changed colour was still there but the skirt was short. It was actually a nice modification of it.

I think, that's all, for now.

Thanks for the review. It doesn't sound that exiting. I'm also one of those who aren't fond of the PQ album, so I think this tour - while I love the theme - won't make me happy and I'm kind of glad I didn't go to a concert this year. All the things I don't enjoy about Ayu atm seem to feature heavily in this concert.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^^ Yep, I agree with pretty much everything Elin said. Also, yes, that set list is correct. Party Queen just hasn't stuck with me much as an album over the course of the year.
Kiss O' Kill was the biggest surprise of the night and the only time during the show that she used the side stage at Yoyogi. I was surprised to see Return Road out. I saw this tour back in May and that was treated like one of the main performances of the set list. I was expecting it to come on after Kiss O' Kill, but it never came.

A Song for U was good. Missing, I liked but I feel like it needs to grow on me a bit. Melody unfortunately was easily forgettable. The only thing I remember about it was Yoshio had a nice guitar solo towards the end. Missing and Melody are both mid-tempo ballads but Melody is a little softer. It kind of reminded me of Meaning of Love in that it is just kind of "there" and easy to skip over.

Oh btw, the show didn't start late because of the audience. The doors were supposed to open at 5:30, but for some reason they were not opened until 6:00. The show was scheduled to start at 6:30 but was probably more around 6:45.

Maybe it reflects better her current feelings towards the marriage and the divorce...^^

[miki_beland]

No You & Me? =(

[polka-dot-jewel]

KISS'O'KILL?!?! Ohhh!!!! What did she wear for that? Was it the same dress at Return Road or something else? Wow, that is a surprise!

And I'm wondering why reminds me and Tell me why were switched around... who knows, they could have been like that for a while, I just remember reminds me being right before Tell me why at the 4/7 and 4/8 shows! At least neither of them were cut!

And I'm happy she premiered all three new songs I had a feeling the covers would be revealed at these two shows, but I didn't realize she would sing all three songs! I figured Song 4 U might be, but I'm happy she premiered all of them

Thanks for the reviews/updates!!!

[ExodusUK]

At least it was Kiss o' Kill replacing Return Road. Had it been a song like my names WOMEN or 1 LOVE or another song we've had countless boring performances of..omg drama.

[truehappiness]

Oh dang, so she removed Return Road! I wonder if they'll at least stick a cut of it on the BD/DVD? Then again, she took out a lot of tracks for POWER of MUSIC before putting them all back in for the finale.

[SKYia]

^ let's just hope Return Road returns tomorrow

[HilaryDuffFanboy]

Can she just please shove RR, call and letter into the perf tomorrow? I would love live audio of those songs!

[truehappiness]

Hopefully that's what happens. vogue/Far away/SEASONS got shoved into the POWER of MUSIC finale after all. Please, Ayuuu~

Someone tweet her, haha.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Maybe it reflects better her current feelings towards the marriage and the divorce...^^

I wondered about that myself actually.

Also, polka dot, you are right. Those songs were switched around. People were wondering what's going on when tell me why started.

[FoxyPinkGirl]

any new photos yet?

[ayumisrael]

I hope she brings back Return Road today, that's my only wish.

[alanphun]

the most attractive part for me this year is the return road part and the LED dress...i really hope that she will sing the song for the last concert! btw, i was surprise too that she sang Song 4 U! one of the best song ever ~ ^^