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

[[taskin.ayu]]

Originally Posted by xheartstation

Oh so you've heard the concert? Cause you have, please enlighten us and explain how the concert was "screwed up" and how people paid for less than what was expected. Kthanks.

As in how people said there were technical difficulties and sound problems? It's been reported. :/

[Tony G]

The wig costume is best XD
Setlist and outfits are awesome even if they are "recycled", doesn't bother me. Looks like she put on a good show and that's what matters. A concert is not a fashion show.

[terra]

Well, the setlist was out of my expectations, though I love to see her performing all of her new songs.

The only thing stuck on my mind is those costumes, I can't blame her, she only got like a month to prepares it. I was expecting something different because she told us she went shopping at LA right? so I guess she'll use a new line of costume. Despite of that, she may change her costume or setlist along the way isn't it?

[se7entheaven]

^ oh well maybe her 'real' costumes aren't finished (done) yet

[Emperatriz Ayumi]

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

^ oh well maybe her 'real' costumes aren't finished (done) yet

Yes!!! I totally agree with you!!

Remember people that in AT 06 at first she wore during AUDIENCE performance a horrible yellow dress (it seemed that was made of flowers...) and then in the last tour presentations she wore that golden corset with that feathered white dress and the white boots...

I hope that her costumes will change a bit. I think that they are simple ones because of the new stage where she doesn´t have enough space to run, for example, as the previous stages from the other tours.

This is my point of view...

[TITANIC]

I dont like her outfits this time.. just red outfit and white dress looks better

[BluishDays]

Quite exciting I can't wait to see this ^_^ Which probably wont be for a bit but that's okay

Thanks for all the news and pics

[chloeM]

oohh... cool stage she got there... but what's with the Shu-ya thing?

[dreamland2.0]

Wow I'm excited for how this will turn out! I think it's going to be an amazing show, regardless of tacky costumes! I just wish there was some big props like last year and AT 06, cause I really like those kinds of things but perhaps she wants to be more simplistic this year, or like others have said, progress throughout the tour!
I'm excited for the DVD already, though I'll probably have to wait a while!

[emi♡]

^yeah, which should usually be fixed during rehearsal.

Which is why people rehearse so much. Of course there will be unexpected things...but, if you rehearse and prepare, you should, most of the time, be able to address most things that happen.

And given that Ayu has been performing for over 10 years...I think it's kinda silly that there are so many mistakes. Maybe she needs to fire some people, who knows. At the rate she's been firing incompetent "people", I doubt it though.

Now it's happened though, they'll be able to fix it, hopefully...but it's really a bit late, because yeah...people paid to see the concert. She probably feels bad about it.

[AyUmIXx]

thanks everyone for the update!
can't believe it that some of her costumes are actually recycled from PCDL08-09!
only some of them are not though..
but still... i expected more than this hmmm..

and seeing that she will have a long way to go Japan tours this year, i hope that she may have some changes on her costumes?
i hope so!!

not that i complain~ but she's AYUMI HAMASAKI, she can do better than this!
it's okay that the reason of the lack of costumes because she lacks of time to create new ones?
but i really really hope she'll have something new for her long tour!

as for now, the setlist is killing me.. it looks awesome..and she sang most of her new songs!!!
which like she kinda like never did it before? right?

ganbatte Ayu~~~!!!

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

the only part that I noticed being messed up was that rollin' didnt have her mic on for a small part at the beginning, but that's just what i noticed.

during bridge to the sky, there was a slideshow of ayu going from now all the way back to when she was a baby! never before seen picture of her as a teenager and child! i cried a little. hahahah

the mario part was the little movie before energize, the male dancers had baseball uniforms on and the girls were cheerleaders.

when she sang from her chest during days, it means it was a really deep and powerful voice. it was really strong

im tired so this is all i have to say for now. hahaha


on a side note, the USB versions (yellow ones) of NEXT LEVEL were being sold at the concert! so i got one!! There were a lot of them!! And i got a clear file, poster, and the yellow next level "pouch" (prize B)

[love in music]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

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during bridge to the sky, there was a slideshow of ayu going from now all the way back to when she was a baby! never before seen picture of her as a teenager and child! i cried a little. hahahah

the mario part was the little movie before energize, the male dancers had baseball uniforms on and the girls were cheerleaders.

that sounds really cute. the baseball/cheerleader thing sounds amazing!

[Lady_Eowyn]

Originally Posted by Tony G

The wig costume is best XD
Setlist and outfits are awesome even if they are "recycled", doesn't bother me. Looks like she put on a good show and that's what matters. A concert is not a fashion show.

Amen

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

the only part that I noticed being messed up was that rollin' didnt have her mic on for a small part at the beginning, but that's just what i noticed.

during bridge to the sky, there was a slideshow of ayu going from now all the way back to when she was a baby! never before seen picture of her as a teenager and child! i cried a little. hahahah

the mario part was the little movie before energize, the male dancers had baseball uniforms on and the girls were cheerleaders.

when she sang from her chest during days, it means it was a really deep and powerful voice. it was really strong

im tired so this is all i have to say for now. hahaha


on a side note, the USB versions (yellow ones) of NEXT LEVEL were being sold at the concert! so i got one!! There were a lot of them!! And i got a clear file, poster, and the yellow next level "pouch" (prize B)

Que envidia.... TTT____TTT wow man that must be great

If you don't mind, could you tell us later how was her voice during the concert? was she good?

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I personally think her voice was AMAZING. she didn't have any squeaky notes at all, and it's was really really strong! really clear, too~

I'm going to the October 22nd show as well, so I'll be able to compare the two of them~

[Ayumiko]

^please please tell us more about the concert! I want to know if there's anything special and different about this tour compared to her previous.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

I personally think her voice was AMAZING. she didn't have any squeaky notes at all, and it's was really really strong! really clear, too~

I'm going to the October 22nd show as well, so I'll be able to compare the two of them~

yay that's really good to hear. i hope she'll keep it up in her other shows

[polka-dot-jewel]

The outfits aren't SPECTACULAR (like the outfits from AT07), but they're not downright HORRIBLE, either. And I don't care that she's "recycling" songs and outfits from PCDL - I think it's quite nice of her. Like someone said, a lot of people would rather go to concerts than go out and buy them on DVD. Being at a concert is a HUNDRED times different then watching one on your computer or TV. It's almost like a treat to her fans who weren't able to come out and see PCDL.

I'm quite excited to see her this tour. Obviously it won't be like seeing her last year (it was her 10th anniversary tour), but by going to this one, it's like going to a new concert AND part of PCDL, which I would have loved to have gone to, anyway =) And I'm excited about seeing pics of Ayu throughout her life ^^

And who cares about the problems?! There's always some sort of problem at each concert, whether you realize it or not. Plus, this is the first show. Once they realize what really went wrong, they'll fix it.

[se7entheaven]

tokyoxjapanxfan could you write some review about this live? ^^

[Suteisi]

Okay, so the costumes are a bit boring. SO?

I'm sure the show's amazing and she's giving it her all!

I'm going to see her in October, and I can guarantee you I'm going to cry, yell, sing, shout, scream and every other thing I can do to show her my support. It won't matter even if she's wearing a brown paper bag for an outfit.