[Official Message] ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』

[douggn]

a .com not .jp site
with 60 preferences, is that how many shows, or how many songs she will sing. If its dates, it might be a asia tour or even a world tour

It must be an unprecedented special edition that many fans have been waiting for, with everything going away from the previous tour.

(unprecedented special edition that many fans have been waiting for) this part with it being a .com not . jp could indicate a world tour
Unless she has completely redesigned her tour layout. Or it will run into her 20th anniversary, so that's why instead of having to do 2 tours. Or even that costumes and songs will change through out the dates, giving something new to watch though out the year, for the people that go.
So many questions

[JEWELian]

ah so many thoughts ...

sad she's finally having to resort to play halls. yes she can ~reach more fans~ but there are a lot more arenas in japan she's never played in (for example, kagoshima, tokushima, etc.).

i wonder if the title also indicates there'll be no new album this year? she'll take a break from music after the amount we've had over the last two?

and finally... give me those dates!! i have a two week window in which i can go, come on ayu.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by JEWELian

ah so many thoughts ...

sad she's finally having to resort to play halls. yes she can ~reach more fans~ but there are a lot more arenas in japan she's never played in (for example, kagoshima, tokushima, etc.).

I think this depends where your fans are located as well. I am not sure how many of the arenas she usually performs in Tokyo area will be available this year...

Originally Posted by JEWELian

i wonder if the title also indicates there'll be no new album this year? she'll take a break from music after the amount we've had over the last two?

and finally... give me those dates!! i have a two week window in which i can go, come on ayu.

I need the dates too. As I need to plan the trip. Still debating whether I should do a South Korea~Japan trip this year. I am also very tempted to have a 3 day trip to North Korea

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by JEWELian

ah so many thoughts ...

sad she's finally having to resort to play halls. yes she can ~reach more fans~ but there are a lot more arenas in japan she's never played in (for example, kagoshima, tokushima, etc.).

From what I can tell, it looks like it will be both arenas and halls. Which will be weird, because the venues would require different stage setups, but that could be interesting as well.

It makes sense, because with halls she'll get to play smaller areas that she doesn't normally and I'm sure a part of the reason is because several of the arenas, at least in the Tokyo area, are shut down for renovations in preparation for the 2020 Olympics.

Also, there must be some advantage to playing halls, because Namie does it all the time and she certainly could be doing arenas instead. So I wouldn't say that it's necessarily a bad thing to "resort" to playing at halls.

[ayuinh.k?]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

From what I can tell, it looks like it will be both arenas and halls. Which will be weird, because the venues would require different stage setups, but that could be interesting as well.

It makes sense, because with halls she'll get to play smaller areas that she doesn't normally and I'm sure a part of the reason is because several of the arenas, at least in the Tokyo area, are shut down for renovations in preparation for the 2020 Olympics.

Also, there must be some advantage to playing halls, because Namie does it all the time and she certainly could be doing arenas instead. So I wouldn't say that it's necessarily a bad thing to "resort" to playing at halls.

I'm guessing the stage setup for the arenas will have the runway and the concert halls will be a smaller version of the arena stage minus the runway

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Maybe it'll go the way of arena tour 2003-2004?

Was that tour originally announced as being a tour that would be over two years? I wasn't part of this forum at the time so I have no idea.

[CatGirl]

Yooo I'm so hype! This tour sounds like it's gonna be epic

[kaled kalil]

@tokyoxjapanxfan The Arena Tour 2003-2004 was from December to April, it wasn't a long tour (two dates in December and two in January, the rest of the dates were in February, March and April).

I'm excited about this "hall tour", maybe we'll finally see less dancers and more Ayu.

[labello]

I'll be in Asia for a few months so I hope I'll be able to catch a show hope the dates will be announced soon as well!

[Next_Level29]

i hope she provides with a new album before she starts the tour!

[~angel*ayumi~]

It will be her first attempt and shows begin to be held at hall venues in Japan, starting with Arena venue

This sentence in english version news from TA Mail let me hope of Asia/World Tour.

[indigochild]

I'm actually glad it's going to be a hall tour. For some reason I enjoy watching those more than actual arena tours lol

[Gustavopc]

Given the amount of stadiums and arenas closed till the Olympics it's not a big surprise going for hall dares CDL was great so I have high expectations!

[Corvina]

For me it's great the tour this year being a hall tour. Means I will be able to go somewhere for sure with my half year stay in Japan, yay.

[RealLight]

60 dates? omg x-x girl better take really good care of her voice.

I hope this tour is different from the others because I haven't enjoyed her latest ones that much.

[Chris85]

I think she might perform first in Saitama/Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka arenas and then switch to halls in other prefectures.

[dreamalley]

Maybe the reason she's been travelling so much is because she's been scouting potential concert venues in Europe?

/wishful thinking

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by dreamalley

Maybe the reason she's been travelling so much is because she's been scouting potential concert venues in Europe?

/wishful thinking

You know that's not artist's job, right?:-P

I think it's safe to assume she's not doing TA tour this year.

[BabyJane]

^exactly my thoughts too! One can dream (really hard) ^^

[oaristos]

It's really nice that it's going to be her longest tour to date, but I have to admit I'm not that excited... especially if they don't change a lot of things from the CDL (which, in my opinion, was pretty bad). I hope a better setlist, better outfits, and PLEASE a better performance of kanariya--we've been waiting for nearly 20 years.