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

[love in music]

i don't get why people here freak out SO much over something as little as costumes for a concert. SERIOUSLY. if you went there and her voice was bad and she looked unhappy or not into it i can understand complaints but jfc a lot of you are being drama queens

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Thank you for bringing this up. People have been misinterpreting the title 'NEXT LEVEL' since day one. I swear if someone makes another lame "LOL THIS IS REALLY NEXT LEVEL!" or "EW THIS ISN'T NEXT LEVEL!" pun one more time...

The title NEXT LEVEL has nothing to do with quality like people seem to think. If Ayu was going to make a statement about quality she would have named the album "HIGH LEVEL" or "LEVEL UP!", lol. It's just a step in a different direction. Musically, yes it was different, and was received with mixed results. It was never Ayu's intention to make some kind of pretentious statement about how awesome the album is, so it's entirely your own fault if you have higher expectations than you usually would just because everything has the name 'NEXT LEVEL' attached to it.

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[Nayaichigo]

^i agree with you

[zoomzoom]

Can anybody shed some light on the amount of screens? From the picture, it could look as if there's 5 screens, 1 in the back and 2 on each side.



truehappiness posted "extravagant use of screens" so it could be.

[noidea]

possible, but someone said 6 screens, so its either 3 screens each side(and 1 big one in the back that wasnt counted?) or 2 on each side and 2 on the back

[MissElin_]

Wow love the new pics! ^^
And 6 screens? Awesomeness!!

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by noidea

possible, but someone said 6 screens, so its either 3 screens each side(and 1 big one in the back that wasnt counted?) or 2 on each side and 2 on the back

Maybe the back screen is one that opens up in the middle like usual, creating 2 screens.

[AyUmIXx]

about the whole costumes thingy

i still disappointed with it.. because Ayu has never really done like this before in her past arena tours..
look at MY STORY, (m)u, Secret, GUITY, all of those ATs have different concept and style..and when i saw pictures of the costumes of NL AT, it has all reminded me of PCDL and should have mentioned this tour as PCDL part II....all the clothes are too much a like~

but maybe, it's still understandable of why she recycled most of her PCDL costumes for NL AT..probably she lacked of time to create new ones.. we all know that she has been going back and forth from Japan to US for recording and PV shooting..it happened around March where the arena tour will start on April..

as much as i disappointed with the costumes, but i love that she sang all the new songs , maybe that's the way of her to cover up all her recycled costumes? because she has never sung all the new songs from the new album in ATs before~

a friend of mine who went on the 2nd night of the concerts said that her vocal is much better than last year's~

[ayulove_18]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

about the whole costumes thingy

i still disappointed with it.. because Ayu has never really done like this before in her past arena tours..
look at MY STORY, (m)u, Secret, GUITY, all of those ATs have different concept and style..and when i saw pictures of the costumes of NL AT, it has all reminded me of PCDL and should have mentioned this tour as PCDL part II....all the clothes are too much a like~

but maybe, it's still understandable of why she recycled most of her PCDL costumes for NL AT..probably she lacked of time to create new ones.. we all know that she has been going back and forth from Japan to US for recording and PV shooting..it happened around March where the arena tour will start on April..

as much as i disappointed with the costumes, but i love that she sang all the new songs , maybe that's the way of her to cover up all her recycled costumes? because she has never sung all the new songs from the new album in ATs before~

a friend of mine who went on the 2nd night of the concerts said that her vocal is much better than last year's~

i do agree, i'm sure that ayu's performance is and will be great. i think once i see and hear some video my altitude about the whole thing will change.

[noidea]

thats what i meant(sorry if it wasnt included well in my sentence) or it could be two screens above each other which can go up and down?

[jbrat2219]

^ I love the photos She looks great <3

[YotaLM21]

found some new pics xD:




























credits go to chocoholic_labo & supreme19791228 (yahoo auctions)

In The Corner costume is the "&%$# same D:

[Jeremy911]

I really like the cheerleader outfit!

[love in music]

thanks for the new pics! lol it looks like she's having so much fun in the cheerleader outfit. but that high kick..noo
i hope she did that same thing she did in AT08 in depend on you/fly high where she pushes her booty out and gasps

[JCD13]

Wtf. It's like a condensed version of PCDL with a hint of NEXT LEVEL.

Ayu...seriously? This could have been so much better, meaning it could have actually been good.

[krazeyo]

she looks like Cleopatra with the wig in the purple outfit. I can't really see which outfit she used for GREEN though.

[YotaLM21]

I don't see the Mario Bros outfit xD lol

[AyUmIXx]

The Mario Bros thingy is on the opening video for EnergizE song..
so Ayu in the video is like she's in the Mario bros world, where she ate mushroom, she can be smaller or bigger, and if she meets monsters, she will become smaller~
i think the Mario Bros outfit is the red cheerleader one~

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

The Mario Bros thingy is on the opening video for EnergizE song..
so Ayu in the video is like she's in the Mario bros world, where she ate mushroom, she can be smaller or bigger, and if she meets monsters, she will become smaller~
i think the Mario Bros outfit is the red cheerleader one~

omg i'm getting a mental image of that, and it's so cute <3<3<3

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by pommy48

omg i'm getting a mental image of that, and it's so cute <3<3<3

omg yes!!

soo cute I wanna watch that XD

[se7entheaven]

After I see all the costumes in better qualirty and re-think. They're all great, some are recycled yes, but ayu added some new details into them. YES, this is the word, 'DETAILS'.

01. The Rule/UNITE outfit is something different from Rule PV and MS Perf. It resembles both, but she aded those rhinestones on her boots/legs and waist and cuffs

02. Cheerleader outfit, yeh this is new

03. Mini gray outfit, I'd love it more if it's not gray, plus the misplaced of pockets. But it still looks nice ^^. New costumes. Thou I think it's what namie would wear.

04. In the corner...no comment ^^ She can just wear a nice tuxedo/suit kinda thing like evolution in BoCDL evolution. which is better.

05. Ballad section. the 1st gown is what ayu loves to wear, she use it many times. in PCDL it has big furry collar thingy but here she use big buttons? Then the Mermaid dress after it looks like PCDL mermaid dress but it's really different, colorwise and oher details.
I wish she will change the mermaid dress into big gowns like what she did last year.

05. The evolution/SIGNAL outfit, the pants look similarly to In the Corner. BUT HEY!!! look at what she did ner her ankle. she put 'rubber band' kinda thing to make it looks like 'tucked in' her boots or rather sth like tracking pants. Deja vu yes, but if we actually see it's sth 50:50, old style new detail. The corset top is nice. But Black again??? She should use red or other colour.

06. rollin'/Sparkle...no comment ^^. Purple is nice thou, but she can do it better, new costume ayu!

07. NEXT LEVEL outfit...no comment...she just added a jacket/trench coat. Which resembles MW in AT08. She can do itt better really...it's too simple ^^

08. Encore outfit....no comment, ayu can always change the jeans or boots ^^

Remember this is a year long tour. I bet somewhere after a-nation she'll come up with new style.