ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ～A BEST LIVE～ V

[saigodansu]

I was at Rock N Roll Circus and the 7 Days Special and it was no more grand than the things I'd already seen on previous tours DVDs. It was actually less of what I wanted to see if anything considering the whole Gomi drag queen bit and the freaking clowns. If she wants a bigger and better show, she needs herself as the focus of the concert, remove the dancers, remove the drag queen which is now Timmy and Miccie coming on stage dressed very strange instead of a dancer, remove male backing vocals or backing vocals all together, since she sounds better without them and for the sake of everyone on earth REMOVE THE FREAKING CLOWNS ACROBAT TEAM.

[ExodusUK]

Stadium Tour had the best balance. Now it's more like a drag circus than a live show.

[kinix]

round 2 is coming! with more goods >.<

[Luther10]

Originally Posted by alternafan000

iirc so many ppl were saying the same **** about AT10 when the pics first came out... n complainning there were no "big props" and same ol love stoyr ballad section n whatver. then guess wat ppl actually watched the tour n now its a fan favourite ^_- whts the moral children? WAIT N SEE ~RISK~!!! like lmao @ the idiot above me who demandds ayu fire her entire staff just coz they didnt like the ****** ass pics of a tour am i right

Thank you for calling me idiot... I'm so glad I don't talk like you do... Anyway, I'm not basing my opinion only on the pictures, I'm thinking about all her tours starting from My story and on (POM the exception)... Almost everything stays similar year after year, the main stage and the circle stage, the costumes, the song selection/arrangement, the dance routines... I want to see creativity, i want to see something fresh, something different... Is that too much to ask?

[terra]

Originally Posted by Luther10

Thank you for calling me idiot... I'm so glad I don't talk like you do... Anyway, I'm not basing my opinion only on the pictures, I'm thinking about all her tours starting from My story and on (POM the exception)... Almost everything stays similar year after year, the main stage and the circle stage, the costumes, the song selection/arrangement, the dance routines... I want to see creativity, i want to see something fresh, something different... Is that too much to ask?

I also wish for the same thing from her, a new fresh thing that she may later substitute to change her current touring formula. It's not much but with the fact that she performs every year, it's not that easy to change things. If she's the one deciding about the stage, costumes and such then she needs new inspiration.

[ayujarl]

Key～eternal tie ver.～!!!

INCLUDE THIS IN THE BLU-RAY!!!

[Andrenekoi]

The choreography changed A LOT since AT12, but people were way too busy complaining to notice. About the stage, I don't think people over here has much idea of how much is costs to produce a whole new one for every tour.

Even global stars use parts of stage used before by other artists.

[BlackSilence]

i personally never had a problem with her stagewhy is everyone so obsessed with that really? as Andrenekoi said those things cost a LOT of money to make, i am sure even more expencive if u want something specific. i'm not sure what people are excpecting with stage sets...*shrugs* Also she has veteran musicians in her team if i were her, i would no way let them all go. Also concidering the fact that they became a family to her. As for choreography i never had a problem with that too... all the dancers were doing a great job in my eyes. The only thing i always have a problem is her and dancers costumes. I mean lok at POM the concept of the whole thing was so simple, no pompastic props or tricks, everything was supper simple, but i think costumes were what made it half of them were not fr my taste but they worked brilliantly with everything else, she was shinning instead of the stage or props overwhelming her.

[terra]

It's not that I want everything to change, I should've phrased it in more detail. The one thing I can see she changed is her costume and to some extent her stage. She had about 3-5 stage type I think until today, and she mainly use the usual single catwalk and round stage end thing. I was wondering if she could change it into two catwalks instead with the same end like MDNA's or have anothe AT04 thing with 3 catwalks. As for her main stage, no complains in particular. Costume...as I said earlier she could've done better than what we see so far, PoM finale is much better but maybe we should wait until final show of the tour to finally conclude her costume.

Dancers, Choreographer, Band Members...nah she even didn't have to change Peco imo, adding Timmy was weird I guess nonetheless maybe she thinks it's better to have male voice in the background too.

[marty]

If there is a thing of her I really can't complain about is the tours. Every year the costumes are amazing, and her creativity is shown in little, beautiful details. In the last three years we had three of the best tours ever, imo (R'n'R Circus 7 Days, PoM and HLS). I think they are so amazing because they rely almost completely on Ayu and her vision, I guess in the tour she's in charge, and has the chance to speak her current mind through images and concepts (which is, for me, the thing she does best, that's why she's a great lyricist).
I really don't share the compaints about their static, for me they're all very different and specific every time!
And I learnt to never dislike from costumes pictures and setlists only, because she proved me wrong too many times!XD The setlist is short, but amazing, and I kinda like all the costumes, so I'm looking forward to see it! <3

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Usually I'm all for attending the same tour multiple times, but this tour... I'm just not so into it.

So I hope if there is a continuation in the Fall, we get news of it before Yoyogi. In that case I'd just wait until Fall. Otherwise I have to decide if I want to go in July. >_<

[ayuuk]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Usually I'm all for attending the same tour multiple times, but this tour... I'm just not so into it.

So I hope if there is a continuation in the Fall, we get news of it before Yoyogi. In that case I'd just wait until Fall. Otherwise I have to decide if I want to go in July. >_<

Yeah when will they announce the October dates???

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by ayuuk

Yeah when will they announce the October dates???

In the latest TA entry, ayu expressed doubts about extending the tour, so it may not extend into Fall...

And according to TA updates, this tour doesn't seem to be doing well at all... Like many of the shows so far seemed to have trouble selling tickets.

[ayuuk]

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

In the latest TA entry, ayu expressed doubts about extending the tour, so it may not extend into Fall...

And according to TA updates, this tour doesn't seem to be doing well at all... Like many of the shows so far seemed to have trouble selling tickets.

Aw... this is kinda sad. Why is the tour not doing well?

Btw what are TA updates?

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by ayuuk

Aw... this is kinda sad. Why is the tour not doing well?

Btw what are TA updates?

Updates on the TA site. This year, they've been posting updates regarding the sale of same-day tickets, which mostly happens when there are unsold tickets on hand.

They've posted the updates for the shows at Yokohama, Osaka, Aomori, Fukui, Hiroshima and Shizuoka. That's 12 out of 16 shows so far which did not manage to finish selling tickets.

In comparison, HLS tour last year had 34 shows, 7 of which were additional shows. Same-day tickets were only available for 2 out of those 34 shows.

ayu probably won't be adding additional dates if the tour is not doing well, especially at the bigger and more 'popular' locations like Osaka and Yokohama.. It's quite a serious issue if you consider that her tours used to be completely sold out within hours of release for every single show.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by alternafan000

iirc so many ppl were saying the same **** about AT10 when the pics first came out... n complainning there were no "big props" and same ol love stoyr ballad section n whatver. then guess wat ppl actually watched the tour n now its a fan favourite ^_- whts the moral children? WAIT N SEE ~RISK~!!! like lmao @ the idiot above me who demandds ayu fire her entire staff just coz they didnt like the ****** ass pics of a tour am i right

TBH, I hate AT10. The best tour was the one for MY STORY.

[ayu-michan]

I don't know why people hate Timmy and his clown face so much. I feel comfortable w the new band members, bc first, Peco is gone -_____- she helped ayu a lot, but ugh those "dance" moves she made during the concert is totally irritating. Secondly, Timmy has great vocal :O and about the dancers, I just wish she would have a little more songs that she sings alone, like in HLS, the only song she was singing alone was Missing -__- and in CDL12-13, it's only Together when.
I usually joke that her dancers' costumes cost less than that big giant curtain she has in the show XD It's like their costumes are made out of the remaining fabric of HER costumes XDXD

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

timmy liked my fb post about confirming my trip to Japan and we had a short conversation about it...it was pretty cool!

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

who else is planning to go to the 7/27 and/or 7/28 shows?!

[OyTony]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

who else is planning to go to the 7/27 and/or 7/28 shows?!

Me but I don't know which date yet. Maybe both if I find cheap tickets.