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

[Luther10]

Maybe she needs to spice things up a bit to draw in ticket sales.

How many times has she sung M in a wedding dress with female dancers dancing behind her??? Why not try something different? She can dress in a slim fitting female version tuxedo, complete with a fake moustache, while Shuya wears a wedding dress dances around, and at the end down on his knees crying and begging for Ayu to marry him...

And the cutesy segment really REALLY needs a makeover, no more school uniform please... in CDL is all right, but a regular tour??? Why not do a space version with everyone wearing futuristic space uniform? The dancers can wear fish bowls on their heads too, and can dance midair in wires... Ayu can be a space captain or something like that...

[ayu-butterfly]

Originally Posted by Luther10

Maybe she needs to spice things up a bit to draw in ticket sales.

How many times has she sung M in a wedding dress with female dancers dancing behind her??? Why not try something different? She can dress in a slim fitting female version tuxedo, complete with a fake moustache, while Shuya wears a wedding dress dances around, and at the end down on his knees crying and begging for Ayu to marry him...

And the cutesy segment really REALLY needs a makeover, no more school uniform please... in CDL is all right, but a regular tour??? Why not do a space version with everyone wearing futuristic space uniform? The dancers can wear fish bowls on their heads too, and can dance midair in wires... Ayu can be a space captain or something like that...

LOL, can't stop picturing this M performance in my head, it's just so funny.

I'm ok with her dancers and her band, I really thing she should keep them. I think she should just change the way she's doing things, like many of you said before, when a song starts, we all know what's going to happen, how she'll sing it, when she'll hit high notes, when she'll scream. She should change this aspect of things, to wow everyone again.

[maikaru]

Been reading twitter about the lives last weekend, and apparently her vocals were not good at all - she couldnt sing any high notes, especially M.

That seems to be the reason an encore song was cut - everyone is sad about that.

[ExodusUK]

Good! I hope this is a wake up call for her and everyone else. "Wake Me Up" indeed. It can only push and challenge her.

Over all, this anniversary has been kind of a dud.

[Luther10]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Good! I hope this is a wake up call for her and everyone else. "Wake Me Up" indeed. It can only push and challenge her.

Over all, this anniversary has been kind of a dud.

What's there to wake up from ??? She was just not feeling well

[adantatu2]

She needs to left that DIVA image, she needs to keep her private life just for her, she could contact new people and start again promoting like anyone else (Like Koda or Mika).
Her music is good, she is always triying new things like ANOTHER SONG, Sparkle, Sexy Little Things.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

And btw

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I haven't purchased any of the goods either, I just don't like them... and I don't like the pamphlet at all.

The dancers shouldn't go away, but they should stop gaining so much spotlight, it's okay if they appear on the big screen and fans scream for them for a while, but sometimes it's just too much for the dancers and not enough ayu I like her dancers, but I don't want them all over ayu all the time.

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I haven't purchased any of the goods either, I just don't like them... and I don't like the pamphlet at all.

The dancers shouldn't go away, but they should stop gaining so much spotlight, it's okay if they appear on the big screen and fans scream for them for a while, but sometimes it's just too much for the dancers and not enough ayu I like her dancers, but I don't want them all over ayu all the time.

same here. but i agree, it's quite not right to get rid all of them. Some dancers had stick with ayu since the very beginning like dome tour (kayano, midori) and the band-members , including yo-chan and enrique, were there for her since she debut. They all had become a family to her, and everyone looks like they're trying their best, only maro and her messed things up. ayu should really re-consider her choices for A BEST LIVE. what kind of big 15th anni. is that if the tour dates won't even last until fall?!

[terra]

Maybe ayu and avex didn't foresee that this would happen, guess it's time their formula wear off I think. She could use this as an input on creating a new touring formula, new artistic direction, new musical direction or new scheduling/planning, I hope

I also agree about the dancers, even though they're like family to Ayu, I don't think they should have the same spotlight as her. I know she's being generous and such but still. And now that she has a large number of people in the stage, things got a bit confusing for me when I watched her tour on DVD. Maybe they can feature the troupe on screen more during the live while they could focus on Ayu when they edit the footage for physical release?

[TeamAyu2004]

she might not have any more dates planned yet because she has something in the works.
Most shows are pretty packed, so thats a good thing...
it seems to me the most people complaining about it are ones that are not going and just seeing pictures.
Also when you sing live, you have off days... not every concert will sound perfect.

[Mai82Go]

Just read the TA entry and while it doesn't really say so, it is probably the ticket sales that she didn't add more dates. But are the October dates not a "newer" thing anyway? Didn't she start doing those later dates only a few years ago?

If we're looking for reasons of Ayu's declining draw in, most of them have been described quite correctly, I guess. I have never personally attended an Ayu concert, but I wish I could turn back time and visit her Dome Concert, A Museum, TA club tour or My Story Tour. Those are the concerts I keep going back to and they are 10 years old! I'm not interested in her newer stuff for numerous reasons.... I feel sorry for her, but she made some bad decisions in the past that now come back to haunt her. My interest in Ayu is waning for some years now. I always thought it was just a slump, but I have to admit, I'm just not as excited about her activities as I was before and I doubt it will get better. I feel sad that I'm obviously not the only one who lost interest....but I know Ayu has very devoted fans who'll stay with her no matter what, and that's nice to know.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I went to the last CDL and they did have tickets at the reseller shops up until the very last night, which was a bit odd I guess but I dunno if that happens all the time. Apart from that fans were as happy and cheerful as always, I just loved being surrounded by so much love and support then.

I have had ayufan friends who moved on and like other things now, they still love and respect ayu but they don't follow her anymore, for years now. So I guess it just happens when some people stop liking or following something or someone.

Thanks for clarifying things a bit btw, the thing is we can mostly assume what's happening, we don't know the facts, even though people keep bringing up things as facts all the time, which is quite annoying.

[terra]

^Gomi gone for a better cause I guess, he said he moved to his hometown to contribute to people more there after the tsunami if I'm not mistaken. So if Ayu held him for her own it wouldn't be nice imo

[douggn]

Just noticed this and its been awhile since this has changed
I think thats close to 200 more than it was last time

Most users ever online was 922, 11th May 2013 at 05:18 AM.

But I think its just there's nothing really new/exciting in this tour to make people really wow, unlike when she had her 10th

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by douggn

Just noticed this and its been awhile since this has changed
I think thats close to 200 more than it was last time

Most users ever online was 922, 11th May 2013 at 05:18 AM.

But I think its just there's nothing really new/exciting in this tour to make people really wow, unlike when she had her 10th

Yeah... Remember when we had all those server constraints in the past whenever Ayu brings up something new, causing "AHS is temporarily unavailable"? All this lack of exciting things are really keeping things quiet here...

[marty]

Well, let's face it, since we pay to go, the concerts aren't for Ayu and Ayu alone...XD They're for us as well! And if you saw it, and you didn't really liked some things, you can say it, if you're respectful saying it.
What I don't understand are people whom didn't see anything at all and judge all of this tour not a big deal. Even if, with all this problems selling tickets, maybe they're right too.

[Yoake]

^ It's not because you pay that an artist should make what you want in a concert. Ayu isn't that kind of pseudo-artist who only make what people want to make money. She's a Real Artist who sings with passion & not for money.

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by Yoake

^ It's not because you pay that an artist should make what you want in a concert. Ayu isn't that kind of pseudo-artist who only make what people want to make money. She's a Real Artist who sings with passion & not for money.

While I do have respect for Ayu as a independent woman who will fight to have her vision seen if she feels passionately, but I don't think that she completely rules out how commercially successful something will be. I don't think that money is the bottom line for her, but I don't think that she doesn't care about money at all. I think Ayu likes her glam lifestyle.

[marty]

^
If you read carefully, you can see that's not what I'm saying. I'm not saying she has to change what she does, but that people are entitled to not liking it and complain about it and talk about how it'd be better in their opinion.
And, honestly, when I do something, I like when people make real observations, not just generic ones like "oh, nice", but ones which truly inspire me and make me realize how to improve. She always struck me like the kind of person whom holds dear others' opinion, and, as fans, I think we owe her our real opinion, to inspire her to do what we think it'll be best next time, not to change her.