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

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I want the DVD NOW! xD


thanks for the new thread!!! ^^

[freedreamer]

I like how Sunrise and SUnset has replaced the songs in the tracklist hahaha

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

I'm looking forward to

Rule, EnergizE, LOVE 'n' HATE, Days, rollin'/Sparkle and NEXT LEVEL... also Curtain call. omg is that the whole tour? XD

Yeah, actually I wanna see the whole tour now. XD
I hope I won't be disappointed.

But I'm especially looking forward to Rule and rollin'~Sparkle.

[amorphose]

Wait... is she still touring? I thought it was over in June or July. XDD

Don't her tours usually end then?

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by amorphose

Wait... is she still touring? I thought it was over in June or July. XDD

Don't her tours usually end then?

Yeah. But for some reason, the tour had four dates after a-nation '09...

Perhaps she wanted the final performance for DVD to have a thinner Ayu like last year?

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Yeah, it's kind of weird why she would randomly add 4 dates in October.

[jbrat2219]

I want to see the whole tour! I hope it comes out on DVD either by Christmas or my birthday because I can't afford any jpop stuff right now ;-; I blew all my money on her anniversary and now I'm starting to feel it...

[ville]

so when the DVD is going to be released ?
or is it announced yet ? :pp

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

^ Yeah, it's kind of weird why she would randomly add 4 dates in October.

Well, she did do all of a-nation this year (that lasted all of August), so she would use July to prep for a-nation and Sunrise / Sunset (as well as perform additional AT09 shows), and then September to travel, take a bit of a break, and then prep for the final four shows of AT09.

Originally Posted by aloopy

I'm looking forward to see GREEN

it's my favorite NEXT LEVEL song and she did a great job @ PCDL. so i wonder how she pulled it off this time. especially with the big dress.. i just can't see how she would make that one work lol..
so yeah i wanna see GREEN the most

lol I still wonder why she put GREEN where she put it. It probably has something to do with the lyrics, but I never thought of it to fit into the ballads portion of a concert. Haha.

[Emperatriz Ayumi]

Thanks for the new pictures!!

[love in music]

yeah, i think her vocals live for GREEN > her vocals in the song, so i'm excited for that too. i hope there are no songs she "butchers" at AT09 though.. like Dearest @ AT08.

[dreamland2.0]

^Other than a few "crowd pumping" songs, she mainly sings current songs, so perhaps her vocals will be stronger. Usually it's her older songs she can't sing very well because of the high notes.

I really can't wait to see SIGNAL though! I love that song!

[futureLOVE]

off topic but where did those pics in the top of your sig come from teddbear?

[truehappiness]

Those photos are from a diary entry she posted a week or two ago from photos in Las Vegas.

i hope there are no songs she "butchers" at AT09 though.. like Dearest @ AT08.

I dunno, she didn't really butcher that.. Though songs like Ladies Night should never be performed EVER. (It's just not made to be live)

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Though songs like Ladies Night should never be performed EVER. (It's just not made to be live)

I think if they didn't do that weird thing with her voice like on the CD, Ladies Night (or any other song with the same thing) would sound better life. If she just sang them all straight out.

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

I think if they didn't do that weird thing with her voice like on the CD, Ladies Night (or any other song with the same thing) would sound better life. If she just sang them all straight out.

I can't wait to see rollin' though.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I dunno, she didn't really butcher that.. Though songs like Ladies Night should never be performed EVER. (It's just not made to be live)

actually i'd take a thousand more Ladies night performances than another performance like that one. rly hated it. like someone said, it sounded like she was singing into a fan. i'm not too worried about her voice at AT09 though, i think she is starting to take better control of her vibrato.

[Celaphorce]

Her promotional shirts are cute, but the overalls ruined the outfit...bleh!

[polka-dot-jewel]

@zyoeru - rollin' is AMAZING. I think that'll definitely be a very favorited performance, the way Ayu goofs around stage and the dances and stuff.

I can't think of any butchered performances... I think that's why she took out SURREAL. I personally love that song and was upset that it wasn't included in this years setlist, I can understand why it was taken it. (It hasn't sounded so great live since AT05, but AT07 and AT08's perfs sounded okay. CDL07'08's perf sounded real bad, imo.) Of course, I know people hate the way Ayu sings Boys&Girls (yes, it's more of a cheer than anything, but w/e) so some people will probably call that "butchered", heh.

[zyoeru]

I think the only song I had trouble with vocals-wise was Dearest at AT08, it was awful, but even though it was awful I think it's very touching in a way because you can tell she's singing with all her heart.
But I've never had a problem with Ladies Night...