Ayu to appear at a-nation '10

chocopockymaster · #1 2nd April 2010, 02:35 AM

Just got an email from TA--

Ayu WILL be appearing at a-nation this year; she was one of the artists announced in the first round along with TRF, Every Little Thing, Do As Infinity, Koda Kumi, Ai Otsuka, Ami Suzuki, ICONIQ, AAA, and GIRL NEXT DOOR.

More artists to be announced later. But, dates are also out (note, Ayu is not guaranteed to appear at every date.)

8/7 (Sat): Ehime Prefectural Sports Complex
8/14 (Sat): Port Messe Nagoya
8/21 (Sat): Nagai Stadium (Osaka)
8/22 (Sun): Nagai Stadium (Osaka)
8/28 (Sat): Ajinomoto Stadium (Tokyo)
8/29 (Sun): Ajinomoto Stadium (Tokyo)

Hopefully they'll be adding more dates...six shows? That seems pretty sparse.

primavera♥ · #2 2nd April 2010, 02:38 AM

thanks ^___^ thats great as usual

Bigtop · #3 2nd April 2010, 02:47 AM

Yay! That's great to hear...

freedreamer · #4 2nd April 2010, 02:48 AM

first round? Nice nice..Hope she has time for a new summer single

GRACE · #5 2nd April 2010, 02:49 AM

didn't she only do like that many or less last year? Six isn't unheard of for Ayu I think...

a-nation is where one of my favorite performances took place, can't wait

labello · #6 2nd April 2010, 02:49 AM

thanks for sharing~

I wonder on how many lives she'll attend...

truehappiness · #7 2nd April 2010, 02:53 AM

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Hopefully they'll be adding more dates...six shows? That seems pretty sparse.

They had 6-8 last year too though, haha.

Looks like Ayu will probably have September tour dates...

TITANIC · #8 2nd April 2010, 02:53 AM

I wonder how the performance this year..
thanks for the info

R_Hikki · #9 2nd April 2010, 02:55 AM

I wonder what she'll perform... Maybe she'll surprise us by only performing "flower garden" and walking off the stage smiling

alternarist · #10 2nd April 2010, 02:56 AM

thanks for the news! AT10 barely started and ayu signed up for a-nation! that's fast!

Neko★munication · #11 2nd April 2010, 03:00 AM

Awesome awesome

Hope she does release a summer single, and I hope she performs somre more old songs (monochrome again, please? @__@)

Beauty4123 · #12 2nd April 2010, 03:01 AM

wow, it's almost that time of the year again. time flies by fast.

can't wait to see ayu at a-nation! i'm relieved to see GIRL NEXT DOOR as well, lol.

chocopockymaster · #13 2nd April 2010, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

They had 6-8 last year too though, haha.

There were 8 a-nation dates last year...now that they're down to 6, they've cut the number of shows by 25%.

It's not a guarantee that Ayu will perform on all these dates either, so keep that in mind, people!

truehappiness · #14 2nd April 2010, 03:12 AM

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There were 8 a-nation dates last year...now that they're down to 6, they've cut the number of shows by 25%.

I suppose... but it's not all that bad. They could have way more performers than usual or something...

Or maybe they will announce September dates?

chocopockymaster · #15 2nd April 2010, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

I suppose... but it's not all that bad. They could have way more performers than usual or something...

Or maybe they will announce September dates?

Time will tell, I suppose. Even though I wish they'd release more dates, I don't think it's likely.

I just realized Tohoshinki wasn't mentioned in the first round announcement....I'm a little shocked.

truehappiness · #16 2nd April 2010, 03:22 AM

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I just realized Tohoshinki wasn't mentioned in the first round announcement....I'm a little shocked.

Sometimes they save people for later announcements.

Like Ayu didn't appear until the 4th/5th round last year, haha.

AyUmIXx · #17 2nd April 2010, 03:22 AM

thanks for the info!
even though it's kind of early announcement..
but glad that she'll be attending a-nation 2010!

zellyx · #18 2nd April 2010, 03:23 AM

thank you~!
I'd be worried if Avex didn't put Ayu in a-nation (unless of course her schedule won't let her be part of a-nation)!

chocopockymaster · #19 2nd April 2010, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Sometimes they save people for later announcements.

I'm aware of that.

I say I'm shocked because the number of die-hard Tohoshinki fans at a-nation is crazy insane, like, there's enough of them to invade a small country. I'm just surprised they didn't announce them in the first round to drive up the hype some more.

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Like Ayu didn't appear until the 4th/5th round last year, haha.

I remember that in 2008 she didn't get announced until the very last, or second-to-last round...and then she only ended up doing two dates.

truehappiness · #20 2nd April 2010, 03:30 AM

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I'm just surprised they didn't announce them in the first round to drive up the hype some more.

They probably are aware that people expect to see them there.

I can definitely see avex holding them up until the 4th or 5th reveal just to make Toho fans wet their pants.

Or perhaps they are unsure if the group will still be together in August?