ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』~II~

[Aderianu]

[Chris85]

The show is only 2 hours long, short for her arena tours.

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by Chris85

The show is only 2 hours long, short for her arena tours.

Well its ~just the beginning~ heh

[lizzylovesongaku]

It's not THAT short. Maybe compared to recent tours it is, but really kinda before AT2009 or so when her setlists started getting longer, this tour is about on course with her earlier ones. A ton of songs doesn't make a Tour great, it's about the quality of performance, for me. Plus, this is just the first leg. I'm excited to see how it changes in the future.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Well its ~just the beginning~ heh

I hope she at least does double encores in Yoyogi.

Originally Posted by lizzylovesongaku

It's not THAT short. Maybe compared to recent tours it is, but really kinda before AT2009 or so when her setlists started getting longer, this tour is about on course with her earlier ones. A ton of songs doesn't make a Tour great, it's about the quality of performance, for me. Plus, this is just the first leg. I'm excited to see how it changes in the future.

Her best tour was in my opinion CdM. Her longest to date, setlist wise.

[lizzylovesongaku]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Her best tour was in my opinion CdM. Her longest to date, setlist wise.

That's fair. That set list was HUGE. I definitely count it as a favorite as well, but smaller concerts like the Dome Tour and The MY STORY tour are great as well (IMHO, of course). I'm gonna wait to make a final judgment.

[Norrel]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Was the whole Fly high performed? I have a feeling that she might shuffling the first encore song. Next time we might get You & Me and probably some summer songs later on...

Yep, she did all of Fly High, along with a new intro I believe similar to the CDL

[Cahz-]

I only want to watch the tour, if the vocals are decent this may be an enjoyable show. That Because of you snipped sounded way better than the last countdown.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by lizzylovesongaku

That's fair. That set list was HUGE. I definitely count it as a favorite as well, but smaller concerts like the Dome Tour and The MY STORY tour are great as well (IMHO, of course). I'm gonna wait to make a final judgment.

MY STORY and (miss)understood ATs are among my fave tours too. Somehow they seem to have had a better flow than this. I cannot shake the feeling they plucked out the whole part of the set list XD

[Diego-kun]

The only surprise in the setlist is Virgin Road and I'm not a big fan of the song. I hope she adds a few more songs in the final shows!

[CatGirl]

Originally Posted by Norrel

The show was amazing, and for my first time seeing Ayu, it was such a blast! She got super close to my section during Fly High.

However, I can't deny that I felt the setlist was VERY short, and I still don't think an Utada Hikaru song should be in the setlist???

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I'm coming back from the concert on the train now and can't help but feel a little disappointed. Maybe my expectations were too high but the CDL had a great variety of songs and she was promoting this as a pre-anniversary tour. Some choices were just weird, like not doing M with the wedding gown and performing appears right after my name's WOMEN. A lot of it felt very disjointed.

[freedreamer]

Saw the timmy costume and im like...lol ok they realllly went there

[Yoake]

I like the setlist

Originally Posted by AyuWorld

tha is the statue without head in the Louvre, haha,yeah it is the symbol of a woman and the strength,forgot the name and the spiral staircase looked like the one in her beach house

La victoire de Samothrace but the one Ayu is using is different from the Louvre's one.

Originally Posted by voguehoney

the opening is imitate "The Last Supper"

Spoiler:

It's nice that Ayu is getting inspiration from art. When I saw her insta's pic I was wondering if she only took a picture in front of the Louvre or if she really visited it as I never noticed that she had an interested for that.

[Aderianu]

Where is Last Angel?

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Felt reeeeally short. No "wow" moments. Started with a great message, and really strong intro, but then went into a very basic concert. Nothing was bad, and vocals were quite good. Walk in particular. But in terms of surprises, imo, there weren't any.

So, for me, I'm hoping for changes in the set list as it progresses.

In terms of goods, I bought the stick light and the tank top. I do not recommend buying the tank top unless you're quite tall... it's so long! I regret spending the money...

[Norrel]

I bought the bag and omg it's going be perfect for the rest of my Japan trip. So big and roomy, and so many pockets too!

[Katsuyuki012]

Wait! I just noticed that this is the first concert since PSC without Ayu doing aerial acrobstic/aerial stunts. :0
Or did she do it?

[Aderianu]

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by AyuWorld

LOL somehow, we know she just got back from Paris and visiting the museums, you got the best museums in Pagheeee but hmm 20th anniversarry? relate to that ,

I can't actually this was inspired from her visiting Paris, since, you know, The Last Supper is in Milan (wait, didn't she go there as well recently?)

[Aderianu]

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