Probably like 200-300k as usual?

34 dates with an average of maybe 10,000 or so [maybe more?] per venue... so 300k+ at the very least?

^Isn't she already performing to between 300k~400k people since At09, I believe?

Yeah, she's been consistently doing 30+ dates every tour, but the venue capacity varies a lot from concert to concert or even from venue to venue since she doesn't necessarily always do the same stops every time.

Around 10k average is right I'd say, though then again at both Shizuoka Ecopa Arena and Marine Messe Fukuoka, they weren't operating at capacity

They had large sections to either side of the stage and in the last few rows where they had covered the seats with black cloths, and both Saturday shows I went to weren't sold out.

Not sold out, isn't that odd for an Ayu concert?

The concerts as far as I know usually end up close to sold out most of the time. She has a lot of shows nowadays so they're not as likely to sell out as say, when she had like 20-25 shows a season. Back in AT07, she only had a little more than a dozen concerts, I think?

The ones that definitely tend to sell out completely are the first few shows and the finale though.

I think if she is 90+ sold out for so many shows, that still a good amount of people.

^^ this year was the exception, I suppose. Who knows how the last shows will turn out, but the first two shows at Saitama this year were not sold out. There were plenty of signs around the arena (and announcements on Ayu's website) saying tickets were still available. I mean it's a huge arena, and probably one of the bigger ones Ayu performs at, so it's not like she wasn't sold out in a 5000-seat arena.

Well, I personally didn't see empty seats in Marine Messe, which means there were few (because when I look at the stand and arena seats as at single picture - they're full of people and the hall is completely packed). Actually I was so surprised that she performs in Fukuoka for the 3rd and 4th time this year and these concerts are still sold out! Let's don't forget that people may not buy worst seats at (for example) Yahoo auctions, but the one who sells it on Yahoo has already paid for the tickets he sells, right? So these seats may be empty but that don't necessarily mean that they're weren't sold in the first place. That's my theory :-)

Isn't she holding some tickets to sell on the concert date lately? I remember reading about this... Not that she would sell out without doing it (her tours have a lot of dates), but if the only way some people can buy tickets is going to the arena on the concert date and checking if there still are tickets left, it's just natural some aren't sold.

Still... if she sells 90% of her sits, she is still doing pretty well

I wouldn't think she would have many tour dates to begin with if not for high demand.
Her arena tours are the longest in the country and she wouldn't do many dates just to lose or add money obviously.

I'm pretty sure she salea a good bulk of her albums too at the concerts. Which helps avex.

She could have sell out concerts if she went back to her past 2008 numbers, +- 16 dates per tour. Still, money wise, 16 sold out dates < 30+ almost sold out dates. :P

One of my favourites parts of this concert is the beginning of "Happening Here" when Ayu and others say "Youkoso HOTEL Love songs he!" (Welcome to HOTEL Love songs!) :-))) Just Love it!

Btw, is it counting on oricon?

Usually it does but only a small amount of sales. Like... 30% or 3,000 copies? Whichever comes first.

^ Oh, so they stop at 3000? is that per venue or for the entire concert tour?

I knew it was 30%, but didn't know there was a cut off.

EDIT:
Which is why I also say I don't really trust the numbers by oricon (they dont count everything) and I would pick a number between what avex says and what oricon says... :yes

I think it depends on which cd shop is selling the CDs there? Like Saitama, it was Yamano Music and there was a good range of Ayu CDs and DVDs.

That's so complicated %)

I have a question.

I am planning to go to the concert in Osaka, however I have not gotten tickets yet, mainly because I wasa bit unsure how, since I do not have a JP account to pay with via Yahoo Auctions.

Then I found out about these awesome little loppi/e-plus machines.

My question is, what sort of ticket will I get from these machines? I don't mind not having front-row seats, but I'd also like not to be on the outer edge of the venue.

^i believe the seats are randomly printed out. So you might get arena seat or maybe the highest level seat.

roanmy - from what i know, all Ayu concert tickets already sold out, so you can't buy it from loppi.

you need to buy member FC ticket or ticket from third party seller. Like yokohama ticket.

You can buy it from the store or from website. You can buy from other website too. You can pay it via paypal.

SOMEONE TRADE ME FRONT SEAT TICKETS FOR MY SOUL PELASE

^ for a soul, I would ask for a meet and greet too! ^_^

For tickets, you can buy from reseller shops or if there are some left over tickets, they will be sold at the concert area.

When I was at Saitama, first and second day show, they were still selling the tickets.

I have a question;

The curtains are to rise at 19:00 (7pm) in Osaka on 9/19.
At what time can I expect the show to be over?
Nice to know with regards to tickets back to Tokyo etc.
Thanks! =)

The concert's duration is about 2,6 hours (160 minutes).

^Thanks!

How long does it take to get out of the venue?

I apologize for all the questions, but my bus leaves Umeda Sky Building at 23.00, so want to be sure I'll be able to make it.

I'm not sure about Osaka Jo Hall, but it took me about 10 minutes in Fukuoka.

So, about that soul offer...ANYONE?! lol

^ you think there is a devil beside us? %)

I was able to get out within 5 minutes from Yokohama arena, I was upstairs, while my friends who were down took more than 10 minutes. It all depends on where your seat is...Still getting in takes waaaay longer.

Oh and the show is around 2hrs long if my memory serves me well as I kinda lost track of time during the show, give or take a few minutes if it starts on time.

162 minutes, so it's around 3 hours long.

Hmm, I should make my bus ok then, wee!

I AM GOING TO HEAR (and hopefully see) AYU TOMORROW =D

Sorry to spam a little, just excited. ;)

^Are you taking a midnight Willer Express? They have busses leaving at 12:30am. If the concert's at 7pm, she'll come on around 7:20 and it'll go until around 9:50-10pm.

Getting out will take a while depending how quickly you can get out of the arena... if you jump up as soon as how beautiful you are is over you have no problems, but if you get caught behind the crowd it can take a while (I mean, there are 10,000 people all trying to get out one exit at the same time..)

Have fun!!!!

I am!

Thanks! =D

Okay, well yeah, even if you had to walk from Osaka Jo Hall to Umeda Sky building, there's still no chance you'd miss it.

(Sidenote... unless you paid for a fancy bus, you're not going to be in for a good night. They're as uncomfortable as hell!)

i saw this pic on FB
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

is that a performance from Hotel Love Song Tour? looks interesting love the casual outfit,thin it is Hanabi

^I think it's only a pic taken during a rehearsal!

^ oh maybe she posted it on TA, haha i realized that loose track bottom she amways wear during rehearsal think you are right xD

So Osaka 9/19! =D

She mostly exceeded my expectations vocally. Especially during the "lonely queen" parts of Party Queen, and during the start of Love song. You & Me and HBYA also stood out as exceptional.

Some of the first songs she performed could have been slightly better though, and I'm also suspecting that they simply turned up the volume towards the end of HBYA, but it doesn't matter, it was awesome.
Sparkle was also a bit low on volume, but oh well.

Also, during the encore she forgot the lyrics to Boys & Girls. Her own reaction was very cute, but it seemed like most of the audience didn't notice!

Great! Looks like you had a great time!! It sounds like it was a good comcert and I love the times she forgets her lyrics... Lol

Glad to hear you had fun! I can't wait for the next year!

Roanmy, did she only perform a 3-song encore?

njanjayrp - are you planning on going again next year too? If so let's go together! (I'm planning on taking my mum as well xD)

^Yeah, and no Return Road either. =P

I still can't believe RR has been cut (at least for now) like...that was one of the better parts of the concert for me, lol.

When is the final and where? Do we know already?

Wow, that's very surprising! I'm especially happy now that I was able to watch RR performance.
But this source states that 4 songs were used for encore for both dates in Osaka:
http://setlist-live.com/hamasaki-ayumi/1634.html
http://setlist-live.com/hamasaki-ayumi/1636.html

It seems that it's Yoyogi Stadium show on October 11th, Tokyo.

no!! Return Road _|¯|O
maybe something happend with her dress %)
hope to see this song in final

Oh I'm sorry, I completely forgot! Yes, She sang Humming 7/4, and it got the crowd going!

As did Shake it! and NaNaNa.

There were a LOT of older people in the audience (the entire row in front of me had to be at least 50), and the reaction to Timmy was a bit... Luke-warm.

Huh? No return road? That was one of the good performance!

no RR???? that's weird

costume under maintenance??
or
new rock song coming to take its place?? ;)

no Return Road??
why??????

Return Road cut? Wow, what a shame. That performance was one of the highlights from the evening, made me cry. The ending is pretty similar to BALLAD from ARENA TOUR 2010.

Wow... I'm VERY surprised RR was cut!! That always seemed to be a favorite, if not the favorite, performance from the tour! I wonder if it had something to do with the dress, like someone else mentioned...

i found audio rips of one of osaka concert performances posted on youtube OMFG

reminds me, tell me why, appears


shake it, step you, nanana


appears, shake it, step you


the next love, eyes smoke magic


return road, ladies night intro


ladies night, party queen, surreal~evolution~surreal


surreal~evolution~surreal, love song


encore


call, boys & girls, how beautiful you are

^ wow! thanks!!

Thats great! Thank you

OMG, thank you for sharing what you found!
It's a miracle that AVEX didn't remove them yet :-)

she sounds good in Shake It!! and the energy is so awesomee. It's such a concert jammer hahaha! Nanana was a bit..awkward..LOL
call was good!!!!

Im not gonna spoil too much of the concert esp Party Queen. Thanks!!!!!!!

appears always has godly concert arrangements <3

Step You was so good too

I got all excited about 'call' but then realised these must be from her first performance at Osaka in April!

Anyway, looks like they're celebrating her 15th anni in a big way, and I'm betting that ARENA TOUR 2012 DVD will be one of these five-month consecutive releases (and hopefully this means a large 15th anniversary (asia?) tour too...)

^
Oh yeah! I just noticed the different set list from Osaka! I was wondering where HANABI was lol

HANABI was only performed on the 12th of August in Fukuoka.

WOW, thanks for sharing those vids!

I doubt she'll visit Asia with concerts in 2013

^why not?
she is celebrating her 15th years in music industry...maybe she will make it big with asia tour or maybe *dreaming* world tour

It whould be great if she whould at least make one stop in Europe and the US *_*

For example because of the current conflict between China and Japan -China even banned the latest Hollywood "Resident Evil" movie simply because it's based on Japanese game.

this
I don't think avex allow her to go to China

i totally forget about the conflict...

I hope when the time is come, the situation has already get better

What about Hong Kong though? She can still do Singapore, Taiwan, maybe even Malaysia (or is Malaysia too conservative for Ayu's show?) and perhaps the success of SM Towns in Indonesia and the Philippines will show Avex there is money to be made outside of the Sinosphere. I wonder if Thai people still hate her.

she needs an epic asia tour next year T.T

I hope SM Town will make Avex change their mind and come Singapore for the concert!!~ Hopefully her next destination is outside Japan, then that will be my next travel destination ><" or i have to keep going back to that expensive japan T.T!

let's just pray hard it can happen. if she performs at the floating platform, that would be so EPIC

I dont even think Taiwan right now since they seem to be getting into the middle of this stupid conflict...

Thy did cancel AAA's show there so....

OOHHHGG!! I needed to listen Next Love live version...
I love this song... Ayu sounds great...

yea about the conflict,im thinking about Ayu having her Asia tour again,but now i dont think so :thud

lol someone mentioned this now,yeah i do think that it will be a bit difficult to have Ayu's concert in malaysia and plus,our media isnt really familiar with her i guess,what a shame :no but maybe Ayu can try who nows,we got Girls Generation,Super Junior,B.A.P concerts here,so yeah

wonder what exactly happened in Thai?? anyone? :thud


and thanx for the vids, really loved what ive heard so far,the guitar riff during Tell Me Why is eargasm and appears just sounded great,her voice! loved the intro too! :luv2

was it because she didn't want to
take a bow to Thailand's princess?

I think the Thai thing was made up, haha. Why is that rumor still a thing anyway?

From 2003:

oh my god this, Filipinos love anything beautiful! Ayu can easily seize the sluggish Philippine market! :luv2

I'm a bit late, but thanks for sharing the YouTube vids.
Not to be blunt... Oh forget it, lets be blunt. Ayu RUINED 'appears'!
#dead
I think I'm gonna cry for a few days in a corner...

This could easily be a rumor, I thought Ayu couldn't do a concert in Singapore because the cost would be too much? That's what I remember reading back in 2007 or 2008, anyway. I'm sure her net's gone down a bit so the cost of having her perform would be down a bit.

I'd like to see her explore a bit more of Asia myself as well and perform in Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, etc. Of course, the US would be nice, and I'm sure she would love to perform here, or at one point wanted to, but realistically speaking, she'd perform in Asia before anywhere else.

anyway
is there any of member here having pictures when Ayu was in Thailand?

I'm pretty sure she should do a show here in Australia! (technically we should be considered South-East Asians, and thus, an eligible stop for an Asian tour!)

I'm surprised she hasn't visited yet (or has she?).

With how far apart people live I don't think she will go. Even though it may technically be considered part of Asia(never heard of that before, btw), it's a country with western culture and language, the vast majority of people have never heard about Ayumi and the density of people living there is so low it's logistically a bad idea to go unless you know for a fact you have many fans that will come.

omg i REALLY that the news is not true at all, i mean really?? why must she was so reluctant to see the Princess?and she didnt want to meet the fans? it seems not so ayu the way the told the story,i think this is the same year as Uraayu photobook had been published,remember saw the making of where people run for her like crazy even on the streets,i think shes enjoy the fact that people were chasing after the "Queen of Jpop Hamasaki Ayumi" :P

got a thread bout that here,but no pics http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2783

yea i hope that she will explore other parts of Asia too,especially South East Asia,come one avex should fans been waiting for her for years to visit there, she even just went to Singapore for like once? im sure she will get to learn something new visiting various places other then LA,Hawaii,NY,UK,China,HK :P

Haha, no, we're considered Oceania but due to our position geographically, we should really be considered South East Asia. Regardless, I've met quite a few people here who know who she is (no where near as well known as Namie Amuro though). I think it would be possible for her to come here; but she would be confined to Sydney/Melbourne. Are you actually Australian/live in the Eastern states? (I used to live in the West and nobody knows who the hell she is there).

Anyway, back on topic. I really hope she does do a world tour, even if it's not for her 15th, perhaps her 20th? :D

Wait
There are rumours of Ayu doing a world tour?
Whoa.

I'm from Thailand (But I didn't have the photo of her when she has been here, In that time I didn't know her yet) I can told you that news it's a rumor taploid stuff because it's very strict here, If she done that there will be no Ayu's stuff here in Thailand anymore.

(Actually most of the J-Pop fan still love Ayu as for her older stuff, her popularity has drop since Koda and then now it seem like everybody know Namie more than Ayu)

I live in WA. and considering 80% of WA seems to be Asian (I have no idea where everyone else is, seriously. At the beach maybe?) people certainly know her here. Heck, I see her face in magazines every time I ride through past the City.

^

I wish Boston was like that, no one here has ever heard of her.

??

She sang it flawlessly at all three dates I went to...
People also really responded well to the song. The first time in Shizuoka there was a whole group of girls in the row in front who all just screamed "natsukashii~~~~~~~~"

^ First, I think DnB has to realize that this was recorded on a bad phone mic... its going to sound horrible...

also, I think its the fact that ayumi's voice is so different from when she first sang this song...

I actually like this version better besides some of the ii ii's... lol

I lived/was born in country WA, so that would explain why!
( I lived there for nearly my entire life; nobody listens to anything different there but from what they listen to on the radio, but I'm sure that it is the same everywhere in country Australia, the amount of immigrants/people with origins outside of Australia just don't seem to flock there like they do in cities).
I know!!! It's the same over here at the moment.
I think she could definitely pull the numbers for a concert here.

I actually have seen quite a few users on AHS from Perth, but I thought I had better comment on my own experience of nobody knowing her (but like I said before, it is flawed considering I have not yet lived in Perth).

HOTEL Love songs is coming to an end in 5 days :)
Let's await the DVD, Blu-ray in Mar 8th HAHA!

Yup. I don't think that she could've done it better. People loved it and so did I.