Well, it's probably because of the short-seeming length of the concert and the 'last minute changes' made. Probably a solo part with Ayu for one or two songs, I guess?

I deleted some tweets, because yeah, it's prohibited and may be spoil too much^^ thanks for saving it for me here!! :))) btw no new song, it was until that day, I just didn't recognize it (shame on me)

I really like the setlist *_*
yay for wake me up, everywere nowere, Who.., Traume + until that day

everywhere nowhere and Who...

:thud

I love this setlist :heart

I love it when she surprises me on CDL setlists :heart Hoping she's gonna perform another three or four songs on the 31th, hopefully one of them being a new one

So happy that she sing Beautiful fighter !! I must be one of the few fan who really like this song ^^ One of my favorites so catchy !

Overall this setlist is attractive !

Love the setlist!!! Beautiful Fighters new version is gonna be interesting :) any comments on her voice?

Are there any pics maybe or something like that? I love pics of artists attending concerts... xD

Naoya tweeted that he went to CDL and it was the best. ;)

^ yeah, I saw him :) I think ayu shaked hands with him during Trauma just in front of me while singing at the stage in the stand :) first I thought "wow what a lucky fan?!", then I realized it's Naoya :laugh

How were the outfits? Wanna see them so bad!!

Haha! Seems like Nao is pretty busy. When he's not on stage himself he goes and visits celebrities and concert. Just a few days ago he fanboyed about Namies Dome Concert on twitter. :cool

You know what, the most beautiful performance was Together when. It reminded me of Free & easy at AT02, because she was sitting above the stage and her dress was pastel pink and sleeveless, there was wind blowing from the stage I guess, so her dress was moving to above and it looked sooo beautiful! omg breathtaking!

also, she didn't sing whole SURREAL, only la-la-la part after evolution.

hmm trying to remeber more.. Snowy kiss with Shu-ya, he was chasing and beating her and she was running away, but in the end they hold each other... Shu-ya is too cute!! I like him much more now %)

there was the stage in the South stand, she performed Trauma there (I was sitting in the 2nd floor but still saw her close). during Trauma she shaked hands with fans, clap them or so and also shaked hands with Naoya :) then she moved to North stand for AUDIENCE, and the little catwalk there wasn't actually catwalk but a thing that goes up and moves around the stand. Although I was standing on the opposite side it was still fun to dance and skream :)

then Boys & Girls!! I didn't know that this song also has some dance! btw there were subtitles and we all sing it with her :)

the concert was very cozy. I don't know, I didn't feel like "OH MY GOD IT'S OUR DIVA, AYUMI HAMASAKI!!!!", I more feel like "Oh, it's ayu there. Hi!". I don't know how to explain it. I also wanted to cry and almost started to cry when she was singing Who, but no, tears didn't come :(

^Thanks for the little review, it males me excited ! Together When... sounds cool, it's one of my favourite Ayu ballads ever, so I do have high expectations !

Was her voice ok anyway?

omg yay Ivy!!!!!
i hope she'll still sing it til the 31st.
the setlist looks awesome
can't wait for costume pics.
and look at the audience..woww!!

her voice was OK. I think she sang everything live.

I really like this set list. Much better than last years.

Loving this setlist so much!:heart Thanks again to YUKARI for reporting (even though I wrote you on twitter already.. ;P).

To me, her CDL always have the best and most interesting setlists.

I hope everyone has a great experience going attending this show in the upcoming days! :D

Still the whole beating thing? I can't image that could be good... >.<

^ yeah, I don't like the PV actually and then I saw that they do almost the same thing on the stage I felt a liiiitle bit upset, but still I continued to shake my penlight and so. tbh I didn't like this snowy kiss - Missing part :P she wore the same outfit for it. then she was gone in the middle of the stage. and then she flew up with Together when with the same dress (?) and it looked really beautiful! may be they added some long pieces


thank you, dear!! :heart

I wanna see her singing Ivy live. I love that song so much.
Songlist looks good for me. (^-^)

Rule! Beautiful Fighters! Together When...! everywhere nowhere! Who...! until that Day...! AUDIENCE! Ivy! MY ALL!

AAAHHHH such a good setlist :')

What's the countdown song going to be? Usually people can tell on the first day what it might be...

Did you notice any reaction on the Japanese fans to the beating thing? I'm curious on their opinion on this.


@polka-dot-jewel; we think its "who..."

I wonder if the Japanese fans are still in shock about this? I only say that because it was there for AT12, it's been there for all these videos, and now this... I just hope it doesn't reappear next year, really.

I don't know, everyone just continued to move their penlights :) he wasn't really beating, it was more like dance, so may be people who haven't seen the video, thought it was OK.

Thanks for the gr8 review YUKARI T.T!!! wish i was there!! Together When was one of my fav song and i understand how u feel like "wow ayu is songing!!" and have that teary feeling~~~~

Thanks for the review YUKARI :)

That sounds so exciting and fun. I'm not even a huge fan of Together When... But I want to see that performance.

i LOVE this set list!
amazing... wish i could have been there.

I wasn't a huge fan too until these day :yes

btw I think I messed up saying Beautiful fighters got the different version. I'm just used to MSTRKRFT's remix too much :laugh

Thanks for the review Yukari~

Did she talk a lot?

No :( she didn't talk at all I think. no MC part. only cheering arena and saying thanks to staff and everyone who attended the show (like usual). but I still felt the interaction between us. she was really cheerful today ^^

offtopic: btw I like your new avatar :D

Missing, Ivy and who... 're enough for me! can't wait to watch them!

Ooh :( Maybe she'll talk about red vs blue tonight and then standard new year talk on the 31st.

:o Thanks, you like Xiu Xiu?? I'm shocked to find another Ayu and Xiu fan!

^ yes, I've even attended their concert once ^_^

yeah, it will be strange if she doesn't talk at all even on Dec 31.

the setlist looks amazing, not really feeling Beautiful Fighters nor Fly high though... the beginning looks pretty interesting based on the photo and I'm dying to see a video of her singing Missing! :)

I need outfit pictures :(

OMG... i so want that poster!!
Is there anyone that can preorder there that doesnt want it? lol

also, that set list is pretty good...
wish i could have gone... but next year!

Outfits nao.

I'm pretty much excited and upset for not having the UStream this year

at least we get a wowow on the 2nd which isn't bad...
cant wait for it!

That sounds greaaaat ! Thanks again for your report and for answering !

Thanks for your impressions Yukari!

I wish i could be there:cry.

So glad she changed things up, if only a little, for the set list. I think I'm most excited for until that Day... and Who... it was a signature for so long. I'm sad it's not closing the show, but MY ALL is a hell of a lot better than Thank U.

so far the only complaint I have with the set list is
My all... again? at the end? Again?... what are you doing? again.
lol

^ Yeah, idk why she didn't save Who... for the end. But from its placement, it looks like it's before/after the countdown, which is what she did for PCDL - and that made me bawl lol

lol... yeah im glad she has Who there.. that is such an amazing track live.
I dont know why but Im brought to tears every time, lol.

I really loved 7 days war at the end of RocknRoll... I wish she would sing that again...
I want a new show stopper... I fell like we havent had one in a while... thank U and HBYR just didnt seem right... granted I havent seen how she did it this year so that might be pretty powerful too.

So excited for this show! The tracklist is perfect, so many great songs. I'm so happy Beautiful fighters is there, I really want a live performance (live vocals) of it :P

has she never sung that song before?

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Yes, in some previous CDLs if I'm not missunderstood, I guess one of them was Best of CDL 2006-2007

SEVEN DAYS WAR was epic in RnRC Tour. It brought me in such heavy tears at the first time I saw the concert

Very impressive setlist (minus Beautiful Fighters 'cause I really can'ttt stand that song)... wish I could see it. She has a great selection :D everywhere nowhere is such a cool song

Everytime I see the setlist of a CDL I remember myself how vast is her repertory and what a large number of songs she has in her disposition.

Proud of Ayu. :heart

So there really is no Ustream??

How strange... it seems the Pigg thingy is provided by Ustream, why don't they also open a Ustream page?

Maybe it wasn't profitable? That's the only reason I'd say we weren't getting one this year.

Well, they did it for like 2 years (do it again, PoM, HOTEL Love songs)... but perhaps they're just unable to set it up in time with all the things she has going on release-wise that she didn't have back then?

They didn't do it for the HLS finale either. I think there's more to it than no time. Maybe they were afraid distribution from fans or that new law being passed? Either way, us international fans got cheated (twice).

awww can't wait for the dvd!!! *____*

OMG Beautiful Fighters and Rule, plus Who...!!!
I love those songs, haha

I don't really think of tours as events where we'd normally see live and POWER of MUSIC was just an exception. COUNTDOWN LIVES always seem like they have to have that live element to them.

Keep in mind that they still set up everything for Japan (live viewing in cinemas, Pigg Channel) but probably could not deal with potential overseas customer issues and so on.

The 'distribution from fans thing' is still likely to happen on the Pigg Channel, but we'll still get CDL after 1/2 in HD so it's not too bad.

Welcome to the club

Eh, I love it. It's one of her rare peppy upbeat tracks that she hasn't had for a while now.

So happy to see Rule, everywhere nowhere, beautiful fighters and SURREAL. So many classics! Ill never get tired of SURREAL.

The setlist is amazing. Can't fault it apart from the obligatory cute segment.

If someone doesn't mind summarizing this review, I can put it in the first post!

http://ameblo.jp/yukipan1206/entry-11437763609.html

It details where the tissue dance is, the acrobat section, and so on. Oh, since I brought them up, I wonder if the clowns were absent this year.

^ please

i done with the clowns please.

Me too. How many times Ayu used them? Like... 80? xD

Mu-Mo updated the goods!
http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/list1/?categ_id=102

What clowns? No clowns last night as far as I can remember

I really want some of those goods, but I HATE the logo this year. Worse than the whip and the mask.... Did the cross have any significance in the concert??

yeah, there were no clowns, there were the dancers/tumblers that act as clowns, but they were not wearing clown makeup. their tumbling act was amazing, usually on the dvd i just skip their act but it was really amazing seeing them perform live.

and ayu coming down from the ceiling in that birdcage at the opening was just epic. i cried and screamed my head off, so emotional. this was my first time seeing ayu is my life and i will never forget it.

please excuse my lack of capitalization, i am on a japanese keyboard and i cant figure out how to use it very well. :innocent

01. Wake me up
02. Rule
03. Beautiful Fighters
04. Fly high
05. snowy kiss
06. Missing
07. Together When...
08. everywhere nowhere
09. You & Me
10. Song 4 u
12. Who...
13. evolution
14. SURREAL
15. until that Day...

ENCORE
16. Trauma
17. AUDIENCE
18. Boys & Girls
19. Ivy
20. MY ALL



I love all the songs here.:love:love:love:love:love:love

im really happy to see everywhere nowhere... what is the countdown song?

pics pics pics of the outfits, where are youuuuuuuuu~

funny tho, i am only excited for like 4 songsin the setlist lol i just don't care for others, at all....especially older stuff.

I am guessing Who... is the countdown song??

^^^

Me too but I wished she sing We Wish :love

Great setlist! I'm so glad she included everywhere nowhere and Who... I can't wait to see Beautiful Fighters too, it's been a while since she's had a fun/upbeat track like that

Who... would be an amazing countdown song...
I cant wait till the 2nd!... or I guess it will be the 1st for me...

MAN! what a way to bring in the new year!!

This! Come on Chinese websites!

OMG SHE WAS AMAZING AKSJHFFEUYRT3YFGSKJDFGUAFG ICANTEVEN

Cannot get over how great her voice sounded and she was so full and energy and beautiful !! She looked really happy, but was crying during Who... (me too)

When she sang Who... the crowd ROARED and SCREAMED like crazy, no one expected that one, it gave me chills.

Wake me up was my personal favorite along AUDIENCE.

The dudes that were previous the clowns where now dressed REALLY cool with black and silver and they were doing flips and jumping all over the place. I was SO impressed with them. AND THEY ARE SO CUTE AND GOOD LOOKING my love for Shuya has transferred to them now.....


The goods were kinda meh. But they were selling the leopard pink/black umbrellas :3

I managed to take some pics of the stage and one while she was on the crane thing in the air. MEMORIES ! <3

awesome!!
Another good report!
Cant wait to see this!!

same here, I'm on pins and needles waiting!! as MJ would say "Shamon!" lol

I hope she'll perform Sweet scar. This song is the best promotion to her latest releases IMO. It deserves to be performed >.<'

does anyone have a report on what she was wearing costumes wise? :)

^ thats the only thing i wanna see, since the setlist is already awesome.
hopefully they'll be as good as CDL 2005-2006.

YAY for "Who..." "snowy kiss" n "Missing"! but no "Melody"? HAIHZZz! others just typical songs that will appear in her CDL, not much surprise.

love when she in 4 side stage! but no diff from CDL do it again rite? she or her team should really take note from others 4 side stage show esp those in HK, it can be awesome!

hope she will have another ballad medley like in CDL do it again, she have too much nice songs need to have live version again esp in her anniversary celebration period!

The setlist is not bad!
Hope she will perform Sweet scar too..

I hope so too. I love sweet scar! Only 6 new songs out of 20?? I'm a little disappointed with that!! :( but she mixed some good old ones!! I guess is ok!! Still exciting! :luv2

I really love the setlist this time around!

damn i want that love again poster....
ugh
i would love to have gone..

I want outfits pictures!!! haha

I'm going to go try and get some goods in a few so I don't have to spend all day in line tomorrow xD Luckily I don't want any goods that I think will sell out too fast, except maybe the cross straps which I think due to their cheap price will sell out rather quickly. But meh, it's raining today so I'm hoping less people are there :D

I can't wait to watch the concert! I LOVED the setlist! Love these songs and I have a pretty good feeling about this year's performance. Also, I absolutely adore when she's dancing and interacting with ShuYa ♥

Getting ready for tonight!!! Sooo pumped!

I actually find this setlist kinda boring D: but it features some of my least favourite tracks of hers. It's cool that they're getting show time though, some of them haven't been used in a while. Beautiful Fighters, everywhere nowhere, Fly High, MY ALL... Glad that until that Day... and Together When... made appearances :3 LOVE those tracks.

At the show now.

Don't know if anyone besides me paid attention to the flowers. :).
But yeah, IMO there is no doubt she is banned. There are flowers from every music show EXCEPT Music Station. Even shows she hasn't been on for ages like music fair and happy music.

^ that is interesting about no flowers from MS.

Just saw clip of melody pv! It's actually maybe artistic! It was like a kaleidoscope ala To Be, but less cheap looking. Ayu looked to be all in white with dancers surrounding her in black. It has the potential to be interesting IMO.

^ Sounds cool, I love the TO BE pv even if it is kinda cheap looking lol I don't know how I feel about the part of the dancers surrounding her though..

Made a mistake - just saw melody again. Ayu is in white shirt black pants and dancers in skin tight red.

Yep, forgot to write about it. So there were flowers from Music Japan, Music Fair, Hey!x3, Happy music (?), FNS, and no flowers from MSte. I also saw flowers from RIMMEL, from avex bands like ELT, girl next door, AAA, misono and etc.