The logo is awful but at the same so Ayu XD

It's tacky, cheesy and hideous, but also 300% Ayu... loved it.

The logo is gaudy, ugly, and tacky... I LOVE IT

I'm with u guys, the logo is sooo extra, sooo ayu, I LOOOVE IT.

:roflmao:roflmao

Btw, what's the situation when she uses the leopard print? I remember back on the Party queen days it was mentioned there is a "reason" (some strong statement maybe?) when she specifically uses that kind of style.

I guess it's similar to militar aesthetics she adopted during some anniversary tours and song promotions (Mirrorcle World, A BEST LIVE): aggressiveness, fierceness, "I'm not giving up" vibes.

They are teasing that announcement again. Can't think of any good big thing that might happen. Hiatus, switching to a different job?

I do think it’ll be good news though.

I mean, teasing a retire date might be the meanest thing I can think of for such a beloved artist to do lol.

Excuse my wording, I meant I do not have any good idea.

Not sure how a first & last big news can be anything positive IMO, but yeah, let's wait and see...

Maybe the big news is that her oldest son is doing concert logo designs recently and soon to be head of design in avex? (sarcasm) (the logo made me speechless... even more than the countdown one)

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks !

maybe she got married and will just change her name

At first sight of the logo I went like “PARTY QUEEEEN”-Intro

The logo is so trashy, grandma vibes, but it is so ayu, I love it.

From the recent TA blog

the logo screams 00s! I love it :laugh

maybe she's pregnant again?? or she welcomed her 3rd child with the help of surrogate mother??

No retirement then.

First and last big news guesses:

Launch of 25th anniversary campaign

Release:
♡ ayumi hamasaki COMPLETE LIVE BOX (previously released, unreleased concerts on Blu-ray and DVD)
♡ A BEST 3 series (remastered/unreleased demo versions)
♡ A BEST ~tribute to ayumi hamasaki~ (cover versions of ayu's hits by other artists)
♡ A BEST ~LIVE~ (compilation of LIVE audio recordings from concerts)
♡ photobook

Concerts:
♡ TA Live tour 2023 - 2024
♡ ayumi hamasaki LIVE concert (paid streaming concert for World fans)
♡ ayumi hamasaki Final Dome Tour 2023 - 2024 (if she announce a hiatus or retirement)

Or may simply...

Launch of ayu indie label under Avex

Everytime I'm more convinced she's not retiring.
I guess the announcement is something regarding her health?

Nice! No retirement then.

that's good news then!

I would really prefer some Asia tour location. Haha. Really not looking forward to more of her pregnancy announcement.

If the announcement does not live up to the hype, I...I...I will have to accept it and move on.
Confession that she has been using ghost writers?
Opening up OnlyFans account?
But seriously, they said it would be about the future, so has to be something that will affect her activities.

I feel like it’ll actually be like, first and last big news of the year.
Then she’ll go on a tour of every prefecture in the country.

I won't! xD
If she trolls us again with a minor announcement, I won't be able to take her seriously anymore after that. Her TA blog and insta posts would be just a "dramatic quote of the day" without any meaning...
The way she hyped it and teased it sounded like something very serious, and I hope she has an announcement that matches these expectations.
I really hope she won't drop to "that desperate attention-seeker star" status, I'd be very disappointed if it was just a (very) bad buzz...

Maybe off topic but I was reading some old TA Blog entries around when she broke her ankle and this one from Nov 4 2021 stuck out to me:

The next time I turn my back to the stage, I made up my mind that day that I would never come back, so please let me complete the Nagoya show in whatever way you can, and please be there for me.

So maybe we can strike out retirement talks unless she injures herself again.....ugh I wish I was going to the anniversary concert!

how to get ticket from overseas?
 

Hi all ,

could someone please guide me or help me get one ticket for the 25th Anniversary live on April 8?

I am based in Singapore, and totally had no clue how to get her ticket.
I am not a TA member :)

And I've been a fan of hers since 8 yrs old & I'm 32 this yr LOL.

please help me :)

easiest is to join TA to get ticktes, but the first lottery is already over.

That is true. We may argue endlessly if she wants to retire or not. The last word may be by the complete hearing loss

Hey, am from sg too and I only just saw your message.

I balloted for the tickets but from what I gathered (from here), you can still purchase tickets from Lawson in Japan. And I’m guessing they will release tickets after their initial lottery for TA is done (which is, by right, today at 12pm JST) Check out https://t.livepocket.jp/ as that’s where the ticket will be sold too (and overseas fans can purchase tru there I think). Monitor that site!

Hope it helps and hopefully you get the tics :)

Got my ticket for the show, so so excited hope she pulls out a few tricks for 25th Anni!

Just got 2 tickets from the lottery!

Same here :)
Seems like it was easy to get tickets?
TA having a second round of lottery

Okay, who all got tickets? How are we supposed to know our seat number?

Go into live pocket and click on each ticket details, it shows your seat. I’m guessing all of us are in the A zone.
Which brings me to the next question for those who’d been to yoyogi/Ayu’s concert @yoyogi - is “A” zone right in front of the stage? (Poor necks)
from what I gathered from some websites, the A zone is usually right in front of the stage (that is if there are no extension catwalks like what ayu usually does with her stage)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ln8...w?usp=drivesdk

I know it's longggggggg overdue but this is gonna be my first ever Ayu concert. Just got my tickets and looking forward to attend more in the future.

I also won my ticket.

I believe we don't know our seats until we pick up our actual ticket the day of the event. The A number is just a reference number, not your actual seating.

I also won two tickets. Omg its my first time going to see her live!

Omo ! Hi Hi fellow Ayu fan from Sg !!
Thank you !! And just wanted to know - if ballot for tickets in TA, do we have to pay immediately ?

I and my two friends all didn’t get tickets :(
Hopefully this next round.

^ so strange since there is a second round.

I got two tickets. :)

I got my ticket!!!! So excited to see her again!

No but you will need to submit credit card details. It will only be deducted once you have "won the lottery" / have your tickets confirmed and assigned to you. Interestingly I have received notification that my card has been billed prior to being notified that my tickets were confirmed lol.

Ah! Thanks for the clarification! Guess I got over-excited 😅

Out of curiousoty, are you in the Japanese fan club? I’ve always gotten the lottery and excellent seats when in the foreign fan club, but it was definitely hit or miss when I was in the Japanese one.

Does anyone who is getting more than one ticket know whether we need to change the name on the second ticket if we’re bringing someone with us?

Both tickets say my name and just wondering if I need to change the name on the second ticket or if it’s all good as long as the second person is with me?

Will be fine as long as you're there to pick them up :) I took a friend back in 2019 and only used my name.

You will need your passport and access to the internet on your phone so they can see you're a current TA Member. Screenshots of your Member QR code were fine a few years back in 2015 and such but in 2019 they made me refresh the page to "confirm" lol

Foreigners tend to be all put together and in my experience you're pretty close to the stage (no more than 15-ish rows back) so you should all be close together. Congrats on the tickets!

I'm hoping out for streaming.

I’m in the JP fan club :-/

In 2017/2018 when I saw her several times, I did an experiment where the first several shows I applied under the foreign fan club, and the last I applied under the Japanese one. The foreign one was much much better.

I had my best tickets in the japanese one xD (there wasn´t an international back in 2012 though)

I’ve honestly never looked into the international one since I live here. Would I need to use like, my parents address/phone number? Lol

This can be a hit or miss, out of the six shows i attended, two or three were mediocre seats

Didn’t get tickets this time either lol.

If there’s another round, we’ll all try for 1 ticket instead of 3 I think…

Looks like they’re trying to get a 3rd round done per Instagram. I wonder if it matters which lottery you were successful in and all tickets will be random or would closest to the stage be reserved for first round etc

It’s all random.

Last chance for those who missed the first two rounds, a third one is scheduled starting today!

@tokyoxjapanxfan I hope you can catch some tickets this time!

Thank you!
Although it reads like these tickets are all for really sucky seats ;_;

Not all but yeah, there's a chance the seat won't be great indeed...
Had she ever had those Reserved seat with annotations in the past ?
I don't remember reading anything about it, even for circular stages...

Ah, yes, I read it too quickly haha.
There are “normal” seats as well as, for lack of better words, “bad” seats. But you could choose which to apply for. I applied for the normal seats as my first choice, and the bad seats as my second choice.

I believe these bad seats are the seats that were added to accommodate more people. Since most concerts have a portion of seats that are unused because you can’t see the stage, etc., I guess she just opened up some. (And, at least in the time I’ve been in Japan, I don’t remember her ever doing this.)

Can she just add another show on the 9th Apr please ��������

I think it's a standard practice. They normally say something like now that the stage plan has been finalized we added more seats and that it may be hard to see.

Well, my friend and I now both won 3 of the “bad” seats each—waiting for the last friend to let us know their results. Hoping they won normal seats but at least we know we can get in lol. A little bitter but lol

Only because I had general admission nosebleed seats for the first day of RNRC tour, and they were horrible—we were like parallel to the stage. So I’m now expecting these newly added seats to be even worse lol

Which stage layout works best in occupying the max number of seats?

Regular (front stage kind) or the circular middle round stage?

Good question! I suppose either way means potential seats can’t be used, though I suspect center stage might be marginally better at utilizing the seats?

By the grace of the Ayu gods, my other friend won normal tickets :love

I missed all 3 rounds of the fan club lotteries. But I have received on this Tuesday an invite to the “Official Line Advance Lottery”. I guess it is only sent to people who attended her concerts before but not a fan club member. But this is again for bad seats.

I am not sure if I should go for the bad seats. Because I do want to see her clearly considering this might be her last. Shall I give this a miss and wait for the general sale? Anybody knows when the general sale will open? I really need some advice, thanks!

God, I'm sooo in love with the goods!!!! I want to buy everything!!! https://avex.jp/ayu/goods/detail.php?id=1002131

I am just so-so on the goods. Not really my style. But usually the more I dislike the good, the better the live lol.

It's not going to be her last concert. If it were, she would have announced that. Instead, she's still talking about never stopping, etc.

If this was the last whe would milk it to the very end.

the email they sent out says 'lets wear leopard print to celebrate ayu'. god no!:tired

i love the inverse correlation between good quality and show, btw, haha.

Considering how she struggled to add more seats for fanclub members, I'm doubting there are any good seats left for the general sale. And cmiiw but afaik it's very difficult to participate in the general sale outside Japan. Unless you'd rather not attend at all than have bad seats, I think it's better to utilise every chance you get, and then if you happen to be able to buy a better seat you can try and resell the bad one closer to the concert day

The LINE seats my friend applied for are only bad seats.

^ I won in the LINE ticket lottery and the deadline to buy a ticket is the end of this day JST... aaaaa what should I do? should I buy it and then arrange my trip to Japan from Thailand and I'm here with the student visa.....

I just won the bad seat! Guess it’s better than nothing.

The moment I saw ayu with "Gt" and other guy with "Ba" labels I thought it's guitar and bass

Can I hope Yo-chan will be there?

Bye bye dTV, hello Abema Premium for the online live streaming.

https://abema.tv/channels/payperview...TuS8kriMtaCuWM

I prefer dTV, they have better angles and more close up of ayu!

How do you know if you got a good or bad seat? Haha
I got mine but I don't know the reference since there's no map as far as I know xD

I don't have good memories of AbemaTV broadcasts for Ayu shows. The sound of TROUBLE CDL was hideous and the image quality was poor too. I hope they improved the service.

ayu posted a video rehearsing with the band (i didnt see yochan though). i hope the band will be present this time!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqAzL...d=MGU3ZTQzNzY=

Seeing the band back makes me happy. Definitely felt a bit of relief about that - her concerts haven't had the same energy without them.
Shame to see a different guitarist in there, though.

She posted some stories today listing the band. It's official!

Very happy to see the band again. It’s going to be weird without Yo-chan though. Hopefully she’ll continue with the band but it may just be a one-off for the anniversary show.

I was thinking of buying a ticket for the livestream but it looks like Abema is also region locked?

So did you buy in the end?

^ nope, I didn't :no
I hope she announces a big tour so I can schedule everything beforehand. this time I applied for the lottery on Monday and won it on Thursday and the deadline to buy a ticket was 23:59 on Thursday so I had no time to decide..

Are all the goods already sold out?
I wanted to pre-order a few things for a pickup at the venue. But the service is closed although it should have been open until Tuesday.

Ad Eternam all good are sold out, and as far as I understand, they will not be returned to online stores, you can buy them only at the venue

I wonder when is she starting to sell the”Sapeur” goods, I want them!

Got my ticket for the show (and a VPN subscription). Really looking forward to concert!

Totally forgot to do the goods preordering. Hopefully the selection at the venue is fine.
Also, I'm too lazy to create the thread, but this Shibuya 109 collaboration is going to take all my money anyway.

Do we know when the goods line opens? I know doors are at 4:30, but the goods are outside so wasn't sure if they started selling before that.

I am flying to Japan tonight. See you all there on the 8th!

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【1】The opening hours of the fan club booth have been determined!

【2】"ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" live venue campaign will be held!

【3】"ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" venue limited special lottery!

【4】 Earmuffs for children will be available for rent!

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【1】 The opening hours of the fan club booth have been determined!

09:00 - after the show
*Please note that the opening time may change depending on the situation.
*New membership, renewal, and referral of friends will not be accepted at the "ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" venue. Please understand this beforehand.


【2】 "ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" live venue campaign will be implemented!

All TeamAyu members who visit the fan club booth at the venue will receive an original can badge at random!

■How to participate
Please come to the fan club booth at the live venue with your TeamAyu digital membership card.
One can badge will be given to each person at random.

■Please note
*One badge per name will be given away. If you have multiple names, you will receive the number of badges for the number of names.
*The badge will be randomly selected and cannot be chosen.
*Please be sure to report any defects on the day of the event. We will not be able to respond to such reports at a later date.
*For the prevention of infectious diseases, the badges will be handed over by the staff. Please understand this.
*The badges will be given out as soon as they are gone. Please understand.
*Only the member's name will be accepted to exchange the badge. Please note that membership cards in other people's names will not be accepted.


【3】 "ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" venue limited special lottery!

At the venue of "ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE", there will be a special raffle to win original prizes!
Please CHECK IN with your smart phone near the venue on the day of the live.
Anyone from TeamAyu can draw once on the day of the performance!

Prize S: 25th Anniversary Original Instant Camera Cover
Prize A: Original Logo Acrylic Keychain
Prize B: TeamAyu original travel case
Participation Prize: Original Wallpaper

Please pick up your prize at the Fan Club booth at the venue if you get a lucky draw.

Notes
*Redemption of prizes and declaration of defects will only be accepted on the day of the live event. We will not be able to respond to any claims for defects at a later date.
*You can choose your favorite color of pink or black for the travel case, but there is a possibility that you may not be able to choose your favorite color depending on the stock situation. Please understand.

★☆ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" Special☆★
We are currently developing various other contents on the special feature page!
Please check it out!

Click here for the "ayumi hamasaki 25th Anniversary LIVE" special page.
https://global-fc.net/teamayu/sp/tou...rylive_special


【4】 Earmuffs for children will be available for rent!
Soundproof ear muffs for children will be available for TeamAyu members with children at this concert as well!
TeamAyu members who wish to borrow earmuffs are requested to come to the Fan Club booth and pick up the earmuffs after completing the necessary procedures.

*Please come to the Fan Club booth to complete the procedures and pick up your earmuffs.
*We will ask for your TeamAyu digital membership card before lending out the ear muffs. If you do not have a digital membership card, you will not be able to borrow an earmuff. If the representative is a TeamAyu member, the child does not need to be a TeamAyu member.
*Please return the earmuffs to the Fan Club booth by the end of the day after use.
*The number of earmuffs is limited. Please note that we will stop accepting earmuffs as soon as we run out.
*The soundproofing performance is as follows: SNR value: 30dB NRR value: 25dB (Please note that this does not guarantee complete soundproofing).
*After returning each item, we will disinfect it before lending it out at the next venue. Please be aware that the room may not be completely soundproofed.
*Please note that the earmuffs are only available for elementary school students and younger.
*If you are concerned about the soundproofing, size, or hygiene of the ear muffs, we recommend that you prepare your own ear muffs.

soon we will know, what the big news is...I hope it's not a bad thing.

Did she ever mentioned that it won’t be world/Asia tour?

Finally they started thinking about protecting ears.
I highly recommend you use some ear plugs too if you attend the show. Here's a cautionary tale: I got great arena seats in 2015, very close to the stage and unfortunately to the speakers. Those long iiiiii in the chorus of Forgiveness caused sharp pain in my left ear, damaged my hearing and it has never recovered. You don't want this, trust me. Protect yourself from loud high frequencies.

It will open at 9 am, according to the official website ;-)

there is no info yet, but I would guess the goods sale will start arround 1pm

Like I said in my previous post, goods sale will start at 9 am ;)

The official goods page was updated.

I’ll definitely be there at 9! :D