Let's recap the album tracks skipped last time:
Liar, HOPE OR PAIN, winding road.

This time she skipped over more in sacrifice of newer material like WOAH.
In place of fairyland, Will, criminal, In the Corner..

She had Startin'. Born to Be..., teens. Most likely as one has said before, we will get a replacement song in place of teens near the end of the tour [probably to release in August or July]

Thanks for the review, it sounds awesome :D
I'm so happy that she performed alterna and Ladies Night!

is the choir there for bold and delicious?

yea thats one of my questions...

the second one is that what did AYu wear during BnD???...Not like music station i hope...

and from another member here...there was a waterfall in rainy day?...izzit true?...(im not doubting him/her)

if there is gonna be a new single in late may/early june...then for sure teens will be replaced...

Was Mitsu dancing at the concert? LOL.

Was Bold & Delicious in the same outfit as Startin' & UNITE! or was it a different costume?

Ladies night! Alterna! That's really great :) It's a shame she didn't do Will though, I was really looking forward to that.

I'm looking forward to the DVD! *_*

This concert looks AWESOME!

Very interesting review, thanks

OMG, she's already started her arena tour>??? i'm so jealous that you were able to go >_<

i'm so glad you put up a review for the concert! makes me even more excited to see it when it comes out on dvd. the concert sounds really good!

ur jokin right?! its nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get a ticket to her concerts....im like a crazy tryin to get tickets to this tour, it sell out in a matter of minutes, no joke about this coz i missed the concerts of osaka and i went to buy them just a hour after it gone on sales......
if ur not member of team ayu u will know that you just wont get in ay chance a good seat.....u'll be lucky enough just to get the ticket....next year tour i will get one bcoz i just joined the team ayu......i got so mad bcoz of the tickets that i HAD to join

wow..thx for the review
looks like an interesting concert
i really want to see the video
especially for rainy day and alterna performance
she's floating in the air with her bubble right? its really cool to see it
and hope she will add the backstage dvd again this year so we can see the ladies night performance that make one of her dancer fall!!! (>_<)
want to see this!

aww, how cute :)

Can't wait until this tour is ripped. I hope it is good enough to beat My Story (Although youhave to admit AT2005 was very well done) and it better beat CDL 2005-2006!

T_T
lucky!!!!!!!!
the whole pool party thing sounds so cool! lol
i cant wait to see it..*waits months until it comes to dvd* lol

i was there on ther first night as i mentioned.. i was in block A and in the second level.. and i had two seats to my right empty!!! also a guy left when rainy day came on and never returned.. so that left his seat free also!! when i had tried to get tickets at first my japanese friend said it sold out in 30mins!! and he could not get them.. so another japanese friend got some at a ticket store in japan but the price was higher.. 11,000 yen!! but it was totally worth it!!

Uhm. No, you can get them on Yahoo Auctions Japan at any time, for basically any of the concerts on the tour, as long as you buy early.. and they're not even that much overpriced. As long as you can find yourself a middleman (person who will accept the tickets at his address and then send them to you, or pay the tickets for you and then you pay him) its not too hard to get them.. you just have to be willing to pay the price. Oh, and sometimes you can even find TeamAyu versions of the tickets on there, for good seats. >.> although I think many of us on here would be willing to settle for any seat in the building.. just as long as we get to see ayu XD

Thank you for your review!! :)

Thanks for the review. Maybe Ayu will do a dome tour in the upcoming years... Though I seriously doubt it. I do wish she had performed Will.

You know what, I honestly could do without fairyland. I listened to it so much when it came out, that I'm sick of it now. HOWEVER, criminal should've been there. It would've been very intense live.

I doubt it. In the recent lives, he hasn't been there. >=] No offense if you like him.

Aww no Criminal. ;_;

I saw the costumes, and they looked really dull and not as pretty as they usually are... But that doesen't mean that the entire concert is bad though.

I seriously hope she doesn't ;_; I mean, It'd be a nice treat, but it might hurt Ayu's ear again ._. Another A-Museum type concert would be nice =]

OMG! SOUNDS AWESOME! i am SOOOOOOO jealous! >.< but no criminal? darn it...

Thank you for the review

I want to see the concert! :headache

Advice?
 

SunshineSlayer or anyone that has been to her concert: I'm going to see her in Shizuoka in two weeks or so. I'm just wondering if there'll security checks before going in? I went to her Dome Tour and I think I had to check my camera in. It's not like I'll be taking pictures at the concert...but since I'm traveling, I'll have it with me...and I'd rather not go through the hassle of having to check it in. If there are security checks, are they thorough checks or just really general ones?

Also, how long before the concert should I get to the site to get the concert goods? I've been reading that the lines are hell so I'd rather go early...but I want to make sure how early I should go.

Thanks for any advice! :)

great review, thanks

haha, i agree :yes
i LOVE her costume for M during A-Museum :D

I feel like the only one who loves Ayu's vibrant beautiful stunning eye catching costumes. :P

I didn't particually like AT05 Costumes. They were incredibly hot but not as good as AT06 !
I can't WAIT to see the concert! Especially when Ladies Night and Will are going on

I updated my original post again with info about the 2nd concert. It's definitely a must read for Ayu fans. :)

Yes, I'm pretty sure it was 1 of those, but not sure who! :)

No, no choir but a choir plays on the track in the background.

She wore the same outfit as Startin'/Unite.

And check back to my updated original post about Rainy Day.

HA HA HA~

So funny. The bubble!

Ayu is awesome. I love that woman xD Singing in a bubble.. for 3 songs~

:p

I wonder what happened! :[

The seats empty next to you were probably seats that a scalper had and was unable to sell. And yes it is EXTREMELY difficult to get Ayu tickets the Official way. However, there are several unofficial ways to do so and for foreigners those are basically the only routes you can take. I plan on doing a write up about how foreigners can get tickets once I get back to the states tomorrow - hopefully it'll get stickied, since a lot of people ask about it.

There is a security check, so I didn't bring my camera with either. However for me, they didn't check my bag to thoroughly so I could've snuck one in.

And yes, the lines at Saitama felt like it was 2 days long. :) However, Shizouka may not be as bad. When I went to her Hiroshima concert last year it was much much shorter. However, Saitama had 17,000 people at it so the lines were understandably long. I would say get there at least 2 hours before the concert starts.

what a long review!!!!!!! anyway, i thought japan was always cold

^Thanks for the update from the 2nd night, it sounded very interesting indeed! Makes me want to go watch more live concerts, just to see what could screw up. :D

I had a lot to say. :) And no, Japan is not always cold. Maybe Hokkaido is always cold but certainly not the rest of Japan. :)

Thanks so much for the review!

Haha...after reading your 2nd review...this is what i have to say










PLEASE DONT REMOVE ALTERNA!!!...

That part was very funny...Did u get to the see the 'zebra' costume more??...Can u describe a bit fiurther...even from that picture it was not clear...

I hope nothing will go wrong in the DVD thou...i dont think she will lip-synch thou...at least i hope so

Thanks for the update about the 2nd concert. Poor Ayu trapped in that bubble... at least they finally could get her out of there LOL xD

Thanks for the 2nd review.

Poor Ayu, getting trapped in the bubbled. But it's so funny. XD Hope they can make it as some sort of extra on the DVD.

haha! The bubble trap thing :P I hope they dont have to remove that segment from the concert >.<

(dreads the long lines) Anyway, thanks for your reply. :)

So, just to make sure, were there body checks or metal detectors? If let's say...I hid my camera in my pocket, would that work?

Oh yeah, that would work. They just ask to look in your bag.

When are you coming back to the states?

Are you going to sell the tour goods as the same prices you bought them as or cheaper?

LOL She got stuck in the giant bubble. XDDDD I hope they dont take it out, it is something I really would like to see, but I doubt it since they put so much work into it. =p

It's great that rainy day got some rain in it. XDD I hope they do an early release after the tour is over. (I can keep wishing) XD

thanks alot for the second review :P

Last year I was able to download My Story Arena Tour 2005 mid-late August. Wonder when it'll be this time around. -hopes around the same time- lol

same here :yes

POOR AYU to get trapped in the bubble
i hope alterna wasn't replace by anything too
because its looks like a really cool effect and performance
i really want to see it...i can imagine it..and i think it was so cool...
oh my god i really want to go and watch her concert

this sounds quite funny :P though it might not have been as funny for Ayu ^^;;
and you went to see her twice in a row?!? O_o
thats so mean... I want to see her too!!!

Yup, like everybody else here I hope they don't change the bubble idea for alterna, because it still sounds very fascinating.

:yatta The mexican wave? :yatta At least something from Mexico! haha! Sorry I'm a mexican dude:rolleyes

wow, thanks for the concert review!!! i really hope those mishaps make it to dvd.

Holy moly @ Ayu getting stuck in the bubble..
Dang! I really want to see Yoshio rock out though! I hope they keep that in the CD.. and hope they fix the bubble for the rest of the tour

Unfortunately I have some bad news about the tour goods. The first day I just bought the things that I wanted and the 2nd day is when I was going to buy all of the other stuff, but I ended up getting to the concert just as it was starting so I had no time to go through the line before hand and then when I tried at the end, many things were selling out. However, I do know there is at least one other person from this forum that will be going to a later concert date and I think they are willing to buy things for people. It'll be much easier for them to do so because they will have time to take orders and recieve peoples payments.

I really enjoyed reading your reviews :)
Hopefully they will include footage of the things that went wrong on the dvd, because it shows a whole other side of Ayu.

Awww... that sucks. Well, I know who else to order from! =] Good try though.

Thanks for the concert review!
Will they change format of alterna segment?

wow, double lucky! you got to go to the concert TWICE! *so jealous* that sounds like fun to watch, since you knew what was supposed to be happeneing. hehehe. when do they record for the dvd anyway? is it always first night that they do?

No, they always record the last night of the tour - usually at Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo. I believe the last date is June 8th.

And yes, I'm glad I got to see it twice. :)

I don't know if they will or not. They will probably just fix it, but if it keeps having problems then they might. So if on the DVD the alterna performance is different, I wouldn't be too shocked about it.

I'm very sure that they will try to fix it if possible. If the situation does not improve, I think they will remove it :( hope it will be in the DVD if that really happens

yea..like a bonus vid from the first day...if that happens maybe criminal will come in !!! or even Will

and also, i heard that singing born to be... was a very last minute decision..ii was thinking it striked off fairyland because with that flowery dress, i think only fairyland can suit it

For the Arena tour in Saitama, they didn't really went thru my bag....They only took a peek and let me in =_=
I did bring my digital camera in, but I didn't take any pic in the arena...

And I went there an hour b4 the concert started...lined up for less than an hr, got the goods and headed straight into the arena.

*____* the tracklist looks awesome! Wowowow.... the story with Ayu being trapped and the improvising is so amazing 0_0!

thanks for the tip, but the thing is....ot dont have any concert near me there....and i dont have credit card here in japan..it doesnt worth it....26th i will be tryin my tickets to hiroshima.this time bt phone coz they told me iv got better chances

wow seems like there's manny bad situations in this concert nee? ^__^
i'd love to see alterna and ladies night performances

wwwwwwoooowww!!!! you're so lucky to be in Japan!!
I want to see Ayumi's live concert tooo!!!
:luv2

^ what a long username you have. i certainly hope that they will not remove alterna from the repertoire!

omg! you went to two concerts! damn!! im green with envy!!!

nice review! i enjoyed it... especially the ayupan hunt, hehehe.

What happened on the second night is interesting. I applaud Yocchan and the band for improvising like that!

Were those two concerts that you went to performed at the same arena?

I'm sure it won't be removed, but they may change the way it is performed if it continues to have problems (ie no ball floating on stage.)

Yes, the 11th and 12th in Saitama.

I'm looking forward to that post!

I'm happy you decided to write a review of the second performance too, both your reviews is great! I found it very exciting to read them, especially about the incident that occurred during the second performance. I'm very impressed by how they kept the show going.

Thank you very much!

I posted about how to get concert tickets in the "Enquiries" forum. And thanks everybody for the compliments about the review!

We should all thank you for being so informative really. :yes

really enjoyed reading ur reviews :) i really wish that i can attend one of her concerts this year. hope they'll include those messed-up moments on the dvd. i love watching messed-up things.

Hmm.. according to her official site there shall be an additional public performance [the Tokyo public performance in Osaka in Niigata and Miyagi] if the online translator is working correctly.

cool setlist, thanks for the review

I have a question about the stage >.< If you can remember XD.. Um.. I know the stage was the same set-up as the MY STORY one.. but what about the backdrop thingy? I mean like.. the part where in the MY STORY tour there was like pillars with little curtains on them sort of.. and they sort of made it look like a room or something..? Do you know what I'm talking about? Well, did they keep that, or make a new one? or something? XD

That wasn't a real backdrop, just a video screen for the My Story tour. This one had a large video screen onstage as well as several smaller ones that moved around on stage and they for the most part just played video footage to excentuate the theme of a specific performance. (such as underwater bubbles in alterna to fit w/ the undersea theme.)

One question!!!

U said her voice was spectacular...For all songs?...And also, did her voice deepen like in About You in AT05?...I hope it didnt...

Hope u answer...thanks

^I actually like Ayu's voice when it becomes deep. These days she uses it a lot in fact.

I actually forgot to comment on her voice, so I don't know where you read that I said it was spectacular. :) I thought her voice sounded a little bit strained actually, but I was expecting that since I thought she sounded strained the night before on Music Station and Music Fighter. Her voice was better when I saw her last year, but at least this means she is a truly live performer whose voice is going to have its ups and downs.

Awww I was hoping for that GORGEOUS "Bold & Delicious" vocals of hers to come out. But what you pointed out was a good point. Can't wait to see this on DVD.

I love it when female singers sing in a deep voice :) Except for Utada - I love it when she sings in a high voice! Anyways, a lot of female singers sing with deep voices and I love it so much more (ie. Hilary Duff in her 2nd album, Hayley One Tree Hill...) :D

Well the performance I saw, won't be the one on the DVD - the DVD is always filmed on the last date of the tour, so maybe her voice will be better by then. She did do well on B&D but a few other songs sounded struggled and she seemed to be getting a little hoarse by the last few songs.

it must be very nice to have the chance to see ayu LIVE <<which seems impossible for me...

but thanks for the review!

Well, the DVD will probably have her most polished-ish performance, as it is for DVD. Plus it'll have direct-from-soundboard audio! <3

:D