Thanks Lisa , I will be adding that piece of info to my music blog

Top 50 Albums Of 2009 :

17 *,120,513 ***,636 VOICE / 中島美嘉 08/11/26 累計337,064

49 *,*53,869 **1,790 NO MORE RULES． / 中島美嘉 09/03/04

great to see VOICE has outsell YES by almost 40K copies now :D

I still don't like Mika in the cover :no she looks old. I love the promo pic though <3

oh really , Travis ? I thought you might like it

looks like I under-estimated you lol

I like her look, but she looks like she needs a transfusion. That was the look they were going for, like a modern geisha or something.

NO MORE RULES poster - http://www.yesasia.com/global/nakash...0-en/info.html

if you click on the image it said MIKA NAKASHIMA CONCERT TOUR 2009 TRUST OUR VOICE

I love the title of her new concert but er when does it start ?

In early April, I think.

Her website has the dates. http://www.mikanakashima.com/

The tourdates were also included in the JP version of VOICE.
I was so sad that I didn't have the money to go to Japan this year to see Mika again :(
or else I would have just went without any hesitation..!

and to see Ayu too of course ;)

I'm thinking of keeping my hair black, seeing as Mika's dark hair is looking ever so beautiful. :D
I still have a day before I get my hair done ^^

Anata ga Iru Kara Live
http://www.wat.tv/video/anatagairuka...a5_16bnl_.html

The Rose Live
http://www.wat.tv/video/the-rose-live-1dd28_16bnl_.html

BTW can anyone recommend a good Mika Nakashima fansite?

^ http://kumonoito.net ? Thanks for the performances :3

Thanks for providing a link.

I don't know if any of you have heard Over Load yet, but you can hear a snippet at her official website. I like it. I could like it better than LIFE.

OMG i love the song! it sounds kinda traditional, like something similiar to GREEN, lol. i seriously love it!

honto ? :eyebrow

then all the more I should hear Over Load now since you said so Lisa

Listen to the full song here
http://station.music.yahoo.co.jp/pla...46&p=791601947

Only works with IE and Avant if you have it.

^ thanks , you can download a HQ 38 secs preview of Over Load via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88202

wow I love the sound of the preview , it's quite oriental sounding to a certain extent & Mika sounds really strong vocal wise

so can't wait for the full song to be up & running :D

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HOW OVER LOAD IS SOUNDING. Omg it does indeed sound like a better version of LIFE, love it!

top 50 albums 2009

19 *,120,513 ***,*** VOICE / 中島美嘉 08/11/26 累計337,064

I realised how they made a typo on her official site spelling FILM LOTUS VII as FILM LOTAS VII. Lol.

:roflmao

oh dear there goes another typo error again

T_T

Here's an audio rip of that stream
http://www.mediafire.com/?jjhjildngo1
thanks to ssg

^ That's full version right? Oh wow, I can't wait to hear it!

omg thank you! :thud

edit: AMAZING SONG! :love mika did a great job this time, lol. i love the song so much! it's really catchy.

goody goody , thanks for uploading the full version of Over Load :D

the song's AWESOME , I love it that it's very oriental sounding to a certain extent

fantastic <3

Over Load is AAMZINGGGGGGGGGG O.O
Its GREEN+Life(Mika's) hahaha...awesome omg..what a breath of fresh air from Mika

Over Load is very very very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG I'm slowly turning into a 'serious Mika fan'... I think I will start to buy more of her albums.

Great song, I like it very much!

Actually i hope GAME will be on her next album too...its very gd along with Over Load

I really do like the preview! But I'll wait to hear the full version to see what I think.

Wow, Over Load is really a great song! Any news about the PV? I hope it's a very good one, because it deserves it!

wow, I'm really happy that this is her next single,
it just sounds amazing ^^

oh man, her upcoming tour is gonna be awesome! I wish I could be there ^^

I hope the Over Load PV will be something good :yes

I hope so too! Her PVs are kind of hit or miss for me =/

wawh,, the song is very great.. very fresh.. I love it sooooooooo much

I was at Popular's bookstore's CD Rama (the Bukit Panjang Plaza outlet) & I saw 2 copies of NO MORE RULES. , it's going for S$20.95 .

HMV's selling it for S$22.95 & hurrah they pasted the PG sticker at the back & NOT the front :laugh

This is the old-Mika-days quality. I LOVE IT. The strings are beautiful and the song is just love.

her last stuff is amazing, I can't wait what the PV is gonna look like too :D

when is over load release??
I'm thinking to buy it because it's really nice song

^ May 13 :)

guess what i found! the b-side "no answer" (or "ANSWER". i dunno what it's called, actually lol)

from JPM :D

^ :eek

off to listen to No Answer now

sounds like another fantastic B-side , kinda like FOCUS in a way

^ agreed.. another fantastic B-side.. This single should be sell very well because all songs are nice

true :yes

provided that there wouldn't be any strong competition on the same week that Over Load will be out

^ yep/. she doesnt agaisnt any strong artist

VAMPS(+DVD)､ゆずｸﾞﾚﾝ(ゆず・ｷﾏｸﾞﾚﾝ/+DVD/映画)､ﾓｰﾆﾝｸﾞ娘｡(3種/+DVD)､THE ALFEE(3種)､w-inds.(+DVD)､中島美嘉(CM)､加藤ﾐﾘﾔ&清水翔太(+DVD)､
　　　　清春(3種/+DVD)､Superfly(ﾄﾞﾗﾏ)､藤木直人(+DVD/ﾄﾞﾗﾏ)､100s(+DVD)､ONE☆DRAFT､NICO Touches the Walls(限)､TRIPLANE(+DVD/CM)､阪井あゆみ(ﾄﾞﾗﾏ)､
　　　　angela(+DVD/ｱﾆﾒ)､戸松遥(+DVD/ｱﾆﾒ)､星羅､pe'zmoku(ｱﾆﾒ)､高橋洋子(ｱﾆﾒCR)､Curly Giraffe

Thanks Ryo

I really hope that Over Load can do well for Mika , she deserves to & after having the preview for No Answer , wow

she needs another #1 hit single :grumpy T_T

No Answer sounds very easy going. I like it :)

No Answer is niceeeeeeeeee

No Answer sounds like another great b-side. I hope this gets #1 too, but does this single have any major tie-ins? The tie-in did help ORION sell well... right?

Oh yea, Superfly and Kaela Kimura will be releasing singles too on that day... hopefully Mika will manage to outrank them :yes

I love No answer.

er let me see Travis

... Over Load will be used as an insert song to the TV spot featuring producer Kazuto Okawa of Ageha Spring Works .

so it's pretty something , I don't know for No Answer's though

I really love what she's released so far.
Voice was just amazing and I hope she'll continue releasing awesome stuff like this ^^
I can't wait for Overload :D

you know I'm still amazed that VOICE has managed to outsell YES but almost 40K & counting :thud

I wonder what were the factor/s that led to this

maybe ORION and LIFE helped because they were both drama tie-ins? lol.

I have no doubt that Over Load can hit #1.
Superfly doesn't stand a chance!

^ woah hopefully what you said will be true in due time :laugh

any word on when the PV will be out ? :shrug

Top 50 Albums Of '09 :

19 *,121,159 ***,646 VOICE / 中島美嘉 08/11/26 累計337,710

that's pretty good seeing her album was released at the end of the year...

eh, right?

I'm really curious as to what they would do for a PV. Over Load is really pretty so I hope the PV is pretty <3.

The title of this thread reminds me of Ayu's Rule (80kidz's "No More Rule" mix).:D

from JPM

I like the setlist! I may be getting this concert after all <3 The only concert DVD I have of Mika is LET'S MUSIC 2005 but I only bought it cuz I just saw it in the music store and bought it LOL.

I have em all! ;) lol

that's a sweet setlist, especially 11 through 14 followed by 15 through 20, ah insane!! lol
I'm so happy she's doing LOVE NO CRY again :D that's got to be my fav live song!
I really would've loved to hear it at her previous tour.

2009 is a great year to be in Japan with both Mika & Ayu having tours, I really wish I could see them both live again this year.

coooll...!!! ^not just Ayu and Mika...Kumi as well and Namie is still on right?...gosh..hahaha

Over Load!!!

pics from the first show:

Thanks Lisa

I really don't like those outfits that're so colourful on Mika :no , looked like a bad tie dye job was done

the other 2 are great , she looks great in black :luv2

uwh.. i was hopping for Glamorous sky... :cry

I like the setlist esp IDK, yuki no hana and over load

omg yes she didn't performed GLAMOROUS SKY & let alone Hitorio

T_T

but other than that , it's great that she kicked off the tour with GAME

it's funny that after GAME , it's SHUT UP , I will get a kick if she did I DON'T KNOW & then SHUT UP :roflmao

ok sorry BAD PUN going on in here :lmfao

^lol

Thanks for the pics! ^^
I think Mika looks really great... she looks healthy ;) did she put on a lil weight? :D

I guess she's not doing any "Nana" songs on this tour, but she has been doing that for her last two tours and I guess she wants to do some other songs now..
but maybe she might do em at the last few shows of the tour?

hearing and seeing her perform Glamorous Sky and Hitoiro is so amazing, you just want jump around go crazy with the guy in the suit whose sitting next to you...;)
xcept the guy sitting next to me was kinda boring :P lol

This concert is looking great!! I'm definitely getting that DVD. All my favorite songs from VOICE are on there. And Mika looks great. I can see her barefoot in a lot of those outfits.

Not liking the colorful dress so much but I like that black outfit!

new CM!

Thanks for the CM. It reminded me of Mienai Hoshi's cover. It's a bit different though. The part is in a different place and there's something more complicated going on at the base of the ponytail. The wallpapers are so pretty. I want the second one but it's shaded over. All they have is this one.

that wallpaper is really beautiful :love it reminds me of the mienai hoshi covers, too :P i loved that hairstyle on mika, but my favorite hairstyle of hers is the LIFE era :love i love her with bangs.

great wallpaper & yes it does reminded me of the Mienai Hoshi

guess this means we get a new song after Over Load ?

I was wondering..
how well does Mika know english?

She probably knows a few phrases - enough to make music - but I doubt she's fluent.

Her skin is really good.

I can barely make out her english... lol. 'Cuz I remember watching her perform Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You during the LET'S MUSIC TOUR 2005.

Off-topic: Omg I love Lipton's milk tea... drank plenty of that when I was in Japan HAHA. Wonder how the ice lemon tea would be like :o

i dunno, i thought her english wasn't so bad in I DON'T KNOW, but in SHUT UP....:shrug i don't like that song anyway, lol.

She's a definite Engrish person, no?
I personally think she should take a page from Yuna Ito's book and intersperse a little more english into her songs.

I heard her in GAME, and her english was pretty perfect. she said "something" without saying somesing/someding :)

now I want some Lipton Lemon ^^

:roflmao me too

I hope news will surface on a new single with regs to that

I'm watching Ryusie no Kizuna.Mika is pretty funny in it XD

I forgot what kinda character Mika played in the show

she was one of the swindlers that loved nino :laugh

oh haha :laugh

somehow both of them don't seem to look couple like together onscreen imo :S

but their very cute together, especially in the last episode. the ending was so funny :P

*sigh* i miss the drama so much. the finale was one of the best finales i've ever seen. nino was outstanding with his acting :yes

lol yeah Nino did a great job when comes to acting in Ryusei no Kizuna . You have to admit , he's probably the best actor in ARASHI & of course 2nd's MatsuJun lol

Sakurai should just stick to hosting imo :laugh (he practically suck at EVERYTHING T_T)

ANYWAY ...

Mika should have gotten a bigger role in the show , she acted pretty well I should say

LOL i thought sho acted good in yamada taro monogatari! :laugh don't be so mean on the crybaby, karen! :laugh but yess, nino + jun = amazing actors.

anyway, i want the over load PV! :grumpy

:laugh

OK to give MatsuJun credit , he did an amazing job in HYD . That was where I got Jun-baited , BADLY :roflmao

me too :grumpy

I hope it wouldn't be boring like LIFE :dead2

I'm sure it'll be wonderful.. and less rainy.. and less close-up..-y ;)

but still I enjoyed looking at her pretty eyes though ^^

I hope so , it will be great if she's wearing the same outfit as the one on the Over Load cover :luv2

I want a PV like ORION's.
That one was...interesting. I laughed at Mika in the bathtub, lol.

:roflmao

really ? what's so funny with regards to Mika in the bath tub ? She was shivering in a way

that or I have a lousy sense of humour -_-'''

^No, it was just a bit random-
She was sitting clothed...in a bathtub...
Playing with water and singing a heartbreaking song....
I just found the scene a little odd for the content of the song, and the clothed-bathtub thing funny.
...Maybe I'm just weird...

I really like Overload hope the PV will be good

Top 50 Albums Of '09 :

20 *,121,759 ***,600 VOICE / 中島美嘉 08/11/26 累計338,310

Some concert footage and an interview.

omg she didnt sound too good for Over Load i felt...well...ould tell she was tired...
for a moment I tot that was the PV hahaha..but it turned out as the CM

Someone did a report of their experience at the concert
http://voice.kumonoito.net/

When I first heard My Gentleman I saw Mika doing something similar. It's such a quiet song she couldn't do anything too active. I am so looking forward to Helpless Rain. My favorite old Mika song.

wow sounds like quite a show,
I can't wait to see it on dvd.. or sooner is fine too ;)

and thanks for the link to the interview Sundae.. Mika's looking so pretty ^^

do you think Overload PV will have some lemons in it?


.. I really want some Lipton Lemon

I've been checking everyday and we'll finally get the music video on the 23rd!!
http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/...u=0073398&ch=0