she was the last performer for all shows except August 28, right? I think we should not worry, if it was only time :think

it would be an issue, if she wasn't the last performer for all the shows.

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It was the two last shows. Can we panic now? D: (jk)

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LOL I saw that guy topless and I thought it was ayu :thud

^ it's YOSHIKI :heart :heart :heart

I'm surprised they've performed at a-nation.

Yoshiki? Is it the one from X-Japan??? Or did I mixed there something up?

^yeah, X was there^^

Oh.. I watched the Video now on Youtube, which was posted here.
I really love "Forever Love". (^.^) Such a greate song.

My fandom for X JAPAN far overshadows my excitement for Ayu's performance this year. If the special guests get on the DVD, I'll die of happiness. :happy1:

^ yeah, me too XD

my Japanese friends wrote me the letter like "2 your most favourite artists were on the same stage. isn't it incredible?"

yeah maaan, it's incredible ~.~

with ANother song
Forever love and Kurenai xD

I could see Avex putting X-Japan last instead of Ayu. But anything other than that just doesn't make sense.

Very cool though that X, Gackt, and Ayumi all performed at the same show.

Wrong. Her whole existence in show business is based on whether people like what she's doing or not. If she'd react like you describe it (and in my opinion she luckily is not behaving the way you put it here) she would be stubborn like a little child.

She's here to please. She gets well paid for it too. If she doesn't pleases, she'd most likely disappear like other famous pop stars, that were on the top of the charts for years, did in the past.

Let's be realistic.

Ayu looks so cute in these photos!^^!

X was there and Avex didn't let them close instead? :(

My thoughts exactly. THAT would have been a worthy closer in place of Ayu. It makes the fact that TVXQ closed even more mind-boggling.

X-Japan are on EMI, Avex wouldn't give top billing to their festival to a non-Avex act no matter who it is.

She can do whatever she wants about her music... You are assuming she is expecting to rock the charts forever while we have no idea of how does she see her career...

Matsutoya Yumi and tons of other popular musicians all over the world already did something similar and guided their careers by what they felt like doing...

Ayumi doesn't need more money... there's no record on the Japanese industry left for her to break... I wouldn't be surprised if FIVE was the begining of an Ayu that doesn't care about her fans or the industry or the media expectations...

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About she not closing A-Nation... it can be a lot of different things, from fall on her prestige to schedule conflict (both hers and Tohoshinki's)

lol If that is true, she's going to be losing a ton of fans pretty soon. :innocent And Ayu has never been one to not care about her fans.

While that's all nice and true, it's her fans who got her where she is, she is able to have all the freedom because so many people liked her music at some point. And only time will tell if everything she does will do her good or not.