I wonder what song she will open with.

NEW SINGLE!

omg if she's going to be with BIG BANG on the same day, then I'd so want to go.

and mflo and 2NE1, damn.

Ayu apologizes in twitter that she can not make it to Osaka this year because of her schedule (though she's happy to see "please come to Osaka too!" messages from everyone).

she must be planning a lot of things... (along with her tour of course.)

Can't wait to see the lineup!

TRF barely releases stuff anymore...I've never heard of them splitting up. Maybe it was DAI you were actually thinking about?



AKB48 performed last year and so did Remioromen a few years back. They were invited as surprise guests.

eww kpop groups :dead2 on a-nation, again...the world is coming to an end.

the kpop groups are the only thing keeping this event interesting...

Good! Ayu should appear every year!! haha.

are you being sarcastic? :thud lol

^:heart
No, I'm telling the damn truth :laugh

Yeah Ayu!! *______*
Please, with a new single!!

K-pop... I used to like it but now all the songs and artist sound the same...
Boring...

While I'm most definitely not the biggest Kpop fan in the world, a-nation (Avex in general) is really stale right now. They seriously have nothing going for them. It's sad really. All of their big talent is aging and they're becoming passe. Yet they aren't trying to promote new artists. None of their idol units are fairing well either.

Having the kpop groups at a-nation adds something to the generally "old" artists. I mean really, TRF are there out of pity. I love TRF, but they really have no reason being there when the majority of the audience will not even have been born when they were big, lol. And they sing almost all the same songs every year, as they don't release new material.

Of course, there are still die-hard avex fans who loves everything that comes out of the company, but the generation that used to buy music based on label, producer, composer, etc. is over. "Avex" doesn't sell anymore, the same way "Komuro" doesn't sell anymore.

So yeah, I'd say throw in as many current, popular acts as possible, haha.

sadly...
I just hope they sing some of there japanese songs.

That's all well and true and from a certain angle I can understand why their doing it, but imo a-nation has lost it's appeal for me with this, as the majority of avex artists (BoA, Ku, Ai, Shimatani, Ami, Namie etc. -> the old crew) I listen to don't even perform there with the exception of AAA and Ayu (who's barely there this year).

I am alright with TRF being there, I don't care about them but I know a couple of their songs and I'd kinda expect them to be there. I guess the good times for JPOP have indeed ended and I can barely say I like the new jpop/kpop scene right now as it really has nothing to offer, especially if something as annoying as 2NE1 is the eye candy of the show...

I would love to go there this year.. because of 2NE1 :luv2

Probably because it's either too close to the rest of the tour dates or she just doesn't feel like it.

YG is the only thing saving the music in the region now
avex needs to learn

Что за YG?