*cries for like hours on end*

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG damn sad lah

where's singaporeeeeeeeeeeee :( :(

singapore is in the heart in the south east asia...
any question?

Higher the expectation, higher the disappointment. Learn to get over it! :yes

well I kinda expected it because if the companies like Lushington , LAMC are unable to bring in Celine Dion to S'pore , I don't see why they're able to do that for ayumi .

Problems are due to a small market network , logistics & if she really were to bring her tour down here , the tickets have to be priced in such a way that the Lushington or LAMC are able to make profit or breakeven which I doubt it's going to happen

all i got to say is.......... :puke LOL :laugh:roflmao:weep:evillaugh :mini:clapclap

*hi5* :hi5 I SWEAR, I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING WHEN I FIRST READ IT

And another reason is that sponsors have NO confidence that there will be enough singaporeans to attend the concerts...

Rain can hold his concerts in singapore because korean waves is crazy in singapore right now and more people are willing to pay to see Rain then ayumi... Rain can attract women from 15 to 50 ^_^; but ayumi can only attract those few ayumi-fans or even harder, casual jpop listeners...

no way, Rain n TVXQ also done their concert @ malaysia too... TVXQ even twice... n Rain have been done his concert in highest production cost n most expensive ticket fare concert in M'sia...means m'sia affordable to have great production concert... Y Noooo m'sia.... DVD must out asap !!!

^I wanna go to a Rain concert. :weep

aiya but ya i got over it so its okay for me now that was like a 5 minute reaction HAHA

We learned in school that Singapore has many limiting factors...

Small market, small population, small "land"...

I believe that we do have the adequate capital and the supporting government for Ayu... sure the Singapore Indoor Stadium would be good...

But.

Singapore only has about 4million people. Somemore J-Pop is not like the hottest thing here... it's English and Chinese. Little wonder she really couldn't come here; like what someone has said, I doubt the sponsors have enough confidence that there'll be full house... giving our small population... Though you might dispute that there would be others coming to Singapore but don't forget Ayu is holding concerts at nearby countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong too...

Ticket prices are most likely going to super insane as well.

Well, overall, it's definitely a big pity cos if any Singaporean has watched the ads for May Day to perform in the Indoor Stadium... there's some 360 degree turning stage and a super long runway that connects the stage... looks so big and grand!

It's true that J-pop isn't as 'big' as K-pop in Spore and Msia, so reality is, it's very unlikely any JPop/Rock singers will have concerts here :(

But I wonder why Korea is not in the list.

btw, AVEX should announce the dates already... ><

Lushington & LAMC did considered to bring Celine Dion down to perform but things wouldn't work . The companies mentioned in the Straits Times a few days ago that in order for them to either earn a tiny profit or break even , they might have to price the tickets to Celine's at a whopping S$1200 & above !

anyway I'm not surprised that ayumi's unable to perform in S'pore for the longest time & counting . It's quite complicated but there're many factors contributing to the fact that she's unable to perform here unfortunately

the infrastructure , logistics & market are just too small . These few factors were mentioned in the papers & besides for companies to earn profit when they bring down top billing acts like The Police , Muse , Incubus , the amount that they get's quite minimal

Don't forget fans from other countries will fly here too. just like how i flew to HK.

if rain's ticket can be as high as $888 considering he is so much more popular than ayu, why would ayu's ticket be more than $888 when (it's assume that noobdy will watch the concert when the market is small?)

We have an indoor stadium and the Singapore Expo (with 6 halls). dont tell me the halls are only for John Little, Metro and Popular sales.

If we can have the entire nation supporting the IOC meeting for Olympics 2012 and the entire nation supporting the hosting of Youth Olympics, we have the logistics. (of cos not expecting the entire nation to support ayu :P)

Define market. if we reclaim more land to be as big as USA, does it mean the market is bigger?

I dunno too much about singapore, but from I've learned, I agree with Waterballoon and Karenpang that the tickets are probably would be too expensive and audience too small to hold profitable concert. And to be honest, if Celine Dione is unable to get a concert there, I really don't have the expectation for Ayumi to go there. (I'm curious, is there any Jpop artist that have held concerts in Singapore before?)

:(
no singapore again.. sighzz.. any official dates for taiwan concert?? thinking of flying there

thanks for new

Nope i dun think so...but we do have at least one japanese artists that visit our island every year...which is so pathetic though...and most probably its bcuz that jpop artists are more expensive to hold a concert over here than kpop artists?cuz we have more kpop artists holding concerts over here...

yeah ayu just love HONG KONG so much XD~~~ placing HK as first station this time in the overseas section^^ I will definitely see her this time again ever since after glitter/fated pv shot in HK here^^

Straits Times published a letter written by a reader in today's issue . It's in the life section & it also indirectly talks about this matter as to why Celine Dion wasn't able to perform in S'pore .

Oh I also have to add in the fact that sponsership does play a part as to why ayumi wasn't able to perform . I think sponsers have little or zero faith as to why should they sponser & bring her down here .

I don't know why but it always centres around the M word aka $ cos at the end of the day , organisers , promoters are only interested in making $ . That's quite the harsh reality if you're in the music business

if you really want the real reasons as to why she wasn't able to come down & perform here for the longest time , I suggest why not you go to the source ie. call Lushington , LAMC or better yet Warner .

Hack a complaint or 2 on everyone's behalf as to why she wasn't able to come down (again) to perform in S'pore

to me it's not the end of the world that she's not able to come down here to perform & just like yourself , I also can fly to Taiwan or HK to see her perform live provided if I have the $

& oh with regards to the fact that infrastructure , logistics & the market are too small , it does concides with the local music scene as well .

Think about the fact as to why people like JJ Lin , Tanya Chua & Stefanie Sun had to leave S'pore & go to Taiwan ? Because Taiwan's the biggest market when comes to Chinese music .

The sad reality's that for chinese acts in order to be seen as they 'made it' , they have to venture outta S'pore , head to Taiwan to make it big & then it will be seen that they have 'made it' when they return back to S'pore . Why ? because it's not profitable to have a music career in S'pore in the 1st place .

I have friends who're in bands that're involved in the local music scene & it's virtually impossible to be a full time musician in S'pore as it's not practical . A lot of them have day time jobs & basically when comes to their bands , they see it as a retreat .

Ok I sidetracked outta topic so I better stop now .

i heard that the lighting in expo is a bit old too.

and maybe its a replay of what happened for tour of secret

i dunno :( OH WELL