I'm shocked Namie can outsell Kana Nishino's new album...on its second week. :shakehead

I don’t see what’s so surprising about that. After best fiction namie became super popular again. Album after album we’ve seen her slaying the charts ever since :shrug

I don't think anyone is shocked about it except you lol

Anyway I don't think Kana mind in not getting #1 in the 1st place . Not as though she has some #1 album streak to keep up with :shrug

Oh I have never noticed that before :O Good! Then we can rest easy. thanks for checking that out!

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's always been there as I remember discussions about it coming up here before. And as mentioned, that's written on her past events as well at Tickebo.

As I mentioned, I've personally never been asked for an ID ever at her concerts and I either A) had a resale ticket or B) had my fanspace ticket with kanji on it that did not actually match my name on the passport etc.

Of course watch this be the one time that they actually check. lol

NHK Working To Bring Amuro Namie On To "Kohaku Uta Gassen"

http://www.jpopasia.com/feed/22445/n...ku-uta-gassen/

Honestly I will not be surprised if Namie turns down but this could be the last time she perform on TV seeing that she didn't appear on MUSIC STATION to promote Finally

On the other hand , I think the White team might win this year as the choices in the Red team are so poor it ain't funny imo

Getting Kuwata Keisuke-san would be a great choice as he's well respected be it solo and/or group wise

^ It really just depends on if she wants to do it. They don't want to specify the circumstances but she just doesn't like doing those music shows anymore. I hope she makes an exception and they even end up doing some 1 hour special Music Station as a farewell to her.

So as for the tickebo guest e-mail registration, I got bad or possibly irrelevant updates. Turns out my friend may have given my e-mail address to our mutual friend that bought our LIVESTYLE 2016-2017 tickets on ticketcamp. I don't really think it mattered though because they end up just sending the codes to SMS phone anyway. Unless they start personalizing the QR codes with the ticket holder's name on top and they start checking IDs at the gates, I really don't see how they can verify tickets with their registered owners.

I guess we will see in the next few months if tickets start to pop up on resale websites. I'll maybe start a thread on reddit see if we can get feedback from people who went to see how the security was for the Nagoya concerts.

^ yeah, I was wondering if there would be any general or resale tickets for her concert since they seem to be stressing ID and security, or at least it seems to be more in your face than before.

Sorry for overlooking :o

But, yeah, I have to agree, Namie's much more popular after all...

I though Kana would sell a lot more to be honest. Is not 79k too low for her???

So the NHK interview was released, I hope there will be translation of it at least in some point! Maybe some wonderful kind soul would even make subtitles for it one day hahah

http://www.bilibili.com/video/av16608831/

Here's the NHK Interview!

Hopefully we'll be lucky enough that someone out there can someday provide subtitles/translations for it haha

*prayer circle :grouphug

Chanting ”Saaaay gooodbyeee, myyyy lonelyyy heeeeaarrtttt, sayyy gooodbyeee, foreeeeveeeeeeer” while praying :grouphug :D

Any website where somebody can subtitle that interview??

Where have all the Jpop translators gone?:(
I am always surprised by how much doesn't get subtitled these days. It's easier than ever to do now.
Maybe it will be since it is a big event.:heart

I wish I could sub this for you guys but I can only roughly understand about 50% of it. I haven't had to pay so close attention to Japanese since I graduated. xD Gotta say, though, she looked so freaking beautiful during this interview.

Yeah, I could understand most of it but I don't think I'd feel too confident about subbing the whole thing.

I found it cute at the beginning when she talked about how much pressure she felt when TK started to produce her. She worried about what if she isn't as successful as the rest of the artists he wrote songs for. She also said that she thought that the first song she debuted with (together with SUPER MONKEY'S) would become a hit instantly, but when that didn't happen (and for a few singles after too) she thought it might maybe be because she's at the center of the group (having the main vocals, etc.) and she even wanted to stop having come to that conclusion at the time and talked to her superior about it. All until TRY ME was released and became a hit.

I didn't watch further though.

So Finally has sold 1,435,247 until now? Can't wait for the 2 million mark :luv2

This is the interview in the fancy hotel room. Different from the NHK one. covers mostly the 25th Okinawa live and her thoughts.

i hope this one gets subbed too.

The NHK Kokuhaku episode featuring Namie had a 9.1% viewership

https://www.nikkansports.com/m/enter...230000367.html

The episode can be downloaded via http://jpfiles.eu/2017/11/25/%e5%ae%...kg-2017-11-23/

It's almost 6GB as it's a ts file

Over a million copies in a week? This woman has stayed in the game for so long and still manages to impress me. I'm really going to miss her.

^ Me too. It just struck me the other day that now that Finally is released, there's no more new music to look forward to. I was so excited for the release of it and all those rerecorded songs that that part just went right over my head. It was heartbreaking to realize :(
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Speaking of Finally, I was listening to arigatou and just realized they fixed the grammar at the end. Instead of "And thanks the world for love." (Which was something that always bugged me, though it really shouldn't have.) It's now "And thank the world for love." I thought that was a nice gesture, to fix it. Was there any other changes of lyrics?

Wow she looks amazing

So I finally got around to listening to Finally. I'm not a fan of some of the re-recordings (she sounds fine. It just doesn't hold the same charm as the original recordings). That being said, it was fascinating hearing her progression as an artist from her time with SUPER MONKEYS to her solo debut. Then the transition into a more urban artist and then back to pop music towards the end of her career.

It's bittersweet. I'm happy she's at peace and leaving on a high. She accomplished what she set out to do. Even though I do not listen to Jpop anymore, she was such a staple in my life as a kid and into my adult years. I'm going to miss her.

So beautiful, she looks like a 20-year-old :grumpy

I wish they would've done the same to CYC tbh but that would have been too controversial!

All I want her to do is to learn how to pronounce "celebrate" :roflmao I always burst out laughing by how she sings "I can SLAY-LE-PLATE" at the end

[QUOTE=Miduhyo;3256916Speaking of Finally, I was listening to arigatou and just realized they fixed the grammar at the end. Instead of "And thanks the world for love." (Which was something that always bugged me, though it really shouldn't have.) It's now "And thank the world for love." I thought that was a nice gesture, to fix it. Was there any other changes of lyrics?[/QUOTE]

Not sure if it was grammar issue or a pronunciation one. If you think about it, the original could have been an incident of engrish, give that "thank the" could be mispronounced as "thank saa" if you understand what I mean. It surprises me sometimes how some of her English sounds so clear, and in other songs it has me wondering if the producer even bothered having her record it to sound like English at all. Anyways more of a theory/question on my part.

I think that's what a lot of us were wondering with FEEL. Some of her English pronunciation on that CD is actually pretty good. And then there's Let Me Let You Go...Really makes you wonder what exactly they were aiming for.

TSUTAYA Shibuya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPdk8YCUIAE6i_J.jpg:small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPdk8YFUIAAaBwo.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/shibutsuta_tr/st...26454090792960

7/11 Japan's Twitter

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPcJAmHV4AAxif5.jpg:small

https://twitter.com/711SEJ/status/934225476679229441

:love

Behind the scene shooting footages of 7/11 Christmas Wish CM can be viewed via http://www.sej.co.jp/products/christmas/s_movie.html

She pronounces it fine in the "Ballada" and "Finally" versions. At least to my ears she does.

OMG all that Namie goodness at Tsutaya

9.1% is good or bad?? I have no idea.

good. regular viewership in that time slot weeks before the interview was at 4%. it went up a considerable amount.

24 hrs more to FANSPACE RESULTS!

Ugh I just really hope I get tickets....I’ll be devastated if I can’t see her at least once. Watching concerts is alright but actually attending one if a completely different experience.

^ If anything buy them on resale. After researching and thinking it over for a long long time, I think the tickebo e-mail registration upon entering the lottery is to try to cut down on resellers to buy in bulk since in past concerts I would see resell packages of 4 or more tickets.

Even though I do want to see her, I would kinda feel guilty about winning tickets... because I know that there are hardcore fans that have been with her from the beginning that would appreciate them so much more... granted winning is still a very small chance lol. I haven't purchased the album so I can't apply yet anyway. What day is the deadline? Or did I miss it lol

What time do we know the results?

Soooooo I set my bank account such that I'll receive a text message every time my card gets charged, and I was charged twice for the ticket amount around 12am Japan time, but I balloted for 3 shows.

I wonder if this means I managed to get 2 shows. But I'll wait for the official email to be 100% sure. Maybe you guys can check if you guys have already been charged too?

My card was blocked and didn't notice that! Does that mean I lost my chance? =C or the ticket is saved for me and I can pay this week?

My album arrived. is the voucher still of any use to anyone?

Me too. :) Got a notification in the middle of the night last night that Ticket Board charged me $180 (price of two tickets). The message also popped up for me twice so I don't know if that means I got two shows or not (sometimes my phone will show new alerts twice). I also balloted for three. I would think that if I got more than one show date, they would combine it all together instead of charging 180 separately each time?

Oh well, I'm just happy to at least get one show! If I got more than one and anyone here missed out, I'll have tickets to sell (have to figure out how to do that with these digital ones, I'm sure there are ways around it).

Getting them on resale will be insanely expensive though.

So, I contacted my credit card and they told me ticket board tried to debit TWICE, meaning I got the two tickets I applied! EDIT: well, sunshineslayer said the price was combined. If so, I only got one hahahah

Gosh, they said my card will be usable again three days tops. Do you guys think board (what I will do anyway) they will hold my seat/ticket? Or do you think it's already lost? Or is already mine and I should wait another try?

Tried to find anything about cards being declined on their FAQ but zero information.... X.x"

^ Yeah, no clue about that. But if it's just a couple of days, you might be fine.

It will be but its the end of an era, I spent $180 on my LS2016 ticket and I will gladly pay more to see her just one more time.

I'm pretty sure resale tickets will be okay through dome security. You bring up a good point. What if in the very rare case we win 2 shows? I'm sure in those situations they would expect one show to go for resale.

I'm expecting Arashi level ticket prices on resale - $500.00+. As you mentioned even during regular tours, her tickets were never cheap on resale even then.

And I just looked at my credit card transactions; I did get charged $180 twice! Did not expect to actually hit more than one day. I also balloted in two different cities, so if I hit in both of the cities (Tokyo and Nagoya) I will definitely need to sell two of the tickets; can't afford two Japan trips in the spring. :)

But yay, tickets!

If it $500 I will gladly but not gladly pay that price. It is a lot of money but for one last time I can see her live.

Aww I only got charged once :( Well if I win, then hopefully its for the Tokyo show.

I sent an email to them explaining the situation and asked them to charge me again on the 30th

Got charged too! Waiting for the email

So if my credit card hasn’t been charged yet, it means I didn’t win? F my life

If you still got a ticket to sell after lfe. gets hers/his, I’m interested!

I am too actually. Seems like I haven't been charged... even though my situation is quite similar to Baco and my bank account will not be charged before tomorrow (but i don't have anything rejected either so...).

^ Will let you know once I find out more!

I wouldn't count it officially until you get the email one way or the other. Some cards don't process as quickly as others.

Thank you so much! And I hope Finnish cards are slow in this case haha

So I'm feeling impatient, but I found on the ticketboard page they say the results announcement is scheduled for 20:00 / 8 PM JST.

https://ticket.tickebo.jp/pc/en/namieamuro2018/

So, it looks like I'll probably be waking up to the decision tomorrow. I was really hoping I'd know tonight!

YOOO this is awesome! I applied for two shows on two different cards, a credit and debit. I can't check the credit card yet but I was able to check my debit and they charged it as well! I've only paid by conbini in the past and I'm just excited that with this method there is a loophole to find out a few hours earlier, haha.

although part of me also says don't get your hopes up until you receive the email. lol.

omg i'm so excited for you guys--that's amazing!

/waits patiently for general lottery results

Same with me! They charged my credit card for one ticket, and I called my bank to double check they approved the payment. But I'm still wary to believe until I see the email.

Yay!! Then you can finalize your plans :D

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So one of the co-writers of Mint wrote that Finally is no. 2 on the United World Chart. (sorry I don't remember if this was posted or not)


https://twitter.com/THE__ANDREAS/sta...98973720616961

omg u guys got the notification so fast!!!

I see that my card hasnt been deducted :(
from my Debit card

^ That's a bummer! Did you get the first press of Finally? Perhaps you can try again!

Has yours been deducted??? if u balloted haha
(since youre also from Singapore)

If anyone's on JPS, someone has uploaded a copy of the NHK interview broadcast with Japanese SRT softsubs. I'd wanted to take a quick scrub at it but my N5 Japanese is limiting me. I'd really love this translated for everyone so maybe someone who has the time and better Japanese can help me with this?

Meat Pao balloted for both of us hahaha. So yeah, I guess we got the tickets!

Mannnn thats so lucky!! I guess its harder when you ballot for 4
sighhh :(

sincerely hoping they are deducting by order of 1-2-3-4 tickets HAHAHA...

Finally is #1 for the third consecutive week bringing total sales to 1.5 million copies. This is the first album of the 2010’s to sell more than 1.5M and beats her previous record held by Uncontrolled staying #1 for 3 weeks in 2012. Her final concert will be the largest for a female solo artist playing to an audience of 700K

https://www.oricon.co.jp/article/348640/

Wow. Namie, please dethrone Taylor Swift.:luv2

My cards was charged after all....two times...so both Tokyo dates I applied for....if it is seriously so, I can't believe this luck....omg speechless!

Everyone seems to have gotten the tickets based on the cards being charged! I chose to pay via convenience store, so I don't know yet...Less than four hours to go, and I'm extremely nervous and pessimistic.

Everyone seems to have gotten theirs except me :( :( :(
i balloted for 4 tickets..

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Guys I realized there is also a DOCOMO Ticketbo balloting which ends on 3RD DECEMBER. Is that for fanspace members? And also aside from the current ticketbo fanspace?

When are the results out?

In one hour.

OMG I WON!!!! WHAT A FEELING!!!!

CAN WE CELEBRATE?

Got email confirmation, so happy!!!

WE SURE CAN!!!! SAY GOODBYE MY LONELY HEART!

I got tickets for the fukuoka date. So excited! But I guess late feb/early march isnt really a nice time to travel through japan?

OMG! I got both Tokyo dates! THE LAST DATE OF THE TOUR TOO!!! SO HAPPY I'M ABOUT TO CRY!!!

None of my tickets were secured. And I've emailed them. Twice. Begging them to charge me again. =(

I can't believe I was so close and because of the money my dad owned me I won't be attending to it. I mean, I joined the fanclub JUST to secure those and this happened. I've just wasted money, that's it. Hahsha

I applied for the first 2 dates in tokyo and none of my tickets were secured:(:(:(
Do I only have one last chance with the serial number of "Finally"?

I guess we can try again when General lottery is opened. Or is it already open?

Guys! Maybe you wanna try the docomo ballot? Signing up for a docomo account is free but you need a Japanese ticketbo account for it :/

The general lottery is already open and it closes on December 17th -- go apply!

Do Fanclub tickets always grant better places? I really don't want to go and be at the end of the stadium. I'd rather watch it on my couch than to see her from so far... And do general lottery can get me a good seat in a place so huge as the Tokyo dome?

Naw, fanclub just guarantee you an earlier chance to apply. You can still get really bad seats. (When I went to her tour in 2014, I was in the very very back and couldn't really see anything...)

Do you have a link please? I can't find it on the ticketboard website just the docomo thing. =)

It IS the docomo thing Hahhaa just keep on clicking

REGULAR BALLOT: https://ticket.tickebo.jp/pc/namieamuro2018-ba/

DOCOMO BALLOT: https://ticket.tickebo.jp/namieamuro2018tour-did

I won 2 tickets for one of the May Tokyo performances! I didn't get the finale date, where I applied for 3 tickets. I'm really bummed because I would LOVE to see the last show, as I'm sure it'll be extra special. But overall, I'm still really pleased I won anything at all!

Isn´t the tickebo Lottery only for the codes from Finally Album?

Hi guys I'm freeing up my Finally serial code for anyone who didn't get a chance, just drop me a PM or something!

I'll be going to the May 2 and May 3 Tokyo Dome shows with jiarongisme and my godsis, wooo!

I sent you a message.... And then I sent you another one, but I think I sent the second to myself XD if so, I'll send you again xD

What's the difference between those two?

@freedreamer Thank you =)

Yes it's the one for the Finally album. Well have to wait for my album to arrive. :D

the first is the one for people who have the code from Finally

the second is for people who docomo accounts

Which Tokyo one did you get? I got 5/2 and 5/3. :) Would be cool to finally put a face to your forum name.

By the way, hopefully someone will do a full translation of that interview; I just don't have the time these days to dedicate myself to that. But she does indeed confirm (in a roundabout way) that she was originally going to retire around her 20th. She doesn't really say why that didn't happen though. But that it was decided after the 20th anniversary that she would be retiring on her 25th. It never really goes into any behind the scenes record company things or the rumor about her super long contract with Avex etc., nor does it talk about her mother's death. It's also why she did the 88 shows in smaller cities, halls, etc., last year because she wanted to get that chance knowing that her last tour would all be in domes and big cities.

She said the reason she stopped doing TV appearances is because she always felt the pressure to have something interesting to say or to be funny and that she grew tired of that. While I do think that's partially true becuase she never looked all that comfortable talking on camera, I don't totally buy it though because you can always just do prerecorded performances without having to talk (which is what she did the last year or two she was on tv).

She also said the same thing for having no MCs in her concerts. That if you perform in a city 20 times, you need to come up with 20 different things to say each year and doesn't that get boring and repetitive? That it feels forced and not natural and that she doesn't have that many interesting things about herself to talk about.

I'm totally with her on this one; never cared about MC sections of any artist that I like. I always loved that Namie had no MCs. :)

Also, another interesting tidbit, she wrote Say the Word for her and her son.

Same here, altoigh I will give the code to a friend, because I can´t make it to any date because my trip is allready planned^^

I got 5/3! I might try to re-entry for the finale date instead, but I haven't decided. Just bummed because another friend was able to come with us for that one, but not May (but 3 tickets is probably also why I didn't get the finale show).

I'm so jelly and happy for all of you at the same time. Will someone bring me some goods along?! :)

I still have a voucher left if needed.

Finally getting round to posting my Finally thoughts!

Like everyone else, Disc 1 is my favourite. I had only heard Try Me and Taiyou no Season from the Super Monkeys before and it wasn't my style of music at all. In fact, I preferred to forget that part of her career existed lol! Now, however, I am really enjoying Try Me & Aishite Muscat.

I love the small differences you can hear in the other songs. I even love I Have Never Seen despite it sounding more like the single version as opposed to the superior album version.

Disc 2 I didn't enjoy as much. I prefer the Love Enhanced version of Say the Word so the new version didn't do that much for me as it's closer to the single version. (It's just too Noughties for me!) I Will is disappointing - it's missing something and the "I will, I will" grates on me at the end. Baby Don't Cry, Dr and Break It are all great though. I've only heard this disc and disc 3 once so far so they definitely need another listen. It's also great to hear So Crazy - wish Style got more representation although I'm sure Avex could well release a Complete Best in the future.

I love In Two and How Do You Feel Now and the new version of Fight Together although I find Contrail is lacking the "oomph" the original had. I've still to watch the PVs and can't wait!

Me too!!! I'll be there for May 2 and 3. Would love to meet you all at the venue. Did you find out / select your seats already? How does that work?

QQ - how many tickets did you apply for? I got two tickets and was only charged USD93 twice...

Nice! We should! Haha.

From my past experience with LIVEGENIC & ticketboard you'll receive another email later (not sure if it's with the tickets) on your seat allocation.

That's weird because one ticket is 9,000 yen (roughly $90, hence $180); it's not possible for two tickets to only cost $93. Unless you mean you got two tickets total. I got four total - 2 for each day.