i really like this year tracklist!!:heart
can't wait to see some pics <333

I really want to see SURREAL ahhhh....

Hmm predictable tracklist. :shrug
Did someone said yukata? WOW I really want to see how it looked like!

WOWWW i really really love this year's a-nation setlist!!!
awesomeee..almost all the awesome summer songs are on the set! COOL!
can't wait for pics!

This years' tracklist is sooo great - once again. I'm reli happy to see "BLUE BIRD", "MOON", "blossom", "Microphone" and "A Song for XX" on it!
I LOVE Ayu's "a nation"-performances each and every time!

Can't wait for some pics...and the performance itself of course! :heart

The setlist is pretty boring and predictable. But yay for Microphone and SURREAL!

mostly boring setlist...I guess you have to be there.
or be one of those really boring, predictable TA members. smh.

don't need MOON or glitter. :)

but the rest are great ;)

BTW, I can't believe the most asked for song to be sung at a-nation was MOON...
OBVIOUSLY, being the new single, it would be included in the tracklist...

That's like throwing away a vote xD

Microphone is a good first track, moon/blossom for promotion it's good, Asfxx for the third year consecutively, I love it so I'm glad, B&G no surprise, July1st ends a-nation for years it's like a tradition, greatfulldays/glitter/bluebird would be interesting, I'm a little disapointed for evo/surreal :/

The show has to be amazing !

well...a-nation is not a real concert...it's kinda like music festival...
so it's not supprising that she will sing a lot of her staple concert song that people can sing along and do some movement...
i feel A song for xx is not necessary need to be there on every year a-nation, i hope she will give the slot to other song...
but overall i like the setlist, and i hope the costume pic will leak soon...

not bad. As long as MOON and blossom is shown im happy. blossom without a PV just feels like a b-side to me... >.< i needs more performances

I guess TA members are really happy, since those are most of the songs they voted for. (sad not to see Sunrise :() I wish they would have picked something more rare too, but oh well, her a-nations are always amazing anyway :P Can't wait to see pics!

I think it's totally normal that the setlist have a lot of Ayu summer songs. Because people want summer songs in summer. ^^

Can't wait to see pics.

Actually, on mixi, many people are sad that Sunrise is not there, because they wanted to wave their towels with Ayu LOL

And I don't get why people don't like A song for xx at A Nation...
A Nation of course is a summer concert, and we are there to have fun,
But also we want to see a passionate performance for the people who are not fans.
A song for xx remains one of the songs she can sing the best, so it's always fun...
And I wanna hear what it sounds like with her new improved vocals.

I am still hoping one day she can return to original key... but maybe it wont happen LOL

It's not an a-nation, it's an ayumi-nation xD
9 tracks O_o
Love Micophone / MOON (very nice in live) and I'm curious for Blossom!
The rest....as usual xD

I wanted crossroad....i would like glitter to be singed full, and fairyland to be there....still great.

Yeah it would be great to get if she were to surprise everyone at a-nation with crossroad! It would be excellent promotion too... Maybe she'll change the setlist at the final show? :O

Ah, I want pictures already :heart All the costumes sound so pretty!

Maybe she will exchange some song with crossroad during the last / later A-nation date. I wonder if we get to see all the songs like last year or just some of them like in previous years...

As for costumes usually I'm not picky, but I really hate all ribbons in hair and hairstyles based on the 60's or sth in America so I'm not happy she's still doing it, enough ._____. I miss encore hairstyle from AT2005 although I realize during A-nation will be too hot and she will have her hair tied up somehow.

I need to see MOON live...When are we going to be able to see the show??

A Song For XX! Yes! Ayu doesn't disappoint again! Now keep on singing it every a-nation till I get a chance to go someday :innocent

Goto Maki's pictures came out....0_o I want to see Ayu

I really LOVE Ayu's a-nation setlist (^O^)/ soooo GREAT ! !
I really want to see how she looked in yukata :)

When does a-nation usually air???

It airs in September, usually somewhere near the end of the month. Last year it aired on 26th.

These goodies are gorgeous, the color theme is so soft and vibrant <3
And I NEED to get this uchiwa.

And the tracklist is great, <3 <3 <3.

I like the tracklist!! But is Boys&Girls again... I hate that song too much... XD but... anyway, is great!

Love love love the setlist so I hope it turns out great.
Its a-nation for ayu. The setlist is kinda expected but still related to this year and she will please TA XD

I'm stoked. SURREAL. Microphone :heart

I miss Sunrise.

i only like MOON, blossom, Microphone, and glitter/BLUE BIRD from the setlist :( but i'm sure the performances were great. i just wanna see some pictures :P

Is it just me, or is Microphone being the opening predictable and kind of boring...not that I'm complaining, but it's very repetitive...

a-nation tends to start out with a bang for Ayu, so that was probably one of the only options unless you wanted her to do Mirrorcle World or Rule again, haha.

Openers for a-nation:
2002 - evolution
2003 - ourselves
2004 - GAME
2005 - STEP you
2006 - Startin'
2007 - 1 LOVE
2008 - Mirrorcle World
2009 - Rule
2010 - Microphone

At least she hasn't repeated herself yet, haha.

Two things I have to say:
1. Nice setlist, but why is she putting Microphone as this year's "starter"?
2. WE NEED PICTURES!!!

To get everyone pumped up and excited? I'd imagine it being pretty fierce, like last years Rule opening..

@Bigtop: what identity and truehappiness already said. Its fun and powerful and one of her recent releases. So yeah~ :) I think it makes sense. And I'm excited

Last year's Rule was orgasmic! I hope Microphone can top it!

^ That intro to Rule is like.. one of her best ever imo :yes. It'd be hard to top but we'll see.
No pics still? :( I could have sworn we got the pics way faster last year.

the usual a-nation setlist eh.. I don't mind though since I love those songs :laugh

I´v heard that at the beginning she is inside a tomb...

^You mean an egyptan grave thing? sounds weird/extreme/awsome

I love listening to A Song for XX the way she sings it now.. it's an ever-improving performance! So can't wait to hear it and the rest of them! :)

Want pictures NOW!! hahaha

^ Correct me if I'm mistaken but I think a-nation pictures and video-previews usually come out after the final Tokyo shows so we'll have to wait a bit longer :(

Me too thats why I was hoping she'd perform it this year.


On a side note, I wish she would not bother doing costume changes for a-nation. It would make for a much smoother show if she just had 1 outfit she wore the entire time.

I'd swear that last year we have pics from different shows, not only from the final show.

I though we get at every show little pics, like this from the first few shows(were she still had an different rule outfit) from A nation 09

^ Oh! I didn't know that! Thanks for telling ;) I must have got stuck on a-nation '06 and '07 when there were only pics from the last show LOL

I have heard this also.

Apparently it's like the beginning of WHATEVER during concert tour 2000.

And also, the dancers (male, I assume) are wearing collars and leashes, or something like that. Bondage-y theme again, haha.


I'm still debating if the setlist is good enough for me to go twice.
I have tickets for both Tokyo dates, but selling one pair would get me some money haha.

Granted, if I went twice, I would probably only go towards the end for one of them. Just in time for TRF and Ayu ;)
Then I'm going from the beginning to see Koda, just because I've never seen her live. Last year I went late haha.

Nothing interesting, but..

http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/blog/2010/08/a-nation.html

Has this setlist been posted? Is it real?

1.The introduction
2.Microphone
3.A Song for XX
4.Greatful days～glitter～BLUE BIRD
5.blossom
6.MOON
7.Boys & Girls
8.evolution
9.SURREAL
10.July 1st

I got it from Facebook, it was posted by the Ayu fan page... That's a really awesome set list, so if it's true, I'm happy!!

^
yep that is the official tracklist :)

I'm still not pleased with the setlist, but I can't wait to see this :)

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pictures from Yahoo Japan Auctions

what's with the yellow dress?:roflmao
the others are reli cute!! specially the yukata & the pink onee!! :heart

the pink ribbon is apparently the same pink ribbon as the AAA a-nation goods ;)

I LOVE the pink dress!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *O*

Love the pink oneeeeeee~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like MOON/blossom cover one!! or at least simmilar!!!! *O*

the yellow dress is.. hmm... SOOO simmilar to last year blue dress for fairyland O_O

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well~ XDD the yukata is cute...

but OMG ayu rocks in the first outfit!! and she looks gorgeos when it turns to asfxx!! And we can see the tomb! O.O

Well.. pink & black outfits FTW!! *O*

I love the outfits except the yellow dress. Hopefully that looks better live which I think it will
The pink one is sooooo pretty. And the Microphone dress is just awesome.

OMG,i love all!! *O*

I bet she sang A Song for XX in the black one

Great outfits!!!

I really love the kimono and black outfits!!

ALL perfect so beautiful!

omg the black & yellow dress are so hilarious in a bad way.

the pink one and the yukata are :heart though; so adorable!

is it coffin? %)

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...600x512128.jpg

Yeah a coffin. And an awesome one. And that dress. :luv2

It seems so!
She should sing Ever free XDD

I love the outfits! :heart (except the yellow dress XD)

I like all the outfits, especially ayu in yukata & pink dress!!!! :luv2

Thanks for sharing!

no for the ribbon, I'm allergic XD

so kawaii~ ^__^

Really nice outfits. There are a lot of dresses this year.
It would be great to have HQ pics.

the black dress and the yukata looks awesome!!

OMG!!!!I NEED TO SEE A-NATION!!!!!

not too bad..but I think long dresses make her lose her figure...that black costume is really unique and cool

Love the setlist and outfits!
I'm guessing it goes...
Long black dress - microphone
Short black dress - ASFXX
Yellow dress - Greatful days～glitter～BLUE BIRD and blossom
Pink dress - MOON
Yukata - Boys & Girls
and the t-shirt and shorts for the final 3 songs
Like that?
Lots of outfits this year. Maybe the pink dress will be used for MOON performances for the final 7 days of the tour or something like that? I like that it is different to her 'usual' and the black dresses too
I can't wait for some clips! Especially ASFXX. Everytime she sings it, it just gets better and I have the audio on my iPod and play that instead of studio versions. I wish she would re-record a studio version in the style she does it at a-nation!

^I do the same thing with the ASFXX lives...just rip the audio and listen to that instead of the studio versions

I sooo want to see the microphone and ASFXX pref!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The outfits are really nice especially the yukata <3! Although the yellow dress is too similar to last year's blue one...

OMG it's a nightmare! She used the same ugly blue dress from last year just in a different color ;_; :laugh Everything else is nice, but everything looks so large on her.. except that short dress for ASFXX which is HOT.

Is that a trash bag she's wearing???

Thank you for the pictures!

It's good, Those are quite flattering :yes (it's rare when she doesn't look overweight !)

The outfits seem quite good overall. I just not really fond of that yellow dress (not the color but the dress in itself) and I really don't like that awful "yukata"(with... a ribbon). I was hoping for a beautiful traditional one...

I'm terribly sorry, but, what she wears this awful bow for? Just to have this "Minnie Mouse" look? Brrr, although, her outfits are ok.

@_@ i love girls when she's wearing big ribbon/bow...but not like ayu's bow...@@little bit weird,,,

The yellow dress... It's yuck. XD
Besides that, I love every outfit. Specially the pink dress and the short black dress.
:)

haha maybe she's a fan? :laugh Waiting for another fangirling TA blog entry this a-nation then :laugh

Not a fan of dresses... But I LOVE how she's looking in that yukata. I even can stand that horrible ribbon. :laugh

Oh my god, the yellow dress is horrible O_O

It's not bad, my favorite is the pink kimono, just with pics it's hard to judge but it's really good for me ^^

I don't understand why many of Ayu's live outfits, especially at a-nation, have such a horrible fit on them. With her round face, it makes her look chubby and we all know that she is not anywhere near fat. All of the photos I see in her diaries and behind the scenes, this doesn't happen. It's very aggravating. The only outfit I like is the short black one with the ripped stockings (probably ASFXX). She looks badass.

Also, Ayu: You are a 30 yr old woman. Take the giant pink bow off your head, plskthx :D

It sucks we'll have to wait almost two months to see the performance lol

It seems that I'm the only one who thinks that the pink ribbon is pretty cute :laugh

That huge black dress looks really weird on her. I hope it looks better in motion because it is soo much worse than the yellow one! D:

And lol, did I just see guys surrounding her in the pink dress? So instead of a solo, there's... a harem? XD Oh Ayuuu. Unless it's for blossom, which would be a good thing.

Mmm, all the outfits are so nice, haha.

I like this yellow version of the blue BLUE BIRD one from last year. The addition of shoulder-sleeves or whatever makes it a bit less matronly looking, haha.

I love the pink dress! The yellow one is terrible though :laugh It looked better in blue xD

The coffin idea looks really cool ♥

I like the Yukata! :3
I can't wait to see the coffin performance lol. Looks pretty cool.

woah finally some pics!
i love the yukata!! glad Ayu wearing it this time!
the yellow dress looked like the blue one she wore on last year's a-nation~
everything are great :)

No~ I think so as well ^^ It looks cute and if she supports another artist with the ribbon, than I think it's a really nice gesture ^^


The coffin idea is really cool, I think she'll use it sometime in the future again (maybe during the 7 day final?) otherwise she "wasted" a really cool and good idea on a-nation~

OMG ayu with yukata is so kawaiiiiii...

I love her clothing for a-nation :luv2 (except the yellow dress :|)

crossroad is confirmed to be performed at next week's a-nation... but what will be replaced?

SURREAL?

I really hope someone can record crossroad when she performs it live so we can hear what it sounds like extra early (like we did with MOON)

Omg wtf seriously???? That would be so awesome. If only we could here it now XD

i only dislike the yellow & black outfits :P the rest are pretty! especially the pink dress :heart