I hope they'll at least show some tribute video to their biggest earner. I mean, a short video on Ayu's 10 years of musical career, coupled with a little clip of her apologizing for not being able to perform on a-nation 08 would be SO COOL.

it definitely surprised me that Ayu is really not gonna perform in this year's A-Nation. i wonder if the tickets of A-nation this year will probably be selling fast..

But i am glad that ayu isnt spending time on A-Nation firstly because i dont really watch A-nation. I only watch the ayu section..

and also ayu can then spend more time with her AT08. With her devoting all her time on AT08 and with the song voting system.. i duno what is up her sleeves!!

i will wait and see!!

^and she usually re-cycled her tour performance and use it at a-nation, nothing new...but i think its still cool to watch her perform at a-nation

a-nation is getting less fun every year :(

I wish she make "Ayu ~World~ Tour" including other places at July and August (pleaseeee *.*)

Me neither.

if kumi performs more than one song, shes not going to have any clothes on by the time the concert closes :laugh

http://a-nation.net/artist/#two

a-nation second of the performing artists have been announced....

got mihimaru GT. love it

The concerts in asia would be held during september and october according to wikipedia. Ayu's also going to come to singapore and korea according to the same source so it's really a little off. But if the asia tour dates are to be believed, it doesn't clash with a-nation which is end july to august. Maybe she's using that time to prepare for a new single and songs for end year album?

Bad for Ayu but good for TRF,
if you know what I mean...

Heh has anyone else noticed that the background for that website has Ayu's tenth anniversary wing logo and Koda's Kingdom crown in the background?

It's funny they use it if ayu won't be there at all :laugh

that's an actual article...?
Calling Ayu the "best J-pop singer of all time" seems to be a bit much, even if I do love her..

^ well..when I watched Kouhaku in 2004 when she sang Moments, the MC said 'Sekai wa Utahime, hamasaki ayumi'...it's like the 'world's songstress'.
ayu should tell us her own reason before everybody keeps speculating

I don't like the idea of Ayu not being at A-Nation '08

thanks for it

This is probably a bad year for Avex. They're losing money due to Ayu.