Do we really have any recent updates on the FNS situation? If she's not going to appear for FNS, then you'd better get going on voting for Ayu furiously that she can be the nightcap act once again...

My odds of Ayu appearing at the Best Artist...i'd say, like around 1-5 on the morning line? Maybe Ayu should stay busy for the CDL, the Best Artist, the MSSL of the year and the Kouhaku, and maybe let's just wait for Ayu appear at FNS next year - maybe with her signature blonde hair (I just don't think about being comfortable appearing with dark hair if she really ever appears this year, if she can make it in a very slim chance), and maybe for her 50th single commemoration (if she releases singles at this current steady pace)...

Fan club mails were sent out to notify members that she will be performing at a CDTV COUNTDOWN special on 12/7. [taped perhaps?]

That's less than a week after FNS... Hmmm.

That's wierd...
She won't be on FNS but she will be on a show a week afterwards?
I wonder why.

@CDTV
woah

Concerning FNS, I still harbour a secret hope she'll show up as a surprise, If not, FNS won't be forgiven. I don't think Ayu declined, why would she?

For what I understood in the email the deadline for application is the 3/12 and the 4/12 they will e-mail the winner with the day, hour and place... so maybe it's not tapped as they will email the winner only 3 days before it...

Looks like it will be live according to some TA members... I'll change it to read as such now.

If you check the TBS website then there is no CDTV SP scheduled at that time. I suspect that it could be a pre-recorded performance for the year end special on 12/31.

just get an email from CDJapan...
ayu will be appear in next SCawaii 2010 February Issue
with bonus ayumi hamasaki+RODEO CROWNS original bandanna.

S Cawaii! 2010 February Issue w/ Ayumi Hamasaki Original Bandanna

I would like to buy this if the shipping cost is not expensive... *sigh*

i think you were.../ballad won't get much magazine cover promo, because namie will release her new album, and i believe that avex will push the promo to namie album...i just hope that avex will give ayu single a promo too...

^ yeah.. and maybe that's also one of the reasong why ayu's single was pushed back to end december... There would be a lot of promotion and cover mags for namie's album the same week, with no space for Ayu's single... so maybe for the ayu's release week for Yw/B she'll have covers...

Ayu will probably get the magazines for the next month (Janurary right?) because You were.../BALLAD is getting released at the end of the month~

finally the official site updates!

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/

^i hope so...ayu winter single deserve a lot of promotion...but so far we got nothing...i hope avex will update her schedule soon

edit : yay...avex update her schedule, but..the promo is so little...just 2 tv performance and 2 magz...sigh...

^ yay for bea's Up :luv2

Woo! ViVi and Bea's Up! :heart

But yeah seems like the promo really won't be too massive :/

Wow, didn't expect tv asahi to air another Music Station episode before the SUPER LIVE. Thanks for the info.

maybe more will be added? they usually don't add them all at once.
i hope the photo shoots will be something good!

yeah sure they will add more ^^ maybe not a LOT more...

they havn't announced CDTV special even though TA members got an e-mail to attend as audience... so there are 3 TV performances, and maybe more ^^

<nd also someone announced Scawaii for frebruary 2010 (released 4 january) so also 3 magazines shoots!

Usually Ayu does more TV performances in winter than any other season xDD I don't think we'll get a lot more magazines though ^^

it seems like promotion will go from first december to first january ^^

wow... only 11 days for the first one!! Sure she'lls ing You were...

I love Bea's up..
thanks for the update

I hope they'll add more things for promote Yw/BALLADS
and woah I love Bea's up photoshoots!

thanks :D