XX. circus
00. THE introduction
01. Microphone
02. Last angel
03. About You
XX. solitude
04. rainy day
05. BALLAD
06. MOON
XX. Rimbaud (Wadaiko SHOW)
07. count down
08. Memorial address
XX. Pre-Virgin Road
09. Virgin Road
XX. Pre-Don't look back
10. Don't look back
11. INSPIRE
12. Because of You
XX. THE CABARET
13. Sexy little things
14. STEP you
15. Jump!
16. Lady Dynamite
17. until that Day...
18. SURREAL～evolution～SURREAL
～ENCORE～
19. crossroad / blossom / Tada no Ame (ｱｶﾍﾟﾗ / acapella of chorus)
20. Humming 7/4
21. Boys & Girls
22. Sweet Season
23. SEVEN DAYS WAR
Bolded are new additions.
alterna was removed from the main setlist. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ and RED LINE were switched out from the encore.
(SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL and B&G are on a crane, and there is also a dance for Sweet Season taught by ZIN.)
- She wears a cute pink dress for MOON
- Wedding dress and veil is worn during Virgin Road
- ZIN's dance for Sweet Season seems to emphasize the kira kira kira
First leg of ARENA TOUR 2010 A ~Rock'n'Roll Circus~
Spoiler:
Setlist information and etc.
Spoiler:
Yoyogi 7/24 and 7/25 setlist:
01. THE introduction
02. Microphone
03. alterna
04. About You
05. rainy day
06. BALLAD
07. count down
08. Memorial address
09. Don't look back
10. INSPIRE
11. Because of You
12. Sexy little things
13. STEP you
14. Jump!
15. Lady Dynamite
16. until that Day...
17. SURREAL - evolution - SURREAL
ENCORE
18. MOON
MC -blossom a cappella-
19. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
20. Greatful days
21. Boys&Girls
22. RED LINE ~for TA~
01. THE introduction
02. Microphone
03. alterna
04. About You
05. rainy day
06. BALLAD
07. count down
08. Memorial address
09. Don't look back
10. INSPIRE
11. Because of You
12. Sexy little things
13. STEP you
14. Jump!
15. Lady Dynamite
16. until that Day...
17. SURREAL - evolution - SURREAL
ENCORE
18. Last Links / meaning of Love / MOON (Saitama had Last Links, Nagoya had meaning of Love, Osaka's 2nd and 3rd dates had MOON)
MC
19. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
20. Boys&Girls
21. RED LINE ~for TA~
- stage is Vegas/casino themed
- screen movies are best ever apparently
- entire show was like a circus
Review from Misa-chan: Review:
Stage Design:
Spoiler:
Guess I'll start by describing the stage. It's mostly Circus/Las Vegas themed this time, with lots of bright colourful lights and stage doors and stuff.
Gives the same sort of feeling as this photo for me... The stage is nothing special this time, just the traditional front stage plus runway to the round centrestage, where there's a poker chip design.
The bigscreens are the amazing thing this time though. There's the 2 usual livefeeds ones off at the ends, the main one behind the stage is divided into 5 big portions, and there's this special 360deg circular screen right above the round centrestage. That one can be lowered all the way, so that when the centrestage is raised, ayu looks like she's standing on top of the circular screen. Not sure if I explained this well enough lol...
Yep, on to the show, I guess. :D
Introduction
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Before the first song began, there was quite a long introductory skit played by 3 dancer clowns. If you guys look closely at the photos of the stage, you can see this little suitcase right in the middle in front of the red curtain. One clown ran out first, and carried the suitcase onto the runway and opened it. The other 2 clowns jumped out of the suitcase (there's a chute at that position probably), but I thought it was an awesome trick. To cut a long skit short, they performed quite a few acrobatic stunts, and the 2 clowns jumped back into the suitcase and the first one brought it backstage.
After that, THE introduction began. Nothing much, dancers in silver costumes and lots of lights/lasers effects. The 5 portions of the big screen showed different parts of ayu's face, which then joined together to form her full face.
Microphone
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Was sort of similar to the MS performance. ayu was sitting on a chair on the round centrestage, and the dancers were dancing around her. Her costume had that big black skirt similar to Microphone PV, but the top was studded with jewels so it was really shiny.
But what really impressed me were the screens. The main screen was showing this really beautiful Rock'n'Roll Circus animation (I can't describe it any other way, it was really both rock and circus at the same time lol), and the circular screen was scrolling the album title in beautiful animation too. Her voice was great, almost DVD-like quality, for me at least. :P
alterna
Spoiler:
Not much movement, just ayu standing and singing. The dancers were doing stunts in the background on bungee-jumprope things.
About You
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Similar to alterna, just enjoying her vocals. She sounds so much better than she did during CDL (which wasn't very bad itself imo), I'm glad to say. :) The song ended with tissue dance (surprised?), but it was a rock, more passionate version, and it fitted surprisingly well here.
Screen Movie:
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There was a screen movie here, showing ayu in that white Victorian dress with long hair. For the following ballad section there were 4 main characters, ayu, Shu-ya, Maro and Midoring. The screen movie basically showed ayu holding a photo of the 4 of them, all wearing white. The photo then burned up etc etc, and it ended showing Midoring's dress stained red and Shu-ya's shirt stained blue.
rainy day
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ayu came out in the white dress, dancers were in trench coats with umbrellas. Her vocals were still holding out well, though I felt they turned the mic a tad too loud, so when she hits the high notes it was a little painful on the ears. But maybe that's just me. :P
BALLAD
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Definitely the highlight of the entire concert for me. At the beginning, the screens showed the 4 characters mentioned above again, and they faded into black silhouettes, and all 4 of them were crying.
Everyone left the stage save for the 4, and while the song went on they acted out this love story. Shu-ya and Midoring are lovers, but ayu likes Shu-ya, and Maro likes ayu. It was just the basic sad ballad "I love you but you don't love me back" thing until the bridge. Midoring's dress was suddenly stained red (blood it was I think) and she died in Shu-ya's arms. Shu-ya himself drank poison (the blue stain came from this) and died too. All this while, ayu was running to them and REALLY crying so hard. Maro kept trying to comfort her, but she kept ditching him off. She couldn't sing the last choruses well because she was just crying so hard, and I was crying too (so was everyone around me actually lol). Lol, ok this sounds super cheesy and cliche when I type it out like this, but trust me, it was anything but.
Interlude
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The dancers doing a taiko performance, something like CDL's, but cooler somehow...
count down
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I haven't heard this before, but it sounded awesome here live. It was really emotional and rockish. ayu had on a leather corset kinda top, and her skirt was the big fluffy kind, half of which was the red Mem Add dress, the other half was leather. Sort of like a fusion dress.
Memorial address
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Everyong cheered when this came on lol!! Great vocals, and she didn't cry this time.
Screen Movie
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Another interlude, arabic-sounding, with screen movie. Remember those photos of her in TA diary in that little silver dress? The screens were showing a pixellated version of her in those different poses. Then a quick flash of her in that black lace arabic get-up, then it's dancers dancing for the rest of the screen movie. They're really really great at arabian dance, I must say. :yes
Don't look back
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A purple costume, sort of like Aladdin's Jasmine? With that kinda top and billowy pants, but without the tummy-baring (sadly lol!!) A light purple sari was attached to her back and hands like a cloak, sorta like the white things she had on during CDL's momentum?
Throughout the song, the screens were showing a panning of what looked like a palace room. At the end of the song, a black silouette came and pushed the room away (like it was a set), to reveal a desert scene. This songs sounds much much better live than the studio version.
INSPIRE
Spoiler:
Same choreography as CDL, screens were showing scenes of a desert.
BoY
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Her vocals were alright here actually, but she seemed to be having lots of trouble. She was frowning and pressing on her left ear the entire time she was singing, it was painful to watch her. But it was also relieving, because she still managed to pull the performance off quite well. The sari was taken off before this song started.
Interlude
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This one was actually a song sang by Peco and Princess, about a cabaret, and was actually really really good! Go-Mi was also there and dancing with them, he was dressed up like a circus ringmaster/casino owner/some bigshot lol. The screens were showing something like this:
This was really interesting, because there was ayu and another dancer dressed in the exact same bunny costume. ayu was white, the dancer was pink, but in the beginning, it was really hard to tell which one was ayu lol!!
STEP you
Spoiler:
There were 3 giant champagne glasses on stage and ayu was sitting in one of them:
It was quite entertaining with the casino theme, and there were props like giant poker chips and stuff.
Jump!
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I don't remember much of this interlude, I guess we'll wait for another reviewer to touch on this. All I remember was this clown dressed up like a punk, with a bike handle around his neck. He was there on the big screen all the way till the concert ended, fitting his movements and actions to all the songs which came up. It was really brilliant, and so fitting of both Rock'n'Roll and Circus. :)
Lady Dynamite
Spoiler:
All the dancers were dressed in UK-like outfits (red, blue, white) while ayu was like a biker punk (leather jacket, red miniskirt, boots etc).
For this they brought a special movable screen onstage, that kind when a person goes behind it, a silouhette appears on the screen showing the person's movements behind? There was a trick here, ayu went behind the screen (which was at the main stage), which showed her silohuette, and suddenly, they turned the screen around and ayu wasn't there, and she appeared at the round centrestage instead.
Same as Dlb, this song sounds much much better live.
until that Day...
Spoiler:
was similar to what she did for her previous performances of the same song. There were lots of circus-y props on stage too (rings and animal stands and stuff)
SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL
Spoiler:
Finally the audience had something else to do aside from waving our uchiwas and lightsticks lol!! There were 2 props, a moon and a sun, hanging down at each end of the stage, but nothing happens aside from them being there.
A pure ayu and band performance, while the dancers went backstage to change into all the costumes used in the concert so far. During the finale curtain call, they all came out in these costumes to say "thank you". The show ended with the initial red curtain coming down, just like at the end of a circus performance.
ENCORE
Last Links
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I haven't actually heard the studio version before, and this live unfortunately didn't really leave an impression on me. I alreayd forgot what it sounds like lol. Her vocals were ok, but she did sound a little breathless.
She was wearing a torn version of the white tour tee, with denim shorts, white boots, torn net stockings and that big ribbon in her hair.
Talk
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Main things, Zin and Subaru were emcees, they taught the RED LINE dance again, and talked about London and it being the first day today. Yo-chan came out to talk for awhile too, and he was really really funny, I miss him being emcee. No games/questions this time.
Sunrise/Boys&Girls/RED LINE
Spoiler:
Sadly, just watch CDL, and you'll get what this part was like. It was sort of an exact replica. Even RED LINE was the original version, there was no a cappella or anything. Only comfort, slightly better vocals.
Overall
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Her costumes were really innovative, fresh and new, and fitting to each part of the concert. Her voice was awesome, especially during the main concert, you could really tell that she did work on improving her voice. The dancers improved too, and did so many amazing stunts and acrobatics that gave the concert a circus feel. What really impressed me were the screen animations. I know I've said this before, but they were really really awesome and creative and so good. I can't really describe this lol, guess you have to see it for yourselves. It comes really close to toppling 10th anniversary and m(u) tours (my personal favs), and its definitely on par with (if not better than) those epic concerts. I won't mind watching this live another 2 or 3 times. :yes
Wow, I just now noticed the knee brace. Has she referred to it in a tweet or anything?
GRACE
21st October 2010 05:44 AM
I need this DVD... I wonder how long it'll take... I hope they don't package them again, my mom nearly killed me for buying the RnRC box LOL
freedreamer
21st October 2010 02:28 PM
So there isnt any news clip on this?
ComatoseBunnySnatcher
21st October 2010 02:42 PM
I haven't been hyped up for a concert in years, and i so wanna see this!
Earth_maiden
21st October 2010 03:05 PM
AT08 was released in January, and AT09 was released in April, so I think any time between those two dates would be a safe bet.
I'm kinda hoping its released around June or July so I can ask for it for my birthday. :innocent
MissElin_
21st October 2010 03:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by freedreamer
(Post 2527675)
So there isnt any news clip on this?
Nope, this must be the first time in ages noone records or uploads news clips. It was this one who took some photos of the tv but nothing more...
truehappiness
21st October 2010 11:13 PM
I think it might've been because of the weird dates?
Usually Ayu concerts (and finales?) tend to land on weekends... but this time around, the finale was on a Monday, with the news footage appearing super early the next morning. Maybe people weren't around to capture it?
MissElin_
22nd October 2010 01:03 AM
But her japanese Ayu stans who gets up that early to record it should have been aware of the fact that it was on another day, no? O.o
krauterol
22nd October 2010 01:56 AM
OMG!!! No Last Links on the setlist?? :( so bad... the best song on the cd out of the concert!!!!!!!
yatsudamf
22nd October 2010 03:34 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by truehappiness
(Post 2528121)
I think it might've been because of the weird dates?
Usually Ayu concerts (and finales?) tend to land on weekends... but this time around, the finale was on a Monday, with the news footage appearing super early the next morning. Maybe people weren't around to capture it?
Monday October 11th was a holiday in Japan.
I did see some coverage of the concert on Tuesday Oct. 12th on Mezamashi Terebi (Fuji TV) with parts of the MC (the Tadatomo song cosplay, LOL) and some of the performances. However, this wasn't the main entertainment news, I believe an actor or actress passed away and that story was given priority.
Bigtop
24th October 2010 08:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by yatsudamf
(Post 2528398)
I did see some coverage of the concert on Tuesday Oct. 12th on Mezamashi Terebi (Fuji TV) with parts of the MC (the Tadatomo song cosplay, LOL) and some of the performances. However, this wasn't the main entertainment news, I believe an actor or actress passed away and that story was given priority.
That's too bad about it. It seems that this concert got overshadoed by a loss of another (unrelated to Ayu) entertainment star...
There was a download and I'm currently getting the .ts file.
SURREAL__RAINBOW
24th October 2010 01:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yumsushi
(Post 2530804)
Isnt that the M dress from A Museum?
not at all, this looks more like a proper wedding dress, the a museum one was... totally different, i dunno lol
the tail is also shorter, the one in a museum was 50 metres long i think??
nanakopy87
24th October 2010 02:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by truehappiness
(Post 2530811)
There was a download and I'm currently getting the .ts file.
truehappiness,can you upload it to youtube?
Yumsushi
24th October 2010 02:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW
(Post 2530816)
not at all, this looks more like a proper wedding dress, the a museum one was... totally different, i dunno lol
the tail is also shorter, the one in a museum was 50 metres long i think??
I didnt watch the video so I don't know how long the train was but what I mean is that its the same idea as the M dress from the pics posted. The A museum dress did look a little different but both of them look like wedding dresses to me.
Was that for Virgin Road?
aura~
24th October 2010 02:23 PM
^yep, virgin road =)
AngelSenshi
24th October 2010 02:32 PM
The pictures make my eyes sting with tears, so beautiful, I wish I had been there! I think this is probably one of my favourite tours (though I have to admit, I've loved almost all tours since about 2005) So beautiful! I want the DVD as soon as possible!
freedreamer
24th October 2010 02:47 PM
omg plz upload it asap..the player is failing me...and my internet is giving me LOTS of problems =.= I watched up to right before the chorus of VR was gonna show, then the video gt cut..she sounds amazing in MOON as much as I could hear
a64066425
24th October 2010 02:51 PM
how is the video ?
i can't wait to see this news clip
truehappiness
24th October 2010 03:03 PM
I did try a YouTube upload that finished, but the file is still processing so... here's an upload of the .ts file.
****, that cartoon is so annoying. Virgin Road sounds promising, though.
AyuGAME
24th October 2010 03:40 PM
^well..it's the uniqueness of CDTV...and it's been around since a very long long long time and japanese love it...so...no complain
!Lawi! - thanks for the link!!! i love what i see so far...can't wait for full show!!!
hud
24th October 2010 03:45 PM
Yeah, I know him.
She seemed to be having great fun in SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL. Can't wait to see this part.
freedreamer
24th October 2010 04:10 PM
waiting for youtube too... :(
edit: OK just managed to hear it...The chorus of VR is stunning! one note was off in the build-up but its alright...the chorus was really amazing..very well controlled and stable
Mirrorcle Monster
24th October 2010 05:03 PM
Virgin Road sounded so good, but i dont know what to think about MOON...
ayumisrael
24th October 2010 05:04 PM
I want the DVD :(
crea_spain
24th October 2010 05:24 PM
^ me too :) I hope it could be released along with her new album in X'mas time
Keiichi_JPU
24th October 2010 05:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by crea_spain
(Post 2531016)
^ me too :) I hope it could be released along with her new album in X'mas time
That's way too soon.
It would be amazing, yes :) but it's not going to happen.
However, it might air around that time on TV.
adrtwb
24th October 2010 05:57 PM
Any Youtube link yet ?
yabieru
24th October 2010 06:55 PM
Thank you for the preview!!! Can't wait to see it!! *___*
Midori-chan
24th October 2010 07:02 PM
The preview is sooooo amazing! :heart
"Virgin Road" sounds so awesome and she looks superpretty in the wedding dress (the performance remains me a bit of "M" at the "A Museum"-Tour!).
I wish, the DVD would come out tomorrow! :yes
LacusClyne
24th October 2010 07:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heavenly Zerase
(Post 2531004)
Virgin Road sounded so good, but i dont know what to think about MOON...
i was there at the concert, MOON WAS AWESOME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!
and i just cried watching the news clip... memories......
Mirrorcle Monster
24th October 2010 07:15 PM
Its good to hear it!
Polyrhythm
24th October 2010 07:36 PM
.....ten trillion times better than the NL tour....
dreamland2.0
24th October 2010 08:06 PM
It looks awesome!! I wish the annoying cartoon character would stop talking though XD LOL
I want to see it!!!!!!!!!
Mai82Go
24th October 2010 08:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Polyrhythm
(Post 2531149)
.....ten trillion times better than the NL tour....
And you say that after 10 seconds of previews? Really that's just your opinion but I have to say nothing against Rock'n'Roll Circus and especially nothing against Virgin Road, because I adore that song, but NEXT LEVEL tour was great and I still don't get why people hate this wonderful, colourful concert so much and think that Rock'n'Roll Circus is better in any way, because imho (at least the album - cannot judge the tour after that short little clip), it's not.
Polyrhythm
24th October 2010 09:18 PM
^Yes. Dear Miss, after viewing a ten second preview of Japanese popstar Hamasaki Ayumi's new tour, my opinion is that it is turning out to be ten trillion times more entertaining than Hamasaki's previous tour (entitled NEXT LEVEL).
love in music
24th October 2010 09:18 PM
woahhhh that clip was amazing.. especially watching it in HD omg. this concert really seems so grand and awesome and possibly one of her best. I can't wait for it to be released on DVD!
MissElin_
24th October 2010 09:22 PM
^Yeah it might be one of her best tours really! :D
I haven't been to all of her tours, but I have attended to some (5 different ones) and AT2010 blew me away! For me, this tour is perfection. But that is only my thoughts. ^__^
pommy48
24th October 2010 09:27 PM
It looked so awesome~! I nearly cried a bit during Virgin Road!!! ♥
Neko★munication
24th October 2010 09:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mai82Go
(Post 2531208)
And you say that after 10 seconds of previews? Really that's just your opinion but I have to say nothing against Rock'n'Roll Circus and especially nothing against Virgin Road, because I adore that song, but NEXT LEVEL tour was great and I still don't get why people hate this wonderful, colourful concert so much and think that Rock'n'Roll Circus is better in any way, because imho (at least the album - cannot judge the tour after that short little clip), it's not.
This. *sigh*
On the other hand though, it's nice to see Ayu's concerts are still something most fans look forward to with little criticism :D
jbrat2219
24th October 2010 09:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mai82Go
(Post 2531208)
And you say that after 10 seconds of previews? Really that's just your opinion but I have to say nothing against Rock'n'Roll Circus and especially nothing against Virgin Road, because I adore that song, but NEXT LEVEL tour was great and I still don't get why people hate this wonderful, colourful concert so much and think that Rock'n'Roll Circus is better in any way, because imho (at least the album - cannot judge the tour after that short little clip), it's not.
I enjoyed NEXT LEVEL tour a lot too! I don't get the hate :shrug. In my opinion, I think people have forgotten Ayu's power to command a stage with little to nothing. In fact, I find her concerts better when there's little props and just her. Her shows are about her amazing ability to perform and reach out to you right there on stage rather then silly things like a wedding dress, a MW boat or her floating around in a giant ball. It seems no matter what she uses, or if she uses nothing at all, her ability to captivate me is just the same. She's a Goddess on stage, the best there is!
Mami-chan
24th October 2010 09:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by crea_spain
(Post 2531016)
^ me too :) I hope it could be released along with her new album in X'mas time
Please nooooo.. I hate this new Ayu trend T_T to get album and dvd at the same time is too much expensive for me T___T (I think this year Ayu and Arashi are going to kill me ;o; I have something to buy EVERY single month T_T) But I also think it's too early for the dvd now.. let's wait and see =D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mai82Go
(Post 2531208)
NEXT LEVEL tour was great and I still don't get why people hate this wonderful, colourful concert so much
This! I also saw it LIVE and I can say this was a GREAT concert and I think it has a lot of beautiful light effects. *_*
Anyway, I think RnRC tour will be great too *_* Maybe even better.. but I still love NEXT LEVEL tour ù__ù
ayuinh.k?
24th October 2010 09:55 PM
everyone hates that CDTV animated character dude with the annoying voice LOL..i was waiting for him to stop talking and allow me to watch ayu sing without interference -____-
AyuWorld
24th October 2010 10:05 PM
PERFECTION :thud
everything looks so grand and really beautiful,the wedding dress is stunningly gorgeous,its really thousands times better than the A Museum one,so im really happy and also the moon background during Moon :luv2
i want the DVD nooooooooowwwww!!!
oh,please i wanna shoot that annoying cartoon :irked
[taskin.ayu]
24th October 2010 10:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Polyrhythm
(Post 2531239)
^Yes. Dear Miss, after viewing a ten second preview of Japanese popstar Hamasaki Ayumi's new tour, my opinion is that it is turning out to be ten trillion times more entertaining than Hamasaki's previous tour (entitled NEXT LEVEL).
Agreed, even after a 10 second clip, I can conclude it's better than NEXT LEVEL tour. XD
butterfly_ayu
24th October 2010 11:25 PM
virgin road live sounds awesome!!!! i hope they'll have a tv version of the concert <3333
love in music
24th October 2010 11:38 PM
not that the NL tour is bad or anything.. but seriously, the setlist for this tour is so much better than the setlist of the NL tour! I think that is what is ultimately going to make me enjoy it more - because I love every single song in this setlist. there are no "meh" songs in it like there were in the NL tour.
aura~
25th October 2010 12:09 AM
This tour also doesn't have big props... it's just ayu, dancers, some fire at countdown, some petals in ballad and virgin road AND the best of this tour... THE SCREENS!
I'm so sad this will be lost in the DVD... it's not just the movie clips between songs, but also while Ayu is singing it's worth to watch to the screens... one of the days I went I decided to watch the screens and not Ayu sometimes (as I already saw her another 4 times and I'd have the DVD too).
I mean.. the screens in this tour aren't just a background anymore... are part of the whole performance!
After attending this concert I really think it's MUUUUUUUCH more better than NL tour... first, for the amazing tracklist, then the costumes were not recycled and for me were waaay nicer that the NL ones, the stage, dancers do a GREAT job and this time Shuya wasn't the main dancer, in each performance there were different main dancers (maro/midoring/shuya in rainy day-ballad, ZIN/subaru/chisa in countdown, kayanochi in step you/SLT, GO-MI in the cabaret show with Peco and Princes, etc...) and that was a new fresh thing I really liked =) Also the concert structure wasn't the same as past tours, neither the ballad stories, and finnaly the vocals were great!!
That's why I think RnRC is muuuch better than Next Level... Also better than lot of her other tours, at the same level of MY STORY and (miss)understood.
hud
25th October 2010 12:11 AM
^ I'm very excited after read this!
love in music
25th October 2010 12:18 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by aura~
(Post 2531340)
I'm so sad this will be lost in the DVD... it's not just the movie clips between songs, but also while Ayu is singing it's worth to watch to the screens... one of the days I went I decided to watch the screens and not Ayu sometimes (as I already saw her another 4 times and I'd have the DVD too).
I mean.. the screens in this tour aren't just a background anymore... are part of the whole performance!
well even from the clips I saw some of the screens so they may not be lost in the DVD. I loved the Lady Dynamite ones and the screens I saw for Virgin Road were really pretty.
jbrat2219
25th October 2010 12:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by aura~
(Post 2531340)
This tour also doesn't have big props... it's just ayu, dancers, some fire at countdown, some petals in ballad and virgin road AND the best of this tour... THE SCREENS!
I'm so sad this will be lost in the DVD... it's not just the movie clips between songs, but also while Ayu is singing it's worth to watch to the screens... one of the days I went I decided to watch the screens and not Ayu sometimes (as I already saw her another 4 times and I'd have the DVD too).
I mean.. the screens in this tour aren't just a background anymore... are part of the whole performance!
After attending this concert I really think it's MUUUUUUUCH more better than NL tour... first, for the amazing tracklist, then the costumes were not recycled and for me were waaay nicer that the NL ones, the stage, dancers do a GREAT job and this time Shuya wasn't the main dancer, in each performance there were different main dancers (maro/midoring/shuya in rainy day-ballad, ZIN/subaru/chisa in countdown, kayanochi in step you/SLT, GO-MI in the cabaret show with Peco and Princes, etc...) and that was a new fresh thing I really liked =) Also the concert structure wasn't the same as past tours, neither the ballad stories, and finnaly the vocals were great!!
That's why I think RnRC is muuuch better than Next Level... Also better than lot of her other tours, at the same level of MY STORY and (miss)understood.
In that case, I'm super excited!!!! Not that I wasn't before hahaha.
truehappiness
25th October 2010 01:13 AM
AT09 was good, but Ayu was trying to make her best show ever with AT10 and she succeeded. Many users here saw the show multiple times, something which cannot be said for AT09 really. There were exceptions that saw it twice or thrice though.
AND YAY. The processing finished!
tokyoxjapanxfan
25th October 2010 02:24 AM
^ Well, I guess there are exceptions xD Me being one of them.
I saw both concerts multple times, but I wasn't nearly as excited to see RnRC again as I was to see NL again. I basically fell asleep at Yokohama Arena during rainy day and ballad performances, haha.
I think overall, I'd describe the difference in being the pace.
NEXT LEVEL Tour was not slow.
Rock 'n' Roll Circus Tour was.
Haha.
The stage for NEXT LEVEL was amazing... It was so vibrant and colorful. The screens were huge! Sure there was no crane or wedding dress, but i mean, those were only added to the 7 days part of RnRC tour anyway...
waterballoon
25th October 2010 02:27 AM
oh myyyyyy Virgin Road & MOON sounded so good
Misa-chan
25th October 2010 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by aura~
(Post 2531340)
This tour also doesn't have big props... it's just ayu, dancers, some fire at countdown, some petals in ballad and virgin road AND the best of this tour... THE SCREENS!
I'm so sad this will be lost in the DVD... it's not just the movie clips between songs, but also while Ayu is singing it's worth to watch to the screens... one of the days I went I decided to watch the screens and not Ayu sometimes (as I already saw her another 4 times and I'd have the DVD too).
I mean.. the screens in this tour aren't just a background anymore... are part of the whole performance!
After attending this concert I really think it's MUUUUUUUCH more better than NL tour... first, for the amazing tracklist, then the costumes were not recycled and for me were waaay nicer that the NL ones, the stage, dancers do a GREAT job and this time Shuya wasn't the main dancer, in each performance there were different main dancers (maro/midoring/shuya in rainy day-ballad, ZIN/subaru/chisa in countdown, kayanochi in step you/SLT, GO-MI in the cabaret show with Peco and Princes, etc...) and that was a new fresh thing I really liked =) Also the concert structure wasn't the same as past tours, neither the ballad stories, and finnaly the vocals were great!!
That's why I think RnRC is muuuch better than Next Level... Also better than lot of her other tours, at the same level of MY STORY and (miss)understood.
I agree. My first concert was AT2008, and that totally blew me away. Partly because of that huge kickass ship and life-size marionette, and partly because it was my first live concert ever. So I expected myself to be blown away when I went to watch AT2009. But it didn't do it for me somehow. I mean, the show was good, vocals were great, I loved the album (NL's one of my favs in fact), but the spark somehow wasn't there. CDL09-10 was a little better, and AT2010 just totally blew me away again, I couldn't stop watching it (I watched the pre-7-days show 5 times, and I still don't mind watching it again :P)
I won't go as far as to say RnRC tour was the best, but it's close.
Mai82Go
25th October 2010 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by truehappiness
(Post 2531383)
AT09 was good, but Ayu was trying to make her best show ever with AT10 and she succeeded.
I think for Ayu every tour she does or every album she releases is "her best, yet", so that doesn't really mean a thing to me.
I haven't seen this tour and I believe those people who love it and think it was their favourite honestly think so and have every right to say it. For me Rock'n'Roll Circus is one of my least favourite Ayu albums and I love NEXT LEVEL much more. So the setlist is already better for me automatically. So when someone comes along and says Rock'n'Roll Circus is trillion times better without even seeing a bit of the concert, sorry, I just don't think so. It all comes down to personal taste anyway, but I don't want to feel bad for liking NEXT LEVEL tour and maybe doubting that I like Rock'n'Roll Circus tour as much, because it's not a fact that it's better, it's personal opinion that even some people who went to both obviously don't share.
Mami-chan
25th October 2010 10:14 AM
Well, I'm not saying NL is her best tour ever. I also think RnRC will be definitely better, starting from the setlist I really LOVE and when I saw it I felt afraid I wasn't able to attend this concert. But I still can't understand the hate of a lot of people for NL tour that I still find GREAT!
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Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan
(Post 2531426)
The stage for NEXT LEVEL was amazing... It was so vibrant and colorful. The screens were huge!
THIS!
NL tour really was amazing (and yes, I loved the outfits too ^^) but like aura said a lot of detail go lost with the dvd version, because when I saw the NL tour dvd I felt it completely different from when I saw it in Saitama and Yoyogi.
I think NL tour (but probably all tours) is better live than on dvd.
Mai82Go
25th October 2010 10:36 AM
I'm not saying NEXT LEVEL is her best tour ever, either. For me probably nothing will ever beat MY STORY tour. BUT after not really liking, Tour of Secret 2007 and the Anniversary Tour 2008 NEXT LEVEL was once again a concert I really loved from Ayu. I'm still sad that I didn't go to Japan last year to watch it live. And maybe Rock'n'Roll Circus tour is better. I'm not saying you're wrong and I'm right, I'm sorry if it sounded like this. :D I don't even have the right to judge because I didn't go and only watch DVD's. You're so right when you say nothing beats the real thing, anyway.
mobius
25th October 2010 01:53 PM
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Wow, I can't wait until they release this concert on DVD!
She sound so good in Moon and Virgin Road!
Tasked
25th October 2010 02:01 PM
I think the 7-days-adaptions of the show are really good. That moon-projection looked nice :) RELEASE THIS, AYU!!
Blasterion
26th October 2010 01:31 AM
I need this so bad!! xD lol
and Virgin Road perf.... :heart ^^
jiarongisme
26th October 2010 01:52 PM
Omg MOON looks like it's gonna be beautiful and the vocals for Virgin Road were sooo good!! <3
Zeke.
26th October 2010 03:43 PM
Looks good. I still have yet to see the NEXT LEVEL tour in full. I just haven't had much time, my laptop is pretty much stuck at playing only REGION 1 DVDs now and my PS2 that plays all regions is at a friend's house.
This tour looks interesting though now that I've seen some footage and just not some atrocious pictures of Ayu looking sweaty. Lol.
Although, my favorite tour has to be (miss)understood, without a doubt. MY STORY is my favorite album, but (miss)understood tour takes the cake.
Queen Bee
26th October 2010 03:49 PM
I can't wait to see this tour on DVD now!
Earth_maiden
26th October 2010 04:24 PM
Why does AT06 get so much hate, its fantastic. T_T
I don't think I've ever been more excited for a tour to come out on DVD. :love
relmy
26th October 2010 04:39 PM
^ I always thought AT06 was generally well liked?
I'm getting excited for the DVD now we've had footage dangled under our noses~
AyuGAME
26th October 2010 04:51 PM
AT06 is amazing...alterna, STEP you, is this LOVE? performance is so cool!!!
I honestly don't think her vocals in Virgin Road are that good in this clip. ._.
But the concert looks good in general. Waiting for the DVD.
rakeru
27th October 2010 01:16 AM
I can't think of a more perfect song and outfit pair than what we see in that Virgin Road clip! It looks so beautiful!
Zeke.
27th October 2010 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Earth_maiden
(Post 2532995)
Why does AT06 get so much hate, its fantastic. T_T
I don't think I've ever been more excited for a tour to come out on DVD. :love
Yeah, I just said it was my favorite tour!
ComatoseBunnySnatcher
27th October 2010 03:40 AM
Looks great! Haven't been this excited since ATO7!
Now, I hope I can get Ayupans of these (especially the Bunny!Ayu)
LacusClyne
27th October 2010 03:49 AM
^no worries, there should be ayupans of this tour. I want the bunny ayu too!
ComatoseBunnySnatcher
27th October 2010 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by LacusClyne
(Post 2533526)
^no worries, there should be ayupans of this tour. I want the bunny ayu too!
it'll be so cute!
I'm very impressed with the costumes this year <3
Last year.... well, it's clear that she upgraded lol
truehappiness
27th October 2010 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by relmy
(Post 2533005)
^ I always thought AT06 was generally well liked?
I'm getting excited for the DVD now we've had footage dangled under our noses~
AT06 -is- generally well liked. I think most people place it after AT05 and DT01.
Earth_maiden
27th October 2010 07:05 AM
maybe I've been reading the wrong posts, but I mostly see people who are disappointed with her vocals and her performances because they compare AT06 to AT05. Glad to see that's not the case with everyone. XD
~angel*ayumi~
27th October 2010 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LacusClyne
(Post 2533526)
^no worries, there should be ayupans of this tour. I want the bunny ayu too!
Forgot the blue text xD
But yeah, I´m sure my wallet will hate me but I really hope there will be Ayupans of the Tour when the DVD releases, I want the Bunny Ayupan *_*
Just hope tehre will be no Secret Ayupan again, I hate them because I have no luck with such things ><
@earth_maiden
I also like AT06 altough it´s not my fave tour (like ST02. DT01 and TA Tour the best)
For me it ranks ap. the same place as AT05
^thanks! I hope this tour is released alongside the album! (even tho i previously said I wish it wasn't :P)\
Her vocals in Virgin Road in this video are so much nicer!
I also like how she used the same wedding dress concept in her "50th single anniversary live" as she did with her "30th single anniversary live". It's a neat piece of trivia. Too day she changed the show's name to 7days special (which I actually prefer).
LacusClyne
28th October 2010 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~
(Post 2533677)
Forgot the blue text xD
coz i was using my itouch to access and it's difficult to get the color code out
