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～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A setlist, photos, and etc. [II]
Sources include Japanese users' blogs/people here/2ch/evolution/livedoor/mixi/etc. They are usually linked to in the posts they originate from.
Please post all pictures/reviews/etc. here if you can. I'll stick 'em in the first post. Just to reiterate: this first post is updated as new information comes out so if you are looking for any new information, it should be in this post with a day or two of being posted in the thread. Setlist and etc. Spoiler:
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Notable links POWER of MUSIC 2011 A goods ~POWER of MUSIC~ 2011 A II 「ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2011 A ～HOTEL Love songs～」 ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A information thread [I] ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A setlist, photos, and etc. [II] ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A setlist, photos, and etc. [III] Concert reviews tokyoxjapanxfan's short review of 05/14 show in Yokohama tbb08's short review of 05/15 show in Yokohama greggerz189's article of 06/04 show in Yokohama greggerz189's review of 06/04 show in Yokohama |
Thanks for the new thread! I love her concert outfit. :yes I'm so excited to see this on DVD~
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The virgin road cosplay ahahha so nice
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I think that is the most beautiful version of that song!! And then Born to be!!.. AHHH So an amazing set list this turned out to be! Lord! I wish this could of been down in the GRAND style that ayumi has done over the years... this concert is great as is, but it would be so EPIC otherwise! |
i hope that someone will get the pamphlet with the AR Ayupan and scan it so we can see it too!!!!
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Oh, I wish I could see this concert! Thank you for posting this information!
Though I'm having mixed feelings about this whole concert just by the end description of it...but once someone uploads it on youtube (about twenty gazillion years later :P), then I shall see, right? |
i really want to see this concert!!!
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expecting for some fancam!gosh! i should get My Story classical now!
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wow the new thread!
so ayu changed her outfit for 3rd day? |
She wore a white tour T-shirt (the HOPE for JAPAN one?) with white pants? She also threw out a wristband this time.
This might have been only for a song is born though. |
I wonder if she plans on adding more as the tour goes on??
Like each show she adds something else to the experience.. which would be an amazing build up to the final, but sucks for the people that went to the first concerts... Or maybe she is just doing whatever she feels like at each concert... Like today i want to wear tshirt and shorts... tomorrow I will wear a dress? |
Where can I take a look at Yokohama's setlist? Haha :D
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Naoya seems to have been there today too, not sure as a performer or a guest though...
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Does anybody have any Audio recording at least? I wanna hear her new voice!!!
On the other side, i feel happy that they respect the concert and don't film or record with their cams, mobile phones, etc... In my country... (Peru) every artist / singer that comes... you can see in the audience MILLIONS of lights coming from the cams... it's a bit embarassing because the next day... on facebook or social networks, you can see the ENTIRE concert... nobody controls that... I went to the Miley Cyrus concert (Gypsy Heart Tour) and the next day i found everything on youtube (and very close!!! because i was at the very back of the "arena"... well i dont know how to say in english... it's "EXPLANADA" it's like a very big terrain and it's on the outsides not inside a stadium or colliseum...) |
Maybe this time Ayu wants to feel more comfortable on stage, that's why she wore t-shirt this time :shrug
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I'm very curious as to how her voice sounds.. The biggest talk seems to be that, apparently, her higher register has improved (intonation was great, went up an octave during M, etc.) and this I want to hear lol. I miss Ayu's higher voice. x) I like this idea though. The concert sounded relaxed (I'm mostly pointing at the one costume thing) and seemed to have a good mix of songs. Hopefully this song list doesn't change too drastically. I'm tired of seeing "monochrome" on the list and then not getting a live recording of it. :laugh |
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soooooooooooooo cute
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I really can't wait for videos or audio recordings... anything! I want to hear how she sounded so badly @__@
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I really love the outfit idea; it's so simple and humble, yet graceful. I think she made a great decision there. I can't wait to see the whole thing!
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Aw, I wish I could be there T~T Looks so fun!
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I love how much she's smiling!
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http://ameblo.jp/yukipan1206/entry-10892005675.html YOU (a cappella) and poker face were performed after forgiveness. Looks like poker face... was with the band though? OH MY GOD THAT "A" SHEET MUSIC STAND OH MY GOD |
Her hair looks so much better this time! I can't wait for new news!!
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Just amazing! She has a water bottle on stage with her, she definitely needs to rehydrate if this tour is all about music and vocals!!
Ayu said she communicates to her staff by writing on cards to preserve her voice. Mariah Carey much? |
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She has said that she does everything humanly possible to preserve her voice though, haha. |
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yeah, her hair looks a lot better! I think because it has less volume..?
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ah~ she didn't change her outfit at all..
it's pretty though.. i love it~ |
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For today's show, she sang Key ~eternal tie ver.~, LOVE ~destiny~ [I think it was destiny], and YOU at the
mini-MC. She forgot some of the lyrics to Key. |
KEY?! ♥
It looks like with all these mini-MC sections, this tour will have so many amazing songs. I need to go. D: |
OMG! Key! <3 Really wish I could go to any of these shows.
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Yay for Key!!
Hope she peforms HEAVEN at some point |
OMG Key?! :heart I'm sooo jelaous of everyone who saw it! (I really hope it (and other songs from the mini-mc) will hit the DVD!)
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KEY! :heart
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She will change songs at every concerts?
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Probably.
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OMFG, Key? :0 Last time she sang it was somewhere in 2000 I think. AWESOME. I really love this song. <3
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She sang Key for CDL04-05. It was planned for AT10's MC but was axed. Sadface.
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Key =D
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KEY!!! Omg...what a beautiful song
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i hope all song will make it into the DVD
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She also sang Key at another concert..with back up singers. You all know better than me what that would be from :)
Key a beautiful song, it suits her voice so well also. |
it's surely one of her best setlists ever! there's monochrome too!
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Great! now i just wait for HEAVEN, JEWEL and who... to get a perfect setlist!^^!
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Thank you for this great thread!!
Getting excited over the merchandizing too... I always wish I could buy them all. |
One more week to go.
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OMG Key?! I love that song! The acoustic orchestra version on ayu-mi-x III was so amazing too! I hope it's something like that one.
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Ayu realized some time ago that the fans WANTS that she preforms old songs...It is happy that she remembered...is the best symnol of the POWER OF her MUSIC n____n
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omg omg omg Key :heart best setlist ever :luv2
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shaking and crying
AYU WE ARE NOT WORTHY ;___________; I'm so glad she sang Key. But I'd give my left arm and leg for her to sing "Dolls" again. |
forgiveness was the best thing about PoM. :)
I'm not going to lie, I actually dozed off during Moments. You know that feeling of just not being able to keep your eyes open in school? Well that's what happened haha. It wasn't long, but I did one of those head jerks when you catch yourself haha. It was just the perfect setting for sleeping... >_>. Although I did go to bed at 3 am the night before and woke up at 7 am to get ready and was at Yokohama arena by 10 am and then sat around and walked all day until we could enter the arena. So I'm sure that's the reason haha. Moments is one of my favorite songs. :P I sat down for the majority of the concert, because most of the people around me were doing so as well. Plus, I was seated right at the front of the stand seats--next to the railing. Really good seats, for the stands at least, and I didn't need to stand to see. Ayu was directly facing us for the majority of the concert, always returning back to the same starting point. I enjoyed the concert, but it was still kind of...I don't know. I'm interested to how it will be translated to DVD. The arrangements were really cool, I especially enjoyed M. It was less ballad and more rock. |
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I am so glad that you decided to go! I'm sorry if I sounded rude before telling you how could you not want to go because of the concert being so simple this time. I think that in the future, she might not have any other concerts like this one for a long time, so even if it wasn't super amazing or mind-blowing, you still got to experience this side of ayu! I also can't wait to see how it will turn out in the DVD, probably much less impressive than being in there, but I still want to hear the new arrangements :) |
Aww, haha. Sounds like the concert was awesome though minus the head jerk moment~
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^^ Don't worry about it. ;) I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. I did enjoy the concert, and now that it's sank in, I'm looking forward to seeing it at Yoyogi too! Still seats in the stands though...
^ And yeah, it was pretty good. :) The interludes were great as well! MY STORY Classical versions of "Catcher In The Light" and "WONDERLAND" :heart |
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WHAT?! CATCHER IN THE LIGHT AND WONDERLAND?! CLASSICAL?! *dies*
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Hi everyone!
Just thought I'd share a quick report of the show I went to on Sunday at Yokohama Arena. Firstly ayu's voice was amazing, definately the best its been for the past 5 years or so, I would even go as far as saying she sounded her best ever!! The arrangements were really cool, and fresh as she had the strings + brass section + the usual tour band. I thought the best performance was M and "a song for xx" which were parts of the "pain" segment of the show. The orchestral rock rendition of M literally sent shivers down my spine it was so awesome, althought sometimes the music overpowered ayus voice a bit during the verses, but overall it still worked. Anyway it was a very enjoyable show and it was nice to see a more casual and i suppose experimental side to ayu, through the show. |
Thanks for your report!
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MY STORY classical interludes?
I...I have never been so heartbroken to not to be able to go to a concert. I am so close to spending all my overdraft and maxing my credit card on going to see this. D: |
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After the report...Canīt wait to DVD concert!!!!
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Why do you need interludes if there are no costume changes.......
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Probably to let Ayu's voice rest.
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All I see you do is complain lol |
What she will do during interlude?
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a girl's gotta pee you know.
plus have a drink and towel her self a bit. etc... lots of things to do in interludes!!! :yes |
It's so nice being able to see many reviews, but I love that they're all positive! It seems there's nothing negative about this show at all. :D
I can't wait to see what other songs she'll mix in. Now if only she would sing no more words... :laugh Just kidding, I'm not complaining at all! ;) |
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I enjoy a lot more of her than most of you think. Rock 'n' Roll Circus was flippin amazing. Love Songs album - perfection. I'm just extremely disappointed that Love Songs got freakin robbed. And by the way, it was a question, not a *******ing complaint. |
It's so good to hear how good her voice sounds! I admit that at first I was a little on edge with this show, just not knowing what to really expect. But from reading the reviews, I'm really exicited about it. What gets even better is that I will be in Japan for a couple of months this year, so I actually have a chance of seeing this concert!! :)
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During "Catcher In The Light" which was the first musical interlude, Maro is the main dancer, but then the others come out. It was really good. Kind of eerie? It felt like he was a demon or something, and kind of angry? I don't know...don't take my word on that part haha.
Then for "WONDERLAND", the clowns come out to entertain the audience. :) Also, I believe it was mentioned, but there are "segments" for the songs. Each word shows up on the screen above the stage, and then disappears when Ayu (or whoever) comes on stage. feel → relax → imagine → sorrow → pain → smile → change → joy → cheer → to be free → remember *In regards to imagine, sorrow and pain...I might have them mixed up :-\ I wish I wrote this right when I was done seeing the concert, but I thought it had been written already so I didn't bother >_< Otherwise I would have remembered the songs in each segment...It seems as though these words, or at least some of them, were added to the Yokohama dates and were absent from Hiroshima? That's what my roommate gathered from some posts on Mixi. There's also a "correct" list of the words there, but I don't know how to access stuff on Mixi haha. Mine is pretty correct...I'm just unsure of three of them haha. *Oh and truehappiness, I went to the 5/14 show ;) |
^Oooh I see. Interesting. Thx!
And it makes me even more bummed that I won't be able to go! :P |
why are the clowns back. why.
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^bc they're entertaining & fit with WONDERLAND?
this concert sounds so amazing. |
omg.yes. the creepy and weird sound with the weird and strange clowns.cool.
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it takes very long for ayu to completely lose interest in something. Tissue dance has been around since 2007 EVERY concert.
Shuyayu has been around since 2007 to 2010. Clowns started in CDL 0910. And it probably will continue for a few more years. -_- |
Those clowns again, oh no! >_<
A stripped down show would be better just with Ayu and a band. But there are dancers and the clowns again. |
Oh, i hate those clowns
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are the last dates of the concerts every year, the dates that are highly sought after? i checked the stadium and it doesn't hold alot. figure chances of getting tickets for those dates are slim?
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The fans might like them.
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I also don't like the clowns (-.-)
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cool!!
POWER of MUSIC~ |
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Shuyayu is the "love story" played on stage during ballads-session at Ayu's concerts. Don't like these parts of concerts, it's just... shallow and bad-acted. |
Personally I loved "circus" on the RnRC Tour DVD, I'm kind of glad they're back, though they were not THAT useful in the last CDL!
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I just saw the blu-ray today and what's wrong with the clown?
When i saw them I was actually amazed, they were really entertaining =D They're cute too, they are like 18-20 yo boys with clown customs. XD |
yeah, i dunno why people hate on clowns 8c they're cute. It's some silly and easy laughs.
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Clowns are scary.. lol.
I think the Shuyayu is the Shuya-ayu dance thing that they always seem to do. For some reason, Shuya is super popular in Ayumi concerts :innocent |
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To be honest I find clowns cute, but not funny nor scary :laugh.
Usually I don't like the Shuyayu too (I don't hate them, but they're so overused lately lol), but I really like it on BALLAD PV though. |
Is the only reason that fans love cheering for Shu-ya when he's announced during the showcase because he's always paired with Ayu? Haha~
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The clowns were cool at first but I felt myself wondering half way through their routine where the hell Ayu was and if she would hurry up, put her wig on and come out already.
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Thanks for the explanation, Heavenly. I don't mind the flying acrobats, although it's true they've lost their novelty because Ayu uses them so much.
At least the clowns aren't as sappy and overused (yet) as the shuyayu. |
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