a-nation 10th anniversary for Life information thread [I]
 

Please post any information or photos related to the a-nation 10th anniversary concerts in this thread and I will add them to the first post! Thanks! Sources include individuals here, Twitter, 2ch, and various blogs.

Setlists/etc.


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Photos from the venues/Outfit photos


Notable links
a-nation 10th anniversary for Life goods
Ayu in a-nation 10th anniversary for Life

Concert reports
c_zou1987's report of the 08/06 show in Fukuoka

Ooooh I love this time of the year! Or at least everytime it's a new concert from Ayu coming up! Thanks for making this well-put-together thread. My excitement went up to 100%! :D

thanks! waiting...

Looks like Tohoshinki is going to be performing before Ayu.

Ayu always performed after TRF

Can't wait for the setlist *_*

Looks like it's a bit different this time?

http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/lsblog/2011/07/a-nation.html
The black staff shirts look so good~

:< Tohoshinki took over TRF's place? Boo. BOO.

TRF~Ayu was amazing.

Ah well. Can't wait to see what she performs!! :D

(The fact that GND is first disheartens me. That means I actually have to go to a-nation from the very beginning...) haha

Well, you can leave in the middle for a while... haha.

Ayu's up! A-a-a-a-a-a-yu~

I wish we could see more, but this is what someone took just now:
http://i.imgur.com/AVwDp.jpg
Ayu's on stage! (http://twitpic.com/5y67jm)

So pumped! :D I'm putting my bets on a progress opener. Wish I was thereeee <3

Good luck ayu! Can't wait to see what's in stock XDD
7-8 songs are expected?

EHHH?

She opened with Dream ON? (https://twitter.com/kiyuka)

...Well then. O.o

Well then. XD

Interesting.

I kinda wish she started off with forgiveness or progress but... eh. I think Dream ON is a really odd choice though, lol.

Woah... she performed ANother song!?! (https://twitter.com/kiyuka)'

Looks like Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~ is being performed right now? (https://twitter.com/sayuri_r)

Sweeeet :)

I'm guessing these were both with Naoya then?

Yeah. I guess it works out since AAA is at all the a-nation dates along with Ayu.

....

What in the name of...

Apparently Ayu is singing WOW WAR TONIGHT right now? (It's a song that Tetsuya Komuro produced that AAA covered earlier this year or last year.) (https://twitter.com/kiyuka)



And as usual, Ayu has a Tohoshinki towel.

That's so weird but interesting. I'm like updating this site every two seconds. :D

^ Same. XD

This is certainly turning out to be a pretty different a-nation. I agree though, definitely interesting.

wow, this is turning to be really different from ayu's setlist!!! i'm excited to see the perfomances :luv2
can't wait to see pics of the outfits

Ayu, stop trying to make Dream ON happen. It's not going to happen! ;P

http://i.imgur.com/CLXy5.jpg
http://twitpic.com/5y6t4o

Waaah, it's over!

From what I read on Twitter... the entire Ayu set was accompanied by Urata from AAA?

Ayu also did not have a float going around the stadium for the first time in how long?!

Waaa ! Thanks for all this so fast news !
Can't wait for the full setlist and pics ! :3

^^
All songs with Urata?! Well... That is interesting. :rolleyes

The entire set was with Naoya? I wonder if she even performed any of her own songs?

This'll definitely be different.

Well, I read something about Sunset, so there was at least that. Some people mentioned how Ayu was performing with some guy they didn't know. [probably not familiar with AAA]

All songs with Naoya!?!?!?!?!? DDDDDDDDDD: what the...?

Everything with that Naoya guy? And Dream ON... My excitement is blown away. >_<
It was also pretty short, wasn't it?

There are a lot of holes in the setlist since people didn't report the last song or some songs in between.

Can anyone go on mixi to confirm the setlist?

Some guy they didn't know could also be JUNO? haha, perhaps?

True...

https://twitter.com/chicayoshi21

You think it could've been JUNO?

Aah, full setlist!

Urata was present from start to finish. I guess Sunset was not a part of it? I WANT TO HEAR SUNRISE FFFFFU.

wow..ayu stuck with Naoya? haha ~~

still no confirmed setlist of ayu's?

It says Ayu and a man's voice, maybe Juno wasn't there but they used the backing track?

Or maybe I'm just translating it too literally haha.

Hmmm guess we'll just have to wait.

I'm looking forward to Dream ON and Dream ON ONLY...and ANother song if it's any good...

I think it was posted in full.... maybe someone remembered Sunrise/Sunset incorrectly but the guy who posted all the other artist's setlists finally posted Ayu's!

What a boring full setlist.
Just looking forward to Greatful days-glitter-BLUE BIRD and maybe Sunrise.

wow 6 songs in total?
i thought it'd be like 8 songs like usual...
i wish to hear progress though.. hiks..
hopefully, she'll add progress into it.

and Naoya is with ayu the whole set list is kind of weird haha XDD

what? that's really the setlist? are you kidding right? xD this is the worst setlist ever... D:

I'm very interested in Dream ON, Sunrise and ANother song! :luv2

I think unlike how things usually go, the setlist might change at each show like how POWER of MUSIC was really flipfloppy?

omg!

No evolution!? No Boys & Girls!?!? Not even any random classic such as SURREAL or Trauma!?!? Wow lol

D: I'm more excited for Koda's set list than Ayu's.

Too bad, I usually love a-nation.

Looking forward to ANother song, because it's new, and July 1st, because I love it.

WOW WAR TONIGHT is intriguing, but that's about it.

Other than that, pretty blah.

I wonder how much the songs will change between dates.

Ugh there's so much I want to say but I'm holding myself back.

It's probably way better if you were actually there, lol.

I'm just really surprised and actually happy that she is trying new things!!

She's been stuck in "ayu-mode" for years, no collabs, sticking to her classics all the time, etc. But this time... just wow.

The summer classics are obvious though, how can a-nation be without any summer classics? :)

God they heard ANother song! >.< Lucky!

One time again I'm totally surprised by Ayu. I didn't think she'll sing ANother song. & she did a cover song. It would be nice to know the translation of this song. I'm sure she didn't choose that song by chance!

Can't wait to see the outfits.

edit: I just noticed! She didn't sing B&G O.O

Yeah I'm sure it is. But on paper (er,screen) it just isn't thrilling me haha.

Yeah, I think it's the lack of any showstoppers which she tends to have at least one or two of at a-nation. (ASFXX, Rule, talkin' 2 myself, Mirrorcle World, Microphone... etc.)

Which is why she should open with Progress, I mean seriously. Seriously. Considering Ayu does like no TV promotion anymore, this should be the time to promote the album. And while I have no idea how ANother song sounds, I doubt it's comparable to Progress, lol. :P

+1
im so so happy she's starting to do changes and unpredictable things! i would never expect this kind of a-nation, and tbh im happy with this:heart

Wow, I thought "progress" would be performed for sure. I'm really interested to hear how "ANother song" was received.

What was Naoya doing during the rest of her set? Was he singing on her solo songs? Dancing with the rest of the trope? Just chilling out?

Maybe it's because I just woke up, but I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around this.

Probably singing along with her? (lol, or maybe he was reprising his role as a former Ayu dancer during DT01?) I think it's a bit odd that he was on stage the whole time, but maybe it won't be the case for the next few shows?

I want to hear ANother Song so bad right now :( I'm very happy that she's changing things up a bit.

I hope they change it a bit in the upcoming a-nation concerts.
It's good she tries to do soemthing new, but I would prefer something new with her original stuff, performing songs she never did before, change the arrangement like in her PoM Tour, performing without her dancers... and so on. Singing a TK cover from AAA? Hm, no, thank you. Dislike Dream ON, curious about ANother Song though.
Happy about Ayu not including the float and driving around this time. Never really liked that, so thumbs up!

I also really wonder what Naoya did all the time on stage. He has to be involved somehow, cause it would be so uncomfortable to just be there. XD

I'm seeing her in Fukuoka for the first time ever, and if that really is the full setlist I will be extremely disappointed :grumpy

Wow... I HATE this setlist with a passion. I hated WOW WAR TONIGHT when it first came out, I hated when AAA covered it, and I'm going to hate this one too. WHY?? There are SOOO many better songs to cover. I'm not looking forward to the fasttalking part of this song, and do NOT tell me this is one of the songs she's been recording in the studio these past days.

These songs, sorry, are all very boring in the fact that we have seen this so many times before. And the fact that there's no boat is really disappointing, it might have saved the performances... Actually, now it's really lonely without A Song for ××

I am really praying and hoping for a complete change in setlist, and that the Urata takeover is just for this performance. I am thoroughly disappointed, which is REALLY RARE for me... :(

EDIT: And I just checked mixi, and she was holding Tohoshinki towel AGAIN... m(_ _)m And that Naoya sang MOST songs with her, except the summer medley. But I'm not sure if 100% true.

She's probably gonna be holding a towel like that until they aren't able to perform in Japan anymore, lol.

I should've guessed that Sunrise was the towel song though...

BTW, maikaru, this setlist is confirmed for sure at mixi, right? Just wanted to make sure.

Yeah it is.

And I edit my post again, but most people are saying Naoya is there for the ENTIRE set, and doesn't sing only in Summer medley part (But there's also conflicting reports if he does or doesn't sing them.) But for sure, he sings for MOST of the songs and many people are like "I wanted to see just Ayu. It doesn't say Ayumi Hamasaki feat. Urata Naoya on promotion, so..."

And then there's other people who say "If you are disappointed, you don't have to watch it. LOL"

Im excited for ANother song actually, Im curious how it sounds, but setlist is a bit weird and I LOL at people guessing what was naoya guy doing there the whole time. LOL at chilling out!!

It looks interesting, I like it when Ayu branches out and tries new things. :yes

Urata might not be there for the entire tour too, we still have the August dates to go and the final show which will be recorded.

why must naoya sings with ayu most of the songs...boring. he should just stick with AAA

Those reactions are pretty expected, lol. I wonder if she plans to sing with the collaboration artists from FIVE for the first few a-nation lives before branching off to do say, progress/forgiveness/other godly tracks. It'd be pretty cool if she did Why... with JUNO at some point during a-nation since they were seen in rehearsal a while back... Perhaps she plans to perform most of FIVE's tracks during the next six dates? It remains to be seeeen~

lol Fangirl ~since 2009~ moment, though I'm surprised. And she really exaggerated with taking Naoya to her part of the concert, if he really sang all songs with her imo.

Hmm.. Dream on... an than, Urata is there for Ayu's whole performances?
Not good. I don't like this voice...is will kill all the other songs, when he also is singing the other Songs with Ayu.
I wished, she would sing some songs from Love Songs Album.

Sunrise and July 1st're perfect choices for summer!suddenly, i want her to sing HEAVEN but i know it's almost impossible!

While I am pretty sure he sang WOW WAR TONIGHT and their two duet songs I am hoping he didn't take part in any other songs. I love Ayu, but this is starting to get really annoying.

***** plz take the talentless dude off that damn stage, you aren't helping him as he just looks ridicilous compared to you and your band members. He is becoming a bigger eye/ear sore than PECO.

Actually there's one poster who said "I wanted her to sing the opening song to Power of Music tour. I forgot the name, but the first lines would surely make those people who were leaving when Ayu started stop in their tracks. (The english lines.)"

I was very moved by that haha. And of course, he was talking about Forgiveness with the modified opening. War and Destruction, etc...

I find it funny how people are hating on Urata for being "talentless" when at least vocally he is superior to Ayu. Sorry but that guy sings better, he hits the notes, something Ayu at times has serious problems with. I don't know how much Ayu really improved lately but he definitely is better than Ayu has been 1998-2002 and 2006-2009/2010. And he kicked Ayu's ass in the Dream ON lives we got so far.

Having said that I do think Ayu is a much better performer, but Urata is far from talentless.

Singing isn't everything and even in AAA he is imo among the worst singers and only Hidaka actually sounds worse than him. Nissy and Shuta are far more superior.

such a disappiontment
I do not like this setlist......

He still sings better than Ayumi so he clearly isn't "talentless". His talent just lies in one area and isn't anything special. I've seen too many people saying he can't sing and "he sings soooo bad compared to Ayu" when it's just not true. Ayu never was a great vocalist, her talents have always been in other areas. She had her moments but overall her vocals are neither really bad nor really good.

Ah don't take what I posted too literally. His voice just doesn't appeal to me, he isn't a great dancer either and I don't like his voice. Imo he pretty much has no talents I care about. Ayu is an average singer and yeah he can sure hit his notes better, but when it comes to over-all performances the guy has a lot to learn. I am an AAA fan, but I still dislike him a lot. If Ayu was accompanied by Nissy on the stage I'd die~

Oh I wasn't trying to attack you or anything. It's just that I've seen many, many comments about him here that at times are just mean and/or false. People treat him like the devil that destroys everything.

I don't like this setlist, like most people, I want Ayumi Hamasaki, not Ayumi Hamasaki feat...

Staple songs, plus two duets and a cover!? I wouldn't mind if it was just ANother song, but Dream on and the cover too? No thank you Ayu. :(

Hopefully we get to see progress later on, and she adds in some tracks like forgiveness. I'd be happier about all this if she did SEVEN DAYS WAR instead.

But then again, with the title of a-nation being based on an AAA song (correct?) we should have seen this coming... :/

Omg, this forever.
He's like the japanese Justin Bieber.

^this xD

I'm not really sure how I feel about this setlist... I love Dream ON and I really want to hear ANother song. I also adore WOW WAR TONIGHT but I only really like it with AAA not just Naoya :(

I would not say that Naoya is one of the worst singers. Hes actually one of the best. In DEPARTURES he's freaking amazing. If I had to pick the worst singer I would go between Shinjiro and Hidaka but Hidaka's rap is awesome lol

THIS!!! Nissy just pwns all hahahahaha

wow interesting..she's already promoting FIVE :)
lol..though..its kinda weird that..Naoya just sticks around forever..HAHAH

Interesting setlist hahaha.

Sunrise <33333333

the tracklist it's OK,but not her best...

It's kinda true that Shinjiro's voice isn't special, but imo he's easier to listen to :)

Hahah! I would definitely love to see Nissy x Ayu pair. Hope they would do a collab tho ~

Feels strange about this setlist =S. It doesn't seem like a typical ayu setlist in a-nation. Maybe we haven't heard ANother song yet. At least there's July 1st as the ending song!

I'm not surprised Naoya is performing with Ayu lol They really do like each other and get along very well, and when Ayu really likes something, she uses it a lot. Haha.

I was also thinking this may have been like POWER of MUSIC (a forever changing setlist) and the setlist may have changed according to AAA appearing at a-nation (because if AAA isn't there, Naoya most likely may not be there), but I don't think it will - AAA is appearing at every a-nation date. Things may change and Naoya may be left out of a few performances, but I doubt it.

I wish she would collab with all of AAA :( Naoya's ok but hearing ayu with Nissy and others would be awesome too!

I hope she does change up the setlist a bit. I hope that progess gets performed at some point. I am going crazy over it!! :P

She always change the setlist during a-nation. I'm sure she'll sing others FIVE songs to promote it!

LOL at everyone freaking out. It's a-nation not an arena tour! :laugh It's a summer music festival so if she wants to sing with Naoya let her sing with Naoya. It's not that big of a deal lol.

^ haha i kinda agree with what you're saying haha.
let see how it turns out then~
i don't find it bad that Ayu decided to collaborate with Naoya for the whole set, but it's just weird..i'm not that disappointed either

Hello, I'm a new poster here, but I wanted to say that I heard "ANother song" from a-nation. I don't know if this will disappoint anyone, but the song is R&B-lite. It's a nice ballad, though. The violin section adds a nice touch. It's not strictly an R&B song. Ayu and Naoya's voices flowed together very nicely. It's true this year that Ayu's live voice is sounding amazing.

this is the worst あゆ A-nation set-list for me...

agree
worst a nation setlist ever...

OMG THE SETLIST IS ****ING AMAZING. CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO AIR. OMGOMG.
I hope the outfits are good too. then it'd just be perfection. can't believe she's singing wow war tonight. omg ilh.

This a-nation will probably be one of the best.

Ayu's setlist is so summery, I :heart it. I'm glad Kuu's is dancey... but wtf @ TVXQ? Is it just going to be Changmin and Yunho performing their old songs?

^ duh. Just check their official thread



Yeah I think so too. ...I hope so :laugh

I'm really disappointed with the setlist! I don't like Naoya too much so it'll be kinda annoying to see him perform every song with Ayu. WOW WAR TONIGHT is a song that I like but imo it doesn't suit Ayu at all...

i think it's a good setlist! i'd love to hear what "ANother song" sounds like.

I like the setlist. I'm surprised that A song for xx isn't there though. lol

I'm probably one of the very few that is actually looking forward to this live specially with Urata Naoya. XD

Poor you, you're going to see Ayu...

Actually, Ayu fans sometimes act like old people : they EXPECT something and if you doesn't happen, they're terribly angry.
Come on, if you want another B&G performance,play any of her last 10 show !
Though I'm not fond of Urata AT ALL, I think we should wait to see how this a nation will sound like, considering she may change the setlist ^^

Then, I'm one of the few too! :D

It's interesting to see an a-nation with an Ayu-Urata Collab for the entire setlist. It's something diferent. I don't want the same setlist of every year!! It's interesting! I hope we can see on the DVD or on the TV version! Yeah!!

photo after a-nation
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1103/x2773ea6c.jpg

You are not alone, Nao might not be the most talented man on earth but I have nothing against them (and I like Dream ON) ^^

Meh. Not too fond of the setlist this time around, but oh well. I'm curious to hear what ANother Song sounds like.

From Ustareth @ JPC.