ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A, Cirque de Minuit
 

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Source from Ayu's website: http://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1015116

Saw it too.. I'm wondering if its true or not. Its not on TA yet! But this is interresting!

Wow, love the name! I hope it's true!

If it's true I hope it's going to be exciting!

Its up on her official Site !

WOW.

I just don't want flying clowns

The name is good.

Cross fingers for a center stage!!

finally with a theme again, base on the theme, look like she gonna perform aerial dance again, hopefully it will run like HLS again, with more mature sexy way

I won't be in Japan for NYE this year, so I'm bummed that I won't be able to go to this. Sounds really awesome (in terms of name/theme).

the first thing that popped up in my head when i saw the title was cirque du soleil

Cool :) It's the first time she uses a Japanese title, eh?

I thought it was French for Midnight Circus. Three years of French has failed me, I see. ��

This is interesting... Using FRENCH for the theme of this year's Countdown Live...

(Is it possible that, with this, she could actually be in the Kouhaku this year despite her lackluster sales?)

Nice title. I wonder if we'll get to hear any new songs.

what are you talking about? Cirque means Circus, and Minuit means Midnight. "Cirque de Minuit" does mean "Midnight Circus".

Very nice title !!! :p Hope she'll come once more in France this year ! :) we all wanna see her again : she's such kind ! (but hope she won't come again in winter)

Rock'n'roll Circus upgraded hahah. Ayu loves circus

wow isn't it so quick to announce the CDL now?
but i'm exciteddddddddddd........
hopefully it'll be a grand show!

That name tho!! I love it *^*

this is interesting

I just got the email from TA, but ticket prices weren't included. Are those usually announced later? How do they compare to regular tour ticket prices?

that made me think of "CIRCUS again" lol :D

Love that Title... and i also have some great tracks in my mind which HAVE TO BE PERFORMED!!!
ourselves *cough*

TeamAyu tickets lottery information is going to be announced soon. I hope for center stage too!

I think CDL and Tour ticket prices are the same (except for
PREMIUM SHOWcase) I wonder if it'll return to the regular ¥8,600.

Oh man, how I wish I'd be able to see this CDL live T_T. It sounds amazing with all the Cirque du Soleil feeling to it. She also did post a pic of the Cirque du Soleil troupe and some of her dancers on Twitter, if I remember correctly. Maybe that was training camp ^^

I wonder too:) I'd pay more for a longer set-list though:) Are you going??

my god, the title sounds awesome!!!!! hoping for new songs too.

Yes I am. I'm planning to go on the 30th show again :)

Sounds exciting! I hope she'll go to France again next year to see her ventilateurs xD

The title is already making me anxious and I though of AHS Freak Show at first rofl

hmmm.... hope its not circus themed... again.

Well, I never expect a cdl to be amazing. But seeing that she want to use the circus theme again, I'm afraid to see a rehashed performance of the RnRC tour that is one of my favourite concert. Mostly, she isn't innovative anymore for the whole show. Even the psc was full of old stagings.

couldn't agree more. not going to have any hope now.as the recent PSC got me bored already because of a bunch of recycle stuffs

Well, CDL always had some recycled performances or performances which were prototypes of things that were used again during her next arena tour, so I'm not counting on it to be fresh-new (and plus the circus theme is not new for her again...), still I think she can make a good concert out of it. Pretty sure she's doing the tissue dance again btw

MTE!

this should be interesting, and since i am a sucker for circus themed things, i fel like i'm gonna love this, just like i loved RnRC :love

Nooo. Please nooo. I actually like her concerts again now that she's ditched the center stage. It doesn't translate to DVD at all. :weep

The traditional stage with the big awesUUuMmMMm screens behind her is where it's at.

I plan to go to all 3:) Maybe someone wants to go to karaoke together to sing Ayu songs after concerts? Well, it's early to plan such things, but still.

I'm going!!! Going to try for the TA lottery first and see if/what tickets I get there. I want to go to the 29th and 31st if possible, like I did in 2012. :love

@Chris85 are you my Chris or a different Chris? :innocent

I'm sure we haven't met BUT I think I saw you inside the venue at CDL 2012-2013!

^Ahhh, you're not mine then. But I'm pretty easy to spot haha, come say hello if you see me this year!! We saw Yukari in 2012 and had a chat, its always fun meeting new people from all over the world who share the Ayu love! :yes

looks like she will do more acrobat and aerial and circusy thing...

its always scared me if she do extreme stunt

I'm excited by the title and I'm stocked to see what does Midnight Circus means, and hopefully there will be new stuff and not just ayu doing aerial acrobatics again (even though it's amazing enough).

What I'm usually afraid of is that usually (not in all cases and not in everything) ayu usually use ideas/things/performances/modified costumes from the CDL on the upcoming tour right after the CDL so I hope for a whole new theme for next year's tour (with a new album), even though a lot of the things she re-use are great, but I want to see more new stuff or themes. It is really hard though in general I know and it's kind of not right to expect for extremely new and different entirely new things every few months (between the CDL to the tour). If the performances will be good and will have some new stuff and I will love the setlist it will be great enough. For both this CDL and next tour. =)

I'm expecting Timmy in more dramatic makeup, more aerial dancing, lots of clowns, and dramatic acting from Ayu :yes

You know it won't be an ayu show without all of this greatness :P

That's also what I'm expecting, but not what I want. I hope it actually has the professionalism, and quality of a Cirque Du Soleil act. in other words, no clowns goofing around and tissue dances for the 10x time. I like that she herself is getting into acrobatics but do something else Try the trapeze or something. She has a tendency to find something she likes and then sticks to it and thinks it's the ultimate formula for a perfect concert, and does it again and again for the next 9 concerts.

I think you just predicted the future:D

The only other Ayu concert I ever went to was Rock 'n' Roll Circus, it's fate guys :D

Yay! Someone above made a comment about the title, so I thought I was wrong. ��

one thing i'm hoping for is spectacular costumes! but it's a CDL so...... i don't think that's happening there's just not really enough time...

I'm not bothered about anything being rehashed (we can't expect her to think of new concepts for a show which only lasts 3 days after all!), I'm more looking forward to the set list. Her set lists for CDLs are always interesting!

Well, she had more time between this years tour and CDL to plan, no?

I'm not into big shows, but a breath of fresh air is really welcomed so why not.
I'm just afraid it will just be stupid clowns^10+dancers^10+acrobatics^10 = my nightmare.

But I understand people like it.

Hoping for another great setlist.

SURREAL ~Evolution~ SURREAL puuuhhleeeease!!

I would honestly like her to do this two singles separate...
Its a really good way to end a concert... but she has been doing it for what... 10/11 years now?

one of the earliest possible announcements for CDL i guess?

I like the name! RnRC episode II ahaha

Please. Please. I'm praying to the j-pop gods that alterna makes this setlist.

The Rock 'n' Roll Circus Tour was one of my favorites so if this CDL ends up like it, I will be thrilled. I need a grand epic show where Ayu is like, "You know damn right I own this stage like a boss!"

Like a...

I wonder if she'll perform connected again.

Do you know what came into my mind now?

NEXT LEVEL is comparable with Colours
and what came after AT'09?
CDL 09-10 - right... It was Circus themed...

So... now Circus again?

I hope the future won't be just a repeat of 2009-2013 lol :D

Quick question!! I haven't seated on Stand blocks yet in Ayu's concert. Do the silver tapes reach the stand area when they explode??

I hope for the centre stage again, since I'll be there and its THE best way to see everything. I also hope to get arena seats this time as I had two block seats last time.

@hayasaki I caught a streamer when I was in the 11th row in D block. :yes

This has to happen~ :luv2

I'm praying for NEXT LEVEL as usual haha!
I can see Alterna, Sexy Little Things, Eyes Smoke Magic and The Next Love being performed for this circus theme...

I like the name. I hope this show will be real cool!

aaalteeernaaa *-*

Maybe Like a doll and the return of Marionnette *0*

That was exactly I'm thinking about.
Oh she can make it like AHS Freak Show lol

Oh my god, you're after making me really excited to hear Like A Doll live now D:

That would be great, although some comments on this forum have actually convinced me that *this* is AHS Freak Show.

I hope Cirque de Minuit is the name of her next album !!

I wouldn't count on this... Maybe if this was an Arena Tour, but as a CDL I guess ots named after Midnight cause of the New Year Eve thing, and circus
.. Cause it's gonna be festive idk :P The title itself is kinda dark, but as it's a CDL, I wouldn't think of it that way

I would like her to use this chance of CDL to showcase her unperformed songs like Like a doll or such.

Thanks for sharing the great news! i love the title!

Anyone knows how to get the tickets for her CDL?

just a correction, RnRCT is not themed with circus, its vegas

the full name for this CDL is " ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2014-2015 A Cirque de Minuit ～真夜中のサーカス～ ", so YES

the japanese is the "cirque de minuit" written in japanese so that people who didnt french will understand it,i think that's why ayu used it

Yeah, the Circus part in RnRCT is only the opening with the clowns and that's it. The rest are more Vegas shows or Musical/Opera

Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai: Freak Show

ROLF

lot's of great songs she can sing with this theme... ourselves, Marionette, alterna, Free&Easy... :love

Imagine if she sings CAROLS like in the PV, in the merry-go-round, in the end it tourns dark/broken/whatever and then, sings Marionette there :luv2

That would be epic as Hell ! :faint

THIS!
That would be epic <3

Add some creepy instrumental like Wonderland in the middle or end. I like that instrumental.

I want to hear You Were, STEP you, Melody, Wake me up and Merry go round. Any of those and I will be a very happy camper. :love

Ayu tweeted that she and her team loves fan logo of countdown xD It does look interesting, but too much is happenning for me ;)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0PGgQ6CUAAK02U.jpg

Very interesting name...

Isn't that logo created by the same fan that made the other logo that Ayu's team used withou credit?

I don't like it. This logo is assuming it's Vegas themed and I hope it'll be different from RnR Circus

That logo is hideous. It looks so cheap. :(

Too much for my eyes...

Looks like they used paint to create it

Yall are RUDEEEEE. What if the artist is reading these...god damn.

For a few seconds when I saw it the other day, I thought it was official. (that's neither a compliment nor an insult...lol)

I don't think it's bad but as mentioned, it is more on the lines with VEGAS theme which R'n'R did splendidly. If they gonna do circus then keep that focus and take inspiration from alterna PV.

I love it. It's definitely more creative than what they usually do with the logo. Besides the fact that the ribbon on the right looks like a pile of gold shit, it's really detailed.

It's comments like these that make up the reason for why I never share my artwork online.

Seriously? I almost want to say : so what?! Never got bad reviews from your boss at work or anywhere else?

By the way when something is bad I don't see the reason to say it's good :rolleyes no matter if the artist read it, hear it, you can't get better if people tell you you are a genius if they think the other way! If people can't take critiques then, they shouldn't post their works!

By the way, yes it looks cheap! It's not even well made. Plus, it's Las Vegas theme not circus! Stay focus dammit!

Ew..logos should be clean and easy on the eye.

Then stop bitching and make a better one.

I wonder if Ayu will bring a huge carousel or a Ferris-wheel on the stage. Or trapeze performance. I'm so excited. I'm bringing my friends with me again this time and told them about the circus theme. Ughhh Ayu don't let us down LOL

I think my "I don't like it" is less harsh than your "pile of gold shit".

Some people may like it. Some people won't. That's life.

I think it's interesting how people often hear circus and jump right to a dark atmosphere. It -could- be a happy circus, you know. This is counting down to the new year, a rather joyous event, haha.