Cancelled: CDL 2020-2021 A ~MUSIC for LIFE~
 

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Pricy tickets!

That's such a nice logo. Do we know If this one will be streamed or broadcasted?

If it's like other CDLs, probably TV version... hopefully stream too!

Resting? What’s that? Lol
Seriously, are things in Japan alright to hold concerts and such? I mean, we’re being locked down in Europe again...

But Japan still locked overseas country...:no

very soon after the Christmas special. I wonder if that's going to be a 'toned down' show to allow for (1) the double performance; and (2) her concentrating much of the energy toward the CDL.

my feelings about live shows during these times are unchanged. I guess she's ultimately convinced that these live concerts are going to be OK for her (pregnant health-wise). I hope she's right.

I was expecting a no-audience CDL this year, so I'm surprised to see a concert in such a big venue. Well, I guess the capacity of Yoyogi will be reduced to 40%-50% and that's the reason for the pricey tickets

Wow, three concerts in under a week is a lot. Do we know when bub 2 is due? I wonder if she's having it in November or early December and feels she'll have the recovery time needed like last year?

I wish we had the chance to stream this, hopefully there'll be a way to ring in the year with her!

I'm excited to see the setlist, if there will be goods (can they do goods with the current global situation, or still online only goods?), how Ayu will be looking/costumes.. how exciting!

For fans or for her? Let's not forget that 3 dates in a row was a norm for her for CDL.

Happy New Covidyear.

But she wasn't pregnant back then

i'm not agree with this
stop girl, please have this baby in a calm way and than comeback

If she can do one show, she can do 3. She will spend more time rehearsing than performing anyway, so several extra hours shouldn't make a big difference.

I'm so curious about how it turns out. I was super sure we wouldn't get a CD this year for all reasons. As always I'm looking forward to it! Let's hope for the streaming option.

It's likely she will have the baby before CDL and we won't know any different.

I really dislike this. I mean, she will separated from everyone in the stage, while the people watching will be close to each other in covid fest. It feels like she just want to feed her ego and fatten her pockets while putting people in danger.

They aren’t filling the venue to max capacity in any way shape or form. Koda Kumi has been holding shows in arenas this fall with no confirmed cases from any of the attendees so precautions are being put in place. Would I go, personally? Probably not. But I think you’re misunderstanding her intentions here.

Yeah many artists are slowly starting concerts with audience again in Japan.

It’s not Ayu doing this to “fatten her pockets.” It’s the norm here right now.
There are multiple events like this going on, from arena concerts to smaller live houses to baseball games.

While I don’t agree with how Japan’s attitude has been with Covid, there has been lots of regulations in place. So even though the governments response was not so great, there are still strict rules about events like these (attendance limit, time limit, distance between people, sanitization and so on.

There’s lots to criticize but with how Japan‘s government is pushing for domestic tourism campaigns and the like, it’s unfair to paint Ayu as the villain

And to be honest I don't think this will make much income anyway because it will be half of the capacity, I believe this is much more for the fans than Ayu wanting to do for her ego, or whatever.

The logo is very pretty, I like it!

Nice logo. Honestly, a CDL was the last thing I expected since she's pregnant... Anyway, I can't wait to see the setlist!

This is such a nice surprise! Hopefully she doesn't give birth on stage lol

It's probably for her staff as well. They're like family to her after all.

Hyde for one said in an interview that some of his staff members were about to quit when he had a concert in September I think.

Looking forward to the setlist :)

It’s tradition. Maybe it’s her way of giving something for fans to hold onto for now since next year is undetermined.

I wonder if that was why Timmy left? Maybe he didn’t feel safe and made that known when they were planning for this.

It's for herself first of all, because that's what she wants to do, for fun, for money or both. It's a business, a job and activity she's used to.

a nice surprise! This pregnant lady is surely hardworking! I was kinda expecting a simple concert for CDL, something like a-nation 2020 online. But this is awesome too!

She’s probably had the priority to book Yoyogi, if she’s let the venue go, she might not be able to have a show in Yoyogi next year.

I really don't mind if it's mainly to satisfy her needs ^^ We know she loves doing lives so much and in the end, the pleasure of the concert is on both sides :) It's going to be special for sure, considering everything.

Personally, I love that she is doing this. There is not only Covid, but also poverty, mental illnesses and suicide skyrocking. Especially among young people the suicide rate more than doubled. A little bit normality and being able to escape from all of this for just a few hours is good for people and for a lot of them probably the only way to stay sane. I guess this will give some of her fans a little bit of strenght to go on. Therefore, MUSIC for LIFE is very fitting and a lovely name for this CDL.

Mte :laugh

Praise. Couldn’t have said it better myself. I mean of course this is a pandemic and all, but there are also a lot of other health problems in this world.

^I agree with this, 2020 has been so difficult for so many that something more normal and positive is a great thing.

Great news, looking forward to watching it and be overwhelmed by good vocals haha. My body is ready.

Nice logo (for once...), looks professional if not creative. Bit busy though.

I agree! It's nice to have a setlist to look forward to and hopefully overseas fans will be able to watch the stream (well we will one way or another lol)

That news was surprising as she is pregnant. The logo is very nice.
I bet Ayu want audience during her concert because she didn't feel connected in an empty hall. That's what I felt when I watched her previous concerts. It looks more as a rehearsal than a concert with public.

Preach! :yes Life goes on, and so is the show...

Also technically nothing can stop her because the Japanese government won’t lock down its people as they believe it goes agains human rights :) I’m sure if worse case happens, she will make changes but the outlook is good at the moment for the future so she’s looking positively to the future :)

Timmy left??

He's been live streaming from Dragon, so I don't think being in a crowded public establishment is a huge problem for him.

Didn't he retweet a bunch of articles downplaying covid and complaining about lockdowns because they have a negative effect on the economy? So yeah, I kinda doubt he'd be against holding concerts

Yikes lol

Unrelated but I saw photos from Shibuya the other day in that space by the Hachiko entrance of the station and a bunch of anti-maskers were demonstrating. But one of them was wearing a mask.

People are just...... :tired

I won tickets for CDL :)

Tbh I wanted to skip it this year because a friend is visiting lol which is why I really wanted to go to the Christmas live, but since I won I’ll of course go. My 3 other friends also won, so I wonder if less people are planning to go? Or if we all just got lucky?

Surprising indeed.

Oh, interesting...

Hoping they do a stream or TV broadcast announce soon!

^I want a stream so badly! It would be great to have something to look forward to.

How is Covid-19 going on Japan right now? Today I saw a TV news saying they reached a record of people infected in Tokyo (602 cases). Is there any possibility of Ayu's shows with crowd being cancelled / postponed or the situation is controlled there?

There’s a possibility, for sure. But for the moment it seems Japan is taking it’s chances due to the current economic situation.

Do you remember CDL13-14 is not TV broadcast / stream？

Yay ! CDL will be broadcasted in streaming !


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https://info.thumva.com/html/help.html
Machine translation: I want to watch from overseas
We cannot guarantee the operation, so we do not support it.
(* The Thumva app is only available in Japan)

From PC though the trial video works without proxy and I can even download it (and it's not encrypted!): https://thumva.com/others/trial_movie
Maximum quality is:
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 30fps [V: h264 high L4.0, yuv420p, 1920x1080]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 142kbps [A: English [eng] (aac lc, 48000 Hz, stereo, 142 kb/s)]
Not bad at all.

Thumva is locked to Japan only. Bilibili is also apparently locked but can probably VPN both?

Thumva seems to be one of those things like Zoom where you can 'video chat' with other people while watching but I'd have just rathered it be on mu-mo LIVE.

I'm very disappointed that they simply don't seem to care for their overseas fans. I don't get why they exclude us here. Maybe I shouldn't renew my TA membership this month.

Well, if the sample video is any indication, there are no restrictions. But who knows, right?

^ from the answer you posted it seems to me that they just can't guarantee the work and not going to forbid it on purpose

I believe if you can see the sample, you will have no problem watching the concert. Mu-mo stream service was also Japan only and it worked fine everywhere.

https://live-on.mu-mo.net/ayu/
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The quality of the stream is a lot better than mu-mo, so maybe this is a good thing.

I got in touch with Ai Otsuka international community facebook fanpage because I found Ai streamed a concert in September on Thumva. So they said they were able to enjoy the show without a VPN. Naturally, there's a chance this has changed. Anyway, they gave me a twitter link of theirs with some tips for overseas fans :) They were so kind
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^oh, this is really nice and thank you for sharing! I will have a look, maybe it works! =)

I'm in Poland and I used Thumva to watch Leo Ieiri Streaming Live 2020 back in August. No problems at all. They charge 440円 more for some fees though. The stream was Full HD, quality was really good. There's no need to participate in chats. You can create or join special rooms with friends to enjoy it together, but it's one ticket per person

^that's good to know, thank you for the info. Maybe I'll try it then =)

Good to know there's a chance of us able to stream it but, yeah, I agree it's a shame Avex are excluding overseas fans. I was hoping they were going to start to include us in more streams

Well correct me if I'm mistaken but for what I read on Twitter overseas fans couldn't buy Kumi's last album fan club edition, it was restricted for foreign fans or something like that and of course it's Avex being a mess, also they really need the money so I don't get why they're putting more restrictions now :rolleyes

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Sweet idea.

And let's have another Daybreak moment.

It’s kinda sad they didn’t even mention the video that was organized by the international community, considering this is basically the same thing lol.

I didn’t take part in the original project, so I’m glad I’ll have this opportunity, but it would’ve been nice for the recognition.

Wish I could take part but alas, it's limited to TA. Makes sense to limit the number of people etc but it would have been nice to finally be a part of under the same sky (and a project that Ayu actually acknowledges).

I'm also bummed it is limited to TA only.:(

Yongae's post is giving me good vibes.
Instagram translation: "Take a walk while listening to yesterday's rehearsal sound source. Yesterday, with the arrangement of the countdown "That song", it was so wonderful that I almost cried, but after all, even if I listen back today, I almost cried.. Ayu's song is a mixture of hope and despair, and it is often painful to the heart. Even a song that sounds bright at first glance has a wide range of interpretation from a very deep point. The listener may find the answer based on the person's present or past. I'll do my best to express that part with the chorus"

She probably talks about TA live?

I guess they are rehearsing both Christmas and CDL lives simultaneously, but I expect some more intimate on the first one. Maybe just her back dancers and a minimum band (acoustic set).

She is talking about the song used during countdown. Also that part about the bright songs can mean that the song used is a hopeful one that resonates differently now and reduces you to tears.

I am hoping for Daybreak, Heartplace or Dreamed a Dream :yes

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Maybe ayu will change the start time... Hope live will not be cancelled

They could also do it one day earlier.

I wish it could take place just as planned but I guess that's not gonna happen... I'd prefer them to do it a day earlier than on NYE without an audience if it means that Ayu and TA get to see each other again.
The broadcast/stream shouldn't be affected by this though, right? They can just adjust to it.

I'm more annoyed at the government's response, they've handled this poorly since the beginning but this is the cherry on top.

They put these restrictions 2 weeks prior? When they should have done this a month ago?
The same with Go To Travel, they just suspended it this week for the New Year period when it shouldn't have been a thing in the first place? Jokes.

Anyway sorry I had to vent. Since the reason about the possible cancellation is because they aren't going to run trains all night, I agree with having the concert at an earlier time is better than outright cancelling.

oh man. I worried something like this might happen when I saw the announcement about these live concerts :no

To be honest, I haven't properly checked covid updates regarding Japan recently. To me it sounded more like their government is taking precautions ("which may increase the risk of infection by the new coronavirus"). If things have gotten out of hand, then they should obviously adjust to the situation.

The last time I checked, Kuu's tour (which I was torn on in the beginning) was a success with no infections whatsoever. However, if the country is struggling due to the government's handling of the pandemic, then it only makes sense for things to change.
Of course she can see TA in the future but seeing how things worked for Kuu's shows, I had simply hoped the same would be the case for Ayu. In the end, everybody's health is what matters most. I'd never want anyone to get sick because of a concert.

I'm sure they'll find a solution for this, without having to cancel the concert (be it another show without an audienve or holding it earlier).

What I bummer. I hope they won't cancel just because of that.

I sure hope they can stream it without an audience...I am also not pro to a cancelling.

I haven't checked Japan's situation lately myself, but seeing how things are going and the fact that for CDL she would probably have ~6500 attendees that would still be in the same place for hours, leaving the venue together and so on...I really don't support a concert with audience at this point.

The situation of a country is not 100% based on how many cases there are, but rather on how much they are testing.

It's sad, but safety of people should come first. TA and Ayu can meet again next year.

I really think that there is not a single person here that wants the concert to happen no matter the cost :) Obviously, we all put the safety of everybody first. I will be fine with whatever option they come up with.

I would imagine, since they already have streaming set up for it and have obviously already booked the venue, I would bet that they still do the concert, but without an audience.

If it does get canceled completely for some reason, I would hope that they stream the X'Mas live instead.

That's assuming they can change the venue booking easily at the last minute.

There's no way to know if anyone got infect or not during Koda's concert. There's also no way to garantee people won't get infect on their way to the venue or back home.

There is no event between christmas and new year, so I think it might be possible.

Every two weeks after the concert her team reported if there was a new case from the people who attended the concert. It was mandatory for those who attended to use the COCOA app to report their health situation after the concert, so yeah, there is a way to know and it doesn't seem like avex would joke around that.

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1086279

I'm not so sure about the state of Japan right now to hold the CDLs (Both Ayu and Kumi are doing in arenas), since the problem is not attending but the transportation. As for the stream, I wouldn't buy the stream ticket until there is a confirmation that is happening.

Well, the public transport will be out of service and people won't have options to come back home after the concert. That's a big reason to cancel it. Imagine handling how thousands of people would manage to get back home...

There still could be assymptomatic cases. Even people getting contaminated while going home, after the concert, having no symptom and not getting tested because of that, but still spreading the virus. And even if there wasn't really any covid case, there's no way to garantee that will still be the case in future concerts.

There's no safe way of doing a 100% covid-proof concert with a crowd, even if a small one, on a closed space right now.

Maybe Ayu can organise a fleet of coaches to transport people back to all major districts in Tokyo for people to walk home.

People already suggested that she should reschedule the show a little bit, so it's not a big reason.
As for the safety: imagine how many people are taking crowded trains in Japan on a daily basis.

THIS is my biggest gripe. Every day we’re on packed trains squashed up against the door during peak hours because most companies don’t allow their staff to work from home. It’s all so hypocritical.

^ It definitely is odd.

It would still be the same issue. Packed buses v. packed trains.

Rescheduling for a different day seems like it could be difficult because maybe people who bought the ticket for the 31st did so because they can only actually go on the 31st. And even if there isn't anything else booked at the venue, I'm sure there are still fees involved. Rather than rescheduling for a different day, it might be rescheduled for the same day but just to end earlier and then have no countdown - I see that or audienceless streaming most likely.

And all around the globe. It doesn’t make any sense.

This should be really upsetting for Ayu as well. Not only she and her team spent a lot of time preparing it, and she also is eager to see her fans, but we also have to consider this is a business and the money loss could be huge if this is cancelled. Specially considering this wasn’t going to be too much profitable in the first place, and the cancellation of the whole trouble tour. I don’t know why governments wait until last minute to make decisions when situations are predictable.

she posted something on TA—any news in there?