just back from Japan (I have seen ayu concert on 10th and 11th June)
 

I have seen 2 ayu concert!!!:luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

the one on 10 June:
my seat was very close to ayu (I seated in the ground floor)
WOW....it was about 10m distant from ayu
I was extremely crazy!!!! I was near to be out of control!!!!!!!

the one on 11 June (last day):
although my seat was too far away from the stage (it was in the second floor, the highest level of the arena), the emotion of the audience was the highest!!!!
ayu sang her new song - BLUE BIRD. She was the first time to perform her new song in public. I though I was very lucky I could see her new song 1st peformance!!!
there was a Q&A section in the part encore. ayu-chan motivated ayu to work hard in her coming 9th year, "everyone would support you" (I don't know Japanese but I saw the audience's response, I guess something like that). The audience shouted "work hard ayu"...... then ayu-chan requested ayu sang her new song... that's why ayu sang BLUE BIRD:love


My comment on concert:
(1) Born to Be... (marks: 10)
it was a wonderful opening! the song was much suitable to be the opening song. ayu seated inside a large rose looked like a rose angel. Her red flower-dress was the most beautiful costume. The theme was about a life was borned. The back screen showed a sun, blue sky and fire. The dancers dressed like aboriginal.

(2) AUDIENCE (marks: 9)
ayu came out from the large rose and asked all the audience clapped their hands. All the audience was so high.

(3) evolution (marks: 9)
the emotion of all the audience keeps to be so high. All shouted "wow yeah wow yeah wow wow.. yeah yeah yeah..."

(4) STEP you (marks: 8)
the male dancers dressed the number clothes chased ayu. ayu and the female dancers roped the male dancers with the chains. At last (before singing the chorus two times at the last of the song), the lights were turned off. The stage was black. After it was lighted on, the male dancers were untied but ayu and the female dancers were tied instead. It was a magic show!!!

(5) Ladies Night (marks: 8.5)
a male dancer untied ayu... and then, ayu untied other female dancers... ayu walked to the front of the long extended stage with female dancers and danced... After the song, ayu disappeared and the back screen showed ayu was back to home.... the female dancers were looking for ayu... they saw ayu at home so they run out of the stage... the back screen showed ayu and female dancers were chating and playing... at last, ayu was careless to fall down into the swimming pool nearby

(6) alterna (marks: 8)
the back screen showed ayu asleep in the water. The background music and the stage feeling was like in the water. The dancers came out and slided across the stage. They looked like in the water.:love
ayu appeared in a large red ball-liked iron cage with 2 male dancers inside. The cage looked like a red fired ball. There were some dancers dressed like devils under the cage. And ayu did the motion like wanting to escape from the cage. The stage and the props were very cool. ayu put much effort to perform. But this song is difficult to make the audience feel high.

(7) is this LOVE? (marks: 8)
the audience raise their hands up and beat with the song when the chorus

(8) (miss)understood (marks: 7.5)
ayu shouted out at the last of the song

(9) tasking (marks: 8)
the dancers appeared in the black one by one and danced with a spot light on. They were so cool.

(10) Pride (marks: 9)
ayu dressed a long black dress like a noble. I liked this song so much.

(11) rainy day (marks: 9)
it was rainning in the stage. "Wow..." shouted out from the audience. There were only ayu and Naoto in the stage. ayu was singing. Naoto was dancing at the back. At last, ayu and Naoto walked apart with their back faced to each other. After the song, Naoto turned back and runs to ayu and caught ayu's left hand. They cuddled togther. Then, they were down out of the stage. It was not the end. ayu and Naoto seated on the ring raising up. At the end, ayu cuddled Naoto head. It was so touching

(12) Startin' (marks: 9.5)
the back screen showed the INTRO of PV... do you all remember a man introducing ayu in the PV? The man was finding ayu... then, ayu appeared in the stage. This song was so high.

(13) UNITE! (marks: 9.5)
HIGH HIGH HIGH!!! Raising the left hand and the right hand. Dancing with ayu.

(14) Bold & Delicious (marks: 10)
It was the highest point of the concert. Ya... Ga.... Da...Wo Wo Wo.... Clapping hands and shouted with ayu. Ayu standed on the stage that could be raised up. The stage was raised with the emotion of the song. It was extremely high.:love :love :love :love :love

-Encore-
(15) HEAVEN, (16) teens (marks: 9)
It was so calm. These 2 songs made me near to cry. So touching!!! ayu was near to cry when singing HEAVEN on her last day concert. I saw ayu had some tears in her eyes.

(17) BLUE BIRD (marks: 8.5) (only performed in her last day concert)
ayu sang very well... the back screen played the pv and the 2 sided screen showed the lyrics.

(18) Humming 7/4 (marks: 9)
"everybody goes everybody jumps..." it was very joyful to dance!!!!

(19) Boys & Girls (marks: 9.5)
Singing with ayu!!!! Very happy I can sing the song with ayu!!!

(20) Beautiful Day (marks: 9.5)
everybody waving his hands... At the middle of the song, there were purple plastic stripes shot out at the top of the arena. It was very beautiful. Everyone caught the stripes and took them to wave hands with the song.
On the last day concert, ayu cried when singing this song. I was cried too... ayu pushed not to cry herself!!!

Overall comment:
This year arena concert was very very very good. It was as good as the last year arena concert MY STORY. I was surprised (miss)understood concert can be good as MY STORY concert since I loved MY STORY concert.

I plan to go to see CDL this year. Waiting!!!

I will post the ayu concert photo in these few days...

Wow, that's so awseome. Did you happen to hear someone shout out "YEAH DATS MY GIRRLL" when Ayu had people shut up? :P

It was a user here, he said it in his review, and he said when evreyone was really quiet.

But that's really cool. Also, during alterna, was the background music changed? Because I was watching the video immel uploaded and I noticed how alterna had a diffrent sound ._.

And I geuss she cried at every concert at Beautiful Day, some of them other reviews mention her crying too.

My last CRUCIAL question. During Born To Be - AUDIENCE - Evolution, was she wearing the updated costumes? The corset?

Amazing, thank you for the great report :). I envy you being able to go to the last performance, hehe.

I'm looking forward to the photos very much.

Unless it was changed for the last concert, no.

OMG thanks for the review...some thigsn to ask

means wad? Ayu-chan motivated ayu?

u mean she was tied DURING STEP you?...not during the transition between STEP you and Ladies?...So she just stood there and sing the lat two chorus of STEP you?...

B&D: So they do LOVE B&D eh...thats nice to hear...afterall, there were people who didnt like it

ALTERNA - Album version OR single version...the HEY HEY HEY

I could'nt hear it full with the darn people talking, but it sounded like they made it more "orchestral".

._.

I feel like killing you.... *Sob* When will i ever get to be there...
Well cant wait to see the photos

The males was chained up during STEP you, when the song ended the lights was shut down for approx. 3 seconds, then turned on again, suddenly Ayu and the female dancers was chained instead.
Might be because it's played live. But the segment out of the TV clip wasn't very representative.

WaO....seens like your very enjoy the area tour...you are so lucky......

I heard many shout out ayu name... I was one of them!!! I did not notice someone shout "YEAH DATS MY GIRRLL"

alterna music seems to change to a rock version. I did not remember!!! haha... I was too high :luv2

in the second last concert, ayu did not cry when singing "Beautiful Day"

She didn't cry at 4/22 or 4/23 either, but the tears was really close at the 4/23 :).

Yea i noe that...i just wanna noe if AYU AND THE FEMALES were chained DURING STEP YOU instead..

in other words, was that 'blackout' during or after STEP you

Thanks for your correction
ayu-chan encouraged ayu to work hard in the coming 9th year
ayu was tied at the end of STEP YOU

so im expecting 21 tracks apart from the 20 tracks usually...YAY...

(dont forget bout Are You Wake Up?)

yes...in the beginning, the back screen played some video clip with "Are You Wake Up?" as the bg music

It was like:
"1, 2, 3, 4 you and me..."
*light goes out*
*light is turned on & Ladies Night drums start immediately*

There's a video of it in the downloads section.

wow the STEP you part sound interesting!

you're so damn lucky..to see ayu's concert twice..
gosh..
i wish i could watch her concert one day..
but when? hixxxxxx~

LOL, next year we really have to shout something recognizable in English! Can't wait! :p

^The sad thing is that they can edit away whatever shouts and screams they don't want to be there ;/

I wish..I could see her performance!!! :love