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Originally Posted by voltron
I won 2 tickets for one of the May Tokyo performances! I didn't get the finale date, where I applied for 3 tickets. I'm really bummed because I would LOVE to see the last show, as I'm sure it'll be extra special. But overall, I'm still really pleased I won anything at all!
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Which Tokyo one did you get? I got 5/2 and 5/3.
Would be cool to finally put a face to your forum name.
By the way, hopefully someone will do a full translation of that interview; I just don't have the time these days to dedicate myself to that. But she does indeed confirm (in a roundabout way) that she was originally going to retire around her 20th. She doesn't really say why that didn't happen though. But that it was decided after the 20th anniversary that she would be retiring on her 25th. It never really goes into any behind the scenes record company things or the rumor about her super long contract with Avex etc., nor does it talk about her mother's death. It's also why she did the 88 shows in smaller cities, halls, etc., last year because she wanted to get that chance knowing that her last tour would all be in domes and big cities.
She said the reason she stopped doing TV appearances is because she always felt the pressure to have something interesting to say or to be funny and that she grew tired of that. While I do think that's partially true becuase she never looked all that comfortable talking on camera, I don't totally buy it though because you can always just do prerecorded performances without having to talk (which is what she did the last year or two she was on tv).
She also said the same thing for having no MCs in her concerts. That if you perform in a city 20 times, you need to come up with 20 different things to say each year and doesn't that get boring and repetitive? That it feels forced and not natural and that she doesn't have that many interesting things about herself to talk about.
I'm totally with her on this one; never cared about MC sections of any artist that I like. I always loved that Namie had no MCs.
Also, another interesting tidbit, she wrote Say the Word for her and her son.