ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 09 ~ NEXT LEVEL ~ 12/04/09 Full Report

[Aga-chan]

I wonder if there might haven't been enough time for "NEXT LEVEL" to sink in. People already bought tickets, before they heard the album. Maybe some of them didn't like it and decided to wait until reports and photos are out to decide whether they'll go to a later tour date or not. *shrugs* Just like the "Secret" and "GUILTY" tour didn't mainly have songs from the respective album, maybe people hoped the "NEXT LEVEL" tour wouldn't be mainly those songs either. But it turned out that every song on the album is performed.

I don't really mind "recycling". Isn't it a good example, overall? That you don't have to buy new shoes and bags every year, but can combine the things you have in a way that makes them look different? That's fashion, isn't it?
I have to say, though, that with the new tour logo I thought she would use different colours for once. Her tour outfits nowadays are mainly gold, silver, black, grey, white, red, pink. Perhaps that makes them look even more "recycled".