ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2010 A ～Rock'n'Roll Circus～ title announced - Page 12

duque · #**221** 17th February 2010, 07:44 PM

like said by truehappiness: HOLLY CRAP! lol~~~

mmm im thinking this to be more like the theme~~~

aaaaa how can they post the officla tour tittle and still no album news O.o?¡?

jbrat2219 · #**222** 17th February 2010, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

It's probably a budget thing, like you said. I've noticed she reuses outfits from PVs during live performances, like with one from Startin'...

Various M performances (plus the PV) have had similar outfits...

She's had various outfits with the short-ish shirts, and then the long sleeves (mostly Asian-style tops):

There's so many more ("I am..." from AT02 and CDL09-10, dress from ballads section of CDL09-10 and a-nation '05, dress from ballads section of CDL08-09 and AT09, etc etc etc.). Even many of her performances are recycled, which is a pretty common thing. (I've seen it happen so many times in the music industry, anyway.)

I'm just saying, I know I won't be surprised if I see more recycling in Ayu's career. It tends to continue to shock people, which is both surprising and not so surprising.

Interesting. Yeah I don't see the big deal about recycling. I mean it's not like it's the SAME exact outfit each and every time. It's similar, maybe even tailored differently. It may also be because we're hardcore fans who follow her every move, we notice these things much easier.

noidea · #**223** 17th February 2010, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Re-using PV outfits for TV lives is something that almost every female artist in Japan does

Yeah, most tv performances are only paid with what is around a few hundred dollars, not enough to make a entirely new costume, pay dancer, special effects and props...can't have all of it usually, that's only done if they think the performance will be a big factor in the singles/albums sales

polka-dot-jewel · #**224** 17th February 2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by noidea

You can do that best with a number of small stages and catwalks though IMO
The stage Nana Mizuki used for her Live Diamond Dome concert last summer was one of the best for audience interaction I've ever seen though she had a 34k audience(there were 4 circular stages, a mainstage that was GIANT, 2 catwalks, a crane in the middle of the audience(instead of the mains stage or near it), a vehicle driving through th audience and even some walking through it)

That's really grand! That's more than I've seen from any Ayu or Johnny's or, well, most other concerts lol

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Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Re-using PV outfits for TV lives is something that almost every female artist in Japan does

I forgot that was a more common practice in Japan lol

zyoeru · #**225** 17th February 2010, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

...I want her to bleed to death on stage like Gaga...

She already did that for Concert Tour 2000.

ayuayu798 · #**226** 17th February 2010, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

It's probably a budget thing, like you said. I've noticed she reuses outfits from PVs during live performances, like with one from Startin'...

Various M performances (plus the PV) have had similar outfits...

She's had various outfits with the short-ish shirts, and then the long sleeves (mostly Asian-style tops):

There's so many more ("I am..." from AT02 and CDL09-10, dress from ballads section of CDL09-10 and a-nation '05, dress from ballads section of CDL08-09 and AT09, etc etc etc.). Even many of her performances are recycled, which is a pretty common thing. (I've seen it happen so many times in the music industry, anyway.)

I'm just saying, I know I won't be surprised if I see more recycling in Ayu's career. It tends to continue to shock people, which is both surprising and not so surprising.

A lot of people reuse outfits though... Espeacially for lives that are hosted by shows like music station and what not. I've seen Namie Amuro and I think koda kumi does it too. I feel like the whole reusing the outfit thing has to do with keeping the "image" of the song. Hopefully I'm making sense!

njanjayrp · #**227** 17th February 2010, 07:59 PM

@zyoeru - yeah, that monochrome performance was really nice~ No we need something more extreme this time, but when you think about it there aren't that many things she hasn't done. She could ride an elephant I guess, but that would prolly scare the poor animal, so I don't think she should do that~

noidea · #**228** 17th February 2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by zyoeru

She already did that for Concert Tour 2000.

True, when I saw Gaga doing that the first thing I thought was "AAAAAAAAAAYUUUUUUUU"

jbrat2219 · #**229** 17th February 2010, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by noidea

True, when I saw Gaga doing that the first thing I thought was "AAAAAAAAAAYUUUUUUUU"

Wait?! What? What performance was this? When did Ayu have blood on her? o_O?

MidnightGirl · #**230** 17th February 2010, 08:04 PM

i HATED this "Circus"...is not original.

but Rock 'n roll, wow! i was expecting a rock tour a long time...

noidea · #**231** 17th February 2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Wait?! What? What performance was this? When did Ayu have blood on her? o_O?

monochrome - Concert Tour 2000 Session 1

kawaii:3 · #**232** 17th February 2010, 08:05 PM

It seems like circus is a popular theme for music now o.O britney, koda kumi, and now ayu too?! I hope she makes it her own

njanjayrp · #**233** 17th February 2010, 08:09 PM

The monochrome@Concert tour 2000 performance:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1170983/...cert_Tour_2000

when the girl in the back stabs herself Ayu will start bleeding~

Zeke. · #**234** 17th February 2010, 08:17 PM

I like the theme! Although I must admit that after Britney, P!NK, and Kumi all having "similar" themes in recent times kind of takes away the impact. But I still am excited none the less and I do think Ayu will do fantastic job going in this direction. Very cool. Cannot wait for the album - even though all this talk brings up MY STORY a lot, I will try not to get my hopes too high because I always think "maybe this time it will be better than MY STORY" or "maybe this time the amount of tracks will be like MY STORY" and I'm always left like this:

RyRyMini · #**235** 17th February 2010, 08:17 PM

Eh, I don't like it. But I guess the title is relatively unimportant.

Not~Yet · #**236** 17th February 2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Ugh! Gaga you copy cat! First Poker Face now you rip off one of Ayu's performances! How dare you even think you can match the QUEEN! My gosh she is sooooooooo unoriginal, can't stand it when people who have nothing in common musically use similar titles or ideas! Why can't you think up your own crap instead of being INSPIRED by something and then trying to put your own spin to it!!!! GOSH

This is SO annoying!!!!

On topic, seriously though, it seems that everybody is forgetting the Rock'n'Roll part about this. I think that takes the whole thing to another level, I'm sure it won't be just "regular circus" lol but like someone said before, more like a rock n roll extravaganza.

It's way too early to say she copied Brit or someone when all we know about the tour is the freaking title.

Zeke. · #**237** 17th February 2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RyRyMini

Eh, I don't like it. But I guess the title is relatively unimportant.

Not when it's the theme for a tour as long as this one. Hell, I'm sure it points toward some clues about the new album as well.

I really do think that this was a perfect direction for Ayu to take (with her voice deterioration and all). I fell in love with Ayu through Depend On You, bought LOVEppears, but that was the Christmas before Moments was released, so most of the lives I have watched have been from CDL 2003-2004 onward. That's why her "deep" singing has always seemed like Ayu to me. Watching parts of the old lives (which I have yet to view) really does seem shocking how she is even the same singer. This is gonna be wicked though!

Maemi · #**238** 17th February 2010, 08:45 PM

I want horses.

Misa-chan · #**239** 17th February 2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jkm444

title sounds cool!! All I am hoping is that she doesn't do that acapella intro thingy like what she did for her last 2 opening for her concerts. Please ayu, take out the whole shuya "I'm lost" dance theme..

lol!! that shu-ya comment just got me laughing so bad!!

not that he's a bad dancer, he's just overused...

non3ko · #**240** 17th February 2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Misa-chan

lol!! that shu-ya comment just got me laughing so bad!!

not that he's a bad dancer, he's just overused...

Way too overused. Just like the backup singers...

Anyway, the title is uninspiring. It's nothing I haven't heard before, and I'm kind of not looking forward to it. I really hope the album title is unrelated to this. At least the snippet of Microphone is redeeming.