ayumi hamasaki 15th Anniversary TOUR ～A BEST LIVE～ V

[ayu-butterfly]

Originally Posted by alternarist

it could be 5 mini albums before we get a full album

I hope not lol I'd rather a new single than another mini.

[marty]

^
If the minis would be anything like LOVE or again, they'd pratically be singles anyway, lol.

[AyUmIXx]

^ oh it's an album? not a single?
but, yeahh bring it on ayu!!

[ayu-butterfly]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

^ oh it's an album? not a single?
but, yeahh bring it on ayu!!

I read it's an album, but well, we should wait for further news lol In any case, I'm quite excited. Hoping to see a rockish Ayu.

I never heard or read anything about her not wanting to go overseas. In fact, there's this interview from CNN, I guess, when she was working on Secret, and she said she would go anywhere in the world if her fans wanted her to.

[terra]

^^Yayness!! I hope it'll kick ass!

[heavenlycarols]

HOW DID YOU GUYS GET THE TICKETS CAN YOU GUYS PM meeeeeeeeeeeee?????????? I am planning to go to the Tokyo one.

[TeamAyu2004]

i thought as much when she said no to an extended tour!
YES!

[AyUmIXx]

is she gonna keep one album once a year format now?

[TeamAyu2004]

Gackt is hardly a musician and more like a hack. lol.. I like what I did there.

Ayumi has already demonstrated she can do a stripped down tour. It was called Power of Music. The first round of shows were incredibility minimalistic.
There is a reason why she doesnt go over seas, because she doesnt want too. She has already said she has no desire to do it so why?
Her main audience is in Japan. Thats it. Theres not reason for her to go to Europe or america for her MAYBE 100's of fans.
She might to do another asia tour one day, who knows. But the way she is being hated by her international 'fans' why bother?

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Gackt is hardly a musician and more like a hack. lol.. I like what I did there.

Ayumi has already demonstrated she can do a stripped down tour. It was called Power of Music. The first round of shows were incredibility minimalistic.
There is a reason why she doesnt go over seas, because she doesnt want too. She has already said she has no desire to do it so why?
Her main audience is in Japan. Thats it. Theres not reason for her to go to Europe or america for her MAYBE 100's of fans.
She might to do another asia tour one day, who knows. But the way she is being hated by her international 'fans' why bother?

Gackt is a musician. The man writes his lyrics, composes music and plays a couple of instruments.

A tour with so many dancers, center stage and a couple of nice costumes can hardly be called stripped down you know. It was not minimalistic at all, just stripped down compared to her regular tours. Ayumi Hamasaki has more than 100 fans in Europe and the States and she could easily sing in front of prolly as many people as Gackt did.

Where did you get the idea that she doesn't want to go anywhere else? She's never said it.

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Gackt is a musician. The man writes his lyrics, composes music and plays a couple of instruments.

A tour with so many dancers, center stage and a couple of nice costumes can hardly be called stripped down you know. It was not minimalistic at all, just stripped down compared to her regular tours. Ayumi Hamasaki has more than 100 fans in Europe and the States and she could easily sing in front of prolly as many people as Gackt did.

Where did you get the idea that she doesn't want to go anywhere else? She's never said it.

I guess I could have said stripped down compared to her other concerts. But the first half of her tour had none of the costume changes, or the wild things that she does for concerts. The DVD we got and the final was basically a completely different show.

Oh and she has said on several occasions she has no desire to come to america (dont now about Europe but I well lump all western speaking countries together because i can)

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Oh and she has said on several occasions she has no desire to come to america (dont now about Europe but I well lump all western speaking countries together because i can)

Please refresh my memory. Because I only remember her saying that she would go anywhere where people listen to her...

[Chibi-Chan]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Please refresh my memory. Because I only remember her saying that she would go anywhere where people listen to her...

Ayu said once that she doesn't want to start a career overseas, like releasing CDs. I guess he is just assuming from that Ayu also doesn't want to tour overseas....

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Gackt is hardly a musician and more like a hack. lol.. I like what I did there.

Ayumi has already demonstrated she can do a stripped down tour. It was called Power of Music. The first round of shows were incredibility minimalistic.
There is a reason why she doesnt go over seas, because she doesnt want too. She has already said she has no desire to do it so why?
Her main audience is in Japan. Thats it. Theres not reason for her to go to Europe or america for her MAYBE 100's of fans.
She might to do another asia tour one day, who knows. But the way she is being hated by her international 'fans' why bother?

You've gotta be kidding about the Gackt comment. He writes his own lyrics, music, often times arrangements as well, plays several instruments botg live and on his albums etc. If he isnt a musician then i dont know who is. Also, Power of Music was a far cry from a band in a hall or club.

Don't get me wrong, my favorite ayu show ever is the TA limited live. But it's as you said, if she wanted to do that kind of show again she would, but clearly she doesn't. Or at least doesn't think it's worth doing - as you put it for a few hundred fans. Gackt and Hyde as well do think its worth it however and I think them being actual musicians probably is a factor. Hyde could be selling out stadiums with l'arc yet he chooses to spend a lot of his time solo touring small venues around the world. That says to me that they are more concerned with their music being heard by as many people as possible, rather than going only where it will be most profitable for them, their companies etc. and I'm not saying one is bad, but it's just obviously a very different way of doing things that I'm not sure ayu is willing to do.

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Gackt is hardly a musician and more like a hack. lol.. I like what I did there.

Ayumi has already demonstrated she can do a stripped down tour. It was called Power of Music. The first round of shows were incredibility minimalistic.
There is a reason why she doesnt go over seas, because she doesnt want too. She has already said she has no desire to do it so why?
Her main audience is in Japan. Thats it. Theres not reason for her to go to Europe or america for her MAYBE 100's of fans.
She might to do another asia tour one day, who knows. But the way she is being hated by her international 'fans' why bother?

Here's some info for you: he' plays around 10 instruments - piano, bass, drums,guitar, shamisen, violin, trumpet, tuba, horn, trombone; is a trained min'yō singer (traditional type of japanese singing); composes 99% of his music as well as writes lyrics and also does arangements. SERIOUSLY, NOW.

Also you are probably only one TRUE FAN WHO LOVES AYU UNCONDITIONALY around the world i asume?.... And PoM? Really? the only concert u can call REALLY stripped down to almost nothing is a limited TA one, THAT was stripped down. Sure PoM was quite simple compared to her usual pompastic stuff but nowhere near as stripped down as TA limited one. She could take TA limited one overseas, no way PoM...That would be wayyyyy too expensive.

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yeah, I was going to bring up Gackt as well. He obviously has no problem with stripping down his shows and just playing. He has played all over the world now. But, the sad truth is that there is a difference between him and Ayumi - Gackt is a musician.

Well i think for GACKT it was easier because he's in a rock/VK world and lots of VK/rock bands went overseas so he had a bit of an idea what to expect. I franckly dunno how j-pop does overseas. And fact is that yeah they are very different.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Power of Music stripped down?!?! OMG you gotta be kidding me: full orchestra, more than 20 dancers, full band, 7 costume changes...

[Kirshwasser]

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster

Power of Music stripped down?!?! OMG you gotta be kidding me: full orchestra, more than 20 dancers, full band, 7 costume changes...

he said, the FIRST ROUND, she wore only one costume or two, and didnt have as many dancers until the second round

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Even on the first round she had three costumes (same pattern but three models), a full orchestra, a full band, dancers, and she performed in arenas. Doesnt sound too stripped down

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster

Even on the first round she had three costumes (same pattern but three models), a full orchestra, a full band, dancers, and she performed in arenas. Doesnt sound too stripped down

not at first. You are thinking towards the middle and end. When she started the concert and for a few shows it was BARE MINIMUM.

And quite frankly just because its in an arena doesnt mean squat.

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by Mirrorcle Monster

Even on the first round she had three costumes (same pattern but three models), a full orchestra, a full band, dancers, and she performed in arenas. Doesnt sound too stripped down

Of course it was in arenas, because it was planned in arenas, and all the tickets were allready sold. she could have done the same show in a small venue too.
And also in "stripped down" shows she needs a band just as Gackt (to continue the example taht was given before) even if he can play several instruments, he can´t play them all at once.
And I am not gettimg tired in bringing on Limited TA Live Tour, she had 3 costumes, a small stage, her band, i think 2 or 3 dancers and 2 background singers.
So she CAN if she wants to