[Namie Amuro] The 98th Thread ♛ Final Album, Tour & Retirement ♛

[Spiral]

Namie's goodbye translated from the first show at Nagoya.

“Thank you very much for coming to see the concert today! I announced in September of last year that I would retire on September 16th this year. (Audience member shouts something) Thank you. There have truly been a lot of things that have happened over the past 25 years. Both good and sad things, like getting married~ and divorced~ (laughs). At times I’ve felt like my life was like a roller coaster and I felt choked up with sadness, but then I would always get to see you all at my concerts and I gained a lot of strength through that. I will do my best from here on out. These last 25 years were wonderful and have become very precious to me. Thank you very much. I’m very lucky to have met you in the 25 years of my life I’ve devoted to this. It may be impossible after it all to find something that gives me this same kind of passion, but that’s why these 25 years have become the most special memories in my life. Of course, I was only able to welcome the first day of my tour today like this because of all the staff who has been supporting me, the cooperation of all the dancers who dance on stage with me and of course all my fans. I really and truly appreciate every one of you!!! Thank you so much!!! Today I want to end the concert with lots of smiles from both me and you all! Thank you for 25 years! Everyone take care of yourselves!!! Bye bye!!”

[Source][Source 2]

[KarenPang]

Goods went on sale today this morning at 10am & before it started , 600 people were in the queue

https://twitter.com/Sanpei0721/statu...94949300072448

Goods sold out today include :

Zodiac sign keyholder
Keyholder ; both black & white colours
Ribbon head band
Parka ; Medium & large size
Patch

https://twitter.com/amuronamie_life/...10175857070080

Dress & coat Namie wore in the pamphlet - Gucci

https://twitter.com/AMRNME_Style2/st...84858318598144
https://twitter.com/AMRNME_Style2/st...44002240937984

[AJFmzk]

Originally Posted by haraiso

^

If it's not in your spam folder, you should be able to log into Ticket Board, go to "Application/purchasing history" and then download your ticket from there. It'll be a QR Code image, so you can save it directly onto your phone.

From what I see on Twitter, and the other user here that went to one of the Nagoya dates, they seem to be releasing the tickets 2 days prior to the performance and at 8pm JST.

So it should already be available to download if you're going tomorrow. Or maybe in 2 hours if you're going on Sunday.

Just seeing your reply. Yes it did end up coming last night for Sunday exactly at 8. I just panicked a bit because I thought it would be 48 hours prior, not later in the evening. But I did manage to download the qr image.

[Shukumi]

Haven't been here in forever but I went to the concert tonight and it was AMAZING. Her vocals were INCREDIBLE. Seeing her live in person is truly breathtaking. I tried to type out as much as I could remember but I'm also super tired and need to sleep lmao so here's a quick condensed recap if anyone is interested~

Spoiler:

OPENING
Olympic-themed opening video with CGI runners carrying a torch. One Red Runner and One Blue Runner. Once the CGI Movie ends, 2 real runners (in costumes similar to the CGI runners) appear on opposite sides of the stage, and they run towards and down the catwalk. They combine their torches to send one giant flame flying onto the center-top of the stage.

HERO
I was SHAKING when she appeared. SHE LOOKED ETHEREAL. SHE SOUNDED AMAZING. She's alone on stage for most of the song. And then towards the end her dancers start coming out onto the stage with huge red flags. Which of course leads into…

HIDE&SEEK!
I don't think people expected this song to be next after Hero, because people around me loudly GASPED in excitement when they heard that iconic intro start to play. All the girls around me kept saying "SO COOL!!!" throughout the performance.

DO ME MORE
THIS WAS THE SONG I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HER TO SING. IT WAS EVERYTHING. The drop after UN DEUX TROIS was when my soul left my body. The stage lights and everything during this song was beautiful. The CGI backdrop for this song was a kind of carousel/music box. I think it was during this song where they also kind of overlayed a dreamy-cloud filter onto the screen so she looked EXTRA MYSTICAL. When it got to the bridge, she STRUTTED down the catwalk. I lost my BREATH. In that moment, I saw the super sexy/fierce Namie from the BEST FICTION era / VIDAL SASSOON DO ME MORE CM. It was everything.

MINT
She stayed on the catwalk stage to perform this song. Although I LOVE this song, I thought it was a little boring to watch during the previous LS'16-17 Tour. Maybe cause the stage was so small during that tour. But it was GREAT here! And funnily, not a single hint of the color mint was used during this performance lmao. It stayed RED all the wayyyyyy. The ending instrumental was extended to give her time to walk back to the main stage lol

INTERLUDE MOVIE
A kind of sepia toned aerial view of the Earth. A flying ball of light/fire flies throughout. This ball of light/fire will be flying through all the interlude movies basically lol.

BABY DON'T CRY / GIRL TALK / NEW LOOK
Great performances throughout these songs. I can't remember the backdrop for BDC but GIRL TALK had a very fun and colorful kind of tropical/candy theme going on. And NEW LOOK had a daytime city backdrop, which switched to night time during WAF.

WHAT A FEELING
I was sort of praying she would bring back the LS'11 Remix for WAF, or something similar, but she didn't. But it's okay because THIS PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING ANYWAYS. LOVEDDDD all the lighting and effects and the backdrop and just everythinggggg that was going on during this song!! I was so hype and I hope when they film it they do it justice because it was honestly a highlight of the night for me.

DANCER INTRODUCTION: GIRLS

SHOWTIME
To be honest, the crowd was pretty tame during all the songs so far but they were EXTRA HYPED during this song. Namie seemed to be having a lot of fun too.

JUST YOU&I
She sang this on the catwalk stage. Towards the end during the ~climax~ of the song, feathers shoot out towards the audience.

BREAK IT
Okay I forgot Break It comes after JY&I so I was super startled when it played lmaoo. I was expecting another ballad or something so I was nottttt readyyy lmao

SAY THE WORD
I can't really remember anything memorable about this one.

LOVE STORY
Hearing this live was great. I loved it.

SWEET 19 BLUES
OKAY. So like, throughout the entire night so far, I think there was something wrong with her right earpiece. Cause she kept fiddling with it and adjusting it quuiiiiiite often during every song and it was def noticeable. I think the problem peaked during S19B because towards the end she kind of went offkey real quick during a vocal run and then she like skipped a line after. I feel like she was def lowkey annoyed lmao. There were other moments so far during the concert where I noticed she would go slightly offkey too but this moment during this S19B performance stood out to me the most. She sounded great otherwise though lol.

TRY ME / 太陽のSEASON / You're My Sunshine
Nothing to note. She sounded great. I loved TRY ME but I don't really care for the other 2 so I was just kind of zoning in and out lmao. I think she managed to get her earpiece fixed or she switched it out for another one somewhere during these songs or during her costume change because she stopped fiddling with her earpiece for pretty much the rest of the show.

GET MYSELF BACK
She sounded great and I loved singing the "OHHH OHHH OHHH OHHHHHH" with her and everyone towards the end lol.

A WALK IN THE PARK
I think it was during this song that on the big screens, there was the footage of her performing this song during the CONCENTRATION 20 Tour, the 20th Anniversary Tour, and of course live from this tour. It was neat to see.

DON'T WANNA CRY
There was a moment where she was REALLY feeling herself and she was GETTING HER GROOVE ONNNNNN. I loved it lmao.

NEVER END
I don't really care for this song so it felt like this song trulyyyyyyyy would neverrrrr enddddd cause it was LONG. Lmao

CAN YOU CELEBRATE
No special interlude movie before this song as she's changing into the white dress. I think I remember it was just an extended ending instrumental of NEVER END instead. Anyways, she looked GREAT. And when she did her little smile and curtsy after singing the intro, everyone went crazy.

BODY FEELS EXIT / CHASE THE CHANCE / FIGHTER / IN TWO
I think by this point in the concert she was kind of sick of all the ballads and slower songs because she lit up and was on FIRE once this dance-oriented section began lmao. During Chase The Chance, she did the same long ass run across the main stage as she did last time during the 20th Anniversary Tour lol. In fact, on one side of the stage there was footage of her running from the 20th Anniversary Tour and on the other side of the stage, live footage of her running was shown. So it looked like the 2 (tonight's Namie and 20th Anniversary Namie) were running towards each other. When she got to the other side, the footage switched sides as well. She ran back and forth across both sides of the main stage and then also ran onto the catwalk stage so she was definitelyyyy out of breath for a bit lmaooo.

I forgot where the DANCER INTRODUCTION for the guys was (I think before or after IN TWO??)…but I definitelyyyyy remember being annoyed once it dawned on me that they used a bit of the instrumental for SUPERNATURAL LOVE in the background music and yet the song is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND ON THE SETLIST. When it clicked in my head, I expected SL to be sung next as if it was a surprise addition to the concert but NOPE. #RUDE lol

DO IT FOR LOVE
Towards the end of this song, a giant light-sign-stage (kind of similar to the GENIC sign that rises up from the ground during EVERY WOMAN in the LIVEGENIC Tour) rises up that says "25: THANK YOU. I <3 FAN". The song ends with really powerful firework blasts.

HOPE
Special One Piece Movie Introduction, with all the characters from the anime talking about Namie. Then, Namie appears. Throughout the song, the special One Piece animation with the animated Namie in it plays. I think this song was when the balloons dropped? Can't remember exactly.

FINALLY
I CRIED. AND I THINK SHE CRIED TOO. I COULDN'T REALLY TELL BECAUSE ON THE SCREEN THEY PUT A VIGNETTE AROUND HER LIKE SHE WAS ALREADY A DISTANT MEMORY LOL. BUT HER VOCALS WERE ON POINTTTTTT EVEN IF SHE WAS CRYING CAUSE THEY WERE HELLAAAAAAA POWERFUL.

HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW
Okay, I lowkey was mad at her for making me cry during Finally and then literally 2 seconds after that song ended she picks up with this song lmao. #RUDE

The concert ended with her and her dancers bowing as usual. She did a little jiggle dance that was super cute lol. Her dancers left while she remained on stage. She grabbed a quick sip of her drink and then did an MC. She bowed, blew a kiss and then left for real.

There's some other interludes I skipped over but I can't remember where they are at the moment lol. They all had the same concept as the first interlude though, with the light/fire ball flying around.

One thing about her encore outfit is that I think she's adding the venue patches as she goes. During Nagoya, she only had the Nagoya patch I think and tonight she had both the Nagoya and Fukuoka patches. So probably by the finale her shirt will have all the patches on it lol

[Marcelo]

Originally Posted by Shukumi

Haven't been here in forever but I went to the concert tonight and it was AMAZING. Her vocals were INCREDIBLE. Seeing her live in person is truly breathtaking. I tried to type out as much as I could remember but I'm also super tired and need to sleep lmao so here's a quick condensed recap if anyone is interested~

Spoiler:

OPENING
Olympic-themed opening video with CGI runners carrying a torch. One Red Runner and One Blue Runner. Once the CGI Movie ends, 2 real runners (in costumes similar to the CGI runners) appear on opposite sides of the stage, and they run towards and down the catwalk. They combine their torches to send one giant flame flying onto the center-top of the stage.

HERO
I was SHAKING when she appeared. SHE LOOKED ETHEREAL. SHE SOUNDED AMAZING. She's alone on stage for most of the song. And then towards the end her dancers start coming out onto the stage with huge red flags. Which of course leads into…

HIDE&SEEK!
I don't think people expected this song to be next after Hero, because people around me loudly GASPED in excitement when they heard that iconic intro start to play. All the girls around me kept saying "SO COOL!!!" throughout the performance.

DO ME MORE
THIS WAS THE SONG I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HER TO SING. IT WAS EVERYTHING. The drop after UN DEUX TROIS was when my soul left my body. The stage lights and everything during this song was beautiful. The CGI backdrop for this song was a kind of carousel/music box. I think it was during this song where they also kind of overlayed a dreamy-cloud filter onto the screen so she looked EXTRA MYSTICAL. When it got to the bridge, she STRUTTED down the catwalk. I lost my BREATH. In that moment, I saw the super sexy/fierce Namie from the BEST FICTION era / VIDAL SASSOON DO ME MORE CM. It was everything.

MINT
She stayed on the catwalk stage to perform this song. Although I LOVE this song, I thought it was a little boring to watch during the previous LS'16-17 Tour. Maybe cause the stage was so small during that tour. But it was GREAT here! And funnily, not a single hint of the color mint was used during this performance lmao. It stayed RED all the wayyyyyy. The ending instrumental was extended to give her time to walk back to the main stage lol

INTERLUDE MOVIE
A kind of sepia toned aerial view of the Earth. A flying ball of light/fire flies throughout. This ball of light/fire will be flying through all the interlude movies basically lol.

BABY DON'T CRY / GIRL TALK / NEW LOOK
Great performances throughout these songs. I can't remember the backdrop for BDC but GIRL TALK had a very fun and colorful kind of tropical/candy theme going on. And NEW LOOK had a daytime city backdrop, which switched to night time during WAF.

WHAT A FEELING
I was sort of praying she would bring back the LS'11 Remix for WAF, or something similar, but she didn't. But it's okay because THIS PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING ANYWAYS. LOVEDDDD all the lighting and effects and the backdrop and just everythinggggg that was going on during this song!! I was so hype and I hope when they film it they do it justice because it was honestly a highlight of the night for me.

DANCER INTRODUCTION: GIRLS

SHOWTIME
To be honest, the crowd was pretty tame during all the songs so far but they were EXTRA HYPED during this song. Namie seemed to be having a lot of fun too.

JUST YOU&I
She sang this on the catwalk stage. Towards the end during the ~climax~ of the song, feathers shoot out towards the audience.

BREAK IT
Okay I forgot Break It comes after JY&I so I was super startled when it played lmaoo. I was expecting another ballad or something so I was nottttt readyyy lmao

SAY THE WORD
I can't really remember anything memorable about this one.

LOVE STORY
Hearing this live was great. I loved it.

SWEET 19 BLUES
OKAY. So like, throughout the entire night so far, I think there was something wrong with her right earpiece. Cause she kept fiddling with it and adjusting it quuiiiiiite often during every song and it was def noticeable. I think the problem peaked during S19B because towards the end she kind of went offkey real quick during a vocal run and then she like skipped a line after. I feel like she was def lowkey annoyed lmao. There were other moments so far during the concert where I noticed she would go slightly offkey too but this moment during this S19B performance stood out to me the most. She sounded great otherwise though lol.

TRY ME / 太陽のSEASON / You're My Sunshine
Nothing to note. She sounded great. I loved TRY ME but I don't really care for the other 2 so I was just kind of zoning in and out lmao. I think she managed to get her earpiece fixed or she switched it out for another one somewhere during these songs or during her costume change because she stopped fiddling with her earpiece for pretty much the rest of the show.

GET MYSELF BACK
She sounded great and I loved singing the "OHHH OHHH OHHH OHHHHHH" with her and everyone towards the end lol.

A WALK IN THE PARK
I think it was during this song that on the big screens, there was the footage of her performing this song during the CONCENTRATION 20 Tour, the 20th Anniversary Tour, and of course live from this tour. It was neat to see.

DON'T WANNA CRY
There was a moment where she was REALLY feeling herself and she was GETTING HER GROOVE ONNNNNN. I loved it lmao.

NEVER END
I don't really care for this song so it felt like this song trulyyyyyyyy would neverrrrr enddddd cause it was LONG. Lmao

CAN YOU CELEBRATE
No special interlude movie before this song as she's changing into the white dress. I think I remember it was just an extended ending instrumental of NEVER END instead. Anyways, she looked GREAT. And when she did her little smile and curtsy after singing the intro, everyone went crazy.

BODY FEELS EXIT / CHASE THE CHANCE / FIGHTER / IN TWO
I think by this point in the concert she was kind of sick of all the ballads and slower songs because she lit up and was on FIRE once this dance-oriented section began lmao. During Chase The Chance, she did the same long ass run across the main stage as she did last time during the 20th Anniversary Tour lol. In fact, on one side of the stage there was footage of her running from the 20th Anniversary Tour and on the other side of the stage, live footage of her running was shown. So it looked like the 2 (tonight's Namie and 20th Anniversary Namie) were running towards each other. When she got to the other side, the footage switched sides as well. She ran back and forth across both sides of the main stage and then also ran onto the catwalk stage so she was definitelyyyy out of breath for a bit lmaooo.

I forgot where the DANCER INTRODUCTION for the guys was (I think before or after IN TWO??)…but I definitelyyyyy remember being annoyed once it dawned on me that they used a bit of the instrumental for SUPERNATURAL LOVE in the background music and yet the song is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND ON THE SETLIST. When it clicked in my head, I expected SL to be sung next as if it was a surprise addition to the concert but NOPE. #RUDE lol

DO IT FOR LOVE
Towards the end of this song, a giant light-sign-stage (kind of similar to the GENIC sign that rises up from the ground during EVERY WOMAN in the LIVEGENIC Tour) rises up that says "25: THANK YOU. I <3 FAN". The song ends with really powerful firework blasts.

HOPE
Special One Piece Movie Introduction, with all the characters from the anime talking about Namie. Then, Namie appears. Throughout the song, the special One Piece animation with the animated Namie in it plays. I think this song was when the balloons dropped? Can't remember exactly.

FINALLY
I CRIED. AND I THINK SHE CRIED TOO. I COULDN'T REALLY TELL BECAUSE ON THE SCREEN THEY PUT A VIGNETTE AROUND HER LIKE SHE WAS ALREADY A DISTANT MEMORY LOL. BUT HER VOCALS WERE ON POINTTTTTT EVEN IF SHE WAS CRYING CAUSE THEY WERE HELLAAAAAAA POWERFUL.

HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW
Okay, I lowkey was mad at her for making me cry during Finally and then literally 2 seconds after that song ended she picks up with this song lmao. #RUDE

The concert ended with her and her dancers bowing as usual. She did a little jiggle dance that was super cute lol. Her dancers left while she remained on stage. She grabbed a quick sip of her drink and then did an MC. She bowed, blew a kiss and then left for real.

There's some other interludes I skipped over but I can't remember where they are at the moment lol. They all had the same concept as the first interlude though, with the light/fire ball flying around.

One thing about her encore outfit is that I think she's adding the venue patches as she goes. During Nagoya, she only had the Nagoya patch I think and tonight she had both the Nagoya and Fukuoka patches. So probably by the finale her shirt will have all the patches on it lol

Loved your review! Made me excited about May

[KarenPang]

It's raining today at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome :x

Flower bouquets



docomo truck parked outside the venue





https://twitter.com/motoya738/status/967623076107005952

Also this's awesome , a Mosaic artwork of Namie at Fukuoka's Solaria Plaza 1st floor









https://twitter.com/motoya738/status/967595814242607105

Goods went on sale this morning at 10am & by 10.37am , the zoadic keyholder & parka large size were sold out o_O

https://twitter.com/Sanpei0721/statu...74557853822976

At 10.50am , the black & white coloured keyholders were the next to sell out

https://twitter.com/Sanpei0721/statu...78598340141058

At 1pm , the Patch sold out

https://twitter.com/Sanpei0721/statu...17935953952768

[aloopy]

Im not surprised goods sold out so fast. I think 90% of the people bought something (huge line throughout the morning and afternoon) and most of them had bags full of stuff. I was guilty of that as well. Lolol. They didnt limit good purchases 5 per man yesterday.

The show was fire (literally) the opening was so amazing. Im very lucky i had decent seats.

[freedreamer]

Hi guys! Sorry my review came late and she's already halfway in Fukuoka LOL! So here goes! I will try to type as much as I can because it's been one week since i watched her.

There was an MASSIVE crowd in the whole Nagoya Dome area it's insane. Theres no way I was able to queue for the goods because there's probably thousands already in the queue. The concert begun fairly on time and the dome filled up really nicely by then.

Most of the details were covered by @Shukumi above already so I'll just talk about my what extra stuff i heard/saw/felt.

Spoiler:

INTRO:
As mentioned, it was very VERY olympics themed for the intro with the 2 runners.

01 Hero:
To be frank, it was a little underwhelming for me. Just too mellow compared to a fierce entry but Namie was stunning and her vocals were so on point. The ending saw the dancers carrying flags and it was a very powerful scene along with the music.

02 Hide & Seek
I was joking to my friend right before the concert that she dancers could totally march in with flags for this song AS THE OPENING. and wow when this song played, we just went WHOAAAAA!!!! Spot-on imagery haha! She sang this while still in that dress, which made me went a bit HMMMMMM

03 Do Me More
This was a song that worked so well live. The visuals on the the screen was a music box/merry-go-round. It was very BEST FICTION indeed and towards the end go the song, it kinda underwent a little remix. There was a lot of beat and bass and the whole song became so much more alive and the visuals also complemented this with even more fantasy elements being put up. Here she took off the red dress and changed into a blue, sparkling pant-top outfit.

04 Mint
I think there were red and blue lasers all over the place with this song. It was performed on the run way and very visually stunning. Not a big fan of the song but it generated quite an atmosphere with the rock-ish music.

05 Baby Don't Cry
She opened the new section with this song but before this, there was the interlude fireball movie which made me think it was leading into another dance track but then she came up with this on the left side of the stage. I love the song but LOL, it was such a mismatch with the interlude movie.

06 GIRL TALK / 07 NEW LOOK
There was an actual cityskyline prop that rose from beneath the stage and this was basically Namie's cute section.

08 WHAT A FEELING
HYPE HYPE HYPE!! It was so amazing but no one danced and jumped along LOL. Visually a very stunning performance and I'm so glad she did this (sadly ROCK STEADY GOT LEFT OUT)

09 Showtime
Like what @Shukumi said, the crowd was SO HYPED for this song. I think this is THE song for the Finally era. You can really tell how much love this song has received in Japan when people even cosplayed her white-red jumpsuit look (and when I mean people, I mean even guys). So much that my friend thought it was a tour merchandise. She was wearing the tube dress for this.

10 Just You and I
The sudden inclusion of this song again breaks the flow a lot! But I get that she needs her rest song in between dance tracks. No feathers in this performance unlike Fukuoka.

11 Break It
I knew she was gonna sing this song considering how many remixes this song has received! It was really energetic.

12 Say the word
YAS! Too bad it was the Love Enhanced remix and not the original. I remember she really danced a lot for this song and there was a lot more choreo being performed compared to other tracks so I really appreciated that!

13 Love Story
Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

14 SWEET 19 BLUES
The visuals on the screens were brown window panes, and the lighting was also warm. It created a very very nostalgic atmosphere in the arena. Very apt for the song.

15 TRY ME ～私をしんじて～ / 16 太陽のSEASON / 17 You're my sunshine
She came back in a yellow dress and the whole parapara eurobeat throwback was quite a nice welcome especially for those who didnt see the Okinawa 25th Anniversary Special. I think many many old fans were hyped and when I mean old fans, I do mean people in their 40s.

18 Get Myself Back
Soothing change and the visuals were changed to a very tropical island vibe. Lots of drone shots of beautiful blue seas and sandy beaches.

19 a walk in the park
SHE USED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DOME SCREEN HERE TOO!! Everyone screamed when she did the same foreheadcombback action in the first 2 lines of the song. All 3 screens showed it at the same time. and this time, when the Concentration 20 Namie ran right, the 5 Domes Namie ran left, the live Namie ran down the catwalk. Loved the concept so much and its so brilliant to use it again.

20 Don't wanna cry
I can't remember much for this song :X

21 NEVER END
This was one of the better performances for me! The visual was a very sparkly and mystical waterfall and as the song progressed, it became more and more glitzy and the whole stage was so magical and beautiful. The stage also has these long bar screnes which went up and down and they titled into a zigzag formation and portrayed flowing water whenever she sang the chorus.

22 CAN YOU CELEBRATE?
Then for this song, she sang it in a white dress. The visuals showed a beautiful wedding-like garden. Strong vocals as usual.

23 Body Feels EXIT/ 24 Chase the Chance
These were sung in a white/silver outfit. In Chase the Chance, they used the "a walk in the park" concept as well and a younger Namie appeared on the screen but just for a little while.

25 Fighter / 26 In Two / 27 Do It For Love
Wow this woman really belted out these songs like a boss. I think it was INSANE of her to put Fighter and In Two right before Do It For Love but omg I was speechless after everything.

-ENCORE-
28 Hope
She officially became part of the ONE PIECE gang! It was quite amazing to see the scenes where the ONE PIECE characters hung out with her and also said goodbye.

29 Finally
No pre-warning for this song. It just continued from Hope after brief darkness. It felt like a normal song, which shouldnt have been the case. She didn't cry but it was amazing being able to hear this live. She vocals were stunning. The screens were displaying some weird plant visuals just growing and growing. I wished they showed more of Namie's past as she sang this.

30 How do you feel now
Yea, like everyone, I felt the same when she had the balls to sing this song after Finally. NAMIE WHY!!! It ended on a positive note though, I guess thats what she wanted and it did.

[Marcelo]

So the good sales starts at 10am, what time do you guys think it would be the best to go there? Is 9am too late? Cos I was thinking of going there pretty early, get the things I want, take them back to my hotel and do something else before the actual show in Tokyo. I don't want the parka though, but I'm after that key holder with 25th anniversary written in gold (not that bling thing that says Finally).

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Marcelo

So the good sales starts at 10am, what time do you guys think it would be the best to go there? Is 9am too late? Cos I was thinking of going there pretty early, get the things I want, take them back to my hotel and do something else before the actual show in Tokyo. I don't want the parka though, but I'm after that key holder with 25th anniversary written in gold (not that bling thing that says Finally).

My sister said for Johnny's goods , fans will queue overnight at the venue prior to the start of the goods sale

I don't know if that's allowed for Namie

Last Jan when my sister & I attended BREAKERZ 10 Shunen 10ban Shoubu -VS- at Osaka's Zepp Namba , goods went on sale at 1.30pm . Both of us arrived at Zepp Namba at 10.10am but there were many people already in front of us o_O

Also with Jan being Winter , it was so awful to sit down & wait for almost 3 hours prior to the goods sale as it was so cold outside Zepp Namba it wasn't funny

At that time , the 3 hours wait felt more like 30 hours :x

Also not sure it this also applies for Namie but I wasn't given a plastic bag for the past BREAKERZ concert goods I bought personally at the concert venues so in case you plan to buy a lot of goods , best to bring a carrier bag along just in case

[Shukumi]

^^

If you can, I totally recommend the pre-sale the day before the concerts start! I arrived at the dome on Friday at about 11:45am. This was everyone that was there:

Spoiler:

I'd say less than 100 people. At around 12:30pm, this was everyone behind me:

Spoiler:

Seems long, but I can still see the end of the line at the time so it wasn't that bad. It probably definitely helped that it was Friday so most people still have to go to work and school and everything.

Goods started selling at 1pm and I finished by 1:20pm. Quick, no hassle, nothing sold out, and no buying limits (at the time). Like there was a guy in the line next to mine and he bought 15 PHOTOBOOKS (among other things) lmaoo.

The keychains seem to sell out the quickest, so if that's what you want then I recommend going as early as you possibly can if you're going on the concert days! Otherwise, you should probably be fine in getting everything that you want on the presale day. I had no problem buying both the black and white keychains.

[Marcelo]

^Thank you so much for the information I didn't even know there's a pre-sale day before the actual concert, haha. I'm definitely going then, since I don't want to carry the things around, even though I'm not planning to buy that many things. And lining in Japan goes really fast and is organized so well that an hour is okay I spend 1.5h back in 2015 to line for a rollercoaster haha. And I'm from Finland, we are not that patient!

[Shukumi]

No problem! The lines did move really fast, even though it seemed as if everyone in front of me was bulk purchasing everything haha. Most of the lines are for cash payments, but there are also a specific lines you go to if you want to use card! Those lines will have signs above them so they're easy to spot.

Also, for anyone interested, I think the weeks around when Namie performs, certain arcades in whatever city she's performing in at that time put up music boxes in the claw machines that you can win. In Nagoya, I believe they had it in the NAMCO Arcade right next to the dome.

Here in Fukuoka, it was in the Tenjin TAITO STATION Arcade.

Spoiler:

The solid pink one had 6 versions you could win, and the clear one had 4 versions.

Depending on the setup of the claw machine, they're pretty easy to get. I won Hero and CYC with about 2000yen total haha. Hero only took me about 500yen and like 3 minutes. But the rest of my money went to CYC which was so annoying I almostttt gave up because of the way the machine was set up haha

Spoiler:

Had to ask one of the staff to reset the box lol

I'm surprised Love Story didn't make the cut to be a music box though. Maybe it was a prize in previous years? But I would've loved to be able to win one now.

[inspire_rmx]

Thanks for the amazing review!! Can't wait for her hk show in March!

Originally Posted by Shukumi

Haven't been here in forever but I went to the concert tonight and it was AMAZING. Her vocals were INCREDIBLE. Seeing her live in person is truly breathtaking. I tried to type out as much as I could remember but I'm also super tired and need to sleep lmao so here's a quick condensed recap if anyone is interested~

Spoiler:

OPENING
Olympic-themed opening video with CGI runners carrying a torch. One Red Runner and One Blue Runner. Once the CGI Movie ends, 2 real runners (in costumes similar to the CGI runners) appear on opposite sides of the stage, and they run towards and down the catwalk. They combine their torches to send one giant flame flying onto the center-top of the stage.

HERO
I was SHAKING when she appeared. SHE LOOKED ETHEREAL. SHE SOUNDED AMAZING. She's alone on stage for most of the song. And then towards the end her dancers start coming out onto the stage with huge red flags. Which of course leads into…

HIDE&SEEK!
I don't think people expected this song to be next after Hero, because people around me loudly GASPED in excitement when they heard that iconic intro start to play. All the girls around me kept saying "SO COOL!!!" throughout the performance.

DO ME MORE
THIS WAS THE SONG I WAS SO EXCITED FOR HER TO SING. IT WAS EVERYTHING. The drop after UN DEUX TROIS was when my soul left my body. The stage lights and everything during this song was beautiful. The CGI backdrop for this song was a kind of carousel/music box. I think it was during this song where they also kind of overlayed a dreamy-cloud filter onto the screen so she looked EXTRA MYSTICAL. When it got to the bridge, she STRUTTED down the catwalk. I lost my BREATH. In that moment, I saw the super sexy/fierce Namie from the BEST FICTION era / VIDAL SASSOON DO ME MORE CM. It was everything.

MINT
She stayed on the catwalk stage to perform this song. Although I LOVE this song, I thought it was a little boring to watch during the previous LS'16-17 Tour. Maybe cause the stage was so small during that tour. But it was GREAT here! And funnily, not a single hint of the color mint was used during this performance lmao. It stayed RED all the wayyyyyy. The ending instrumental was extended to give her time to walk back to the main stage lol

INTERLUDE MOVIE
A kind of sepia toned aerial view of the Earth. A flying ball of light/fire flies throughout. This ball of light/fire will be flying through all the interlude movies basically lol.

BABY DON'T CRY / GIRL TALK / NEW LOOK
Great performances throughout these songs. I can't remember the backdrop for BDC but GIRL TALK had a very fun and colorful kind of tropical/candy theme going on. And NEW LOOK had a daytime city backdrop, which switched to night time during WAF.

WHAT A FEELING
I was sort of praying she would bring back the LS'11 Remix for WAF, or something similar, but she didn't. But it's okay because THIS PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING ANYWAYS. LOVEDDDD all the lighting and effects and the backdrop and just everythinggggg that was going on during this song!! I was so hype and I hope when they film it they do it justice because it was honestly a highlight of the night for me.

DANCER INTRODUCTION: GIRLS

SHOWTIME
To be honest, the crowd was pretty tame during all the songs so far but they were EXTRA HYPED during this song. Namie seemed to be having a lot of fun too.

JUST YOU&I
She sang this on the catwalk stage. Towards the end during the ~climax~ of the song, feathers shoot out towards the audience.

BREAK IT
Okay I forgot Break It comes after JY&I so I was super startled when it played lmaoo. I was expecting another ballad or something so I was nottttt readyyy lmao

SAY THE WORD
I can't really remember anything memorable about this one.

LOVE STORY
Hearing this live was great. I loved it.

SWEET 19 BLUES
OKAY. So like, throughout the entire night so far, I think there was something wrong with her right earpiece. Cause she kept fiddling with it and adjusting it quuiiiiiite often during every song and it was def noticeable. I think the problem peaked during S19B because towards the end she kind of went offkey real quick during a vocal run and then she like skipped a line after. I feel like she was def lowkey annoyed lmao. There were other moments so far during the concert where I noticed she would go slightly offkey too but this moment during this S19B performance stood out to me the most. She sounded great otherwise though lol.

TRY ME / 太陽のSEASON / You're My Sunshine
Nothing to note. She sounded great. I loved TRY ME but I don't really care for the other 2 so I was just kind of zoning in and out lmao. I think she managed to get her earpiece fixed or she switched it out for another one somewhere during these songs or during her costume change because she stopped fiddling with her earpiece for pretty much the rest of the show.

GET MYSELF BACK
She sounded great and I loved singing the "OHHH OHHH OHHH OHHHHHH" with her and everyone towards the end lol.

A WALK IN THE PARK
I think it was during this song that on the big screens, there was the footage of her performing this song during the CONCENTRATION 20 Tour, the 20th Anniversary Tour, and of course live from this tour. It was neat to see.

DON'T WANNA CRY
There was a moment where she was REALLY feeling herself and she was GETTING HER GROOVE ONNNNNN. I loved it lmao.

NEVER END
I don't really care for this song so it felt like this song trulyyyyyyyy would neverrrrr enddddd cause it was LONG. Lmao

CAN YOU CELEBRATE
No special interlude movie before this song as she's changing into the white dress. I think I remember it was just an extended ending instrumental of NEVER END instead. Anyways, she looked GREAT. And when she did her little smile and curtsy after singing the intro, everyone went crazy.

BODY FEELS EXIT / CHASE THE CHANCE / FIGHTER / IN TWO
I think by this point in the concert she was kind of sick of all the ballads and slower songs because she lit up and was on FIRE once this dance-oriented section began lmao. During Chase The Chance, she did the same long ass run across the main stage as she did last time during the 20th Anniversary Tour lol. In fact, on one side of the stage there was footage of her running from the 20th Anniversary Tour and on the other side of the stage, live footage of her running was shown. So it looked like the 2 (tonight's Namie and 20th Anniversary Namie) were running towards each other. When she got to the other side, the footage switched sides as well. She ran back and forth across both sides of the main stage and then also ran onto the catwalk stage so she was definitelyyyy out of breath for a bit lmaooo.

I forgot where the DANCER INTRODUCTION for the guys was (I think before or after IN TWO??)…but I definitelyyyyy remember being annoyed once it dawned on me that they used a bit of the instrumental for SUPERNATURAL LOVE in the background music and yet the song is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND ON THE SETLIST. When it clicked in my head, I expected SL to be sung next as if it was a surprise addition to the concert but NOPE. #RUDE lol

DO IT FOR LOVE
Towards the end of this song, a giant light-sign-stage (kind of similar to the GENIC sign that rises up from the ground during EVERY WOMAN in the LIVEGENIC Tour) rises up that says "25: THANK YOU. I <3 FAN". The song ends with really powerful firework blasts.

HOPE
Special One Piece Movie Introduction, with all the characters from the anime talking about Namie. Then, Namie appears. Throughout the song, the special One Piece animation with the animated Namie in it plays. I think this song was when the balloons dropped? Can't remember exactly.

FINALLY
I CRIED. AND I THINK SHE CRIED TOO. I COULDN'T REALLY TELL BECAUSE ON THE SCREEN THEY PUT A VIGNETTE AROUND HER LIKE SHE WAS ALREADY A DISTANT MEMORY LOL. BUT HER VOCALS WERE ON POINTTTTTT EVEN IF SHE WAS CRYING CAUSE THEY WERE HELLAAAAAAA POWERFUL.

HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW
Okay, I lowkey was mad at her for making me cry during Finally and then literally 2 seconds after that song ended she picks up with this song lmao. #RUDE

The concert ended with her and her dancers bowing as usual. She did a little jiggle dance that was super cute lol. Her dancers left while she remained on stage. She grabbed a quick sip of her drink and then did an MC. She bowed, blew a kiss and then left for real.

There's some other interludes I skipped over but I can't remember where they are at the moment lol. They all had the same concept as the first interlude though, with the light/fire ball flying around.

One thing about her encore outfit is that I think she's adding the venue patches as she goes. During Nagoya, she only had the Nagoya patch I think and tonight she had both the Nagoya and Fukuoka patches. So probably by the finale her shirt will have all the patches on it lol

[KarenPang]

An autographed Mosaic artwork of Namie displayed at Hakata's Chocolate Shop



https://twitter.com/amuronamie_life/...23453716443136

The President of Hakata's Chocolate Shop is a fan of Namie & he was gifted the above artwork with her autograph

That will be displayed inside the shop at Fukuoka's Solaria Plaza until this coming Tue and then it will be sent to their head office

Also Namie's staff was seen inside the shop & bought cake on behalf of Namie

https://twitter.com/amuronamie_life/...31024820973568

[AJFmzk]

Originally Posted by Marcelo

^Thank you so much for the information I didn't even know there's a pre-sale day before the actual concert, haha. I'm definitely going then, since I don't want to carry the things around, even though I'm not planning to buy that many things. And lining in Japan goes really fast and is organized so well that an hour is okay I spend 1.5h back in 2015 to line for a rollercoaster haha. And I'm from Finland, we are not that patient!

Yes, do the presale day before the concert! I was there an hour before it opened and there were still a ton of people ahead, but everything was available and I got all the items I wanted. Took about 20-30 minutes to get to the table once they opened, so I recommend getting there early. But it's not like a concert day where you'd have to be there hours before to beat the sell outs

[JackieRos]

I’m so happy that we have this thread, the tips to get the goods are really helpful. THANKS.
Even though I couldn’t get tickets to her concert at least is possible to get the goods in the presale day.

[KarenPang]

My 3-day Fukuoka performances finished off with a BLAST!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN!
Did you enjoy the shows as much as I did?!
　
NEXT I'm heading to Shenzhen China to perform two shows on March the 17th and 18th!Let's keep the party going...AND...build memories together
that will last FOREVER!!!
　
福岡公演3日間終了いたしました☆
お越しくださった皆様ありがとうございます！！
お楽しみ頂けましたでしょうか？？
　
次回は、中国・深圳へ向かいます！！
たくさん思い出作りましょう～♪

https://www.facebook.com/NamieAmuroO...911041/?type=3

Also Namie won wins 'Artist of the Year' at the 'JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD' for the first time in 21 years

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...me-in-21-years

[KarenPang]

Short video clip of Namie talking about her next month's concerts in Shenzhen , China

https://twitter.com/amuronamie_life/...30548518543360

Aww for a second there I thought at most she might try to say something in Mandarin :3

[KarenPang]

Seems like those will be attending Namie's concert in Shenzhen , China will have a chance to win an autographed tour brochure & 5 will be given away :O



https://twitter.com/amuronamie_life/...72295727747072

The Weibo post



https://twitter.com/amupedia/status/968778236011294720