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Old 5th October 2009, 06:22 AM
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ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [V]

Sources include blogs/people here/2ch.

Please post all pictures/reviews/etc. here if you can. I'll stick em in the first post, as you can see from the huuuuuuge amount of photos so far.

Every single song seems to be accounted for. No song is left out from NEXT LEVEL!

Setlist information and etc.
Spoiler:
Setlist at the 10/3 show:
00.Pieces of SEVEN
01.Rule
02.UNITE!
03.Disco-munication
04.EnergizE
05.Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~
06.Load of the SHUGYO
07.LOVE 'n' HATE
08.identity
09.In The Corner
10.HOPE or PAIN
11.GREEN
12.Days
13.evolution
14.SIGNAL
15.rollin'
16.Sparkle
17.Bridge to the sky
18.NEXT LEVEL

(ENCORE)
19.Curtain call
20.Sunset~LOVE is ALL~
MC
21.everywhere nowhere
22.Humming 7/4
23.Boys & Girls
24.MY ALL


Surprise for 10/3: Present
Spoiler:

1.ピーシーズ Pieces of SEVEN
2.るる Rule -performed in tight black leather ensemble with belt-
3.ゆないと UNITE!
-costume change into red cheerleader outfit, Mario themed-
4.でいすこ Disco-munication
5.えな EnergizE
6.おーでぃ AUDIENCE
-costume change into gray/red miniskirt and top, with bare midriff-
7.修業 Load of the SHUGYO
8.らぶん LOVE 'n' HATE
9.あいでん identity
-costume change into the androgynous outfit from PCDL08-09 with bowler hat-
10.いんざこ In The Corner
-costume change into wedding dress-ish coat that changes into a pink mermaid style dress-
11.ほーぷおあ HOPE or PAIN
12.ぐりん GREEN
13.でいず Days
-costume change into a sequin covered jacket with sequined pants- (The outfit of this segment was changed mid-tour, I believe, from a black corset to the sequins)
14.えぼ evolution
15.しぐなる SIGNAL
-costume change into purple sequins and wig-
16.ろーりん rollin'
17.すぱこ Sparkle
18.ブリッジ Bridge to the sky
-costume change into white menswear, blazer and hat-
19.ねくれべ NEXT LEVEL

アンコール
20.カーテン Curtain call
21.ふぉーまい For My Dear..
22.えぶりうぇあ everywhere nowhere
23.ぼいが Boys & Girls
24.まいおーる MY ALL

Humming 7/4 was added to the setlist in Hiroshima some time in May after everywhere nowhere, I believe. And Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ now has a place after For My Dear.. according the the 7/9 concert.

In Hiroshima, Ayu sang a song is born after MY ALL and didn't perform Curtain call or For My Dear..

From Maikaru:
In Hiroshima, A Song is Born, specially for Hiroshima.
The first day seemed to be sung with all instrumentals,
And second day, she cut Curtain Call and For my dear,
and sang a song is born just acapella.

This comes from MANY reports in mixi~
And in a side note, Maro sang a song in one of the dates in the encore~
I dont know how long the song was~ but he sung!
And people said he could sing good~


# of songs from albums:
14 - NEXT LEVEL
02/03 - ASFXX
02 - I am...
01/02 - MY STORY
01 - (miss)understood
01 - GUILTY
01 - RAINBOW
01 - LOVEppears
01 - Duty
00 - Memorial address
00 - Secret

From mixi from Huaka:
Started Rule from the substage.
It's like last year's Asia Tour. Very flashy.
Ayu looks like she lost weight, but was very cute.
She cried during Days, and sang from her chest (I'm guessing her hand to her chest).
Ayu was like a kid during Next Level. Erm... looked very kiddy? No idea.
(There's something about Super Mario. She looked like Super Mario? Had a vibe of it?)
She was amazing (you know the kami-kanji god-like) and wore X-Men like sunglasses.
The new dancers were very nervous.
The costumers were very much like the Next Level jacket/booklet.
She also had a cheerleader like outfit?
Stage was simple, cried during Curtain call.
Ayu was on a radio interview talking about this year's live up until now is very different. Or it's going to be very different from now on or something like that. (the mixi member commented how she used all 14 tracks for the tour, maybe that's it?)
The beginning when she sang Rule was super cool, and she got goosebumps (audience member).
The new dancers also joined in on the My All dance.
There was no signed balls this time.
She danced during Sparkle (the no no no parts), but since it was the first day it was a bit clumsy?
During the time when they were doing My All and Shu-ya came out from the back, this mixi member yelled out super loud "Shu-ya you're terrible!" and "DISAPPEAR!"
Lots of people feel that while the setlist was good it wasn't enough.
When she sang In the Corner, Everywhere Nowhere, Hope or Pain, she wore a pink dress with a necktie that was similar to the PCDL one.
MC was very short.
She missed her lyrics or the music during Rule, so she sort of cried, and there were like 2 explosions. (The fire things)
People say that her costumes are very similar to previous tours.
There was some sort of electrical/technical failure for the opening movie.
The setlist/whole thing was sloppy but this mixi member's most memorable performance was In the Corner because the dance was so cool, Signal because it broke back a lot of memories, Everywhere Nowhere because of the lyrics love is not an illusion, and your dreams will come true, the light of your hopes/wishes will shine through, and Hope or Pain because it's one of her favorites and she was so happy she sang it.
They all think she sang the old songs because she did it for the people who didn't go [to the PCDL] and wanted to hear them.
Explosions for Rule and Identity.
The use of the screens was super extravagent.
There was silver tape (ribbons), so it was very pretty and colorful.
EnergizE costume was super cute.
Okay so the kiddy thing I mentioned earlier they keep saying "aka-chan" so baby Ayu?


From SunshineSlayer:
There was apparently several problems in the concert; some comments about the concert not being ready or something along those lines.

Apparently the big white dress got caught on something while she was walking.

There was some kind of problem with Rule as truehappiness mentioned.

There was no sound for part of Rollin'.

Some kind of problem with the lights and sound synchronization.

From tokyoxjapanxfan:
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the only part that I noticed being messed up was that rollin' didnt have her mic on for a small part at the beginning, but that's just what i noticed.

during bridge to the sky, there was a slideshow of ayu going from now all the way back to when she was a baby! never before seen picture of her as a teenager and child! i cried a little. hahahah

the mario part was the little movie before energize, the male dancers had baseball uniforms on and the girls were cheerleaders.

when she sang from her chest during days, it means it was a really deep and powerful voice. it was really strong

im tired so this is all i have to say for now. hahaha


01.Pieces of SEVEN
02.Rule
03.UNITE!
-outfit change-
04.Disco-munication
05.EnergizE
06.AUDIENCE
-outfit change-
07.Load of the Shugyo
08.LOVE 'n' HATE
09.identity
10.In The Corner

WE WISH?

Pieces of SEVEN ぴーす
Rule るーる
UNITE! ゆないと

衣装換え outfit change?

Disco-munication でぃすけ
EnergizEえな

List of speculation for now:
Pieces of SEVEN? taskinillusion?
identity? Will? GREEN? About You? EnergizE?
SEASONS? HEAVEN? Moments? BEAUTIFUL FIGHTERS?
Trust?
2ch, stop messing with my head. -blank-


People are supposing that GREEN is opening the show. vogue and Rule are also open for debate... seems like it's leaning towards GREEN though. Curtain call's also being brought up.. rain and an umbrella.. WOW someone mentioned t2m as the first song. LOL.

Some heard walking proud.. maybe?



Video from the concert! (NEW NEWS CLIPS ADDED)
Spoiler:













LIVE RIPS FROM THE CONCERT
Spoiler:
Curtain call, identity, For My Dear.., rollin', Sparkle, EnergizE, AUDIENCE
http://www.mediafire.com/?lgjznmnmg3j


Photos of the outfits and stage/outside (Yoyogi FINAL photos added)
Spoiler:




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Originally Posted by miskiq View Post
from YAJ






more.....

Spoiler:










From the 10/3 concert.






















































From Empry~




























Credits: chocoholic_labo & supreme19791228









Here's the stage apparently. LOTS of stairs and white. The concert starts with an umbrella on stage?







And here some goodies in real:






Credits: ayuchina / ~angel*ayumi~


Hello Kitty collaboration stuff. Looks like some goods are coming laaattter. Black T-shirts sold out in about half an hour?


Notable links:
Thread dedicated to goods for this tour
Small review so far from tokyoxjapanxfan - April 11th
Full report from AyUmIXx's friend - April 12th
Short review by Insanes - May 10th
LONG review by forgottenpieces - May 17th
Short review by TakaSama - June 6th
LONG review by TakaSama - June 6th
Short review by mikecavs11 - June 20th
Short review by polka-dot-jewel - June 20th
Review by polka-dot-jewel - June 20th
Recorded from Yoyogi, Boys & Girls, evolution, Days, and Curtain call. Curtain call = AMAZING!!
Short review by ayami - June 21st
Long review by RPGames - July 9th
Short review by RPGames reposted here - July 29th
Short review by Hachimitsu - October 3rd
Short review by chocopockymaster - October 21st
Short review by Neffiline - October 21st
Short review by Dan.C - October 21st
Short review by Dan.C - October 22nd
Long review by Neffiline - October 21st/22nd


Links to previous threads:
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [I]
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [II]
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [III]
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [IV]

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Old 5th October 2009, 06:33 AM
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You always make the best thread starters. Heh. Thanks for all this neat info! I hope she performs something or changes something for the last bit of her tour. I want to buy the DVD!
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i keep wondering why there were costume changes partially through the tour...
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Old 5th October 2009, 06:42 AM
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^ I never get that either, maybe it's cuz Ayu changes her mind or maybe one of the outfits gets torn/damaged?
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Old 5th October 2009, 06:42 AM
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You always make the best thread starters. Heh. Thanks for all this neat info! I hope she performs something or changes something for the last bit of her tour. I want to buy the DVD!
Do you think you can check mixi for changes?

2ch isn't really as reliable, but I've seen someone named AYUCREA talking about small changes.

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AUDIENCEのところでいきなりsunriseきたから焦ったなw
てっきりMC明けかと思ってたけどsunsetとかぶらないようにしたのかな
やっぱみんなでタオル回したら盛り上がるなw
フォーマイは聞いててちょっと苦しいときがあるけどsunsetは歌いやすいんだろうね、安心して聞いてい られる感じ
セトリ以外にも変更点がいくらかあって
identityでペコ、プリンセスの衣装がコートになってたりw
In The Cornerに至っては女子ダンサーが照明持ってたり男子ダンサーは白い仮面つけたりステッキの代わりに蛍 光管みたいなの
持ってたりもはや別の演出になってたw
NEXT LEVELでは椅子の後ろに羽がついてて最後にダンサーがその羽を使って扇いだりしてた
今回のツアーは公演ごとに変更点があるから始めのほうに見た人が今見たらかなり違った印象を受 けるだろうな
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i keep wondering why there were costume changes partially through the tour...
I think there were planning issues or something. They probably had less time than usual to make this concert since the album technically wasn't complete until later than usual. I mean, the album came out a week or so before the tour began! That's cutting it pretty close if you ask me. So they recycled some outfits for the time being while Akira Noda worked on new outfits, possibly. The first show had a few issues from what I can recall...
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Something about wings on the NEXT LEVEL chair and the dancers using wings...? :S
And something about using glo-sticks in In The Corner... LOL

...Maybe.
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Apparently, a LOT of people were screaming during "Curtain call", and the mixi members who talked about it kept quiet, because it's a ballad.

She didn't sing Present, nor did they sing "Happy Birthday" to Ayu again. I think the video of those were shown, but I'm not too sure.

The people who went to the past two shows were discussing how great she sounded and how great the show was, though =D
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^ I thought "Present" would be fixed in the setlist
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Cool so she's sounding great! XD And wings on the NEXT LEVEL chair... wow
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^ I thought "Present" would be fixed in the setlist
It was more of a special surprise for her birthday... much like how a song is born was stuck at the end of the Hiroshima Show IIRC.
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Aw too bad. I really would love to hear Present live!

Thx for the new thread!
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The people who went to the past two shows were discussing how great she sounded and how great the show was, though =D
that's great to hear!
so, what performances are you guys looking forward to seeing the most? i just reread some reviews and i'm definitely looking forward to identity, rollin', LOVE 'n' HATE, Rule, and Sparkle the most, the descriptions made them sound amaazing.
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I'm looking forward to

Rule, EnergizE, LOVE 'n' HATE, Days, rollin'/Sparkle and NEXT LEVEL... also Curtain call. omg is that the whole tour? XD
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new rollin' pic? i found it at YAJ

they're also selling the glasses there.
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d96388186
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i'm really looking forward to identity, rollin', Sparkle, NEXT LEVEL and Curtain call
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@ identity - That pic could be from one of the new shows, but the outfit is the same as from the first leg, heh. Same crazy wig and all...

In all honesty, I know some people dislike the wig and some of the outfits, but you forget about it when watching the performances, esp. in the ballads section. Like with the pic identity posted, in rollin', you're actually dancing half the time (or trying to learn the dance they're doing), and then in Sparkle, you're getting told by Ayu to keep singing "NO NO NO" hahaha.

I just can't wait to watch the concert again (or at least see clips). Goodness knows I want to go back to the final shows, but I'm thankful I already went to the last two Tokyo shows in June =)
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Yep ayu looks fierce in rollin', Sparkle outfit, like a club glitzer.
That wig grew on me, as long as it's only in those kind of songs.
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I'm looking forward to see GREEN

it's my favorite NEXT LEVEL song and she did a great job @ PCDL. so i wonder how she pulled it off this time. especially with the big dress.. i just can't see how she would make that one work lol..
so yeah i wanna see GREEN the most
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It was more of a special surprise for her birthday... much like how a song is born was stuck at the end of the Hiroshima Show IIRC.
I see

and OMG.. I want to see the whole concert so bad 'cause it looks much better than 2007/2008 ones, IMO

I want to see especially LOVE 'n' HATE/identity performances! she looks absolutely HOT in that outfit and I love LOVE 'n' HATE so much (one of my faves of next level album)
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