ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ information thread [III]

[hidekirby]

I'll always take kiss o’ kill over Return Road! I'm glad she performed the new songs too an kept the musical segment!

[stepYOU1234]

Ayu looks great. I haven't really been as excited for this concert for some reason, maybe because it didn't seem too new or different (from CDL)
I hope Return Road makes it into this year's CDL. It could be so epic live!

[saigodansu]

Congrats to those who made it to the tour. The last set list sounds like it will make an interesting DVD/Blu-Ray, especially with all the setting through songs while the dancers go everywhere being changed.

What is with Return Road though? I get that with any song of hers there are those that love it, hate it and just listen to it because it's part of her cd. But what does performing it or not have to do with her feelings on divorce? Other than the poorly thought out idea of putting the pic in the video, she said it had nothing to do with Virgin Road and when asked directly about songs written to or about Mannie she said there hasn't been any.

[FoxyPinkGirl]

Originally Posted by saigodansu

Congrats to those who made it to the tour. The last set list sounds like it will make an interesting DVD/Blu-Ray, especially with all the setting through songs while the dancers go everywhere being changed.

What is with Return Road though? I get that with any song of hers there are those that love it, hate it and just listen to it because it's part of her cd. But what does performing it or not have to do with her feelings on divorce? Other than the poorly thought out idea of putting the pic in the video, she said it had nothing to do with Virgin Road and when asked directly about songs written to or about Mannie she said there hasn't been any.

everyone wants to see her performace of it because it's such a grand song (musically) and how we're told it's performed. we got a feel in CDL what the HLS tour was going to be like, but not Return Road. I myself am very curious and hope it'll be on the DVD.

[maikaru]

The concert was amazing last night, I was there as well...

Her voice was almost perfect. Of course a few spots where she went off the pitch, but overall it was great.

After HBYA, she paused, and started talking into the microphone about how she was thankful for everyone she met along the tour, and all of her staffs... and I seriously thought she was going to say that she was retiring after her 15th anniversary, it was that serious... because she was starting crying... I was so nervous ahaha.

And she did "Arigatou gozaimashita" without microphone!

[stepYOU1234]

Originally Posted by maikaru

And she did "Arigatou gozaimashita" without microphone!

Yes! I've missed her doing that and was thinking about it the other day. I think it was such a lovely way to finish a concert

[ExodusUK]

The DVD will probably have the return road and reminds me performance as bonus like PoM had the bonus songs so no big deal.

[MissElin_]

Originally Posted by alanphun

for the kiss o' kill, is ayu wearing the same long led dress ? i remember that the pic shows that her lower part of the dress will glow~

It's a new version of the RR dress. The heart that changes colour is still there but the skirt is short. And she added some details to make it more warrior princess-ish. It was actually a really nice alternation imo.

[Foyuki]

news report pics

[TeamAyu2004]

Im so glad this tour is over.

I wonder what she plans for next year?

[saigodansu]

Originally Posted by alternafan000

hi, friend, just wanted to say, for someone who's very quick to accuse ayu of lying about things and hiding things, you're very selective about when you want to believe her and when you don't and it all seems very arbitrary. you should really not be so inconsistent and flaky, as far as character flaws go those are pretty bad ones, friend!

Return Road is one of Hamasaki-san's masterpieces and it shocks me that she replaced it when it was so obviously the showstopper of the show.

I wasn't directing the question to me, I was directing the question to those in the thread who do believe every word she says. I don't consider anything from Party Queen a show stopper or even an expression of the talent I know she has. I was wondering why people think the setlist changes based on her mood about a subject I think the fans think more about than she does. The setlists change frequently through every tour and the final shows are usually different from the rest of the tour in some way. And when new material is being released soon, of course something will be replaced by new songs.
The only change that would be shocking is if a new song replaced SURREAL-EVOLUTION-SURREAL as the japanese fans expect that to be there if they buy a ticket, just like I expect it to be on every concert disc I purchase.

[AyUmIXx]

ah i disappointed there is no Return Road for the finale tour. because that's the song that i like the most from Party Queen album. too bad~~~~

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

Im so glad this tour is over.

I wonder what she plans for next year?

15th anniversary tour, probably.

[Aderianu]

pics from different news
can't wait to see the video >_<

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

She looks stunning during Missing!!!

Soooo gorgeous

[OyTony]

I think the One Night Carnival ayupan will be the secret one.

[truehappiness]

http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/526745

Stunning. Video from the live. Dang, and the footage is from the HD cameras they use for the tour usually.. OHOHOHO. Also she is nailing Missing live.

Her One Night Carnival voice is so very 1995-Ayu, haha.

[freedreamer]

ÔMG I HEAR MISSING LIVE?!?! so amazing!!

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

She sounds very good

It looks like so much fun

[Aderianu]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/i1atf0


I was wrong, that's not only Mezamashi

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bxocvm