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Old 29th October 2009, 04:18 AM
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ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [VI]

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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from Max's blog






Quote:
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]
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL setlist and pictures [V]

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Old 29th October 2009, 04:40 AM
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Let's commence with all the talk about lipsynching / backtrack usage, shall we? Just kidding.

I do wonder when we'll get the DVD, though. Last year, the TV version aired relatively close to the release of the DVD, if I remember correctly. (Then again, the TV version was filmed during the last Japan shows, and the DVD was filmed in Taiwan.) I wonder if that will happen again this year, or if we'll get a DVD and TV version of the same show, and then a separate DVD for the rumored "NEXT LEVEL ~ASIA SPECIAL SHOW~" (or whatever it's supposedly called).
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Old 29th October 2009, 06:25 AM
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Wow...that's a lot of pics.
I wonder when the DVD will be announced.
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Haha lol at this pic. What is Shuya doing? XD
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^I'm sure it's just another ballad featuring him. >.>

This concert seems really cool except the outfits. not too fond of them. I wish she didn't change them so frequently. imo 5 outfits is enough for a concert.
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Hehe nono I was there. Its NEXT LEVEL, the songs performance. I dunno what he is up to in the pic though... "wohooo, happy uplifting song bores me... Lets play ghosts!!! Fun! Come on Zin, join!"
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^ looks like he's trying to do a HADUKEN!
cant wait for the release
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Haha lol at this pic. What is Shuya doing? XD
He looks like a zombie lol
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haha Shuya got evil smile on that pic..
hilarious!
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the outfits are starting to get repetitive, but i have no idea how creative you can be when you've had so many in the past and when mobility and speed-dressing is a huge issue.
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Let's commence with all the talk about lipsynching / backtrack usage, shall we? Just kidding.

I do wonder when we'll get the DVD, though. Last year, the TV version aired relatively close to the release of the DVD, if I remember correctly. (Then again, the TV version was filmed during the last Japan shows, and the DVD was filmed in Taiwan.) I wonder if that will happen again this year, or if we'll get a DVD and TV version of the same show, and then a separate DVD for the rumored "NEXT LEVEL ~ASIA SPECIAL SHOW~" (or whatever it's supposedly called).
I hope the "extension" of the tour will be included in her next album into a deluxe edition of CD+2DVD; I would so buy that! XD
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I hope the "extension" of the tour will be included in her next album into a deluxe edition of CD+2DVD; I would so buy that! XD
That's a really great idea actually!

DVD comes out with the last show in Tokyo. And then with the next album, she has an extra DVD with one of the show overseas. Or different parts of the different shows overseas (cause we have no idea if it's more than one country... yet...)

More money for Avex too! XD Hahaha!
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I hope the "extension" of the tour will be included in her next album into a deluxe edition of CD+2DVD; I would so buy that! XD
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well she hasn't attempted nude yet. I think that would be cool, I mean she's already attempted it for two album covers. and she wouldn't have the problem of coming up with costume ideas if she didn't change them every other song.
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I think the costumes just have to look well made for people to like them. For instance, Lady GaGa seems to wear a truckload of outfits just going to public events and I don't see her running out of ideas any time soon, you know? Then again, Lady GaGa also spends all of her money on tours and kind of looks crazy 60% of the time...
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The "made well" part is vital. Some of her outfits have cool ideas going, but something about them just goes completely wrong, with poor material choice, pattern choice, proportional choices or bad execution. It's a shame. When she does come up with cool outfits though, they're usually really awesome.

She just needs to work with some new people. You mentioned Lady GaGa, she usually has big name designers doing her stuff. I wish ayu would too.
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^I think Ayu has choosen to work only with friends...
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In some ways, its good, and someways its bad.
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^ Mostly bad, in my opinion. -__-
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^ Mostly bad, in my opinion. -__-
I guess it all depends on how far someone goes with it, I personally think that your friends shouldn't always be your business associates as that could lead to a complete fail and I pretty much think Ayu should get rid of some of those people, as it's not working out.
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