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Arena Tour 2018 Nagoya Show 4.21 Report
Its that time of the year again, i thought. A new tour, a new day to remember. The sun was soaring hot but the wind remains chilly which made me feel sick for a couple of weeks now. I always hate this part of spring -when total coldness disappears and the weather couldn't decide if its going to be hot or cold or just whatever. I woke up pretty late, and a bit feeling sick, but one certain thing was on my mind -Ayumi Hamasaki's Nagoya Show for this year's tour will about to happen. It felt like it was just yesterday when I attended the third chapter of her Just the Beginning's tour few months ago but still, i get so excited and pumped.
I've been attending her shows over the last five years since A Best Live back in 2013. I kind of felt a bit proud to realize that i have attended both her 15th and 20th Anniversary Tour despite following her for more than half of my lifetime already. Each show is different but always follow a specific template. And so i thought that this show's going to be the same show that i have seen for so many times with just a different look. I found myself riding the train heading to Nihon Gaishi hall. You'll definitely know that the Queen's in town when almost 90% of people inside the train wears atleast one thing that has that remarkable "A" symbol. Atlast, i arrived at the venue. The line for the goods was crazy. Although the sun was soaring, people were so patient just to buy the goods. I met MissElin & her friend and joined the queue. It was our second time meeting each other (looking forward for more lol). To be honest, i quite didn't like most of the goods this year. I decided to get just the sports towel and the key holder which i really really love. We spent some time together while waiting for the gates to open. I was able to meet one facebook friend from Taiwan as well as Aries, an AHS member from Italy/France. It was really nice meeting fans from different parts of the world. About an hour passed, i found my seat in the arena. I originally got a stand seat somewhere at the back but fortunately found someone who has spare arena seat ticket. My seat was so close to the center stage. On the right side of the arena. At my back, i saw two fans from Paris with their Team PARIS & Ayu Sphere uchiwas. I wanted to approach them but my shyness ate my away lol. (Hello there if you're here in AHS lol). The show started a bit late. Probably some 15-20 minutes. As the show starts, there was some kind of Epic music that's being played. Some kind of music you'll hear from a sci-fi or war film. Suddenly, Ayu's voice was heard as she says that the 20years she had was really the years given to her by her fans. "Welcome to the Power of Music" Spoiler:
Things i didn't like were probably those conductor movements that Ayu does. I think those were really unnecessary and looks weird to be honest. The frog man was totally irrelevant too. lol The show was rather simple by Ayu standards but is still entertaining and fun. The vocals was good most of the times. I honestly believe that the setlist was thoroughly made based on the lyrics of the songs in chronological order. Which reflects her career over the past 20 years. Anyway, I surprizingly liked this show despite the negative feedbacks that i saw in the forum. And I just can't wait to see what she has in store for us after this tour. Probably a bigger tour? or a hall tour? If the dates on the staff's shirt were true then it's definitely far from hall tours but arena nonetheless. Last edited by hayasaki; 24th April 2018 at 07:24 AM. |
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Thank you for the detail report on the show, I hope for “ever free” will be in the DVD/Blu-ray release.
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Music is a personal response to vibration... Music is the invisible world made visible through sound... ~ Sepulchre ~ |
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aaaah, I think I met the Italian guy on the next day! we didn't exchange contacts, so if you know him, tell him to talk to me hahaa <3
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Thanks for report hayasaki.
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Thanks for this report, loved it, and I'm glad you liked the show!
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thank you for the report, hayasaki. I'm glad to see you had a good time!
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Amazing report!
Can't wait to go too! |
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arena tour 2018, nagoya, power of music |
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