I kind of like “Startin’” a lot. But Ayu doesn’t seem to perform live on that number often. That song was the first video of her “Secret” album. I wonder why.

01. GREEN
02. Will
03. vogue
04. HONEY
05. ANGEL’S SONG
06. End of the World
07. Heartplace
08. Real me
09 10. And Then ~ Naturally
11. POWDER SNOW
12. HOPE or PAIN
13. Over
14. SCAR
15. In The Corner
16 17 18. SIGNAL ~ Hana ~ too late
19. UNITE!
20 21. SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL
22. Who…
23. Trauma
24. independent
25. everywhere nowhere
26. Mirrorcle World

-encore-
27. Days
28. For My Dear…
29. +
30. flower garden
31. Boys & Girls
32. MY ALL

Originally Posted by mikecavs11 on AHS
My REVIEW:

It was her best concert ever in my opinion, GREEN was an amazing way to open up, especially the dragon dances, and Maro taking centre stage.

When it Will started to play, it did not disappoint and i recalled someone on AHS saying that they hoped Will would be sung

Then came the rock songs and they were soooooooooo……whats the word…stunning and i was just speechless, half the time though i was trying the remember the title of the songs

Then came the slow songs, i thought that she was gonna sing Days here, cuz Shuya and her costume were almost like in the video….or something that fits winter. My favourite songs here were Hope and Pain, and Over. I was waiting for Days here, cuz she was taking forever to get accross the stage, haha Then when SCAR was over the quickly walked off the stage and Kaeru was doing her sheet hanging dance thing

After that the songs the gets the crowd going were sung, Unite! really got the crowd going, everyone was doing the fist the the air.

Then came the 10th anniversary video followed by Who…

When Who… was sung next, I wasnt expecting her to sing this, and for a second, I thought to myself. What? the concerts already over??!! I thought this was one of the best performances of Who…, I was singing along to it the entire time, it was really amazing…made me speechless

Trauma was really fun, its my first live ayu concert so i wanted this song to be performed and see the crowd dance to it. and everyone did, and it she forgot her lyrics haha. actually twice. First time she just went like la la la la la and laughed it off and walked across the stage and the part came again and i think she just didnt bother singing it and just went like la la la la la la again and said sorry hahaha it was cool though

Independent was a classic performance, with the dancing and ball throwing. I was so close the catching one that Ryoji threw, it landed two seats beside me. ayu was throwing with her left hand, i guess due to her injury

Everywhere nowhere was sung, but i cant really remember it lol sorry

Mirrorcle world was a great performance, the was the end of the first half, before the encore, so the violin players, dragon dancers, and choir all came out onto the stage and danced. the performance was like the one in a-nation 08

Then came the encore, Days was performed and i was really looking forward to this, it was just a nice performance and For my dear… was great too, i really liked her vocals and when she did the vibrato thing

Then Zin came and taught the MY ALL dance and that was the only talking part of the encore, none of the band members talked except for the keyboarder cuz him and Zin couldnt get the timing right to the song when Zin was teaching

+ was the same as last years, really fun

flower garden – im not a big fan of this song, but it was still fun to see ayu….i think she was rhyming in the middle of it…

Boys and Girls was a great performance, a classic one, ayu sings/yells at the fans, the fans sings/yells back

then MY ALL started playing, and i was like aww its over….? this was an awesome performance. Everyone was dancing to it

Ayu didnt cry once, except a bit during Days, she seemed really happy

She gave a wonderful show, and i really want to go to her concert again.

I was sitting on the side, in the 5th row, so i was pretty close and could see pretty clearly
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One down and two to go !!

I suspect so when I read the Chinese transcript of the MC part of the concerts. Pretty funny guy.

I think she is a strong lady. She should be OK in this coming concerts. I am so looking forward to her DVD as I have yet worked out how to get there in person (read your the other link by the way … need some intense planning … lol).

Happy New Year man …

Did you go to the website link I gave earlier ?There’s quite a lot of stuff about Yo-chan’s other work and even pics of his guitars. Some of his solos tend to be repetitive and sound similar but I always enjoy how he fills the whole stadium with this wall of sound created with his guitar,

Part of me cheers Ayu for deciding to go ahead with all her shows, the cynical part wonders how much external factors were brought to bear to make that decision.

An injury requiring surgery is no small thing and yet she’s pushing herself so hard to please her die-hard fans.

One can only hope that she does not regret that decision.

Actually, I am a fan of Yo-Chan. I always look forward to his guitar solos on the concert recordings.

Everyone’s power is definitely reaching me.

I’m feeling soooo much incredible, strong, kind, precious, dazzling power.

I think perhaps that after everything God has handed me at the last moment this year, our bond may have grown deeper.

Tomorrow is dress rehearsal.

Even though I’m this version of myself, who can’t hold onto a microphone well enough, tomorrow I want to turn myself into someone putting on a magnificent show at Yoyogi, with my usual smile, with my usual staff.

We began to shine, I think no one can stop us from doing anything!!!

If it’s us who begins to shine, then we can find a shining tomorrow!!!!!!! *

Have faith that it’ll work out.
*These two parts were meant to mimic the “Boys & Girls” lyrics.

Translated by Delirium-Zero at AHS Website.

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Ayu’s one tough lady, and a classy one to boot.

Pray she doesn’t have any more tests to undergo, finish out this year and come back fully recovered and rested for 2009.

Amen.

Yo-chan even has a page of his own, where I found answers to most of the questions I had about him.
The page can be found at http://ayu-the-artist.tripod.com/yo_chan.html.
His bands, albums, songs and even guitars are shown.

Hope she gets thru both safely and recovers fully from injury.