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| zyzzyva |
 Posted: Feb 16, 2007 4:42 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
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Location: California
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Update: 9/3
COVERS!!! 
Thanks for the heads-up, rainbow12!
Special Edition
Standard Edition
Again, Pre-Ordering Info:
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Update: 8/4
Per HilaryDuffFanboy's note, the performance schedule below has been updated to include the following performances:
(the latter of which was filmed for the upcoming DVD release!)
7/8 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
7/9 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
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Update: 7/31
Official Site News: 愛 am BEST!! Tour DVD will be released on September 26, 2007:
Standard Edition
(single disc - concert only)
¥2,990
AVBD-91485
Special Edition
(2 disc - concert + off-shoot video)
¥3,990
AVBD-91483〜4
First Press Bonus for Special Edition only:
40 pg Photobook
Available for Pre-Order @ CD Japan:
Standard DVD
Special DVD
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Update: 4/25
Reported by edwx:
「愛 am BEST Tour 2007」 Tour Goods now available on mu-mo Site!
Light-Up Fan
1000 yen
Tour Pamphlet
3000 yen
 
2 Poster Set
(#2 is a secret/surprise!)
1000 yen
 
T-Shirt
(Mens & Ladies sizes avail.)
3000 yen
 
Sports Towel
2000 yen
Wristband
1000 yen
Cap
2500 yen
 
Tote Bag w/ Buttons
(each bag comes with 3 of the 12 possible buttons)
1500 yen
 
'Ai Pot' w/ Ai Candy
800 yen
 
Singles Collection Cell Phone Strap
(each strap comes with 3 of the 12 possible charms)
1000 yen
 
Voice Cell Phone Strap
1000 yen
RESONATE GOODENOUGH Collaboration T-shirt
8000 yen
RESONATE GOODENOUGH Collaboration Windbreaker
15,000 yen
  
There are also a few LOVE-chan Goods:
LOVE-chan Figure Singles Keychains
(11 designs for singles, 1 for 愛 am BEST!!, plus 2 mystery ones--Cherish & LOVE MUSiC...?)
500 yen
LOVE-chan Drawstring Knapsack
500 yen
LOVE-chan Deck of Cards
1500 yen
  
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Update: 3/7
3/5（Monday）12：00 〜 3/13（Tuesday）18：00
Advance tickets can be purchased online via avex's @-tickets! site.
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Update: 2/16
Official Site News Section Updated w/ Tour Dates and Times & the Official Title (above).
Once again, Ai has subtitled her tour with a cute rhyming pun.  〜ベストなコメントにめっちゃ愛を込めんと！！！〜
〜べすとなこめんとにめっちゃあいをこめんと！！！〜
~ Besutona Komento ni Meccha Ai wo Komento !!! ~ This roughly translates to "Pack the Best Comments with the Intensest Love!"
And of course, due to the use of 愛, being both her name and the word for love, there is ample room for a double pun. 
めっちゃ is a hip/popular intensifier, here applied to 愛, derived from the onomatopoeic expression めちゃくちゃ meaning messy, confused, or absurd. According to the site Sensei's Pages, "[The term] was brought to prominence when the Japanese swimmer who lost her race in the Olympics described the experience as 「めっちゃ悔（くや）し〜い」, verrry mortifying."
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「 愛 am BEST Tour 2007 」
^ obviously just temporary image... 
The concert dates for Otsuka Ai's Third Solo Tour, titled in honor of her upcoming Best album, were released via LOVE9CUBE February 16, 2007:
5/18 ー ☆府中の森劇場 ー Fuchu Forest Theatre
5/24 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
5/25 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
5/27 ー 長野県民文化会館 ー Nagano Community Cultural Center
5/29 ー 新潟県民会館 ー Niigata Community Hall
6/1 ー 鹿児島市民文化ホール第１ ー Kagoshima Citizen's Cultural Hall
6/3 ー ○福岡サンパレス ー Fukuoka Sun Palace
6/4 ー 長崎ブリックホール ー Nagasaki Blick Hall
6/6 ー ☆広島厚生年金会館 ー Hiroshima Public Welfare Annuity Hall
6/7 ー 香川県県民ホール ー Kagawa Prefectural People's Hall
6/10 ー 福島県文化センター ー Fukushima Cultural Center
6/11 ー 仙台サンプラザホール ー Sendai Sun Plaza Hall
6/15 ー ○北海道厚生年金会館 ー Hokkaido Public Welfare Annuity Hall
6/17 ー ○青森市文化会館 ー Aomori City Cultural Center
6/19 ー ☆グランキューブ大阪 大阪国際会議場 ー Grand Cube Osaka, Osaka Int'l Assembly Hall
6/20 ー ☆グランキューブ大阪 大阪国際会議場 ー Grand Cube Osaka, Osaka Int'l Assembly Hall
6/23 ー ☆名古屋センチュリーホール ー Nagoya Century Hall
6/24 ー ☆名古屋センチュリーホール ー Nagoya Century Hall
6/27 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
6/28 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A
7/2 ー ☆大阪フェスティバルホール ー Osaka Festival Hall
7/3 ー ☆大阪フェスティバルホール ー Osaka Festival Hall
7/5 ー ☆神戸国際会館 こくさいホール ー Kobe International Hall
7/8 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A *
7/9 ー ○☆東京国際フォーラムＡ ー Tokyo International Forum Hall A *
7/12 ー ○☆沖縄コンベンションセンター ー Okinawa Convention Center I'm not sure whether the symbols included above (☆, ○, and the combination of the two) bear any particular significance. Perhaps they designate tentative locales or possibly performances that may be filmed...? 
ETA: { * designates performances added at a later date}
Tickets: ￥6300 (~ $53 USD)
I'm sure I don't have to point out how this is exciting news.
*sigh* Ah, to be in Japan with a ticket of my very own... 
I do wonder, though, how this concert tour will pan out, set-list and design-wise...
She performed nearly all the songs on the Best album in her LOVE COOK Tour (all but Momo no Hanabira, Amaenbo, and Kingyo Hanabi)... What else will she choose to sing that's not part of the tracklist? The missing singles? B-sides of the included singles perhaps?
The overall design of her last tour was simply beautiful -- a much more involved improvement over JAM PUNCH (though her first tour definitely had a distinctive charm all its own   ).
I can only hope that this next venture will be even better!
Source:
Cherish's Blog
Rumin's Blog |
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| Rinoa |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 5:49 am |
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クムリウタ
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Location: Europe
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| Well I'm glad she's having a tour, though this probably means that her studio album shall take a while to be released. |
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| bebe |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 6:16 am |
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Happy Days
Joined: 22 Aug 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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This is definitely an exciting news. I'm glad that she will beon tour again. Hopefully, I can go to her concert  . It must be a fantastic one. |
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| slashersam016 |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 6:59 am |
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SMILY
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
Posts: 384
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
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it sure is... Ai-chan live in concert for the first time in this year.. oh man i really wish im in Japan.. if only i can swim over here in Phil to there..  |
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| iridescence |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 7:03 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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Not a very wise move in my opinion. ): Since she had already many of the songs performed in the previous tours already... it would be wiser to release a new album, then have a tour, with album tracks and the all-time favorite tracks.
But I guess the tour will still make money xD |
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| HilaryDuffFanboy |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 7:28 am |
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PEACH
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 1945
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hm..... She chose smaller venues this time...... for LOVE COOK she played in arena's that held 15,000 people. This tour, the largest venue is Tokyo International Forum Hall and it holds 5,000 people.
I'm unsure about this tour.... she HAS to sing her greatest hits, but she's done them already! |
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| Shinji |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 8:35 am |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Posts: 47
Location: Italy - Rome
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| if confirmed, i'll go to her Osaka or Kobe concert...maybe...but pretty sure! |
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| pon pon |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 10:55 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 813
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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now announced in the news section of the official website.
another DVD concert to look forward to, i hope.  |
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| orange_ka |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 10:58 am |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 01 Jul 2005
Posts: 1117
Location: *mentally in: yamapi/keita's world*
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iridescence wrote: Not a very wise move in my opinion. ): Since she had already many of the songs performed in the previous tours already... it would be wiser to release a new album, then have a tour, with album tracks and the all-time favorite tracks.
hmm, I see what you are saying. there won't be as much new songs in the performance....but I think this tour might be helped to promote her best album (as indicated in the title  )
I would agree she should release a new album before having the tour. but I really don't mind ai-chan having new tours....hehe. |
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| JinDesu |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 1:14 pm |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 89
Location: NYC
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bebe wrote: This is definitely an exciting news. I'm glad that she will beon tour again. Hopefully, I can go to her concert . It must be a fantastic one.
first off, ur avatar, i must know what on earth is going there : ( why is there a giant love chan!?
anyways, pertaining to the topic, i have half a mind to go to japan this summer just to go to one of her concerts
but i dont have a grand >.< |
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| Aprilis. |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 1:30 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Posts: 917
Location: Canada
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The first thing that came to mind when reading the tour dates is a-nation. The tour seems to end right before a-nation, so it looks like Ai will be on tour from May till the end of summer. That is, if there is an a-nation '07.
Good observation there on the arena''s size HilaryDuffFanboy. I'm guessing that means this isn't suppose to be a "huge" tour like Love 99 Cook, but more like the 'Love is born' concert. So the way I see it, this could be a good thing. |
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 4:30 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 630
Location: California
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^
Interesting note about a-nation, Aprilis..
I always forget about that... Perhaps because Ai is only a part of the grand whole...? 
I too was surprised at the size of the arenas, however, this tour consists of 24 performances compared to LOVE COOK's 11. That should be taken into consideration.
I doubt the scale of the concerts would be like LOVE is BORN either, seeing as that was a one-night-only exclusive concert... Yet with so many performances (and 'Best of' material too) perhaps the concerts will be shorter...? That seems like cheating, tho. 
This does seem like it'd put a few kinks in her releasing schedule, tho. If she's touring for the Best album, will she not have a tour for her fourth studio album...? Unless she manages to put off the 4th until around December and have the tour starting April 2008 (same time frame as LOVE COOK album & tour). That seems like too long to wait, but scheduling-wise, it's feasible. Look:
Feb. 21: CHU-LIP Single
Mar. 28: Ai am BEST!! Album
April: LOVE-chan's LOVEのテーマ
May 18 - Jul. 12: Ai am BEST Tour 2007
Jul. (late) - Aug. (late) : a-nation Concerts [judging by last year's sched.]
Aug. : Ai am BEST Tour 2007 DVD release?
Jul/Aug. : New Single?
Nov/Dec. : 4th Album?
Who knows what Ai'll sing in addition to what's on the Best album, but one could think of CHU-LIP and possibly LOVEのテーマ as the sort of SMILY/Frienger-type singles released around tour and included in performance as a bonus.
Plus there's room for more LOVE-chan releases (eventhough avex is treating her as a separate artist, I think we can logically combine the two release schedules... ).
[Note: I updated the OP w/ the Official Title & trans.] |
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| rocknroll |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 6:03 pm |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 28 Oct 2005
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| So much Ai this year, but it's great. I just hope for another DVD release from this tour. |
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| HilaryDuffFanboy |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 8:08 pm |
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PEACH
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 1945
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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How many shows did JAM PUNCH have?
I really want to compare the turnout rate for all three tours. |
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2007 8:34 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 630
Location: California
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HilaryDuffFanboy wrote: How many shows did JAM PUNCH have?
JAM PUNCH Tour lasted 16 performances, 4/24 - 6/1 (I think the final two were added due to demand).
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