Namie Amuro finished her 100th concert in her national tour titled, “namie amuro LIVE STYLE 2016-2017”at Osaka/ORIX THEATER on the 3rd of May (Wed). Of all her tours to date, this was the most-ever number of concerts per tour she has done. Amuro’s live concerts are well known for their stoic performances that consists of only singing and dancing and no talking, and the tickets always sell out quickly. It is famous that the tickets are very difficult to obtain.
On May 3rd, she held her 100th and last concert of the tour which was held in 40 places nation wide, to an audience of about 260 thousand people in total. The venue was packed with lucky fans who obtained the premium ticket to this concert.
Aside from the high-quality dance performance with the dancers, the six movable towers located at the back of the set gathered much attention. The towers contained LED lights and stage lights and they were programmed to synchronize with the concert performance. Various patterns were shown such as when the 3 towers came together they formed t large screens.
While performing “Hide & Seek” which is included in the album “PLAY”in the middle of the concert, a huge screen split, rotated and turned into illumination lamps and Amuro’s image was displayed. In addition, while performing “Hands On Me” included in the album “FEEL,” motion-captured CG dancers were displayed and they danced together with Amuro. While performing the hit tune “Mint,” the music video of “Mint” was broadcast on three screen and the content of the music video and the performance on the stage were synchronized. The precisely calculated stage was a sight to see.
While performing “Hero” which was the biggest hit in 2016, Amuro held a microphone to the audience and everybody sang along with her. In the medium numbers such as “Baby Don’t Cry,”Amuro waved her hands to the audience and the venue was filled with warm atmosphere.
Amuro commented “I am happy that I was ablet to finish my first time 100 concerts without a problem. Performing in halls enabled me to enjoy the show with my fans.
Also, a LIVE DVD & Blu-ray which includes 27 songs including, “Hero,” “Mint” and“Dear Diary / Fighter,”the theme song for the movie, “Death Note – Light up the NEW world,”was released on the same day as her final concert. For all those who attended her final concert and for all those who were unable to attend, I recommend viewing this DVD and experiencing Amuro’s premium stage.
Amuro is going to release the single “Just You and I,” the theme song of Nihon Television’s Wednesday drama “Hahani Naru.” on the16th and 17th of September. This is the day her 25th anniversary since debut live concert titled, “namie amuro 25th ANNIVERSARY LIVE in OKINAWA” is going to be held. Keep you sights on Amuro’s new activities this year.
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Details have been revealed for Namie Amuro’s upcoming greatest hits album “Finally,” set to hit shelves on November 8, 2017. The famous Japanese music artist has also announced a 5 date dome tour and Asia tour scheduled to start from February 2018.
Namie Amuro’s forthcoming greatest hits album “Finally” shot to the top of pre-order rankings on websites such as Amazon and hype around it continues to grow. The album will including a whopping 52 songs in total including Namie’s best hits from her debut track “Mr. U.S.A.” (1992) all the way to her latest single “Just You and I.” Songs since the release of “Mr. U.S.A.” all the way to “TSUKI” will be newly recorded. The album will also feature “Christmas Wish” as well as 6 brand new tracks.
Of the 45 hits set to decorate “Finally,” you can expect to see songs such as the Tetsuya Komuro-produced “CAN YOU CELEBRATE?,” a number which stands as the best selling single by a female artist in Japanese music (2,296,200 copies sold), as well as “Mr. U.S.A.,” “TRY ME ～Watashi wo Shinjite～,” “Body Feels EXIT” and “SWEET 19 BLUES.” “Love Story,” “Baby Don’t Cry,” “NEW LOOK” and other works succeeding her self-produced era. As for more recent tunes, “Hero” will makes its first ever album appearance, as well as “Just You and I” which became popular for its lyrical content, and more. The album will compile the very best of Namie Amuro’s past 25 years.
But it doesn’t stop there, as 6 brand new songs are also to make an appearance. There will be her drama theme song “Showtime,” the One Piece opening theme song “Hope,” “Do It For Love,” the television news theme “Finally,” and unannounced tracks.
This 25 year celebration of Namie Amuro’s music career can be said to be both a greatest hits album and new album. The DVD and Blu-ray will feature 6 music videos from “Red Carpet” to “Just You and I” for the very first time in an album release, as well as one new music video.
Namie has also announced a 5 city dome tour around Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo, as well as an Asia tour, set to start in February 2018. An online poll has opened in conjunction with the news for fans to choose the songs to be included on the set list. Fans can choose which songs they want to hear Namie Amuro to sing from 200 songs off all her albums and singles. This marks her 3rd dome tour. Her last dome tour was during her 20th anniversary back in 2012. She performed 8 times across 5 cities in Japan for the tour, titled “namie amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ～20th Anniversary Best～,” to almost 340,000 people. The tour marked the most number of attendees and performances for a female solo artist in Japan and has yet to be surpassed, but her tour this year is set to be even bigger.
Full details regarding the dates of the tours are scheduled to be released in November. Final adjustments are being made right this second. Don’t forget about the Asia tour, too. Offers are flooding in for her to perform at countries around Asia where she is also a hit. The final arrangements are also being prepared for this tour too.
With the recent news of her retirement, what can we expect Namie Amuro to show us as she celebrates her 25th anniversary? Let us look forward to the release of her greatest hits album “Finally” and her huge dome tour.
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Namie Amuro Official Homepage: http://namieamuro.jp/
Details on greatest hits album “Finally” can be found here: http://smarturl.it/finallyinfo
