Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Ayu Trench Coats Collection Aquascutum
Ayu Unable to Return Due to Fu… Misses MSta 25th Anniversary Performance
Ayu unable to return due to flu… Misses MSta 25th Anniversary performance
On the 16th, singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) missed her live appearance on TV Asahi’s “Music Station”‘s 25th Anniversary Special Programme. On her website, Hamasaki stated that she “could not board flights due to an illness”.
Following this, an aplogy message was also posted onto her fanclub site. She wrote “I’m really regretful, pained, and sorry for causing such trouble. I’m really sorry.”, a message meant for the music programme staff, other performing artists, her band members and fans.
According to staff, Hamasaki travelled to New York earlier this month for work, after a brief stop in Hong Kong. Due to a delay in her calendar photoshoot schedule, she changed her flight back. After that, she caught a cold and developed acute pharyngitis, and was unable to board her new flight home. On Twitter, she tweeted about her mad rush to get flight tickets, and also revealed how her staff mixed up flight times by an hour.
Hamasaki’s performance had been announced on newspaper TV listings, and it was revealed that she was going to perform 「beloved」 from her new mini-album 「FIVE」. During the music programme’s opening, hosts Takeuchi Yoshie gave an explanation and apologized for Hamasaki’s absence. During December 2008, Hamasaki also suddenly cancelled an appearance on MSta due to a wrist injury.
On the 16th, singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) missed her live appearance on TV Asahi’s “Music Station”‘s 25th Anniversary Special Programme. On her website, Hamasaki stated that she “could not board flights due to an illness”.
Following this, an aplogy message was also posted onto her fanclub site. She wrote “I’m really regretful, pained, and sorry for causing such trouble. I’m really sorry.”, a message meant for the music programme staff, other performing artists, her band members and fans.
According to staff, Hamasaki travelled to New York earlier this month for work, after a brief stop in Hong Kong. Due to a delay in her calendar photoshoot schedule, she changed her flight back. After that, she caught a cold and developed acute pharyngitis, and was unable to board her new flight home. On Twitter, she tweeted about her mad rush to get flight tickets, and also revealed how her staff mixed up flight times by an hour.
Hamasaki’s performance had been announced on newspaper TV listings, and it was revealed that she was going to perform 「beloved」 from her new mini-album 「FIVE」. During the music programme’s opening, hosts Takeuchi Yoshie gave an explanation and apologized for Hamasaki’s absence. During December 2008, Hamasaki also suddenly cancelled an appearance on MSta due to a wrist injury.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Ayu Meeting NYC Fans Pictures
From today's NYC time!
It's probably the last time Ayu gotta meet the NYC fans.
It's probably the last time Ayu gotta meet the NYC fans.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Look!s Magazine October 2011 Issue Full Scans
Here's full scans of Look!s Magazine October 2011 Issue
Thursday, September 1, 2011
[Cover] 31.08.2011 Look!s Magazine October 2011 Issue Cover + Preview
October 2011 Issue Cover and Preview!
Ayumi Hamasaki New Mini-Album in store now! ^_^
![Ayumi Hamasaki - 5 [DVD + CD edition] | Album art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFI_mCc1YvesW_N0niU2GJtnmuyKwUyiOTJj9bWo-Y-0XihPHM0wvZn6H-sriuJWCsGdiqai94vw_z0CCr7TuMKlHEb83hVVrsXvYMVC0v2i5a3JLFesuNmWB5GGROrWShvxJYBe0cLoB/s800/%252528Album%252520art%252529%252520Ayumi%252520Hamasaki%252520-%252520Five%252520%25255BCD%252520%25252B%252520DVD%25255D.jpg "Ayumi Hamasaki - 5 [DVD + CD edition] | Album art")
![Ayumi Hamasaki - 5 [CD only edition] | Album art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh9jlig9Jv6zM0VlQRYTP3JyH-SdAq07KFu4iw5gIKZuIXgcgt1qwQzctARcn_5jP9pvwXc9zU4V8VzwXESHfq4_gzkl1BcoPwUwes4Cc_oPmiqxuSnzBg8l5FTZ97MXaUb_HU0NsepXG/s800/%252528Album%252520art%252529%252520Ayumi%252520Hamasaki%252520-%252520Five%252520%25255BCD%25255D.jpg "Ayumi Hamasaki - 5 [CD only edition] | Album art")
These overly photoshopped messes are the album
covers to Robot face's forthcoming mini album. Yes. This bitch is back on the
grind with a new release. The day this woman decides to take more than a year
off from music, is the day Avex is in trouble. Because Ayu be keeping people on
payrolls.
These covers are Adobe'd to absolute death! Is that DVD + CD edition cover even a photo!? It looks like a damn CG render. Hot mess. But I'm liking the CD edition. Robot face looks hot. Very 1980's Madonna. And one of her first album covers in quite a while where she's played up the sex. Could she be feeling the looming hand of Kumi Kohovah reaching for her wig? Perhaps it's the reason why she decided to ditch it and rock her natural hair. P'ah! Like Kumi cares. She'll pull a bitches shit out of the roots like Princess Toadstool on a turnip in Super Mario bros. 2.
There is also a third album cover which features anime artwork, in a nod to one of the songs from Five featuring on the PlayStation 3 RPG Tales of Xillia.
In true Ayu fashion every damn song on the mini album will come with its own music video. Ayumi has been falling off with some of her videos as of late. I remember the days when this bitch was throwing down Legend of Zelda style treasure chests of money to get videos shot. Now she be pulling budgets out of her purse. I need an overblown, expensive video from this woman. And I need it NAOW!
These covers are Adobe'd to absolute death! Is that DVD + CD edition cover even a photo!? It looks like a damn CG render. Hot mess. But I'm liking the CD edition. Robot face looks hot. Very 1980's Madonna. And one of her first album covers in quite a while where she's played up the sex. Could she be feeling the looming hand of Kumi Kohovah reaching for her wig? Perhaps it's the reason why she decided to ditch it and rock her natural hair. P'ah! Like Kumi cares. She'll pull a bitches shit out of the roots like Princess Toadstool on a turnip in Super Mario bros. 2.
There is also a third album cover which features anime artwork, in a nod to one of the songs from Five featuring on the PlayStation 3 RPG Tales of Xillia.
CD
DVD
- Why... featuring Juno
- Beloved
- Progress
- ANother song featuring Urata Naoya
- Brilliante
DVD
- Why... featuring Juno (Music video)
- Beloved (Music video)
- Progress (Music video)
- ANother song featuring Urata Naoya (Music video)
- Brilliante (Music video)
- Why... featuring JUNO (The making of the video)
- Beloved (The making of the video)
- Progress (The making of the video)
- ANother song featuring Urata Naoya (The making of the video)
- Brilliante (The making of the video)
In true Ayu fashion every damn song on the mini album will come with its own music video. Ayumi has been falling off with some of her videos as of late. I remember the days when this bitch was throwing down Legend of Zelda style treasure chests of money to get videos shot. Now she be pulling budgets out of her purse. I need an overblown, expensive video from this woman. And I need it NAOW!
Ayumi’s Sudden Withdrawal From “Closing Stage”
Singer Hamasaki Ayumi (32) revealed via her personal twitter that she chose to back out from doing her annual closing stage, creating an issue. It was said that this was a way of showing objections towards her company Avex, but what exactly happened?
This event in question was organized by Avex, the summer outdoor festival “a-nation.” Hamasaki Ayumi had, aside from the first year, been the closing act for 8 consecutive years, yet she did not do so starting from the 27 August performance in Tokyo, to the surprise of many fans.
■ Feeling of distrust for the event due to co-performer’s appearance termination
Instead of Hamasaki Ayumi, the closing stage was performed by the Korean male idol group who had been reduced from 5 members to 2 members, the reborn “Tohoshinki.” Hamasaki Ayumi performed just before Tohoshinki.
According to reports, the reason given was “convenience of performance” but pre-event materials for the media showed that Hamasaki Ayumi would be the closing act. Because of this, there were many speculations discussed on the internet. There was also the opinion that this was done as a strategy to combat the fact that fans would start leaving after the Tohoshinki performance.
In the three days after the event, replying to questions posed to her, Hamasaki Ayumi explained why she had not been the closing act.
According to this, the a-nation event song setlist had included the song from her mini album to be released on 31 August, with Korean artist Juno (24). Juno is the twin brother of Junsu, one of the members of “JYJ,” the unit that broke away from Tohoshinki. Juno’s appearance was suddenly terminated, and instead AAA’s Urata Naoya (28) who would be performing together with her for another song in her mini-album, would be singing Juno’s song.
Because of this, Hamasaki Ayumi bore distrust for the a-nation event, and showed her objections to the organisers, Avex. She considered pulling out of the performance, but after considering about the fans and staff, she decided to stay. Instead, she requested to pull out from doing the closing act for the two Tokyo performance days.
■ Dissention concerning Tohoshinki a reason?
With regards to her sudden pulling out, Hamasaki Ayumi said “The important thing is not “how can it be seen” but “how to protect it,” and this is the belief that resulted in everything that has happened today,” she explained in her tweet. After her own revelation of this matter, the Tohoshinki fans became confused.
Hamasaki Ayumi did not offer any explanation as to why Juno’s performance was cancelled. But without knowing the actual truth, there were speculations concerning Tohoshinki and the dissention due to the lawsuit between JYJ and their Korean management company SM Entertainment. On the internet, judging from the circumstances, suspicions such as the fact that the SM side had shown their displeasure with the appearance of Juno, brother of JYJ’s Junsu and other similar speculations have surfaced.
SM Entertainment Japan, when asked about this matter, said “As we have entrusted this matter to Avex, please direct your questions to them. As for matters regarding Juno, as he is not managed by our company, we cannot give an answer.”
We tried to contact Avex Entertainment about this, but the spokesperson could not be contacted.
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