Tour of Secret
| ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A -Tour of Secret- "LIVE + DOCUMENTARY" |
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| Live album by Ayumi Hamasaki | ||||
| Released | March 12, 2008 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
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| Tour by Ayumi Hamasaki | |
| Start date | March 10, 2007 |
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| End date | June 10, 2007 |
| No. of shows | 13 in Japan 1 in Taiwan 1 in Hong Kong 1 in Shanghai 16 in Total |
| Ayumi Hamasaki concert chronology | |
Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour 2007 A: Tour of Secret is the first Asia-wide and ninth overall concert tour held by Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki, in support of her album Secret. The tour started March 10, 2007, and ended in mid June of the same year, with legs not only in Japan but in other Asian countries as well, making it Hamasaki's first concert tour with non-domestic stops.
Although Hamasaki had performed outside Japan prior to Tour of Secret, up until then, all of her concert tours included only domestic stops. However, during Avex's 2006 a-nation '06 concert, Hamasaki announced that she was planning a concert tour that would include stops in other Asian countries; moreover, it was likely to take place within the following two years. By December of that year, Hamasaki announced in a CNN interview that it was ascertained that her first tour of Asia would take place in 2007.
The DVD was released on March 12 in Japan, March 21 in Taiwan, and March 25 in Hong Kong. The VCD was released on March 28 in Hong Kong. It featured 120 minutes of live footage, including encores. Both the VCD and the DVD included a tour documentary spanning the time from her first rehearsals for the tour up through the final show—condensing 150 days' worth of tour into nearly three and a half hour's worth of road movie footage.
It contains "exceptionally rare footage" never seen in past tour DVDs and VCDs that filmed only the final concerts. It included moments such as the wild reception of Ayumi's Asian fans, and songs performed at only a few stops during the tour ("Memorial address," "JEWEL," "momentum," and "flower garden").
Viewers who bought the DVD would be able to either watch the concert through with the documentary footage in-between or watch the concert first and then the documentaries after. Additionally, the DVD came packed in a special sleeve design as did the VCD.
From the official website.
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Oricon Overall Sales Chart (Japan)
Upon Ayumi's arrival in Taiwan, thousands gathered in Taipei's international airport to get a glimpse of her on their own soil for the first time in five years. Hamasaki's arrival caused a large media frenzy. Although she had just travelled a long international flight, Hamasaki actually seemed more than delighted to be swarmed by fans and the media alike; constantly waving to fans and smiling for the cameras, all the while being surrounded by numerous bodyguards.
Her concert itself also caused a huge stir in the media and fans. Various shops and stores throughout Taiwan decorated their stores with Ayumi-themed posters and signs. The media had a field day with Ayumi's concert; interviewing fans on the street, covering all unfolding events, and even filming the concert hall with helicopter shots. The show itself was the same as in Japan. During the encore, Hamasaki spoke primarily English with Mandarin and Japanese phrases in the conversation. She even sang a chorus of the finale "Who..." in Mandarin. It was even reported that Taiwanese megastar Jolin Tsai as well as other Taiwanese superstars had attended the performance.
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