Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live

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Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live
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ReleasedOctober 30, 2013
RecordedJuly 28, 2013
Venue Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Genre J-pop
Label Avex
Ayumi Hamasaki chronology
Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2012–2013 A: Wake Up
(2013)
Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live
(2013)
Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2013-2014 A
(2014)

Ayumi Hamasaki 15th Anniversary Tour: A Best Live is Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki's 36th DVD/Blu-ray release. It was released on October 30, 2013. The tour was held to celebrate Hamasaki's 15th anniversary in the music industry, with her performing 28 shows in Japan from mid-April to late July. The tour started on April 13, 2013 at Saitama Super Arena and finished with two final shows at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on July 27 and 28, 2013. [1]

Contents

The DVD peaked at No. 3 on the weekly Oricon DVD Chart, with the Blu-ray reaching No. 3, as well.

Release

The DVD/Blu-ray was released in four formats, the first two being a standard 2DVD version and the Blu-ray version. The other two formats are the limited 2DVD + Live Photobook and the Blu-ray + Live Photobook version. The photobook includes 88 pages. [2]

Track list

Track list taken from Avex. [3]

Disc 1

  1. "interlude"
  2. "A Song for ××"
  3. "Memorial Address"
  4. "Massive Trance Station"
  5. "Poker Face"
  6. "Fly High"
  7. "Honey"
  8. "Show Time"
  9. "M"
  10. "No Way to Say"
  11. "You & Me"
  12. "Blue Bird"
  13. "innervisions
  14. "Jewel"
  15. "Heaven"
  16. "Ever Free"
  17. "Wake Me Up"
  18. "Tell All"
  19. "Surreal" ~ "Evolution" ~ "Surreal"
  20. "Voyage"
    Encore
  21. "Teddy Bear"
  22. "Sunrise (Love Is All)"
  23. "Boys & Girls"
  24. "Who..."
    Double Encore
  25. "My All"

Disc 2

  1. Screen Videos (2 titles)

Charts

ReleaseChartPeak position
October 30, 2013Oricon DVD Chart (General)3 [4]
Oricon Blu-ray Chart (General)3 [5]

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