Associated album Best Fiction End date July 12, 2009 | Start date October 25, 2008 Legs 3 | |
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No. of shows 60 in Japan
2 in Taiwan
2 in China
64 Total | ||
Namie Amuro Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009 is the tenth concert tour by Japanese R&B/Pop singer and dancer, Namie Amuro in support of her greatest hits album, Best Fiction (2008). The tour began on October 25, 2008 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, Japan and will end on July 12, 2009 at Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. The tour broke attendance records for Japanese solo female artists, playing to 500,000 fans across Japan, China and Taiwan.
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Itinerary
The initial tour dates were announced on May 27, 2008 with 25 stops in 15 cities across Japan. An additional 15 dates and an additional city were added on August 18, 2008 before the start of the tour.
On October 25, 2008, the tour began in Chiba, Japan at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall and continued through December 21, 2008 at Aoi-mori Arena in Aomori, Japan. Another round of 20 additional dates were added on December 29, 2008, bringing the total amount of dates in Japan to 60. The second leg of the tour began on January 14, 2009 at Sendai Hot House Arena in Miyagi, Japan and played its final show in on May 31 at the Morioka Ice Arena in Iwate, Japan.
On March 22, 2009, it was announced that the tour would be headed towards the Asian continent with four additional shows in Taiwan and China set respectively in June and July. Overall, the tour spanned a total of 10 months, 64 dates, 3 countries, with a total attendance of an estimated 500,000 people.
Set list
The set list for the Best Fiction tour includes 16 of the 17 songs included on the Best Fiction compilation album. Several album songs from her two most recent studio albums, Queen of Hip-Pop (2005) and Play (2007) were also included. "Luvotomy" and "Black Diamond," originally collaborations with other artists are performed as solo versions. "Say the Word" released in 2001 is the oldest song included on the set list. It is only one of two songs including "Wishing On The Same Star" to be released before her transition to R&B music. This is her first tour to exclude any of her songs released with former producer, Tetsuya Komuro.
When the tour began on October 28, 2008, Amuro performed 28 songs. "Wild" and "Dr." were added to the set list prior to the release of their respective single on March 18, 2009.
- Do Me More
- Violet Sauce
- Alarm
- So Crazy (Remix)
- New Look
- Hello
- Girl Talk
- Shine More
- Full Moon
- Luvotomy (No Rap Version)
- Put 'Em Up
- It's All About You
- Wishing on the Same Star
- Rock Steady
- Funky Town
- No
- Say the Word (Single Version)
- Dr.
- Wild
- White Light
- Hide & Seek
- Queen of Hip-Pop
- Sexy Girl
- Want Me, Want Me
- Top Secret
- Black Diamond (Solo Version)
- What a Feeling
- WoWa / Dancer Introduction
- Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick
- Baby Don't Cry
Concert filming and recording
The show at Yokohama Arena on March 7, 2009 was filmed and photographed for media outlets in print and television. Snippets of performances for "New Look," "Dr.," "Wild," and "Top Secret" were aired on several major entertainment news programs on March 8, 2009. Filming for a home video release of the tour originally took place on April 28 and April 29, 2009 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. However, fans reported Amuro being ill. She apologized to fans on her mobile blog for not being able to give them a worthy performance.
In an appearance with Sweet magazine, Amuro confirmed the home video release of the tour would instead be of her overseas concerts at the Taipei Arena in Taiwan in June. Her management site formally announced on July 21 the release of "Namie Amuro Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009" on DVD and Blu-ray on September 9, 2009.