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Ah my fault, it was the one she sang right after Sakura Drops. I was thinking it was Heart Station, but wasn't 100% sure (so I'm not a huge huge fan, I apologize)

Thanks daaznfella for the photo?s.....

Those wicked black thigh length boots, I wish I could get way with wearing a pair but I?ll end up looking like Dick Turpin who?s forgotten where he left his horse a horse.... the personal concert thoughts and experiences are so much fun to read too...

JudgeJamster those ?people? trying to queue jump, nature gave us elbows and I am so impressed you held your ground a ?friendly but firm nudge? works wonders; you would have received a round of applause here in the UK...

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that makes me feel a bit better. thanks :)

she didn't sing heart station...

SHE SANG HEART STATION!?!??!

AGHHHHHHHHH...

I had a sign saying Sing HEART STATION please? at the LA concert...and she didn't sing it...I guess I have to try again at the Las Vegas one..

If anyone can provide the setlist it would be appreciated <3

haha I joined just to post here, but like the others have said, it was an amazing concert. I think it helped a lot that I had gotten pretty hyped up already reading on here about how the Hawaii and LA concerts went, and then when she was actually everything I expected her to be and more, I just went nuts. I actually teared up a number of times over the course of the concert as she started singing certain songs (mostly all her old Japanese classics).

I'm totally bummed that they didn't allow photos though, because I was on the 2nd level off on the side, which had a great view of the stage. I had my camera phone with me (my P&S was taken and held because they were checking everyone's bags), but one of the security/staff members was next to me the entire time :( I did manage to record, voice only, a number of her songs though: Sakura Drops, Heart Station, First Love, Can You Keep A Secret, Automatic, Apple & Cinnamon and the English version of Hikari. I missed the English-Japanese hybrid because I couldn't figure out how to use the recorder on my iPhone. Many of the high/loud notes are blown out though because the sound was pumping pretty high, but if people are interested I'll upload them somewhere.

It was neat but my friend and I ran into the band in the adjacent bar (Green Room?) after the show, so we got to talk to them for a bit. They're flying out for SF tomorrow, but actually told us to let them know if we were going to hit up any of the nearby bars for happy hour. If only Hikki was with them :(

thks for the pic :)

Well, I am in a hotel room right now in Seattle and after fighting the cruddy wifi for an hour, I finally am online and can share my experience. :)

I got there a lot earlier then I expected, around 4:30. I got in line right away and chatted a little with the people behind and in front of me. One thing that was really annoying though was even though I got there early and was pretty close up to the front of the line, a lot of people were able to cut in right at the front because their friends were "holding spots for them." Of course there is nothing you can do, but it kinda is frustrating getting there early only to be passed up by people who only have to wait half the time you do, but oh well.

So as another already mentioned, the line started moving around 7:15. By then the line was MASSIVE, waaaaay bigger then I expected, which makes me glad I got there early cause once I got in I was able to get about 6 feet or so away from the gate/stage.

Now I'll just get the annoying part out of the way first.....I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE CUT IN FRONT OF YOU. I had these 2 annoying girls that kept trying to get in front of me but thankfully I held my ground. Eventually they gave up and left. A couple others were sadly able to cut in front of me. But here's the best part. There was some guy who was trying to cut through me, but I held my ground. But then his girlfriend or something grabbed his hand and pulled him through, but as he was moving, I smacked him with my elbow a few times, lol. There were a couple Japanese girls who laughed and thought I was cool doing that, and agreed that people were cutting in too much.....but that was the only bad part....now to the good stuff.

Mike Rizzo was pretty cool....a little boring and his music wasn't really my taste, but I thought it was pretty cool seeing him do his DJ thing. I also thought he was pretty hot. ;) Loved his gotee!

But then the room darkened and we got to hear the awesome OPENING. Then wonderful Hikki came out and the whole room went wild. She sang On and On, which was an awesome opener. I found it so funny how the "honeys if your gay" part got a bunch of people applauding, I guess she has a lot of gay fans, lol. FYI, awesome, Poppin, which was awesome with the "girls, you know we have it better then the boys" part. Then This One was amazing......

Then she sang the Passion/Sanctuary mix and by the middle of the song, I started bawling, lol. Seeing her RIGHT there pouring her heart and soul out to us, and just the look on her face....it really is amazing to see her sing, she just puts everything into her songs.

SAKURA Drops was AMAZING. Her playing on piano was just stunning. Stay Gold was awesome as well, I loved how the song was made a bit heavier then the album version.

And then OMG the BEST part of the night....Devil Inside, Kremlin Dusk, and You Make Me Want to be a Man. Pretty much imagine them in a very similar setup like UTADA UNITED....but better, yes, better. Devil Inside started up slow, dark, and creepy. Hikki sang Kremlin Dusk....better then the album version and better then Utada United. Her vocals were spot on and amazing through the whole thing....I wish I could just experience that one more time....
Then it streamed right into YMMWTBAM, which had a awesome drum heavy opening with the creepy robotic "uhhhhhhh" from Hikki. I cannot believe how amazing that song was....and it even had a loud yelling and guitar solo at the end, along with Hikki grabbing drumsticks and banging the drums herself at the end. :)

The Placebo cover was AWESOME. The rest of the songs were in a very similar setup to the album versions, although Apple and Cinnamon was a bit heavier. First Love was stunning, Automatic was fun, Come Back to Me was lovely, Can You Keep a Secret? was hot, lol. By the way, her pink dress was adorable. :) Dirty Desire was so awesome, especially the ending part, everyone put their hands up and went along with the great groove. lol

Then she came back out with Simple and Clean.....I will proudly admit that the song made me cry my eyes out, lol. That song is special to me in so many ways....also I'd say it probably got the most applause from the audience when it started, lol.
OH, and here's what's awesome. Towards the end of the song she did that "lalalalalalalala" part that she used in Hikari for the UTADA UNITED tour...that was great, it touched my heart in so many ways. And then Me Muero, which was such an awesome song live.


Overall it was definitely THE BEST concert I have ever been to. Her voice was.....stunning, beautiful, wonderful, amazing in so many ways. I was not expecting her to sound THAT good, I'd say she sounded better then the way she sounds on her albums. I know can say for certain that her voice DID NOT get messed up from Utada United, she sounds just as amazing as she did 5 years ago. She captures you in a way that is indescribable. It was an amazing/unbelievable experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Utada Hikaru is....she made me speechless. Even now I am still in shock....anyway, perhaps I am rambling too much here, lol.

Also a couple other things to mention. Everyone sang happy birthday to her. :) She was adorable, and so down to earth. She talked about how she was born on a cold Winter day and so she likes the cold better then the heat, and saying she was happy that it wasn't raining so we wouldn't be waiting outside in it, lol. She mentioned that she hasn't been on the Space Needle, and the crowd went like, "OMG WHAT!?" and then she got an embarrased look on her face and said "oops" LOL. It was so cute. Then here's what's awesome. At one point she was talking and one guy yelled out something about her looks....then she said something like, "well, after all this singing I'll be sweaty and stuff." Then I yelled out loudly "YOUR ALWAYS HOT HIKKI" and she smirked and said, "well, I'd like you to see me when I wake up in the morning!" I was like, OMG, SHE RESPONDED TO ME!!!!!" That was awesome. At the end she threw out baseballs to the crowd, which sadly I didn't get, lol. Man, she looked fabulous....oh, and as someone else mentioned, she was asking Matt the band leader if he was looking at porn on the Mac, lol. She was so nice to everyone. Someone screamed out at one point "I LOVE YOU", and she was like, "I love you too!" lol. Also after it was done I stayed back a bit and got to say hi quick to David and Taku, one of the keyboardists and the percussionist. They waved at me and I was like, "YOU WERE AWESOME!" and they said thanks and waved, lol. All the band members were hot, especially Matt. Oh, and yesterday (wednesday) was Sam's (the bassits/keyboardist) birthday, so Utada and all of us sang Happy Birthday to him, so maybe try to do the same for whoever is at the next few concerts. :)

Anyway, sorry for mixing up a lot of things, but I'm soooo tired out and am not thinking straight, lol. If I remember anything I forgot to mention I'll post it...sorry for the long post, but tonight was amazing and I had so much to say. Anyway, good night everyone!

honestly, her outfit was pretty damn good, i did NOT like her hawaii fit, sorry a_kikoo...and her LA fit was good, I couldn't have asked for a better lookin concert outfit....she looked absolutely stunning, maybe one of the guys who got yelled at for taking a picture is an utadanet member

here is a very bad one of her after doing me muero....better then nothing right?

awe her outfit looks cute