09/09/09 BEST FICTION TOUR LIVE RELEASE!!!

Today is a special day aside from the significant meaning of 09/09/09 to some culture’s beliefs.

It is the release date for Namie new live tour BEST FICTION TOUR 2008 – 2009 and it debuted #1 on Oricon Daily DVD chart. Her record company has created a special site to commemorate the release.

DVD Edition


Blu-ray Edition


There are many first time for this tour as follows:

1. It is released in 2 formats DVD and Blu-ray.

2. This is the largest scale of Arena concerts Namie ever had in total of 64 shows. The tour was played to 450,000 concertgoers for 60 shows in Japan alone and that sets a new record for Japanese solo female artists for having the most attendance record. Including her 4 overseas gigs, 2 shows each for Taiwan and Shanghai, Namie wooed a total of 500,000 audiences for her BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009.

3. It is the longest tour she ever had; it spanned a total of 10 months.

4. Namie performed in Shanghai for the first time and she held 2 shows there.

5. The live release used an overseas show (Taiwan) for release.

6. She performed 30 songs for her concert and that is 2.5 hrs of non-stop singing and dancing.

7. For a limited-period until 30/09/09, it comes in digipak packaging.

8. Her covers for the release were airbushed to create a FICTION touch to it.

9. A special site is created to view the tracklist, photos and also for people to provide views on the DVD or the concert they had attended.

In short, the tour was toured for 10 months, 64 dates, 3 countries and attracted 500,000 audiences in total.

Not for the fainted-heart.


BEST FICTION TOUR 2008 - 2009 Teaser


"Do Me More" one of my fave songs and the opening song for the concert. An introductory video for the tour made by a fan.


I have seen critics by people who bought the Blu-ray that the video quality was superb and it was crisp clear until they were able to see the sparkle from the glitter powder on her body. Wah!!! That is so detailed but it comes with a hefty price tag, for the Blu-ray it costs $90+ for Japan version. Btw, I have not watched any Blu-ray thingy before. Furthermore, I think that DVD quality is already very good and Blu-ray still can beat it, wah!!! bu ke si yi.

I have not watched the concert yet even though there were leaks as I do not want to spoil my anticipation when seeing it on DVD. I am just waiting for the overseas version as Japan version for the DVD costs about $80. Hmm, quite pricey lol.