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A billboard at the venue displaying the tour logo |
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| Tour by Namie Amuro | ||||
| Associated album | Best Fiction | |||
| Start date | October 25, 2008 | |||
| End date | July 12, 2009 | |||
| Legs | 3 | |||
| Shows | 60 in Japan 2 in Taiwan 2 in China 64 Total |
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| Namie Amuro tour chronology | ||||
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Namie Amuro Best Fiction Tour 2008-2009 is the tenth concert tour by Okinawan 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.[1][2]
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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.
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.
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| October 25, 2008 | Mihama | Japan | Mukuhari Messi Event Hall |
| October 26, 2008 | |||
| November 1, 2008 | Sapporo | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | |
| November 2, 2008 | |||
| November 8, 2008 | Fukui | Sundome Fukui | |
| November 9, 2008 | |||
| November 15, 2008 | Fukuroi | Shizuoka Ecopa Arena | |
| November 16, 2008 | |||
| November 22, 2008 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Green Arena | |
| November 23, 2008 | |||
| November 29, 2008 | Fukuoka | Marine Messi Fukuoka | |
| November 30, 2008 | |||
| December 6, 2008 | Saitama | Saitama Super Arena | |
| December 7, 2008 | |||
| December 13, 2008 | Sendai | Sendai Hot House Super Arena | |
| December 14, 2008 | |||
| December 20, 2008 | Aomori | Aoi-mori Arena | |
| December 21, 2008 | |||
| January 14, 2009 | Nagoya | Nippon Gaishi | |
| January 15, 2009 | |||
| January 20, 2009 | Osaka | Osaka Jo Hall | |
| January 21, 2009 | |||
| January 24, 2009 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima Arena | |
| January 25, 2009 | |||
| January 31, 2009 | Niigata | Niigata Sangyou Shinkou Center | |
| February 1, 2009 | |||
| February 10, 2009 | Tokyo | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | |
| February 11, 2009 | |||
| February 13, 2009 | |||
| February 14, 2009 | |||
| February 21, 2009 | |||
| February 22, 2009 | |||
| February 26, 2009 | Osaka | Osaka Jo Hall | |
| February 27, 2009 | |||
| March 3, 2009 | Nagoya | Nippon Gaishi | |
| March 4, 2009 | |||
| March 7, 2009 | Yokohama | Yokohama Arena | |
| March 8, 2009 | |||
| March 14, 2009 | Kobe | Kobe World Hall | |
| March 15, 2009 | |||
| March 20, 2009 | Okinawa | Okinawa Convention Center | |
| March 21, 2009 | |||
| April 4, 2009 | Nagano | Nagano M-Wave | |
| April 5, 2009 | |||
| April 10, 2009 | Okayama | Okayama City Cultural Gymnasium | |
| April 11, 2009 | |||
| April 18, 2009 | Mie | Mie Sun Arena | |
| April 19, 2009 | |||
| April 28, 2009 | Tokyo | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | |
| April 29, 2009 | |||
| May 2, 2009 | |||
| May 3, 2009 | |||
| May 9, 2009 | Maebashi | Green Dome Maebashi | |
| May 10, 2009 | |||
| May 16, 2009 | Oita | Beppu Beacon Plaza Convention Hall | |
| May 17, 2009 | |||
| May 23, 2009 | Nagoya | Nippon Gaishi | |
| May 24, 2009 | |||
| May 30, 2009 | Morioka | Morioka Ice Arena | |
| May 31, 2009 | |||
| June 20, 2009 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Arena |
| June 21, 2009 | |||
| July 11, 2009 | Shangai | China | Shangai Grand Stage |
| July 12, 2009 |
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.[3]