as rumored on this BBS, by the usual same W(本物), who’s news has always been accurate,
Akina should be releasing her new single, the ending song for her upcoming drama 「プリマダム」on 17th May 2006(水）
乱 火 will still be in 日本@ that time~~! yeah! 乱火 will most likely get to hear this song first on TV, when the drama is shown =) hehe.
There have been rumours that Akina will hold another concert on top of her usual Summer live.
Now, more details are circulating around in THE BBS:
Akina is being invited to do an one-hour performance for ミキフォーラム (a 三基商事 concert programme, where in the past, artistes such as 高橋真梨子さん、安全地帯 & ゴーヒロミさん were invited to perform).
Akina‘s rumoured schedules are as below:
6/16 オーバードホール（北陸）
6/21 ナゴヤレインボーホール
6/27 マリンメッセ福岡
7/4,5 大阪城ホール
7/8,9 さいたまスーパーアリーナ
7/11 東日本（横浜アリーナ）
7/20 グランディ・21（東北）
Unfortuately, it’s exclusively for ミキフォーラム members and 三基商事 staffs, so there won’t be tickets for the general public… In view that it’s a private function, neither Faithway nor UJ made any annoucement…
Uh wah~~~ hamu really envy those ミキフォーラム members and 三基商事 staffs. They can watch Akina concert FOC~
Wonder if anyone will auction the ticket out or not…. Or will 三基商事 make it impossible to transfer the ticket, like making sure people who attend the concert must produce their staff pass/member card??
And hamu wonder if Akina will get some healthy foodstuff from 三基商事 since it’s a Osaka-based health food producer? Heehee….
Yes! It is confirmed via FAITHWAY website!
明菜ちゃん will be singing the ending theme song for 「プリマダム」.
Let’s look forward to another wonderful single from 明菜ちゃん！
also, another piece of good news is that overseas FAITHWAY fanclub members are able to book the concert tickets through FAITHWAY directly and the concert tickets will be delivered to the member by airmail. As for the payment method, it is unclear now. More details later.
So, all overseas fans! join FAITHWAY!! Show your support for 明菜ちゃん！
p.s. I must say that the VAMPires presence at last year’s concert made a significant difference! yeah~
Titled 「Akina Box」、a 18 CD boxset to be released on 21st June 2006.
17 previously Warner released albums, from Prologue to Cruise + 1 Special CD which is "Seventeen" album, that was only released as mini album, picture LP in 1982 will be made into CD this time as special bonus.
All tracks will be 24bit remastered and all the albums will have paper covers, like LPs.
Price : 37000yen(tax included)
So far, only tower records is taking in pre-order at the above link.
Strategically, this box set is released somewhere near the end of the drama(if not after the end of it) and also, before the concert.
If I am not wrong, we might be the first to reveal Akina’s newest fan club newsletter. I just received it this evening when I came back home and can’t wait to share it all with you.
At first glance, I am very happy that there are many photos of Akina, her past, current and future projects. There is her report on her special performance on Music Fair 21, Dinner Show 2006, her new drama (the name has now been confirmed to be プリマダム – Prima Time), and her upcoming concert schedule.
It looks like her Summer concert this year is more than a month later than her past years (starting from 24th June – 8th August) but I think it is a good strategy to time it with the ending of the drama series, in hope that there will be more people would might want to come to the concert. At the moment, there are only 8 confirmed sessions and each ticket costs 7350 yen. Faithway Fanclub members get priority to purchase these tickets right now.
I certainly hope that they will be adding more concert venues because 8 seems a little too conservative. Hopefully Ranbi will still be there when she starts her concert …
Maybe the other VAMPires would like to share their joy at the newsletter and share more from it. 
P.S. For those who can’t view the photos (it’s due to Geocities download limit every hour, please visit this link – http://www.flickr.com/photos/68153602@N00/?saved=1
