03 April, 2016

TONS OF SOBS / Molten Gold - The Annual Free Convention, 19 Mar 2016 - 英国遠征


Great show of the 40th anniversary tribute to Paul Kossoff - The Annual Free Convvention held at The Park Hotel, Tynemouth, 19 March 2016, which started at 19:20 and closing remarks at 0:35 next morning.

I was there with band members and friends from Japan.

 英国のフリー・コンベンションに、トンズが出演することになった。それが主催者の要請で、最初から最後まで5時間出ずっぱりで、フリーの全アルバムをやるという。
 直美さんが体力つけるために夜間の走り込みをやったり、木下さんが「指が折れても、このあと廃人になろうとも、」とフェイスブックで決死の覚悟を示されているのに、「あ、そう、大変ね、頑張ってきてね。」ではワタシ済まない、という気持ちが日増しに強くなり、とうとうニューカッスル行き航空券の手配と会場ホテルの予約を、ネットでポチポチッとやってしまった(ダンナ様には事後承諾)。東京でも英国でも、いつでもどこでもバンドのみんなと一緒に燃えたい。

 コンベンション前日、アムステルダム経由で直接ニューカッスル空港に到着した。入国審査の「Non-EU Passengers」の列には私一人。
「観光でタインマスのホテルに4日間滞在?本当の目的は?こっちに友人でもいるわけ?」「友人のコンサートです。」「何のコンサート?」「タインマスのホテルでフリー・コンベンションがあるのです。」「?」
「フリー」だけでは「無料コンサート」の意味かと思ったようなので、「ポール・コソフの…」と言い添えてみたら、「ああ、あのフリーか!じゃあんたもロッカーってわけか。」「Yea!」
 粋な入管、滞在許可スタンプをベタン。「Enjoy! Keep on rockin!」

Using Carl Zeiss/Contax Planar 50mm/F1.4 single focal lens with Sony Alpha ILCE-7 35mm full-frame camera, Carl Zeiss/Contax Vario-Sonnar 80-200mm/F4 zoom lens with Sony Alpha ILCE-7M2 35mm full-frame camera. Development using Adobe Lightroom 6.
All photo copyright © 2016 Megumi Manzaki.


Free tribute band TONS OF SOBS - The Annual Free Convention (part 1) at The Park Hotel, Tynemouth, 19 March 2016.

- Hide Kinoshita (guitars)
- Yuji Kutsumi (drums/vocals)
- Naomi Watanabe (keyboards)
- Brian Tanti (bass)
- Nick Moroishi (vocals)
- Terry Slesser (vocals)


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「サインなんてしたことねーよ。」


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135 photos taken by Megumi in this session available.
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Slesser/Buckton Band - The Annual Free Convention (part 2) at The Park Hotel, Tynemouth, 19 March 2016.

- Terry Slesser (vocals)
- John Buckton (guitar)
- Brian Tanti (bass)
- Yuji Kutsumi (drums)
- Naomi Watanabe (keyboards)
- Takeru Yamamoto (backing vocals)
- Hide Kinoshita (guitar)


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3 most hard-working performers through the whole show.


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55 photos taken by Megumi in this session available.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/megumi_manzaki/albums/72157665721045230



Back Street Crawler tribute band Molten Gold with Terry Slesser - The Annual Free Convention (part 3) at The Park Hotel, Tynemouth, 19 March 2016.

- Terry Slesser (vocals)
- Takeru Yamamoto (vocals)
- Hide Kinoshita (guitars)
- Yuji Kutsumi (drums/vocals)
- Naomi Watanabe (keyboards)
- Brian Tanti (bass)


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177 photos taken by Megumi in this session available.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/megumi_manzaki/albums/72157666250621536



Free tribute band TONS OF SOBS - The Annual Free Convention (part 4) at The Park Hotel, Tynemouth, 19 March 2016.

- Hide Kinoshita (guitars)
- Yuji Kutsumi (drums/vocals)
- Naomi Watanabe (keyboards)
- Brian Tanti (bass)
- Nick Moroishi (vocals)
- Phil White (vocals)
- Takeru Yamamoto (backing vocals)


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The end of the show.


224 photos taken by Megumi in this session available.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/megumi_manzaki/albums/72157663977924543