NMFT 5: Toronto @ The Rivoli May 18, 2013
The night before was a sold out crowd but this time they let us squeeeeeeeeze in 50 more people for a total of 255. Even the walls were sweating. The Montreal show was fantastic but May 18 @ the Rivoli was the loudest and most memorable night of the tour with a RIDICULOUS amount of crowd surfing.
Kinoko Teikoku's 佐藤さん (Sato) performed as the secret opening act under her stage name:
kugatsuhascome
チーナ
harafromhell
This is me announcing the band.
And this is me crowd surfing soon after.
Bryan took a million pics of Tatejima Yoko. But the way she emotes and dances around on stage, I don't blame him. She's photogenic.
きのこ帝国
In Japan it's rare to see Sato smile on stage, but in Toronto she was having the time of her life performing in front of a boisterous, highly energetic crowd.
There was non-stop crowd surfing!!
This is my friend Jess.
Here she is in focus.
This is THE Josh.
This is my buddy Vish who actually introduced me to Kinoko Teikoku's music.
Random NMFT fan.
Random NMFT fan #2.
Random NMFT fan #3.
Of course I got involved too! Notice I changed my shirt. Crowd surfing, moshing and jumping/dancing gives you a decent workout!
All these photos are just from Kinoko Teikoku's set and not every crowd surfer got photographed. i.e. This was just the tip of the crowdsurfing iceberg (there was a LOT more!)
mouse on the keys
Killer photo courtesy of Larry Yuan.
The video projection made motk's badass musicianship an even more amazing experience to behold.
My friend & NMFT staff Makiko.
Yoichi after stagediving.
Yoichi & Josh tandem dive and surf.
The tide was gigantic so it was a pretty lengthy ride.
Of course motk joined in on the fun.
And here's the official shot of motk with the audience photographed by my mellow, my man Larry:
Is that Jun Nemoto's thumb or is Kawasaki just happy having played at the Rivoli?
Fans, staff and band members
Jess, Midori and Andrew (front row).
Yoichi!!
Ayaka repping Canada with チーナ.
Makiko with チーナ.
Kon-chan (きのこ帝国's drummer)
Isizuka (harafromhell's drummer)
Hayashi Eri and Sato帝国 aka kugatsuhascome.
One of the best shows ever in the history of NMFT!