My Impulse Driven by a Live Show: Tomohiro Kondo Solo Live

A live show begins the moment you decide, 'Okay, I'm going to see so-and-so's show.' You bring your personal situation, the emotions you're carrying, your circumstances, and everything else into the venue to be bathed in music. The impulse stirred there becomes the 'fuel' for how you live from that point on. That is why live shows are unforgettable.

April 19, 2026
Tomohiro Kondo Solo Live
at Fukuoka YURAYURA

Coming to Fukuoka on tour for the release of the new album 'Tomodachi no Uta (Song for Friends)'.

Tomohiro Kondo 'Tomodachi no Uta'
1. Kazoku (Family)
2. Kanojo wa Mahoutsukai (She is a Magician)
3. Kaze wa Umi kara (The Wind is from the Sea)
4. Awa no Uta (OUR SONG)
5. Tomodachi no Uta (Song for Friends)
6. Aru Yoru no Hanashi (A Story of One Night)
7. Rascal
8. Power of Dreams
9. Curry Rice
10. Nanami-chan no Uta (Nanami-chan's Song)
11. Kono Yoru ni (On This Night)
12. Que Sera Sera

Three years ago, my mother went to a palliative care hospital, and my father went into a facility. During that time, I cleaned up their house, thinking, 'My parents might never return here.' Eventually, that became reality, and I continued the cleanup. It was quite painful. A sense of loneliness and loss. But when I finished closing up my parents' home, I thought, 'If I go to see the empty lot, maybe I can reset this emptiness.' However, I struggled to find the motivation. I was looking for a catalyst.

In the midst of that, at Mr. Kondo's live show a year ago, I heard the song 'Kazoku', and it gave me the courage to go see the empty lot after closing up my parents' home.

But I can't see you anymore
The memories have also lost their color
This sadness I can't tell anyone
(Kazoku) - I empathized, realizing Mr. Kondo also carried this sadness, and I was finally able to go.

And the memories of the time spent with my family became eternal.

This March, 'Kazoku' was included as the first track on the album 'Tomodachi no Uta'. It had finally been released to the world.

A year ago and this year. I went to the live show carrying various emotions and sentiments, and it felt like I was gifted the precious song 'Kazoku'.

The songs included on the album are packed with Mr. Kondo's personal thoughts. The title track 'Tomodachi no Uta', 'Aru Yoru no Hanashi', 'Power Of Dreams'... Personal experiences are sublimated and woven into lyrics. I can superimpose my own state of mind and life itself onto them. That is the most blissful experience as a listener. The album is also happy to have come to my home. Here, 'Kazoku' waits, we eat 'Curry Rice', and from here, I head out to meet 'friends'.

Live show experiences. Encounters with songs. Every kind of musical experience. The 'impulse of mine' stirred from there. That is my greatest energy, and I write day and night on this note, struggling to put it into words. I will continue to repay the artists who created 'my impulse'. 'Fukuoka Rock Laboratory' is that activity.

my note #395