Japan 1979 tour photo discoveries

NEW DISCOVERY (VERY IMPORTANT):

Many, many images from Queen's Japan tours have been found and uploaded into a massive folder (can be seen here, I am warning you there are A LOT of photos in this folder). littlequeenie97 and I have done lots of investigating these photos, some supposed "4/14" photos from TV reports, and the photos we already have. I'll explain these soon, but we can now say that:

1. Freddie didn't wear the silver lurex at 4/14.
2. Roger had a white shirt + vest at 4/14, then took the vest off.
3. Koh Hasebe attended 4/21 Kanazawa, but likely arrived at the venue very late.
4. Although unconfirmed, quite a few Kanazawa photos exist.
5. Freddie trimmed his hair after Kanazawa.
6. Koh Hasebe actually took more than 4 photos at 4/23. (I know right? Very surprising)

There was lots of investigating that was done to reach this conclusion, so I'll try my best to sum it all up here.

Luixpa had originally suggested that these encore pics may actually be from 4/14 as the angle matches the angle of other 4/14 photos. This idea made more sense with this 4/14 set. A while ago, we weren't sure where to place that cap + tie picture, as we had previously thought that Freddie wore his silver lurex at the show. This photo from the new Drive folder seemed to be from the same show as well, as Freddie also has star suspenders. All of this seemed to mean that Freddie didn't wear the silver lurex that night. These old 4/14 silver lurex shots can't be from 4/20 or 4/24 since a WATC pic shows Brian in a different outfit, plus John doesn't have his red cap.

In order to solve this issue, we'll have to first solve Roger's continuity issue in 4/14. In my old post, I had said that Roger went from a black shirt to a white shirt. This was clearly wrong as there were black shirt shots during moments of the show where Roger had already changed to white. There were even 4/14 shots where Roger had a vest! Something was wrong with our labeling. 'Wearing a vest, then taking it off' made a lot more sense than 'wearing black, then changing to white', so maybe the pics with a black shirt were wrong. These actually came from a TV report (2 reports now, as another with more pics was recently discovered). Obviously some of the pics had to come from 4/14. John had two different red ties (sparkly and normal), and he stopped wearing the sparkly one after 4/14.

There was no show where the band's outfits matched these mystery TV report photos. So perhaps this was a different photographer. Could it perhaps be Kanazawa? Freddie's hair in these pictures does look a little longer than his 4/2x Budokan cut, and there is a noticeable difference in length between 4/20 and 4/23. Hmmm... Does it make sense? Well if Roger has a black shirt in Kanazawa, it solves Roger's continuity problem in 4/14. The TV reports probably only contain 2 shows, so if the silver lurex shots aren't from 4/14, then they should be from Kanazawa. It does also make sense for Freddie to cut his hair again after Kanazawa as it explains the shorter hair later.

What about Hasebe's silver lurex shots of Freddie on Superman? According to what I have just told you, it should be Kanazawa. But why only of the encore? My theory is that Hasebe arrived to the venue very late, only able to capture photos from the encores.

And now, onto the most surprising new discovery we've made. #6. Koh Hasebe actually took a lot more than 4 photos at 4/23, thanks to the new Drive folder. 

Check out the document to see all of the current photos we have as of now.

A few unconfirmed Kanazawa photos: