Sat 16 November 2024 6:30pm

Annual Free Convention

at Cullercoats Crescent Club, North Shields

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The Annual Free Convention 2024 - Kossoff...The Band Plays On

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The Annual Free Convention is Back! This year, celebrate the music of Free, Bad Company, and more by Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser, and Simon Kirke with 2 nights of incredible live music at the Cullercoats Crescent Club!

Saturday, November 16th: Rock out with Kossoff...The Band Plays On, featuring Terry Slesser (Paul Kossoff's Backstreet Crawler band mate) and John Buckton on guitar!

Doors from 6.30pm.

Saturday, November 16th:
Kossoff...The Band Plays On - featuring Terry Slesser (Paul Kossoff's Backstreet Crawler band mate) and John Buckton on guitar
The Hearbreaker Collective
The Stealer (Free set)

Tickets:

Friday Night featuring Absolute Free: £20
Saturday Night featuring Kossoff...The Band Plays On: £25
2-Day Ticket: £42 (save money and catch both nights!)
Proceeds to Charity: As always, all profits from this event will be donated to local charities.

Don't miss this chance to celebrate legendary rock music for a great cause!

Annual Free Convention

The principle aim of the Annual Free Convention is to build up a membership of fans who may have an interest in continued comradeship inbetween the annual events that take place to share our love for that great band. The Annual Free Convention is an annual event that hosts tribute bands performing music relating to the individuals of 'Free' i.e. Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser, Simon Kirke and Paul Kossoff (RIP), as well as the related bands like 'Bad Company' 'Sharks' 'Back Street Crawler' etc...

See Annual Free Convention tour dates

Kossoff...The Band Plays On

Forty years on since Paul Kossoff, one of Britain’s finest guitarists, tragically passed away at the tender age of 25 in 1976. Singer Terry Slesser, the voice of Kossoff's critically acclaimed post-Free band Back Street Crawler, and a close friend of Koss, keeps the memory of one of the greatest British Blues guitarist and his music alive. Sless has chosen the guitarist John Buckton, of whom Simon Kirke said "If Free were to reform John would be my first choice as guitarist", to play a series of special dates reviving for the first time since the 70s the catalogue of Back Street Crawler songs as well as favourite Free numbers. Also included in the lineup is drummer Clive Edwards (UFO, Wild Horses, Pat Travers) and highly respected keyboard player Mark Taylor (Elton John, Simple Minds, The Alarm).

See Kossoff...The Band Plays On tour dates