The organizers felt satisfied last night, after the three concerts of the festival in. In a smaller space than at the time of the Pruneau Show, the crowd was however well present, like the artists, impeccable on stage.
Looks like, looks like… looks like Amir took away the hearts of the Agenais last night. Arrival at 7 p.m. in short strides for the representative of France at Eurovision 2016. To the sound of “So-so-called”, he opened the Agen Holiday Ball with a mission: “It’s 35° this evening… We’re going to try to go up to 200°C, okay?
Bet won with spectators all ready to take over Amir’s classics, “Etats d’Amour”, “Carrousel”, “Très Haut”. His hobbyhorse, “I looked for”, which had earned him 6th place at Eurovision, arrived in the middle of the show. If the singer was looking for fervor and enthusiasm when he came to our city, he found them yesterday among a family audience, all ready to perform “La Fête”, a summer piece heard at the end of the encore.
From the festival-goers-dancers, to the hundreds of singers, to the dreamers to whom he dedicated “Très Haut”, children, teenagers, parents, grandparents were all won over. In this holiday atmosphere, we have almost forgotten that we are at the end of August…
Peak of emotion reached on “Longtemps”, where Amir grabbed an acoustic guitar. Supported by his musicians, he concluded a performance as sunny as the town hall square at 7 p.m.
Aye, bodega bodega
Radically different style with the following artists, but no less excited atmosphere. We’ve even gone up a notch! From Amir’s pop, we have in fact moved on to the alternative rock of Les Négresses vertes – what memories! The opportunity to remember that these children of punk – linked to Bérurier noir – have been in business since… 1987.
They Frenchified their punk by inserting gypsy guinguette sounds into their songs. They heightened the summer spirit of this evening of fire by opening the show with… “Voilà l’été”.
Closing your eyes, you felt yourself moving away from Agen and transported straight to the ferias of the beginning of the holidays, bandas in support. The formation has changed since the disappearance of the original singer, Helno, but the festive spirit and the titi-gouailleur humor are still there.
With a frenzied accordionist, filthy guitars, leaping horns and a Patti Smith-like chorister, the audience took to the chorus of the lyrics of classics like “The Marsh Man” “Happy Family” or “Your Father’s Eyes “. But the nugget expected by the Lot-et-Garonnais was good, bzzzz, “Zobi the fly”. From the first notes, on the flamenco guitar, the public felt wings, seemed to take off towards a better world, where the tsetse is queen, or at least where the Green Negresses make the crowds dance – why not? “in front of the sea”. No doubt, the group set fire yesterday! Too strong ! “Ouch, bodega bodega, sing our joys and our follies, you are the star of our nights…”
We will then have recovered our spirits a little, the time that the musicians of Slimane and Vitaa settle down, and it was off again for a third musical evening. Unfortunately, we returned this edition, it’s unfair… But what a beautiful evening!