2008 12 05, 5pm : I decided to buy a ticket for the Sarah Bettens show of that same night. The girl at the counter asked me to spell the name but somehow I got used to this by now (I had to spell out Feist back in May – I still can’t understand how someone selling music happens not to even know Feist, oh well).

By 6pm, I was in Lille, in front of the Aéronef, waiting in a line of 6 people, trying not to catch a cold, soon getting some company as members of the street team I know arrive. Of course we scored front row seats. Side note, it was interesting to see l’Aéronef in a seated configuration.

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The ticket said the concert was supposed to start at 8pm, which everyone knows is a lie, so Sarah appeared a little after 08:30pm. The concert mainly consists of covers stripped down to pure acoustic bliss : piano and/or guitar + voice.

The setlist was something like that : Continue Reading »