Damien Rice @ Espace Médoquine
I originally saw this concert advertised while at home for Christmas and figured that I would probably being going just because. However, I guess I had decided I wouldn't as it was the other end of the city, but on Monday, it was moved from its original venue to the larger concert hall literally just around the corner from me. Furthermore, the Magic Numbers (who I was annoyed to have missed in Sheffield last year) were listed as a support artist. 20 Euros suddenly seemed worth spending. And I'm definitely glad I went!
Despite having to rush back from badminton then having to head straight back out and eventually missing the start of the Magic Numbers' set, it was a really good concert and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The venue was much bigger than I remembered it being, then again, it was all seating when I was last there and half the seats had been removed to allow for some standing room at the front.
The support act, The Magic Numbers were excellent. They are so much louder live than on the albums, and their set featured pretty much all of my favourites so it was very good! Shall definitely catch them again live if I ever get the chance.
Unbelievably an hour passed between the two acts, which thankfully felt shorter by the appearance of some liquorice allsorts from Anni's bag! So thank you Anni! :-) We both hoped he [Rice] had a good reason for the lateness and that it would be worth it, and I think it was safe to say we weren't disappointed. Damien Rice and the rest of his group put on a great show, but I have to say that Cannonball (off his first album "O") was the highlight, although an impromptu improvisation of Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)" was impressive!
I had not expected to enjoy it as much as I did, and so it was definitely 20 Euros well spent! Unfortunately, in my rush, I forgot to pick up my camera (!), but Anni took some good photos and videos like the one below:
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