Trendy car radios and horns: in Albi, a drive-in concert

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After long weeks of confinement, the event was eagerly awaited by music lovers. Friday evening, in Albi, residents could attend their first concert since the end of confinement ... in their car. A concert, headlining Tibz or the group Boulevard des Airs, took place in drive-in, to the delight of those present. 

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"It feels good, little by little, we find freedom!", Exults Inès in her car. Isabelle, too, confides her immense relief at being able to return to the concert. "I wouldn't have missed that," she says. "I'm frustrated that I don't want to go back to the concert anymore, so I thought, 'I'm going'." 

"I will tell my children that I played in front of cars"

A total of 180 cars took place in the exhibition car park, with the car radio connected to a frequency rented for the occasion. And in the passenger compartment, some have played the comfort card. "We have fruit salad, candy. We can even lie down, and we have pillows in the back, it's like at home," said a participant, who recognized, however, "that we wants to scream in front of the stage ". 

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On stage, artists regain pleasure, with a new way of communicating with the public. Which amuses Florent, from the Boulevard des Airs group. "In fact, all of the people's responses were horns. I asked them to sing, they honked, I asked them to clap, they honked. There were also calls from lighthouses. It was very funny, and that made us was extremely happy to be there on stage ", he reacts to the microphone of Europe 1. 

Horns, flashing lights, headlight calls, some people stick their heads out of the windows or climb onto the roof. @boulevardesairs set fire to the parking lot. pic.twitter.com/B35q13yZKj

For Tibz who preceded the group on stage, it is all the more confusing since he does not even have a permit. "It's a bit of a roof," he smiles. "I will tell my children and grandchildren that I played in front of cars". But it was also out of solidarity for these intermittent workers who had been out of work for three months that they agreed to play on a voluntary basis.