We knew the drive-in for cinema, here it is for concerts! With the coronavirus pandemic, the music industry, deprived of public performances, must adapt, with for example concerts in drive-in. The principle is simple: the public attends from their car, via their car radio, an outdoor concert. And the big premiere will be held this Friday evening in Albi with the group "Boulevard des Airs", in the parking lot of the exhibition center, organized by local radio 100%. Germany and Denmark have already experienced this type of concert ... and it's a success, as this video of a drive-in concert in Germany shows:
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"It would be fun to see people on their roofs"
For the singer of the group from Tarbes, Sylvain Duthu, this concert promises to be completely new. "It's a first in France. We are a bit the guinea pigs of this story" (laughs) , confides the artist to Europe 1. "We will see how it goes, but it will be very strange. not the return of the public, apart from a few horns. It would be funny to see people on the roofs, "he added. "As usual we are on stage. What changes is that there is no amplification of the sound. And above all, that in front of us, there will be parked cars and that the concert will be broadcast in live on the radio. So people will watch the concert as usual, but the sound will come out of their car radio and that's not usual! ".
The preparation for the concert was no more: "We met only once for a live on Facebook. It was impossible to rehearse in good conditions. So, we will rehearse at the right franquette as we say ", explains the interpreter of the Brussels tube .
"I remember watching The Visitors "
This concert perfectly respects barrier gestures and physical distance, with for example the wearing of the mandatory mask. And the organizers have planned everything: chargers are available if ever some of the 550 or so cars expected to run out fall.
The call from the stage was too strong for the group, which was forced to cancel a dozen concerts and festivals planned for this summer. "We have lived through confinement, but now we miss going on stage," says Sylvain Duthu, who remembers having already participated in a drive-in, but for cinema this time. "I didn't know it could exist in concert. I never even imagined it. However, I do remember watching my parents and my brother The Visitors in the parking lot of a shopping center." This Friday evening it will be more a question of horns and "applauded lighthouse".