On Monday we were back at our very much loved venue Botanique in Brussels. Due to Brussels being under level 4 terror alert they had to cancel a few concerts the week before. The last day before we could get out our Christmas hats and Reindeer antlers Albert Hammond Jr. came all the way to Brussels to re-open the wonderful Orangerie.
We did have to under go security checks but it felt great to be back! And yes, we'd been looking forward to seeing Albert Hammond Jr for ages. As always I didn't bother to look up who the support was. Someone usually always does that for me. And besides I didn't know whether I was even going to turn up that early. I say that and always forget that I'm a really bad judge of time. Somehow I always seem to leave the house at least half an hour earlier than necessary. Basically I'm always early, and I'm glad I was because Tempesst were great. It had been a while since I saw a support act I properly enjoyed and I had a ton to do that day.
They are an Australian band currently living in London and were one of the best support acts I'd seen in a while. You should definitely check them out. If you can find any of their music online. Because that's way harder than it seems.
There was a great atmosphere from the beginning of their set. I could already tell I would enjoy their short time on stage. They were really fun live and it seemed that everyone else was enjoying it too. Just a few songs in I'd forgotten it was Monday and was really starting to get in the mood. Their music reminded me a bit of bands such as Tame Impala , Pond and Temples. Which can't be bad!A bit before their last song they mentioned to stop by their merch stand to sign up to their mailing list for some free music. Obviously I'm always up for free music! Who isn't? So sure enough we stopped by and immediately fell in love with their shirts saying 'You're worth it' on them. Pretty hard to resist such an inspirational quote. We had to get them! Though to be fair the other band playing Rotonde at the Botanique had 'I'm a mess' on their T-shirts, which suits me too. But Tempesst shirts put us in a great mood, I'll probably be wearing mine everyday until I get bored or it gets smelly.
I think that besides standing 2 meters away from a living legend like Albert Hammond Jr. We didn't have much to complain that night. It was a good night
and I'm really looking forward to recieving some new music! If they finally
decode all the handwritten email adresses. For now we'll just have to play Tidal Wave for they 100th time again.
No comments:
Post a Comment