A goodbye with a bitter taste. While she was performing for the last time in Belgium as part of her “Brol Tour”, Angèle found herself in the sights of furious fans on Sunday February 9th. Its wrong? Be on stage as storm Ciara hits western Europe.
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Many fans rebelled against the singer in a publication on the Facebook page of Palace 12, the hall of the capital where Angèle was performing, announcing that the show would take place despite the weather conditions.
"Thank you Palais 12 / Paleis and Live Nation Belgium for taking the risk to 10,000 people of finding themselves on the road at the critical moment of the storm ... or of disappointing the children who have been waiting for this for months and whose parents do not dare not set out ... Again ... when the money is stronger than anything, " says a user of the social network, exasperated.
"Angela, name of a pipe is your hometown!" You would not think to postpone this date and ensure the safety of the people who come to see you? ” , Asked another internet user. "Well done to Angèle, we followed her as a teenager, she lost two fans," said a third.
An almost full room
Other Internet users have defended the author of Brol . "Well, you have to understand a few things. First, Angèle is not an organizer. So if she doesn't have a medical certificate, she can't cancel. Then, all indoor activities were maintained, this one had no reason to be canceled. Finally, I am sure she would have been called a chouineuse if there had been a cancellation , ” wrote a surfer.
A few hours before the concert, the interpreter of Balance your what? posted a message on Instagram saluting the "courage" of his fans who "will brave the wind to come and see me" . Despite the many spectators who had decided to resell their place at the last moment, the singer made her concert in front of an almost full hall, reports La Voix du Nord which evokes 15,000 spectators.
Angèle will be in concert at the AccorHotels Arena on February 18 and 21, the last date of her monster tour, in the wake of the Victoires de la Musique this Friday, February 14 in the evening, where she is named in the categories "female artist", " concert "and" audiovisual creation ".