“I am very happy that everyone paid. And I am Belgian, not English ”. This is how Arno greets his audience this Tuesday evening. Nothing suggests that this icon of Belgian rock was touched, as the energy it spends on stage is crazy. And a pleasure to see.
On Saturday, the singer announced that he would have to postpone 13 dates of his Santéboutique tour in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands, due to pancreatic cancer diagnosed last November. He did not say a word about it on the stage of the Trianon, during a concert with a particular flavor which, not surprisingly, was sold out.
As usual, the singer with the white mane enters the arena dressed in black. The smile on the lips. Behind him, his quartet plays to shake the walls. In the room, the scent of beer mingles with the sounds of rock'n'roll. With his rocky voice like Tom Waits, Arno is invulnerable.
Chaining songs for almost 1h45, the former member of the group TC Matic synthesizes without weakening the titles of his latest album and his repertoire of several decades. From "Court-circuit dans mon esprit", "Lady alcohol" or "Ostende bonsoir", he returns to his classics that always hit the mark. "Fuck, whore", "I want to swim", "My mother's eyes" ...
Arno has lost none of his humor either. “I have stopped drinking for three months. A bistro went bankrupt. Even two bistros. My liver is on strike, ”he says in front of a hilarious audience. The Belgian laughs at organic and "all these things in o". Politicians also take it for their rank. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jan Jambon, the Flemish Minister for Culture.
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He remains true to himself, to the delight of his fans, like this Parisian couple, Matthieu, 50, and Sonia 45. “He is as fit as usual. And he doesn't make fun of the world. He even came on the scene earlier than usual. We hope that his operation will go well to see him again this summer at the festival in Eu (in Seine-Maritime Editor's note) ”. After this forced break of six weeks, we wait like them for Arno to come back to make us cry, dance and laugh.