Special correspondent in Belfast
Long thick beard, Irish red hair, Oliver Anthony takes the stage to cheers.
With his pants with pockets and his gray t-shirt that we imagine from afar faded, the singer seems to have just left his home, from this caravan in which he says he lives with his wife and two children in the countryside of State of Virginia in the United States.
Shy, he is nevertheless very far from his country, here in Northern Ireland.
Under the yellow spotlights, in front of a black room, he doesn't seem to know what to do with his large size.
He does not respond to the cheers of the seething crowd celebrating his star and just awkwardly raises his fist.
The clamor redoubles in the pit of this historic music hall in Belfast.
“When we first talked about doing something on the other side of the Atlantic, we first talked about Ireland
,” introduces the singer.
“The truth is that it was your people who built our country…
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