Voilà, a few photos from The Police in concert at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille last night. Unfortunately they were taken on my cell phone, so they arn't the highest quality and the sound on the videos I took is horrible, so I won't even post them.
Regardless, it was a LOT of fun. I'd forgotten how enjoyable it is to hear a concert in one's native language because I can understand what they're saying even if I didn't know the lyrics of the song before hand. It was adorable though because Sting spoke decent French (Apparently he has a house in the Var, a region not far from here). It was admirable.
Also, we were very lucky because yesterday it was very nice (weather-wise) here in Provence (My english is really failing me as all I could think to say here is "faisait beau" and I think my sentence structure there is foutu/shot). Thankfully. For once, no rain. Currently, Provence is seeing more rain than it has at this time of the year in 60 years. It's insane.
La Foule. I believe there were 50,000 people there for the concert in the Vélodrome. Though, when Sting first tried to talk to the crowd (in French) he told the 50 people in the audience to show them their hands (to clap).
Lots of people.
We were right in front of the screen and the barrier between the crowd and the stage. Very good placement. Especially since we didnt get there till 20h30 (a half hour after the concert started). Oh traffic in Marseille (it took us THREE hours to get from Miramas to Marseille. RI-DI-CULE!
Such a good view. And, what's more, we were so close to the barrier that when security came around handing out cups to give out water, we got some. Very nice.
Yes, that's Sting. The beard really ages him though. Isabelle and I stayed up this close for about half the concert, before going to find Michel (who was by the side barrier so he had something to lean against. Thankfully I was able to sit on the barrier and be approximately at his level, if not, I wouldn't have been able to see anything from there.
Voilà a close-up of Sting on the screen
And again. I'm not a huge fan of the beard, myself. But he's awesome anyways. He played a really old bass that you could tell he's had forever. I really thought that was cool, he was into what is comfortable/sounds good versus being super flashy with a new expensive guitar (which I'm sure he also owns somewhere).
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