J'adore.
Earlier this year there were rumours that Leonard Cohen would come. I was excited.
Then, there was a confirmation. When they finally got round to putting the tickets up for sale, I made damn sure my mothers procured tickets for both Tor and me. Needless to say, I have been looking forward to tonight for a while. I never thought I would get to see Cohen live. I would not have been terribly surprised if an asteroid had crashed into the Earth last night.
I was worried that it would be a bad idea to have this concert in Romsdalsmuseet. It is a lovely, lovely venue, but again I have preconceptions; and I was fairly convinced Leonard Cohen should be absorbed in some smaller, more intimate venue. Not in a massive open air place with thousands of people.
And they had overdone it a bit. I have been to sold out concerts there before, but it has never been that full. Expecting to be able to leisurely sit and listen, as we always have before, we were forced to stand, packed like small fish in metal containers, because when it looked full there were still people waiting to get in. This was unpleasant. Otnæs keeps talking about trying to make the
best possible festival, rather than the
largest possible. It is sad that this does not apply to the attitude at the concerts themselves. I have observed this problem
before. I realise that these big name-concerts are supposed ...
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