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Last week was the end of the summer festival season for me. After Roskilde and Fly Beyond, it was time to give an end with two solo concerts by great artists. Unfortunately I had no camera with me at either venues and now don’t have too much time (before I leave for my only week of summer holiday) to post a separate post for each of them (although they deserve even more than that). The first one was on the 30th of July (last Wednesday) outside Athens at the Terra Vibe venue, where legend Leonard Cohen gave an amazing 3-hour performance that left everyone dancing to the end of love and beyond. Leonard is just such an incredible singer/composer/poet and performer, so I’m more than happy that a good friend from school convinced me to go along with her (seeing Cohen live on stage will be one of those things you’ll always come to remember in the future).
Dead tired though from work and the endless trip back after the concert, I was once again convinced by my brother and fellow blogger elafini this time to head over on Thursday (31 July) to the Olympic Basketball Stadium (OAKA) for Bjork’s concert. This one I had planned in the past to see, so it didn’t take me much to decide. After more than an hour, Bjork finally made her entrance. I’m not the biggest fan of her last albums (although I was a great fan of her early work), but on stage Bjork is just one of the best performers around. Highly energetic, constantly moving around, dancing, shouting, singing; backed-up by a great show of lights, flags, lasers and a handful of surprises, she kept everyone on their feet and especially after half way in the show, raised the beats and started an insane dance/techno party! While at the end we were all waiting for more (only lasted something more than an hour), one thing is for certain; Bjork remains one of the most unique singers in the world and seeing her live at least once should be on everyone’s list of things to do.
So that was it for this year as regards to concerts. Hope from September a new (even better) season starts, with lots of great artists and amazing performances. Until then, here are two clips on a head-to-head live confrontation of Bjork and Cohen in Athens .