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Beirut cancela digressão europeia

A banda americana Beirut anunciou o cancelamento de todos os concertos programados para a Europa neste Verão, entre os quais o que estava previsto realizar-se dia 24 de Julho, no Festival Músicas do Mundo, em Sines.

Zach Condon, fundador e líder da banda, justificou o cancelamento da digressão da seguinte forma:

"Os últimos dois anos têm sido uma experiência arrasadora. Desde as primeiras indicações de que as pessoas estavam a colocar canções do Gulag [disco de estreia "Gulag Orkestar] nos seus blogs até à incrível digressão pela Austrália e Nova Zelândia, que acabámos de concluir, tudo o que tem acontecido está para além do que pudesse ter esperado para a música que escrevi e gravei no meu quarto. Quando as coisas começaram a acontecer, decidi que queria fazer tudo o maior que fosse possível. Então, resolvi juntar uma banda grande, dar-lhe um som enorme e fazer os discos mais espectaculares que conseguisse."
"Sei que parece treta de artista, mas passar por tudo isto implica pontos baixos a par dos pontos altos.(...)"

Leia a versão original da comunicação de Zach Condon ao FMM:

"Hello,

It's with great regret that I have to tell all of you that Beirut is cancelling their summer European shows. My reasons for doing this are many, some of which I don't care to discuss, but I still feel I need to provide something of an explanation.The past two years have been a mindblowing experience. From the first indications that people were putting songs from Gulag up on their blogs to our incredible tour of Australia and New Zealand that we just completed, everything that has happened has been beyond anything I'd ever hoped could happen with the music I wrote and recorded in my bedroom.

Once things started happening, I decided I wanted to do everything as big as possible. So, I set about putting together a large band, and giving that band a huge sound, and making the most spectacular records we possibly could.I know this can sound like an artist shithead kind of comment, but going through all that really does have its low points along with the highs. The responsibilities of gathering people around your vision, working with great people like those who work directly for the band and those at the label, wanting to insure that every show is as good as humanly possible so that every single person in the audience sees that we put in a real effort, all of that leads to a lot of issues in terms of doing right by people who have done you right.

It's come time to change some things, reinvent some others, and come back at some point with a fresh perspective and batch of songs. Please accept my apologies. I promise we'll be back, in some form.
Zach"...

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