A glorious new chapter has been added to the beautiful love story between the Salebarbes and the Quebec public: four years after its humble beginnings in a performance hall on the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the Acadian troupe will play Quebec for the first time. Videotron Center on December 7, 2024.
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exclaims Jean-Francois Breu, one of the five members of this delightful Quebec-New Brunswick quintet.
“Two years ago, I tricked my manager into telling him that the Videotron Center and the Bell Center were going to happen. We built each other up. Jokes With a wink, but there, it’s no longer a Comedy», says the forecaster of a festive atmosphere in almost a year.
“It’s not going to be a show Stop and drinkWe are doing it throughout 2024. It will be a fitting show for the Videotron Centre,” notes the composer.
A separate boom
Since his first two concerts at the Salle des Pas Perdus in Cap-aux-Meules in 2019, Salebarbes’ rise has been phenomenal.
Brew, a group consisting of brothers Jonathan and Eloi Bainsot, Georges Bellevue and Kevin McIntyre, is a hit thanks to the catchy rhythms of its commercial/cajun/folk songs and its festive performances. Country. .
Salebarbs has sold over 90,000 copies of his albums Bass Pertus, live in salt water gin (both gold certified) and Stop and drink, released as recently as last summer. He has won four Felix Awards and fills theaters wherever he goes. Of the 61 concerts on the agenda in 2024 (excluding the one at the Videotron Center), only two were not sold out.
At the last ADISQ Gala, they were awarded Song of the Year Gin à l’eau salée with Salebarbes with the Félix.
Photo by Mario Beauregard Archives/QMI Agency
“For the past year, we’ve been going from surprise to surprise,” says Jean-Francois Breu. “The world’s response has been very strong and genuine. We film in rooms with seats, and by the third song people get up and they don’t sit down again until the end of the show. People want to celebrate a show with us.” It’s a good indicator that I think it’s going to be a memorable moment at the Videotron Center.
never seen
Played by Jean-François Breau Notre Dame de Paris And Don JuanTwo great victories, but in 30 years he has never experienced anything comparable to Salebarbes’ astonishing journey, he assures.
“Guys, we’re seeing things for the first time in the results. We love it, but we’re not basing our happiness on it. We’re basing it on opportunities to make music together, and we have plenty of those.
Jean-François Breau prompts Europe to find out what the group’s mission is after the Videotron Center, if the opportunity arises, inside Salebarbes, noting that “planning is not our reflection.”
Tickets for the Salebarbs concert at the Videotron Center go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday.
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