The other night, more like last week a couple of us went to go see the Gossip. I thought that it was going to be a more intimate concert, kind of Bowery Ballroom size at most. Little did I know that the Gossip in Paris are mega stars! We left work a bit early and took a cab to the arena where there were 4 enormous lines, and it was of course freezing cold and the ground everywhere was covered in ice. Once in the hallways dumps into the mid level of the stands. We made our way over to the left side of the arena and sat down in what were amazing seats. The VIP section had nothing on us at all. The show was opened with Hercules and the Love Affair, which is one of my favorites, and they are amazing as they sound like they sound, have tons of energy, and really got the crowd going. I got to take a bit of video during Blind, which was their breakout a couple of years ago. So so fun. When the lights came back on for the stage crew to set up the next act, I saw the gentleman's hair in front of me. Never in my life have I so longed for scissors, even the mini fingernail kind, as the wisp wasn't thick enough to stop them. A band called Metronomy came on and they were ok. They had a great light show and the music was very emo. Then came on the Gossip and the crowd lost it. After leaving the stage the crowd screamclapstomped an encore into being and they shut the night down by teasing the crowd with a bit of "we're going to celebrate" which turned into Heavy Cross. Metal streamers shot out everywhere and wildness insued. They sang and played for 2 hours until the place kicked us out; it came to have the feeling of a night at someone's house when you just play, dance to music, and then their mom comes turns on the lights and says get to bed.
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