Vakarchuk:Good mood after concert is when you want to have a drink. Do you?

"Please do not judge us too strictly, this is the first time when we play for such a big audience, it feels like this is the first concert for each of us. I cannot remember the lyrics of some of the songs as we wrote them literally five days ago!" - Vakarchuk says from the stage.

 

The Minskers became the first to hear Svyataslau Vakarchuk's "Brussels". However, the concert began 45 minutes later than it was planned, but Svyataslau apologized for that. Like, you were happy that the first "Brussels" concert would take place in Minsk so there were technical problems - they tuned the sound equipment for a long time.

 

Zmitser Shurau, keyboard

Max Malyshau, drums

Besides, the "Brussels" musicians wrote 6 more songs for the mini-tour. The concert started from one of Vakarchuk's favourite songs "Come to me baby".

"Slava, rock it!" - a guy in the audience shouted, and Vakarchuk "rocked" - he sang the fiery "Tsunami". After that he suddenly decided to dedicate of t=of the most touching songs in "Brussels" - "Rain" - to Minsk trams.

 

Pyotr Charnyauski, base

 Syarhei Babkin - vocals, guitar, flute

Although the musicians recorded the album "Brussels" altogether in order to make it sound as live as possible, the real live concert surpassed the wildest expectations. The grateful viewers - mostly women - gave Vakarchuk flowers. "There are so many flowers on the stage today, - Vakarchuk pretended surprised. - For whom? For me? Oh, thank you. May I divide them between the musicians then?"

Those who saw Vakarchuk's concerts at least once, know, what the crazy drive of the music means and how quickly it grips the public. At "Brussels", this drive finally crossed all limits, Svyataslau was so fired up that he grabbed the chair in which he was sitting before, and threw it to the other side of the stage. Naturally, this happened due to emotional upheaval. Another chair which was standing in the depth of the stage faced the same destiny.

 

 

After that, Svyataslau got down to the audience, jumped on the back of the chair in the first row and danced for a while. The musician obviously enjoyed every song he sang, admired every sound of it. This is his trademark aesthetics. The viewers had the same feelings but they were not in a hurry to jump out of their chairs.

 

 

Then the musicians presented one of the new songs, performed by Syarhei Babkin. An absolutely magnificent "Forgive me" is sure to become a hit of all times. Although the audience heard some of the songs for the first time, they took them better than even those songs which were included into the album. As the "Brussels" musicians created a really magical and beautiful atmosphere.

 

 

"You know, a good mood after the concert is when you want to have a drink. Do you? - Svyataslau asks. - Syarhei is going to offer you something to drink, however, it won't be just alcohol".

A wonderful blues composition "Green Tea", and a groovy one "Airplane" became the finishing songs of the concert.

"I knew that you would be very attentive, — Vakarchuk says as a goodbye. — I knew there would be a lot of people, friends who know Syarhei, Dzima, all our musicians, and the "Ocean of Elza". However, I didn't know that it would finish as "OE" concerts, honestly".