For Louis Bellavance, Vice President of Content and Artistic Direction at BLEUFEU, these are things that happen. “We still managed to work through the evening again,” he said.
Naya Ali, BBNO$ and Glorilla will therefore follow each other on the Bell stage in the Plains of Abraham as planned. In addition to this program, Quebec artist LOVA will be supporting.
Whoever was the 2022-2023 Radio Canada Revelation will take the stage at 7pm.
LOVA, the revelation of Radio-Canada 2022-2023, will take the Bell Stage at FEQ Tuesday at 7 p.m. (archive photo)
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“It’s sad,” says Mr. Bellavance nonetheless in an interview with Radio-Canada. Lil Durk has had a truly amazing momentum since the album’s release [Almost Healed, au printemps 2023]We also saw a lot of action at the Quebec market, people were excited.
With Christine and the Queens and Lil Durk withdrawing, is the 2023 FEQ edition tougher as far as cancellations go?
That happens really often, Nuance Mr. Bellavance. The one who had hoped to be spared this time nevertheless prophesies a year like the others. He estimates the number of cancellations a year at around ten.
Among the reasons that led the US rapper to cancel his participation, Mr. Bellavance cites health reasons. I don’t remember, he falls.
“Everyone can have their own idea of it, but he’s absent, so we’re working with those who are there and I think we’re going to have a very good evening.”
– A quote from Louis Bellavance, Vice President of Content and Artistic Direction, BLEUFEU
The Cowboys Fringants will be there, the FEQ says
The Cowboys Fringants canceled their Tuesday night appearance at Festivalma on Monday. Karl Tremblay, the group’s lead singer, has prostate cancer and said he was unable to go on stage due to his treatments.
Karl Tremblay, lead singer of the Cowboys Fringants. (archive photo)
Photo: Steve Caron / @lecaron
The group is still expected to perform on the FEQ’s Bell Stage on Thursday evening.
If Mr Bellavance agrees that’s not good news, he hopes they’ve canceled [le spectacle à Alma] so he can save his energy for the Quebec concert.
“We are convinced that it will be a historic moment,” he adds.
With information from Gabrielle Morissette