Heavy metal at the summer festival: “We don’t put a cross on Metallica”

The Summer Festival programmer believes it possible to bring Metallica back or attract a big size of the heavy metal, but fans of this style of music should not expect to have their own evening each year on the plains of Abraham, as was the case, Friday, during the rare visit to Quebec of Slayer.

“It takes the right piece,” said Louis Bellavance. For example, We do not do it for fun because it does not touch enough people. Consequently, but when we are able to go get a spectacle that will mark the imagination, we do it and we will do it again. Moreover, ”

Tom intervenes, also slide. Photo to MEGA/WENN Archeves

Metallica, which now commands very high stamps, is not excluded from its list. “We don’t put a cross on Metallica,” says Bellavance.

Using the scenes from Place George-V. which received the in Flames group last week, is a good option to more regularly satisfy the appetite of metal enthusiasts, he submits.

Latino in observation

During the FEQ’s assessment press conference. Louis Bellavance agreed that Country, thanks to the success of the evenings of Shania Twain and Matt Lang, was now a must of programming after years to test this style on the festival scenes.

The next FEQ’s goal will be to foam Latin artists, more and more present heavy metal summer festival: “we on the plains of Abraham. In recent years. the names of Luis Fonsi, Pitbull, J Balvin and Farruko have appeared on the posters of the festival.

“This is what we look at most actively. We are in the same place that we were ten years ago with Country. One wonders if it is the right time, but this trend is planetary, ”observes Louis Bellavance.

“Before a long time, you’re going to ask me when we’re going to have Daddy Yankee.” I think we are going there, but at the feq, we do not shake up the trends, we follow them. We try to be ready when it’s a good time. ”