Last Monday night, Tame Impala performed at Les Nuits de Fourvière, a festival in France. The show took place at the Théâtres Romains de Fourvière in Lyon, where they performed in support of their wonderful 2015 album Currents. They rocked the venue, as seems to be the usual for them these days. But towards the end of the show, during their performance of Apocalypse Dreams, something a little weird happened.
Okay maybe not that weird for them. (Source: YouTube)
The crowd started to throw cushions. On to the stage. Little green pillows showered the band, bouncing on equipment and artist alike. The missiles were originally handed out by the venue for the audience to sit on, but it has become a tradition for the concert goers to pelt the stage with pillows if they enjoyed the gig.
Tame Impala posted a video of the incident below on their Instagram account. They also posted a picture of the mound of cushions surrounding the band’s keyboard, with the caption “Crowd standin there all guilty like a puppy sittin next to a pile of poo.” I love Tame Impala.
It’s heartening to see such acts of weird expression, especially when the projected feeling is one of love. Massive props to the festival for cultivating such a delightfully oddball tradition!
Get showered in cushions by 4000 french people ✔️
Crowd standin there all guilty like a puppy dog sittin next to a pile of poo
A photo posted by Tame Impala (@tame__impala) on
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