Nouvelle Vague, founded by musicians Marc Collin and the late Olivier Libaux, is a bossa nova project who specialise in a unique musical fusion of post-punk and bossa nova combined with their charming french interpretation of popular songs by famous artists.
Their band name means “new wave” in French. The band released their first studio album in 2004 which includes a bossa nova stylistic cover of the 1980s classic hit ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by ‘Joy Division’.
The band are well known for their unique cover versions of such songs like ‘Ever Fallen In Love’ by ‘The Buzzcocks, ‘A Forest’ by ‘the Cure’, ‘Teenage Kicks’ by ‘the Undertones’ and ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ by ‘Depeche Mode’.
These classic songs feature on their first two studio albums, self-titled Nouvelle Vague in 2004 and Bande à Part in 2006.
Roll on twenty years and the band have just released a new album titled ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go?’. The album features cover versions of classic hits such as ‘You Spin Me Round’ by ‘Dead or Alive’, ‘This Charming Man’ by ‘the Smiths’, ‘Rebel Yell’ by ‘Billy Idol’ and a fun, upbeat, sultry version of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” by London punk rockers ‘the Clash’.
The new album “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” features the wonderful talents of musicians, performers and vocalists ‘Alonya, Bijou, élodie frégé and Marine Quéméré.
Listen to “Shout”, new single available, from Nouvelle Vague’s new album “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
Nouvelle Vague have just embarked on a world tour with the audience in the Empire Music Hall in Belfast city being the first to the experience the new show.
The band played a number of upbeat, fun, sultry, french style version cover songs with fantastic vocals from ‘Alonya’ and ‘Marine Quéméré‘.
Added moments of sensual and energetic dance moves from the singers, adorable facial expressions, french sophistication, mysterious synth sounds from ‘Marc Colin’, melodic guitar and bass plus lots of rhythm and percussion sounds, certainly got the crowd up dancing and singing, marking the beginning of the 20th year anniversary tour.
The audience were treated to a magnificent combination of colour, drama, dance, music and sound.
A lot of fantastic percussion in the show.
This was the first time the band played to Belfast in over a decade so it was great to see them return. Their unique style and fusion of melancholic post-punk and bossa nova brought a smile to the many faces in the audience with classic hits such as ‘Girls On Film’ by ‘Duran Duran’, ‘You Spin Me Round’ by ‘Dead or Alive’ and ‘Teenage Kicks’ by ‘the Undertones’ plus many many more.
Local artist ‘Clara Tracey‘ was the support act for the show.
Clara Tracey opened the show with an enchanting set of songs played delightfully on the piano, accompanied with a drum machine towards the end of her impressive live show.
It was the perfect warm-up for the grand finale.
A round of applause for the band.
Bravo!
Merci!
Nouvelle Vague!
‘Novelle Vague’ are on their world tour now and could be coming to a city near you!
Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Brighton, Madrid, Valencia, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris are just some of the cities they will be playing.
Make sure you check their tour dates on their website below.
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