Surely she imagined celebrating her anniversary differently, apparently she wanted to do it at the concerts she had scheduled for this year’s holidays. However, all of them were canceled due to the pandemic situation in the country and related government regulations.
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And so one of the most famous Czech groups dared to mention in a sentence that it has been in the world for thirty-five years. Although it was with an eight-year break from 2004 to 2012, she reached a respectable age for a rock band. And David Koller, the band’s singer and drummer, turned 60 on the eve of the concert.
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Lucie’s concert had a special atmosphere.
Photo: Milan Malíček, Právo
However, Lucie’s Prague set was also remarkable for other reasons. It took place at a time when government measures against the spread of coronavirus forbid the usual cultural events. Therefore, only two thousand spectators were admitted to Křižík’s fountain in two separate sectors, only seating tickets were sold and inscriptions at the entrance announced that a veil should be worn inside the complex.
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The organizers, the band Lucie and the audience were aware that it could be the last big concert in the country for a long time. After all, due to the changing conditions for outdoor events, its holding was constantly threatened. In the end, the organizers came up with a model that made it possible to make it happen. And a fair addition that if it is canceled due to some other quick decision of politicians, the spectators will get their money back for the purchased tickets.
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Michal Dvořák was not at the very beginnings of Lucie.
Photo: Milan Malíček, Právo
And so the Křižík fountain was a celebration of live music and culture in general. Also freedoms, as the band Lucie announces in the song Fire, reminding them that the return to non-freedom should not be on the agenda. Songs older and those from the two-year-old album EvoLucie sounded.
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“Sing with us before they forbid it,” David Koller challenged the audience, and the next song I Want to Sleep in You was dedicated to the composer and musician Oskar Peter, who is recovering from the operation in the hospital.
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Robert Kodym commemorated the anniversary of the band Lucie.
Photo: Milan Malíček, Právo
Before Lucie played Sen, Koller said it was a memory of Ivan Král, who wrote the song years ago and who died in February this year. The small rain that fell on Křižík’s fountain symbolized the tears of an excellent Czech musician who showed it to the world at least a little.
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It was an unforgettable concert. In addition to all the above reasons, it also took place on the day when there was talk of a state of emergency again. Tom has a state that is a little scary and has nothing to offer music and the whole culture.
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