The magazine “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” (Twitter), presented live by Laurent Delahousse just after the 8 p.m. news on France 2, recounts an unprecedented moment in the life of a personality, behind the scenes of an event or a place belonging to collective history. Reports that reveal the small story in the big one, to leaf through like a family album. This new issue of season 4 of “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” goes on a trip with Marvin Gaye, Bernard Lavilliers and Jacques Brel…
The day when > Marvin Gaye finds refuge in Belgium
Marvin Gaye established himself in the 1970s as the prince of soul in the United States. He is one of the stars of the Motown label, until he experiences a real slump. Alcohol, depression… the artist is overtaken by his demons. A Belgian manager then offered him to go green in Belgium, near the North Sea. And in Ostend, Marvin Gaye will find anonymity, an adopted family and make significant encounters, in particular with the singer Arno, who died on April 23, 2022, at the age of 72. He finds inspiration and writes his hit Sexual Healingwhich will earn him two Grammy Awards.
And also, Kingston, the sky…
News > Bernard Lavilliers, the taste of elsewhere
Bernard Lavilliers has always found his source of inspiration in his travels around the world. It is on his notebooks that he wrote and composed his titles with multiple flavors. His travels notably allowed him to meet his idol Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica. How was this passion born? How did the teenager from Saint-Etienne become this traveling artist?
Bonus > Jacques Brel in the air
The Belgian artist (1929-1978) spoke of adventure like no one else. His passion for airplanes pushed him to learn to fly. His friend Jean Liardon entrusted “8:30 p.m. on Saturday” with his personal films…
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– Marvin Gayeby Frédéric Adrian (ed. Castor Astral).
– The Ostend Friend by Marvin Gayeby Richard Olivier (ed. La Simarre).
– Motownby Adam White (Textual ed.).
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