Lizzo is finally back in Montreal on Sunday, a little over a month after having had to postpone her concert at the Bell Center the same evening, due to health problems.
Singer Lizzo’s tour, The Special 2our, returns to Montreal and fans met by The Press rejoiced that the time had finally come.
For most, this is a more than expected moment, since the singer was to be at the Bell Center at the beginning of May. The same evening, with only two hours’ notice, the interpreter of Juice had to cancel his performance due to health issues.
“I had bawled about it,” says Véronique Babin, whom we met on Sunday in front of the Bell Centre. The young woman had come from New Brunswick to attend this concert. After hours of travel, she had learned, “while we were two minutes from the Bell Center”, that the concert was postponed to a later date.
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Matthew Johnson and Véronique Babin, before the Lizzo concert at the Bell Center
“It was 100% sure that we were going to come back”, she says today, visibly excited to finally be able to see the one of whom she is “a huge fan”. “She’s really a good human, says Véronique, to explain her affection for the singer. I love her music and especially the values she defends. »
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Rosalie-Mae Gionet and Holly Anderson at the Lizzo concert at the Bell Center
Véronique Babin’s radiant mood is palpable among many other people in line in front of the arena entrance. Holly Anderson and Rosalie-Mae Gionet, respectively from Montreal and Rawdon, had also shed tears when they learned, in the taxi to the Bell Center, that Lizzo’s concert would not take place in early May. “I’m a single mother and it was a surprise evening,” says Rosalie-Mae, who is attending her very first concert tonight. A moment just for me. »
Fortunately, Lizzo had assured that she would be in Montreal as soon as possible to recover and she kept her promise. “Thinking about COVID, I got used to seeing artists just cancel their shows, so it was a nice surprise that it came so quickly,” says Holly.
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Marie-Claude Barriault and her daughter Léana at the Lizzo concert at the Bell Center
Marie-Claude Barriault had offered tickets to go see Lizzo to her daughter Léana for her 9th birthday. They had been disappointed when they learned, at the door of the Bell Centre, that Lizzo was too sick to sing, but Marie-Claude knew that they would try to come back if the new date suited their schedules. “She’s really an artist that we like, who has great values in what she sings,” says the mother.
Another mom, Michelle, arrived from Toronto on Sunday after a long drive. The mother-daughter duo went to great lengths to match their make-up and outfits to the flamboyant theme of a Lizzo concert. “So far, [Léana] wanted it to be Lizzo worthy [digne de Lizzo] laughs Michelle.
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Michelle (right) and her daughter Zara, at the Lizzo concert at the Bell Center
Zara, sign in hand proclaiming “I love Lizzo”, is certain that she will have a great time. Smiling, the duo rushes into the Bell Center for an evening that will surely be worth the wait.