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Mylène Farmer en concert is Mylène Farmer's 1989 concert tour in support of her second studio album, ''Ainsi soit je...''. It was the first tour of the singer.〔"Mylène Farmer passe à l'acte", Jean-Paul Germonville, May 1989 (Newspaper article ) (Retrieved January 29, 2008)〕〔''Le Méridional'', July 26, 1989, "Mylène Farmer s'ouvre à la scène" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 31, 2008)〕 == Introduction == In 1989, five years had passed since the first hit of Farmer ("Maman a tort" in 1984), and other successful songs had crowned the singer's career. However, she always sang in play-back〔''Le Soir'', October 12, 1989, "A quoi sers Mylène Farmer ?" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 31, 2008)〕 when she was invited on television (she only performed in live version - with difficulty - "Tristana" on ''La Nouvelle Affiche'', on April 1, 1987). As a result, some people believed that Farmer was not a real singer. Thus, to prove her talent to her critics, Farmer scheduled a series of concerts for May 1989 in Saint-Étienne and at the Palais des Sports (Paris)〔''L'Union'', May 17, 1989, "Mylène Farmer enfin sur scène "sans contrefaçon"" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 for a total of nine shows.〔"La Tournée 1989" (Mylenefarmeriscalled.net ) (Retrieved March 4, 2008)〕 According to Sophie Tellier, one of the dancers, Farmer thought at the beginning that she would never be able to go on stage, and then she saw this tour as an "incredible challenge".〔''Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor'', Sophie Khairallah, 2007, Why Not Ed., p. 45〕 Farmer admitted that she knew before her tour that she would be the subject of criticisms, that is why she got ready physically and artistically with a great perfectionism.〔''L'Eclair'', October 18, 1989, "Mylène Farmer en concert le 28 octobre" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 She chose the Palais des Sports, because she explained that she "hated the intimate places" that "prevent her to find pleasure"〔''L'Humanité Dimanche'', March 17, 1989, "Mylène Farmer", Victor Hache (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 and that she needed big spaces.〔''La Marseillaise'', April 1, 1989, "L'androgyne Mylène Farmer", Victor Hache (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 In October, she revealed that she will perform 16 songs on stage.〔''L'Est Républicain'', October 10, 1989, "Mylène Farmer, ainsi soit-elle !", Jean-Paul Germonville (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 Every effort were made by Farmer and Boutonnat so that this concert is huge, whether it is at the level of the stage set, the music, special effects, choreographies... As these concerts were "a real triumph"〔''France Dimanche'', May 29, 1989, "Mylène Farmer - 2 singes partagent sa vie" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 19, 2008)〕 (all available tickets were sold), a tour was scheduled adding 44 shows mainly across France, but also Switzerland and Belgium. Because of the smallness of some concert halls and the enormous size of the stage set, several shows were forced to be cancelled.〔 Other shows were postponed (for example, the concerts in Valence and Sanary were postponed on October 16 for technical reasons).〔''Var Matin'', September 26, 1989, "Mylène Farmer : Gala reporté" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕〔''Var Matin'', September 26, 1989, "Sanary: le concert de Mylène Farmer reporté au 16 octobre" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 All the concerts hall were full every evening. Farmer was also the first French female singer to sing in the great hall of the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy.〔''Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer'', Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 208-210〕 Before going on stage, Farmer had an intensive athletic training including running (5 km per day〔''IAO'', No. 7, February–April 2006〕), physical and breathing exercises, and was on a diet (she had even stopped smoking). She also took lessons of singing.〔''Télé Magazine'', March 14, 1989, "Mylène Farmer, innocente et perverse" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 In an interview, she said about the concert : "I really eagerly awaited the moment to try this experiment. Today, I want to go there. I feel I'm able to do it. A second round is beginning. (...) I don't want an intimate concert hall. I need wide open spaces, a breath."〔"Mylène Farmer demain mercredi, au Parc-Expo", October 24, 1989 (Newspaper article ) (Retrieved January 29, 2008)〕 She confessed that she was anxious at the idea of singing on stage and that she didn't manage to sleep because of that.〔"Concert - Mylène, la gentleman Farmer", Sophie Grassin, December 1989 (Newspaper article ) (Retrieved January 29, 2008)〕 However, she considered this show as "an immense pleasure".〔''Elle'', February 6, 1989, "L'Oeil sur eux", Yane Lèbre (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 19, 2008)〕 Thierry Rogen, who has been involved in the elaboration of the show, said in an interview that this concert was "one of () most beautiful professional experiences, but at the same time one of () worst". According to him, preparations for the concert were very difficult, because Farmer and Boutonnat had a high level of professionalism and they wanted to produce a great spectacle. He explained: "We (team ) were scared until the end to not be up to the task. (...) We were the first to put synths and movies on stage, with a technology that was not so sophisticated as it is today (...). Mylène's discs were so sophisticated in the production that we could not go on stage and just put a drummer, a bass player and a guitarist. It needed that the audience find again on stage the color of albums which contained multiple sequences and programming. Therefore, in addition to the vocalists and Mylène on stage, there were also some backings, which included footage of voices. Perhaps it is this that has led criticism, because some people said that the sound was too great to emerge only from the stage." He confirmed then that Farmer had never sung in playback during this tour.〔''Instant-Mag'', No. 7, 2001, p. 13-14〕 The basis idea of the stage set was "the passage of time". Boutonnat and Farmer wanted to create "a little gothic atmosphere, mixing mysterious, deep and old things", connected to the psychoanalysis. All should be "both thoughtless and strong".〔''Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor'', Sophie Khairallah, 2007, Why Not Ed., p. 46〕 Finally, a cemetery was chosen by the singer to frame her show and "her arrival on the stage resembled that of a ghost coming out of a tomb".〔''Maginco'', "To be or not to be - Mylène Farmer, la friponne au sourire d'ange", Joëlle Lehrer, 1989 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved January 29, 2008)〕 Indeed, the atmosphere of these concerts was rather sad and cold. The white and the black were the dominant colors of the show.〔''La Voix du Nord'', November 1989, "Mylène Farmer à Liévin : "Peur de grandir"", J.Hannebicque (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 The transport and the assembly of the stage necessitated enormous technical means.〔''L'Alsace'', December 6, 1989, "Mise en place du concert Mylène Farmer - Du sport au Palais", Béatrice Griesinger (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 Spectators were not allowed to photograph the singer or the stage, because an agency was specially in charge of this work.〔''La Voix du Nord'', November 27, 1989, "Mylène Farmer en concert" (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 30, 2008)〕 After the first shows, Farmer said that through these concerts, she was able for the first time in her life to have confidence in herself.〔''France Soir'', December 7, 1989, "La nouvelle Mylène Farmer : "J'ai enfin confiance en moi"", Monique Prévot (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved March 19, 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mylène Farmer en concert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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