July 21/08 Montreal Reviews and Discussion

[Eagle Feather]

we hope to see everyone at the Place Des Arts! send us a personal message if you want to try to get together today or tomorrow before the concert tomorrow night!


eagle and golfie

[adam_eve]

I'll be there with Matt and it will be a blast.

[JLT1201]

I'll be there as well and I am taking my cousin, this is her first time seeing Melissa! Kind of decided to go in the last 3 or 4 days so i wasn't able to get fan-club tickets, but I'm sure no matter where she sits, she won't be disappointed, as most of you know, in the venues that melissa plays in, there's usually never a horrible seat ( although i do prefer to be at the stage!!!!) Can't wait, probably won't sleep tonight, adrenaline is allready flowin!! If i do sleep, i'll be dreamin of Philip! I love him!!!

[MicheleW]

I know Giant is going to this show!! Have a great time girl!!

I hope EVERYONE has a wonderful time!!

[nybabe58]

Well Adam_eve is in the 5th row tonite and sending me msgs even a voice activated Txt msg sending the songs...hard to make out but then short hand


Lets see if I can get this right and will add more as it comes in

All There Is
Chrome Plated Heart
Ruins
California
Similar Features( I think )
Angels Would Fall (he wrote Ang talk about your MLE shorthand!!

[nybabe58]

Okay the boy is coming in hot and heavy

Here goes

All There Is
Chrome Plated Heart
Ruins
California
Similar Features( I think )
Angels Would Fall
Unexpected Rain
Bring Me Some Water
Enough of Me
IM The Only One
If You Wanted To
When You Find The One...(and I just got a singing msg from Melissa on my cell..no no..not again this time it was Jared recording her singing this song


There are definitely more songs and Adam_eve will fill us in but what I do know is that she ended with..drum roll.....

LTWID

[jfcharlebois]

WOW! Amazing concert! The Lady Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gianinaf]

i just got back from the concert.. and all I can say is WOW. This girl can defintely put on a show.
it was my 1st time at her concert and it wont be my last time. She sang for almost 3 hours and ended her show with LTWID..... had the crowd on its feet.

[adam_eve]

Sorry Lea.

Setlist was

1. All There Is
2. Chrome Plated Heart
3. Ruins
4. Claifornia
5. Don't You Need/Similar Features
6. The Angels (angles would fall lol my bad)
7. An Unexpected Rain
8. Brimg Me Some Water
9. I Want To Come Over
10. Enough Of Me
11. I'm The Only One
12. If I Wanted To
13.Skin Deep/Secret Agent (WAS CROSSED OFF THE SETLIST I GOT. I assume it was becuase she still has a bit of a cold.)
14. When You Find The One
15. I Run For Life
16. 2001/I Need To Wake Up
17. Message To Myself/Come To My Window
18. All We Can Really Do
19. The Kingdom Of Heaven
20. Open Your Mind
21. The Awakening

Encore
22. Not Tonight/Piece Of My Heart

Random notes

I made a sign asking for Testify or Alive, she saw it,read it and said they havn't played or praticed? (it was hard to hear) yet.
I made a sign that said THANK YOU SO MUCH SEE YOU IN OTTAWA, and she looked at me and said "See you."
Melissa said during INTWU how she won an oscar, and I yelled out "You deserved it." she smiled back.
Someone beside me had a sign that was requesting Must Be Crazy For me the VT show.
The girl in the wheelchair from the last tour was there and rocked out.
We were allowed to rush the stage right from the start.
Someone gave her a handmade flower made out of paper. (Nothing fancy)

Ok so the review (BTW SOMEONE TAPED LIKE 6? SONGS, AND I HOPE SHE SHARES) They really didn't seem to care. I was going to tape, but when I saw others doing it I was like meh I am texting so I can't do both.

Ok I worked 10-2:30 and then caught the 3:10 train out of Ottawa, and headed to Montreal. I ate some pasta at one of the train station restaurants, and then headed down to the venue. Scalpers were there and Giant thought about trading in her tickets for 1 seat 2 rows closer. She decided not to, and we chatted. Then Eagle and Golfergrl came and we chatted. I had 5th row seats, but I ended up rushing the stage from the start. It was so great. She messed uo during the second verse of SF and laughed it off,She debuted When You Find The One and it was HOT. Before ITOO she did that PLEASE BABY PLEASE bit. (Is that song/cover or just an improv?) Because of her still having a bit of a cold she did LTWID instead of POMH and didn't play Skin Deep/Secret Agent. I hope I get those two at one of my next 3 shows. I good show but I have to see I am not into 2001. It is too slowed down and not as rocking as it is on the album. Also I was thinking when will A Simple Love and Map Of The Stars come out,and where has God Is In The People gone? I got pictures,setlist and phillips green pic. Bring on Ottawa

[Giant]

I have been away way too long, it was nice to get back to a show. The crowd was wonderful, big crowd too. I will let someone else post the set list as I didn't write it all down, but it was my first time to hear 2001, Ruins and The Angels live. When the lights went down, four of us were standing on the side and made our way down to the stage and stayed there for the show, I ended up 3 people down from Melissa. A woman in a red coat came down and backed us up 2 inches during the second song, but as soon as she passed, we assumed our original positions. I didn't see a single security person there. The energy of the show was great, I think one of the best. Show started around 8:05 and ended around 10:50. It was the first time I have seen Melissa mess up the lyrics a bit (just twice), said she was still getting over her cold so she was a bit gravely in a couple of spots. The guitar tech came out with the lyric book on a stool for When You Find The One (said she hadn't sung it in a while), she glanced at the lyrics and then the guy came out and took the stool away. It was funny, one of those you had to be there moments. I'm going to rank this one up there with one of my favorites.

It was very nice to meet Adam_Eve and Sevenwonders (Jared and Matt), and Eagle Feather and Golfie.

We'll do it again tonight, driving to Ottawa shortly.... '''

A couple of pictures you might enjoy.

[golfrgrl]

Bonjour!

Melissa was so incredible last night, and Montreal was on its feet - thanks to an early and concerted stage rush! Melissa loves Montreal, and you can tell!

Here's the set list:

All There Is
Chrome Plated Heart (YES!)
Ruins
California
Don't You Need/Similar Features
The Angels
Unexpected Rain
Bring Me Some Water
I Want to Come Over
Enough of Me
I'm the Only One
If I Wanted To
When You Find the One (Tour Premiere - our request from Canandaigua!!)
I Run for Life
2001/I Need to Wake Up
Message to Myself/Come to My Window
All We Can Really Do
Kingdom of Heaven
Open Your Mind
The Awakening:The Universe Listens/Imagine That/What Happens Tomorrow

Encore:

Not Tonight
LIke The Way I Do


We'll write more later!


eagle
(Using Golfie's login)

[Giant]

Glad I decided not to trade my tickets, I didn't need to. I gotta disagree with you Adam_Eve on 2001. I love, love that song. It had kind of a bluesy feel to it.

Bring on Ottawa...I'll second that.

[adam_eve]

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... =862375456

This is my facebook photo album of the Mtl show.

[MicheleW]

(((Giant))) Glad you had a good time!! How many more shows?? Lucky girl!

[sevenwonders81]

The show was great. I will say that Toronto 06 is still my fav concert of hers that I have seen. I was surprised that there was little to no security compared to Mtl 06 where they were all over you like a dirty sweater. I thought 2001 was different in the way she played it but I am still undecided as to whether or not I liked it. I will say that I am not fussy on the half songs that she is doing. because eve though she may be singing 20+ songs a night if you took away the songs she only sings parts of it really isn't that many. I am still hoping for "The Boy Feels Strange". It is my fav song of hers and I can't recall when she last played it in concert. Bring on the rest of the Canada shows I can't wait !!!


Matt

[woodenshoe]

when you find the one
there is no questions in the silence
all is said and done
when you find the ONE

the letting go has taken place ( ill think it's a feeling inside me)

w.s

[Elaine]

Montreal show was realy, realy great yesterday. Melissa was full of energy. Tomorrow, it's rock N roll in my hometown, Québec. I'll be there, third row. Can't wait !!!

[Eagle Feather]

here's a review from Le Journal de Montreal

the link: http://www2.canoe.com/divertissement/mu ... -jdm.html#

the article:

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Photo copyright Olivier Jean - Le Journal de Montreal


Melissa Etheridge
Du rock puissant et vibrant
Bruno Lapointe
Le Journal de Montréal
22-07-2008 | 10h51

Melissa Etheridge a fait vibrer la Place des Arts hier soir. Généreuse, l'icône du rock féminin a offert à ses fans survoltés un survol complet de sa carrière en près de trois heures.

20 heures, hier soir, les lumières s'éteignent dans la salle Wilfrid- Pelletier. Aussitôt, les fans bondissent sur leurs pieds. Cris, sifflements assourdissants et tonnerres d'applaudissements. Et la rockeuse n'est pas encore apparue sur scène.

Lorsqu'elle émerge finalement de la pénombre, c'est la folie.

«Bonsoir, Montréal !» lance la chanteuse, toute souriante. Ça y est, on sent que le plafond est sur le point de lever. Tout ça seulement sur les premières notes de la chanson All There is.

Puis, les hits s'enchaînent. C'est un survol exhaustif de son imposante carrière que Melissa Etheridge livre. De I Want to Come Over à I'm the Only One, en passant par les incontournables Bring Me Some Water et California, aucun succès ne semble être oublié.

Du Kansas à Hollywood

Tous s'enchaînent, consciencieusement présentés par la rockeuse. À l'aide de ses chansons, elle recrée son périple, sa propre histoire, qui l'a menée de son Kansas natal jusqu'à Hollywood, mue par sa soif de succès.

Impossible de parler de Melissa Etheridge sans souligner son énergie remarquable et contagieuse. Combattante, elle a vaincu un cancer du sein récemment, devenant ainsi un modèle pour beaucoup de femmes.

La rockeuse se donne corps et âme pour combler ses fans. Et ils le lui rendent bien. Debout durant la totalité du spectacle, ils accueillent chaque chanson avec des cris d'admiration, se déhanchent sans retenue sur les rythmes rock et s'improvisent choristes dans chacun des tubes de la chanteuse.

Massés dans la salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, ses fans sont réellement de tout âge. Mais majoritairement féminins. Ouvertement homosexuelle, Melissa Etheridge est devenue en quelque sorte une légende dans le milieu gai international.

Mais son langage est universel. Le rock que Melissa Etheridge nous sert est incontestablement puissant, vibrant et entraînant. Bref, c'est du bonbon. Si bien qu'on en redemande. Même après trois heures.


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great article! i don't understand most of it, but i can tell that it's flattering!!

won't someone be kind and translate it for us?

thanks!


eagle

[frenchy]

VERY good article!!!

I had read it in the newspaper yesterday morning but thanks for posting it Eagle Feather !!

[nathclerc]

Hi Everyone
to tell you the truth, I don't write often on this forum; I'm a great fan of Melissa I discover some years ago (I'm french from Paris); it was my 2nd concert in Montreal last monday, 5th row and in front of the stage; I really ENJOY the show, the best rock concert I've ever seen, she's a rock star !!!! THE rock star !
I'd love to go to all the concerts (!) but nobody around me loves Melissa enough to go with me
I've shot more than 500 photos.... I want to share some of them with you, here is the link on google photo :
http://picasaweb.google.com/nathclerc/M ... ly21st2008
Enjoy !
nathalie

[dogrescuergirl]

Wow Nathalie those are some really GREAT shots! Thanks for posting them!

[nybabe58]

I agree!!! very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing!

[Giant]

(((Giant))) Glad you had a good time!! How many more shows?? Lucky girl!

Hey there, just popping in to say hello. I am almost afraid to talk of my experiences so far, but let me just say Canada has been wonderful!! I might make this a tour tradition! Ottawa was just as good as Montreal, I even got a little spit on me...will explain later. One more tonight on this leg (getting ready now ), then touring Quebec tomorrow, back home on Friday.

[jfcharlebois]

Hi Everyone
to tell you the truth, I don't write often on this forum; I'm a great fan of Melissa I discover some years ago (I'm french from Paris); it was my 2nd concert in Montreal last monday, 5th row and in front of the stage; I really ENJOY the show, the best rock concert I've ever seen, she's a rock star !!!! THE rock star !
I'd love to go to all the concerts (!) but nobody around me loves Melissa enough to go with me
I've shot more than 500 photos.... I want to share some of them with you, here is the link on google photo :
http://picasaweb.google.com/nathclerc/M ... ly21st2008
Enjoy !
nathalie

Salut Nathalie! Merci pour l'album photo! Vraiment superbes les pics! Ca m'a donné l'occasion de me replonger encore un peu dans l'ambiance électrisante de la soirée du 21... Merci!

[jfcharlebois]

here's a review from Le Journal de Montreal

the link: http://www2.canoe.com/divertissement/mu ... -jdm.html#

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great article! i don't understand most of it, but i can tell that it's flattering!!

won't someone be kind and translate it for us?

thanks!


eagle

Hello Eagle,

Here's my attempt at translating the article... far from perfect, but hoping it will give you a good idea of what was said.

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SOME POWERFUL AND VIBRANT ROCK

Melissa Etheridge rocked Place des Arts last night. Generous, the icon of female rock gave her over-excited fans a nearly three hour long comprehensive overview of her career.

8:00 pm last night, lights go out in the Wilfrid-Pelletier concert hall. Immediately, fans are on their feet. Shouts, deafening whistles and a thunder of applause. And the rocker has yet to appear on stage.

When she finally emerges from the shadows, it is madness.

«Bonsoir, Montréal !» the singer shouts, smiling. This is it, you can feel that the ceiling is about to rise. All this taking place during the first few notes of “All There is”.

And then, it’s hit after hit. Melissa Etheridge delivers a comprehensive overview of her impressive carreer. From “I Want to Come Over” to “I'm the Only One”, including the inevitable “Bring Me Some Water” and “California”, none of her hits are forgotten.

From Kansas to Hollywood

In a well tied sequence, each song is conscientiously introduced by the rocker. With the help of her songs, she recreates her journey, her own history, which led her from her native Kansas to Hollywood, driven by her thirst for success.

Impossible to talk about Melissa Etheridge without highlighting her remarkable and contagious energy. A fighter, she recently overcame breast cancer, thus becoming a model for many women.

To satisfy her fans, the rocker gives all of herself, body and soul. And they pay her back well. Standing during the entire concert, they greet each song with shouts of admiration, dancing without restraint on rock and roll rhythms, transforming themselves into an improvised choir during each of the singer’s hits.

Crammed in the Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, her fans, mostly women, are of all ages. Openly gay, Melissa Etheridge has become a sort of legend in the international gay milieu.

But her language is universal. The kind of rock that Melissa Etheridge delivers is undoubtedly strong, vibrant and involving. In short, it’s as sweet as candy. So good, you find yourself asking for more. Even after three hours.
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[nathclerc]

Salut jfcharlebois, un post en français, pas si courant...
oui le concert était géant, on voudrait le revivre encore, car comme disait Claude François "la solitude c'est après"
vivement un DVD live !!!!!

[stella88]

Nath, thanks ever so much to share the pics with us, it's really nice to see her closer than where I was on monday eve.
I'ts always exciting to be there and share few hours with her, I saw her back in 2002 in the same theater, live and alone... amazing too... well she is full of energy and she is rocking us for so many years now... I am french too and I know it's difficult to be a fan in Europe as you need to get her albums through american websites most of the times and to see her in concert?.. well.. they would be luckier to come over here to see her lol
We are lucky to be able to see her here, down our front step and only a few of us can share that intimate moment with her...

[Elaine]

Allo Nathalie, merci de partager tes superbes photos avec tout le monde. Si tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient, je vais me servir de l'une d'elle comme fond d'écran. J'étais moi aussi au show de Montréal lundi mais je n'ai pas de caméra. En plus, je suis aussi payée le show de ce soir (mercredi) dans ma ville, Québec. Mélissa était encore une fois, en super forme. C'était mes 4e et 5e shows auquel j'assitais et chaque fois, seule. Mon entourage non plus ne la connait pas assez pour venir avec moi. Alors, faits comme moi, vas-y quand même. Ne gâches pas ton plaisir....

[Eagle Feather]

Hello Eagle,

Here's my attempt at translating the article... far from perfect, but hoping it will give you a good idea of what was said.

==========
SOME POWERFUL AND VIBRANT ROCK

Melissa Etheridge rocked Place des Arts last night. Generous, the icon of female rock gave her over-excited fans a nearly three hour long comprehensive overview of her career.

8:00 pm last night, lights go out in the Wilfrid-Pelletier concert hall. Immediately, fans are on their feet. Shouts, deafening whistles and a thunder of applause. And the rocker has yet to appear on stage.

When she finally emerges from the shadows, it is madness.

«Bonsoir, Montréal !» the singer shouts, smiling. This is it, you can feel that the ceiling is about to rise. All this taking place during the first few notes of “All There is”.

And then, it’s hit after hit. Melissa Etheridge delivers a comprehensive overview of her impressive carreer. From “I Want to Come Over” to “I'm the Only One”, including the inevitable “Bring Me Some Water” and “California”, none of her hits are forgotten.

From Kansas to Hollywood

In a well tied sequence, each song is conscientiously introduced by the rocker. With the help of her songs, she recreates her journey, her own history, which led her from her native Kansas to Hollywood, driven by her thirst for success.

Impossible to talk about Melissa Etheridge without highlighting her remarkable and contagious energy. A fighter, she recently overcame breast cancer, thus becoming a model for many women.

To satisfy her fans, the rocker gives all of herself, body and soul. And they pay her back well. Standing during the entire concert, they greet each song with shouts of admiration, dancing without restraint on rock and roll rhythms, transforming themselves into an improvised choir during each of the singer’s hits.

Crammed in the Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, her fans, mostly women, are of all ages. Openly gay, Melissa Etheridge has become a sort of legend in the international gay milieu.

But her language is universal. The kind of rock that Melissa Etheridge delivers is undoubtedly strong, vibrant and involving. In short, it’s as sweet as candy. So good, you find yourself asking for more. Even after three hours.
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merci beaucoup for the translation! i thought it was a great review - the words i could understand made me feel that way! and now you have confirmed it!

thanks again! i really appreciate it!


eagle

[Genevieve]

Hello Everyone!
I will post review in a few days...
I need to recuperate from the road trip and the fun filled few days!
Meeting Melissa before the show was very cool!
Montreal and Ottawa although very different were both sensational!
More in a few days but here is a link to my blog for some pictures!

http://willowspiral.blogspot.com/

Love and light!
p.s. Someone gave me there email adress after the Montreal show for me to send you pictures...
I lost the paper...You kow who you are...just send me an email or a reply to this and I will follow through.

Genevieve (with the green neon signs and her father in Montreal!)

[frenchy]

Allo Nathalie, merci de partager tes superbes photos avec tout le monde. Si tu n'y vois pas d'inconvénient, je vais me servir de l'une d'elle comme fond d'écran. J'étais moi aussi au show de Montréal lundi mais je n'ai pas de caméra. En plus, je suis aussi payée le show de ce soir (mercredi) dans ma ville, Québec. Mélissa était encore une fois, en super forme. C'était mes 4e et 5e shows auquel j'assitais et chaque fois, seule. Mon entourage non plus ne la connait pas assez pour venir avec moi. Alors, faits comme moi, vas-y quand même. Ne gâches pas ton plaisir....

En fait, c'est souvent plus facile d'avoir une bonne place quand tu n'achetes qu'un seul billet.

De toute facon, ce n'est pas évident de trouver des gens qui vont devoir payer $100 pour un spectacle d'une chanteuse qu'ils connaissent à peine huh?

[frenchy]

Salut jfcharlebois, un post en français, pas si courant...
oui le concert était géant, on voudrait le revivre encore, car comme disait Claude François "la solitude c'est après"
vivement un DVD live !!!!!

Elles sont tres bonnes tes photos Nathalie!

Ou étais-tu quand tu as rencontré Mark et Philip? Derriere la Place des arts? J'ai vu leur véhicules ( bus) stationnées là. As-tu aussi vu MLE?

[asimplelove]

I was in the 9th row, right in front of her. I couldn’t see anybody sitting from where I was. But people did sit down with An Unexpected Rain. They stood up afterwards.

That was my first MLE show. I can’t share my experience with words, but my partner took some pics (not as good as Nathalie’s though – merci pour partager, moi aussi j’en veux une pour mon écran!) and taped some passages, including the one about the hair (LOL) and her missing the lyrics of SF. Also Message to myself (you can hear the crowd clapping) and Come to my window (you can hear it singing). I’m sorry about their quality, I didn’t know she was taping and kept jumping screaming crying talking right beside her. Most of the time you can see Fritz on the right. He’s breathtaking, so full of energy. I think he had like 2 or 3 seconds of break during the whole show!

pics & small videos (some of them seem to be of her aura ):
http://picasaweb.google.ca/DanietAna/20080721MLEMontrAl

videos (I’m deleting them two weeks from now):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIGqNu7UxjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKh9VU9 ... re=related

Anyway, why is that Come to my window comes AFTER Message to myself? I don’t get it. It makes so much sense the other way...
Skin is the album I like the less but still I’d love to hear some songs from it... I can call it “Skip” after this set list. 

What if we could vote for setlists in the next tour? Any setlist that wins, she’d always have stories to link them...

You can tell by the way Mark moves he’s not kidding when he says he loves The Awakening. I think he was actually singing!

Hey, stella88, if you think it’s difficult to be her fan in Europe, try it in South America! We can’t always choose the ones we love, though... Thanks the universe we could see her!

Nathalie, I have to agree with Elaine. Being alone shouldn’t matter. There were times I felt a part of something bigger. I was part of the crowd. I was not myself anymore, just vibrations... Oh, it felt good. En tout cas, tu peux voir qu’il y a des tas de fans francophones, quand même… Je n’ai pas vu ton message, ou on aura probablement soupé ensemble! On remet ça en 2010?

Danicris

[nathclerc]

Hi Everyone
merci pour vos compliments, ça me fait plaisir de partager ces photos avec vous, utilisez les comme fonds d'écran evidemment, si vous avez besoin que je vous envoie l'original, "e-mailez" moi
I'm glad to share those pics with you, guys; Use them as you want ! just because you're MLE fans, I know they will be well used !
I've met Philip and Mark, after the show, behind the Place des Arts, at the Opera Entrance; they were so kind and "available" (disponible ...); Melissa got out 30 minutes ago, she said "hi" to everyone, kissed the girl in her chair and step into the bus; she seem so tired, after 3 hours of such a show, we just can understand....
oh la la, my english is bad .... existe-t-il un fan club ici a Montreal ou Quebec, ce serait fun de ne pas attendre 2010 pour partager notre passion de MLE

[frenchy]

Hi Everyone
merci pour vos compliments, ça me fait plaisir de partager ces photos avec vous, utilisez les comme fonds d'écran evidemment, si vous avez besoin que je vous envoie l'original, "e-mailez" moi
I'm glad to share those pics with you, guys; Use them as you want ! just because you're MLE fans, I know they will be well used !
I've met Philip and Mark, after the show, behind the Place des Arts, at the Opera Entrance; they were so kind and "available" (disponible ...); Melissa got out 30 minutes ago, she said "hi" to everyone, kissed the girl in her chair and step into the bus; she seem so tired, after 3 hours of such a show, we just can understand....
oh la la, my english is bad .... existe-t-il un fan club ici a Montreal ou Quebec, ce serait fun de ne pas attendre 2010 pour partager notre passion de MLE

Salut Nath!

Je ne crois pas qu'il y aie un fan club à Montreal mais cela ne nous empeche pas de nous réunir de temps à autres les fans de MLE d'ici. Qu'en pensez-vous les filles ( et gars) ?

Je sais qu'à Québec, il y a un bar gai/lesbiennes qui organise le 3 octobre prochain un party Melissa Etheridge. Nous pourrions peut-etre y aller...ou faire autre chose à Montreal.

Tu as raison Nath, nous ne pouvons pas attendre jusqu'à 2010!!

[nathclerc]

Allo Frenchy
moi je suis partante pour organiser des activités sur Montreal
on a besoin de 2-3 autres fans pour demarrer.... rejoignez-nous !
nath