TORONTO ¨C In an age where almost every piece of historical information is available at our fingertips, Thomas Mars and Laurent Brancowitz of the French band Phoenix surprise me with a fact that doesn¡¯t seem to exist anywhere on the internet.
¡°One of our first shows was actually in Japan,¡± Mars says, backstage at the Field Trip festival in Toronto. ¡°(It was our) second show as Phoenix. We had two shows: one in Sapporo and one in Tokyo.¡±
Before I can react, Brancowitz takes the words from my mouth. ¡°Isn¡¯t that crazy? Back then the band¡¯s establishment was very, very fragile. The foundation was nonexistent.¡±
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