Eight Hundred and Eighteenth Silent

Timsey-Leslie habitually opened the Eleven Studio page and began to look for Renly's latest developments. This has almost become a habitual movement that he has insisted on every day for the past six months. The brain does not need to think at all, and a series of movements can be completed smoothly.

As a long-time professional fan, he has added "Renly Hall" to his list of favorite singers since he attended "Pioneer Village Night" in New York last September.

That night, he not only enjoyed Renly's music, but also the question-and-answer session, the live piano performance, and the hand-tuned guitar session, all of which showed Renly's passion for music, life, dreams, and free understanding. This fascinated Timsey.

Renly, he knew, was an actor. However, in Renly you can see the integrity and character of an artist, which is so rare that he is even willing to go to the cinema to watch Renly's works, and he enjoys it and praises it. It's incredible, but it's actually happening. In 2012, such an artist can still be found.

So, every day, Timsey looks forward to the latest news from Renly. Even if there is no movement, he is content - because artists are always like this, silently immersed in their own world, they can see the space, time and dimension that ordinary people can't understand, touch, and communicate, and then Complete the creation with artistic techniques and forms.

But deep down, Timsey is still looking forward to it, always keeping it.

"One person concert", Timsey saw the announcement, all the movements stopped in place, there were thousands of butterflies in his chest flapping their wings at the same time, so excited that the whole person was about to explode, Exhausting all his strength, he didn't jump straight up, shouting frantically.

Forced himself to calm down, read the announcement over and over, over and over, over and over again, and then the corners of his mouth rose.

He remembered the song from "Don Quixote", "Old Friend".

The lyrics sing, "On my shoulders, carrying the desolation of winter, I saw you standing there, always sticking behind me, secretly reminding me that someone still cares about me. But, my old friend, where are you? ? Oh, my old friend, where are you?"

Involuntarily, Timsey still hummed the fresh and moving melody, and inexplicably, his nose was slightly sour. Between the lines, he could read a touch of sadness.

"I kept my promise, now it's your turn."

This is a letter to a specific person. It is not typed on a computer, but a handwritten font. After writing it by hand, it is scanned and uploaded. In Renly's dashing and light font,

Poetic nostalgia, smart sadness, and affectionate calling always make people involuntarily start chewing.

God, just reading this invitation letter, Timsey's whole body has already begun to tremble, and he can't help himself. His first reaction was: tell everyone, tell everyone who likes Renly's music, tell everyone who feels the soul of "Don Quixote".

Madison Square Garden, New York, is a concert destination in the United States. 20,000 seats, if you are not careful, the attendance rate may be tragic, and it will become a big laughing stock - imagine, 20,000 seats, the result is only 200 audiences, which is estimated to be the largest in the history of American music. joke.

Timsey needs to tell his friends that the more the better.

However, the fingers on the keyboard hesitated.

This letter was published on the website of Eleven Studio. There was no news promotion, no related reports, or even any news. What does this mean? This means that this is a concert that truly belongs to one person, a concert that belongs to "every bosom friend". This invitation is sent to every listener who truly understands Renly's music.

This is not a commercial show, nor is it a publicity show. If Timsey is hyping it up now, it may spread quickly, 20,000 seats, maybe 50% or more of the attendance; but, that's not Renly's style, and it's not " The purpose of a one-man concert".

More importantly, deep inside. Timsey doesn't want to share this secret with others, it's like a secret he and Renly know together, and through the album "Don Quixote", he glimpses a little bit of loneliness in the dreamer's heart, and also I heard a trace of comfort in the artist's heart, just like Don Quixote, singing alone and brilliantly to his heart's content, regardless of whether there is an audience.

If, in the entire Madison Square Garden, there are only two spectators. One was him, and the other was a partner Renly invited. In the huge world, only they are wandering in the world of music, how wonderful and happy it would be. Like the whale in the depths of the sea.

The whale named Alice.

Normal whales have a chirping frequency of only fifteen to twenty-five hertz, but Alice's frequency is fifty-two hertz. Therefore, in the eyes of other partners, Alice is like a mute. For so many years, she has always been alone and alone. She has no relatives or friends. When she sings, no one hears; when she is sad, no one pays attention. , in the vast ocean, struggling to find.

Timsy heard the fifty-two hertz frequency of "Don Quixote." He selfishly hoped that he was the only one who heard; but paradoxically hoped that Renly was not alone in this world.

After hesitating again and again, Timsey resisted the urge and closed all pages. Looking at the calendar on the wall, the countdown started: there are still four days until the sixteenth.

Timsey is not alone.

Although Eleven Studio is an independent small workshop, they still have many loyal supporters. This announcement came out in silence, but it also spread quietly.

The amazing thing is that no one spreads it on the Internet. It seems that everyone tacitly hides this invitation letter in their hearts, and then quietly looks forward to: Which familiar faces will appear in the garden on time? Woolen cloth? What unfamiliar new faces will emerge?

Even the Yahoo community was silent, as if this invitation never appeared, and never was discovered. This is really too rare in the Internet age, and it is really too special. The influence of the album "Don Quixote" may not be broad enough, but it is profound enough.

"One person concert", after the official invitation was issued, there was no turbulence, no movement, no response, so it was completely unpredictable, what would happen next, how many 20,000 seats in the garden could gather on the day of the concert What about the audience? Two hundred people? Or two thousand? No one knows.

Going a step further, Studio Eleven did not even announce the ticket sales method for the concert. So far, there has been no movement on the major online platforms, and none of the ticketing websites or ticketing companies have released any information about the concert.

This is incredible.

As the top concert venue in the United States, the garden's daily schedule is full of schedules, not only concerts, but also various sports competitions, public events, charity rallies, etc., almost all year round. Even on official venues off days, the major ticketing companies are well aware of it.

What's more, in the Internet age, online ticket sales are the most important sales method for any performance, competition or event, accounting for 90% or more of all tickets sold.

Now, on the 16th of February, the garden has arranged a concert, but the ticket company has not responded. This is simply a fantasy.

In the silence, it seems that everyone has reached a tacit consensus: this unique concert will queue up on the spot to buy tickets, returning to the most primitive, simplest and most direct way to buy tickets.

On the evening of the 11th, Studio 11 issued an announcement; on the 12th, there was no news; on the 13th, there was no news; on the 14th, the official website of "Entertainment Weekly" released heavy news.

"A temporary concert, is this a self-hype show? Or is it a strategy to gain sympathy?

—Renly Hall, 'One Man's Concert' is coming up, with the Grammys. "

Without warning, the "Entertainment Weekly" scoop written by Cornell McGregor dropped a bombshell and shook the entire entertainment industry.

The article explained the ins and outs of the matter. Renly, who refused to admit that he was a singer, and who never cared about the Grammys, announced the start of a solo concert during the Grammy voting sprint. As we all know, the hype intention is really obvious.

The article also mentioned that after winning the Silver Bear for Best Actor in Berlin, Renly made a careful plan to return strongly to Academy PR for awards season. Such a trajectory is eerily similar to the "absence of the Oscars" incident a year ago. Obviously, whether it is to retreat or take the initiative, the intention of malicious hype is fully revealed.

This news report is not only an exclusive report of "one person's concert", which surprised everyone to break their glasses; but also further pushes this year's lively awards season to a new climax, which has been followed successively. Renly, who was questioned, once again stood on the cusp of the storm:

Is he really hyping up maliciously? Concert, what the hell is going on?

People who eat melons who don't know the truth began to express their views and opinions one after another, but there is no doubt that the exclusiveness of "Entertainment Weekly" has a strong role in guiding public opinion, laying the foundation for the entire incident.

As Cornell said: If it wasn't for grandstanding, if it wasn't for malicious hype, if it wasn't deliberate, why would you choose to hold a concert at this critical moment? And at Madison Square Garden, the most-watched place in America? If you don't book in advance, if you don't plan early, find a space in the garden temporarily and hold a concert, this is an impossible task.

So, hype, conviction?