lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016 MUSIC & MOVIES French rocker Johnny Hallyday brings musical solace to grieving Brussels US singer Janet Jackson performs during the Dubai World Cup horse racing event at the Meydan racecourse in the United Arab Emirate of Dubai. — AFP photos French singer Johnny Hallyday performs on stage in Brussels. — AFP photos rench rocker Johnny Hallyday’s decision and wearing sunglasses, France’s favorite to press ahead with his concert in rock ‘n’ roller then belted out some of his FBrussels on Saturday despite security biggest hits, including “Gabrielle” and Janet Jackson concerns was met with a deafening roar of “Quelque chose de Tennessee”. Brussels resi- approval from fans seeking respite from a dent Michel, wearing a Johnny Hallyday T- traumatic week. The 72-year-old singer, returns to stage in Dubai known as France’s answer to Elvis Presley, highlighted his Belgian roots as he took to stage for the latest leg of his “Staying Alive” anet Jackson on Saturday returned to the major tour. But until Dubai, she had not per- tour, delighting a sold-out crowd deter- stage after a four-month hiatus for mysteri- formed since November 22 in Japan. On mined to have a good time after the horror Jous health reasons, bringing her energetic Christmas Eve, she announced a delay in her of Tuesday’s airport and metro attacks. “Part dance show to Dubai. The pop superstar per- North American tour, saying that she needed an of my blood is French through my mother formed in the Gulf emirate as the entertainer to urgent operation. and the other part is Belgian through my close the Dubai World Cup, the world’s most The 49-year-old revealed no other details father,” he told the 11,000-strong audience, lucrative horse race. She went ahead with the about her health but later issued a statement to which responded with chants of “Johnny, show following a series of cancellations which deny speculation that she was suffering from Johnny, Johnny!” included an abrupt delay of the entire European cancer. With her European tour off, she is not In a still shell-shocked nation, fans said portion of her “Unbreakable” tour. due to perform again until May 14 in Las Vegas the concert was their way of showing they With a troupe of choreographed dancers glid- as she resumes performances in North America. would not give in to fear. “If we give in to ing behind her, Jackson put on a medley of hits Jackson has ties to the Gulf as she married panic, we’d never go anywhere anymore. I’m including her classic “Control” and the more Wissam Al-Mana, a billionaire businessman from not worried, I trust the security services and... recent and funkier “All Nite (Don’t Stop).” Qatar, in a private ceremony in 2012. Her late Johnny!” said Lindsey, enjoying the music Jackson-whose 2004 performance at another brother moved temporarily to Bahrain at the invi- with a beer in her hand. Coming just four sporting event, the Super Bowl, was marred by tation of a prince as the King of Pop tried to evade days after Belgium’s worst-ever terror attacks, the exposure of her breast-left open no chance the media glare following his 2005 acquittal on which left 31 dead, security at the gig was of a similar “wardrobe malfunction” in the child molestation charges. boosted significantly, with police and even Muslim emirate, wearing an arms-length black Janet Jackson helped reshape the concert soldiers deployed at the Palais 12 venue. jumpsuit with an oversized necklace. landscape in the late 1980s with her “Control” and “We have tripled the number of staff and Jackson last year released “Unbreakable,” her “Rhythm Nation” tours, considered landmarks for are have police and army reinforcements,” French singer Johnny Hallyday (left) first album since the death of her brother their elaborate dance routines and messages of Stefan Feldbusch, security coordinator at performs on stage. Michael Jackson in 2009, and embarked on a empowerment. — AFP Palais 12, told AFP. “Everyone is being searched, which is not necessarily the case shirt, said he had come to the concert to “for- usually.” In stark contrast to Hallyday, US pop get this terrible week”. “When you see Zayn, formerly of One Film Review star Mariah Carey has cancelled her upcom- Johnny, you’re not afraid anymore.” While ing gig in the wake of the attacks, citing Hallyday has never achieved widespread Direction, is appealing security fears. Living up to the old adage that fame abroad, he is a musical icon at home the show must go on, Hallyday kicked off his and has sold more than 100 million records on solo debut ‘Ants on a Shrimp’ gig in typically flamboyant fashion, stepping in his decades-long career. In a sign of the ave you got a mouthful?” The dish in good but it’s not working” is one of Redzepi’s out of a giant skull as red lasers and smoke ageing star’s enduring appeal, Saturday’s ait, Zayn was in One Direction? You’ll ask yourself question is deep-fried fish sperm, many cryptic pronouncements. Moments that filled the stage, to loud cheers from the audi- performance was broadcast live in some 300 that question after listening to his solo album. ‘Hwhich Rene Redzepi-owner of one open a window onto Noma’s particularity over ence. Clad in his trademark leather trousers cinemas in France. — AFP W“Mind of Mine” - which comes a year to the day of the world’s top restaurants, Noma-is order- ingredients occur only during the team’s ven- he officially announced he was leaving 1D - is a mostly ing his apprentices to taste. That’s about as tures into the Nagano forest to forage for wild downbeat R&B-pop adventure that shows Zayn has some sexy as the culinary documentary “Ants on a plants. However, watching them nibble on true star quality. It’s a departure from the pop grooves Shrimp” gets. Chronicling Redzepi’s project to freshly picked leaves or mushrooms oozing One Direction have become known for, and Zayn’s new create a 14-course menu in Japan, Dutch slime-and licking bits of soil with the expres- songs - in the vein of Chris Brown, Frank Ocean and recent helmer Maurice Dekkers devotes most of his sion of someone fitted with new dentures- Justin Bieber - are appealing. There isn’t a bad tune in the film to the celebrity chef’s extensive foraging, doesn’t exactly fill one with wild anticipation batch of 14 tracks. while his abstemious staff harps on about the to see them served a plate. onerous pursuit of perfection; one crucial When you have one of the world’s best missing ingredient, however, is the joy of eat- chefs in a country where washoku (traditional ing or cooking. Although gourmands may Japanese cuisine) enjoys UNESCO Intangible complain about too much foreplay and not Cultural Heritage status, one naturally won- enough food porn, it’ll still be devoured by ders what synergy might emerge. However, tube and on-demand platforms. when the chefs venture into the Tsukiji fish The 42-year-old, El Bulli-trained Redzepi is market, the results-ramen and fish grilled over credited with reinventing Nordic cuisine an irori sunken hearth-are not exactly off the through his daring use of freshly foraged beaten path. Their interactions with locals, ingredients; a signature dish consists of raw including restaurant patrons, gourmets and langoustine sprinkled with ants. Under his other chefs, are also kept to a minimum, and stewardship, the Copenhagen-based Noma nothing said by Japanese individuals is grant- was ranked the best restaurant in the world in ed enough significance to be subtitled. Nathalie Loriot from French Lafayette rock band holds a Belgian flag as she per- 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 by Restaurant forms on stage prior to the concert of French singer Johnny Hallyday. magazine, despite having earned only two Okinawa wild roses Michelin stars. At the start of 2015, Redzepi After so much anticipation, the presenta- temporarily closed down Noma and tion of the 14 courses flashes by in a hasty decamped with his core team to Tokyo’s slideshow at the end. While all the dishes have Mandarin Oriental, his second stunt since run- a Japanese accent, such as cuttlefish soba ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja ning a pop-up restaurant at Claridge’s in with a dipping sauce of Nagano pine trees London in 2012. and Okinawa wild roses, few of them look Turtles: Out of the mouth-watering-not even a tart piled with 45 Claustrophobic dungeon freshwater clams that took 13 people four Shadows’ debuts new trailer On the first day of setting up, the team is hours to shell. Others look and sound almost rattled to find the kitchen located three floors off-putting, like black garlic leather, birch cep below ground, while the layout of the dining and scallop fudge-the latter two looking like area is less than appealing. “This is unbeliev- dry bark and a scrubbing sponge, respectively. able, and I mean it in a bad way,” Redzepi says. Apparently 50,000 bookings were received, “It’s You” is a pretty, falsetto-heavy slow groove; “BeFour” For a large part of the film, audiences have to though they were able to cater to only 3,000 is addictive and catchy; “Truth” feels like a neo-soul song of stick with the staff in this claustrophobic dun- over the five-week period-without a single the early 2000s; and on “She” and “Fool for You,” the singer geon, watching Redzepi raking his chefs Lars shot of patrons’ reactions as they savor the reminds you why he did well on “The X Factor,” where 1D Williams, Rosio Sanchez, Thomas Frebel, Dan food, or any comments from food critics.