Since 1 January 2006 it has no longer been permitted to smoke in public places, so not in AB either. After consultation between AB and the Federal Department of Public Health, Food-Chain Safety and the Environment, there will be a number of inspections carried out in the AB over the coming months by the Public Health department.

Cat Power (us)

“Here comes the sun” sings Charlyn Marie Marshall in the title track to her ninth album. On the cover: a photo of a short-haired Cat Power, 20 at the time, with a self-assured stare into infinity. A fresh start for the heartache-troubled American, who just turned 40. The vibe on ‘Sun’ still retains the familiar melancholy but the use of synths, vocal effects and electronic hip-hop beats is new and actually gives the songs an ‘uplifting’ feel. Lyrically, Power deals with her demons: she's had alcohol problems, a bipolar disorder and, on top of it all, also had to deal with a difficult relationship break-down. In ‘Cherokee’ she tries to reconcile beauty and pain, in ‘Ruin’ she denounces Western indifference, while ‘Manhattan’ touches upon lost relationships. It took Chan Marshall six years to record new, self-written songs, ‘Jukebox’ (from 2008) consisted entirely of covers, and ‘Sun’ is the proof that that time was necessary to rediscover herself mentally and musically.

Power collected a heap of stars from reviewers for her previous visit to a sold-out AB. “Or, how professional and emotional don't have to be mutually exclusive” was to be read in De Morgen, and it won't be any different this time around. She's exchanged her volatility and wild ways for purity and authenticity, a Cat Power who bathes in the light of the ‘Sun’.