In what might be the coolest thing I\u2019ve seen during a live performance in a long ass time, French progressive metal motherfuckers Gojira did the unthinkable. They bred a couple whales and taught them how to fly so they could take to the air during a live performance of the aptly titled song \u201cFlying Whales\u201d at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.<\/p>\n
Now, I hope you know I\u2019m kidding about the breeding whales for their own artistic gain part, since they\u2019re staunch vegans and environmentalists, but they did have two fake whales flying over the crowd while the band performed in Paris over the weekend. The two big ass automatons were obviously being controlled by someone as they floated effortlessly over the crowd, likely filled with helium or something to keep it in the sky.<\/p>\n
Regardless of how they did it, the effect is awesome. I can\u2019t imagine being in the pit, completely unaware of what was happening above me, only to look up and see a giant floating whale during the band\u2019s 2005 track. That\u2019s some goosebumps-on-the-arms shit.<\/p>\n
You can check out the fan-filmed footage, as well as an official clip on the band\u2019s Instagram page.<\/p>\n
As for their ongoing tour, they\u2019re currently on a run through France, so if you\u2019re in that part of the world, you can absolutely check the list of remaining tour dates below.<\/p>\n
Gojira live dates<\/p>\n
12\/01 Rouen, FRA \u2013 Zenith de Rouen
12\/02 Saint-Herblain, FRA \u2013 Zenith Nantes Metropole
12\/04 Toulouse, FRA \u2013 Zenith de Toulouse
12\/05 Clermont-Ferrand, FRA \u2013 Zenith de Clermont-Ferrand
12\/06 Marseille, FRA \u2013 Dome Marseille
12\/08 Nice, FRA \u2013 Palais Nikaia
12\/09 Bordeaux, FRA \u2013 Areka Arena
12\/10 Lyon, FRA \u2013 LDLC Arena
12\/12 Strasbourg, FRA \u2013 Zenith Of Strasbourg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In what might be the coolest thing I\u2019ve seen during a live performance in a long ass time,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-163719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}