The curtain does not come down at Paredes de Coura. Instead, as Saturday’s headliner Franz Ferdinand plays their last couple of songs — unlike in their national debut back in 2006, they do not shy away from performing crowd pleaser “This Fire”, even though, one more time, forest fires wreck havoc across the country — an arsenal of colorful balls is being pulled from the very top of the natural amphitheater. They’re launched at the audience as the festival’s aftermovie is shown to a sold-out crowd immediately after the end of the show, to the tune of the unofficial anthem of the festival. And we can’t help but feel nostalgic already.
