‘Bandsintown Artist Platform’ en ‘Songkick’ melden op hun website dat Bootsy Collins & The Funk Unity Band vrijdag 21 februari 2014 gaan optreden in Paradiso. Een dag eerder staat het funkgezelschap in Le Trianon in Parijs, en op 22 februari spelen Bootsy Collins and The Funk Unity Band in Kaufleuten in Zürich. De genoemde concerten zijn onderdeel van Bootsy’s nieuwe Europese tour.
Dear William “Bootsy” Collins, I just read that you will be touring through Europe next February.. PLEASE! come to play in Belgrade, Serbia !? You or any of your fellow Funkateers have never been here before (with the exception of Maceo Parker) We are a big city of more than 2 million people, and I am sure … I’m very sure! you will be able to sell out a room comparable to the Paradiso. Actually, you’d probably sell out a room twice the size here! see, the thing is this: Belgrade really needs you! Belgrade needs to be Funkafied, there’s a great deal of Funkiness in this town but ain’t nobody ever seen a real Funkshow..so nobody knows how Funky they really are.. I have seen just about every Funkband on earth.. (seen you twice in a row on the “keep the Funk alive ’95” tour) and I’ve lived here for about 8 years now. my point is: I know the Belgraders are Funky.. all they need is to be Funkified by the awesome power of the ONE. all they need is a spark to light a wildfire of Funkness.. Sure, you should play in Amsterdam and Paris and London.. but honestly, It’s not like they’ve never seen a Funkshow before is it? So, in the true spirit of Glenn Goins, pulling us all in to go to church and worship the ONE, In the spirit of Eddie Hazel, playing like his life depended on it and baptizing us with the holy groove. In the spirit of your mentor, the hardest working man in showbiz. “please please please!” We want the Funk!, gotta have some Funk! you will not regret doing this. Cause we’re among the Funkiest mothers in the universe, and all we need is some Funk! PS: I know a guy who knows a guy who runs a concert venue.. just drop me a line and I’ll make it happen.. (for real tho!) we need the mothership to land in here and take us for a ride… Pozdrav, Caspar