Pierre-Alexandre Vertadier: "There will be almost no concert at the start of the school year"

8/5/2020, 2:16:19 PM

INTERVIEW - One of the main concert producers in France is furious with the Ministry of Culture.After the new point for the cultural sector published on the evening of August 4 by the government, which follows the decree of July 27 authorizing gatherings of more than 5,000 people, the artists and spectators are overjoyed and convinced that the concerts will go resume. The truth is quite different. LE FIGARO. - A new point from the Ministry of Culture authorizes concerts for more than 5,000 ...

After the new point for the cultural sector published on the evening of August 4 by the government, which follows the decree of July 27 authorizing gatherings of more than 5,000 people, the artists and spectators are overjoyed and convinced that the concerts will go resume. The truth is quite different.

LE FIGARO. - A new point from the Ministry of Culture authorizes concerts for more than 5,000 people but without a standing audience and with a free seat between each group of spectators. This text makes you very angry, why?

Pierre-Alexandre VERTADIER. - It is an unnamed hypocrisy because it is impossible to apply in practice. The large majority of concerts with more than 5,000 seats are precisely those with spectators standing in the pit. If we apply the decree, these concerts cannot take place. It has been six months since the artists returned to the stage. With the Prodiss (union which brings together producers and theater owners, Editor's note), I hoped that