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9 kilos less, 14 dancers, an XXL show... Matt Pokora ready for "the biggest concert of his career"

6/10/2023, 6:12:20 AM

Highlights: Matt Pokora will play in front of 25,000 people at Paris La Défense Arena. The beginning of a tour to celebrate his wishes. A starting point before fifty dates, including next week at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille. "You're destined to do great things, no matter where you're from. What I believe in is respect, humility, work, questioning," Pokora says in an exclusive interview with iReporters for CNN.com.


EXCLUSIVE. This Saturday, June 10, the singer will play in front of 25,000 people at Paris La Défense Arena. The beginning of a tour to celebrate his wishes

"You're destined to do great things, no matter where you're from. What I believe in is respect, humility, work, questioning. In the darkness of the huge room of Paris La Défense Arena, the voice of Matt Pokora sounds, around 16 p.m., this Friday, June 9. On a huge curved screen 40 meters long and 8 meters high, images of the career of the 37-year-old artist, peroxidized blond hair, scroll. It's time for spinning, understand the last rehearsals of the first appointment of his tour, scheduled for Saturday night. A starting point before fifty dates, including next week at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille.

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