While the Prime Minister announced Monday, December 27 the ban on standing concerts and the establishment of a gauge of 2,000 people maximum indoors to limit the spread of Covid-19 in France, the famous rapper Orelsan announced on Twitter the postponement of the first four dates of his tour, a little over a month after the release of his fourth solo album,
Civilization.
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- OrelSan (@Orel_san) December 28, 2021
The concerts in Caen (January 15), Rouen (January 19), Lille (January 20) and Amiens (January 21), are therefore postponed to April 28, April 27, May 29 and April 25, respectively.
"For the moment, the other dates are maintained", specifies the rapper, who indicates "plans B" are planned in all cases.
The restrictions, a blow to the entertainment world
"It means that it is the chaos which returns, whereas we are in a period when we should be celebrating", regretted this Tuesday morning Angelo Gopée, the general manager of Live Nation France, on RMC, recalling that " the standing gauges had barely been reinstated ”.
Orelsan for his part preferred to put it into perspective, explaining that the situation "is not dramatic" and that he will take advantage "of this time to prepare an even crazier show".
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Health restrictions are certainly a blow to the entertainment world: “We are back a year back.
However, we played the game of the health pass at 100%, “lamented Olivier Darbois, president of Prodiss, the national union of producers, broadcasters, festivals and musical theaters, to the Parisian.
Other artists, such as Eddy de Pretto, Hoshi or Julien Doré, currently on tour, could also decide to cancel or postpone their concerts scheduled for the coming days.
