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Indochine boycotts Perpignan: "When you're an artist, you don't do politics", says Bardella

2023-01-09T10:55:08.299Z


Nicola Sirkis asked this weekend that the Les Déferlantes festival not be held in a city run by the RN.


The Indochine group is threatening to cancel its visit to the Déferlantes festival, moved for logistical reasons to Perpignan, an RN city: a “

sectarian and disrespectful

” positioning, denounced RN President Jordan Bardella on Monday.

We were presented with the fait accompli, that the Festival Les Déferlantes, where we are scheduled on July 8, moved to Perpignan instead of the site initially planned

”, posted this weekend the Indochine group on its social networks.

The RN mayor of Perpignan tweeted that he was happy to host the festival

”, adds the band of singer Nicola Sirkis.

Who

expressly asks the management of Les Déferlantes to move this festival to another place, failing which, we will cancel our visit

".

Read alsoDisplacement of the Déferlantes in Perpignan, Indochine threatens to cancel its visit

In 2022, Les Déferlantes welcomed "

more than 100,000 festival-goers over 4 days

", but the public deplored "

certain difficulties encountered during this last edition, in particular travel to and from Céret

", a usual site in the Pyrénées-Orientales, can -we read on the festival website.

"

This is the reason why we have decided to move Les Déferlantes to a more suitable place (...) From July 6 to 9, 2023, Les Déferlantes therefore give you an appointment in Perpignan

", write the organizers of the event.

'event.

Indochine is known for its commitments against far-right ideas.

But Perpignan has for mayor Louis Aliot, of the National Rally.

It is deeply sectarian and disrespectful for the thousands of their fans who are probably also National Rally voters.

Jordan Bardella on BFMTV

It is deeply sectarian and disrespectful for the thousands of their fans who are probably also National Rally voters

,” reacted Jordan Bardella on BFMTV on Monday.

"

When you're an artist, you don't play politics, you don't sort the people who come to these concerts according to their political opinion

", adds the president of the RN, who also specifies: "

I went to a only concert in my life, at the Indochine concert

".

The organizers of the festival take "

note of the position of the Indochine group to condition, for political questions, their coming to Les Déferlantes

", according to a press release quoted by the daily L'Indépendant.

The management still regrets “

that music and politics are thus associated

”.

Sting, Bigflo & Oli, Damso, David Guetta, Lomepal, Louise Attaque, Izïa, Pomme, Rosalía or Soprano, are the other headliners announced for this festival.

Source: lefigaro

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