"We arrived last night and slept here," says Lorenzo, smiling, who came from Florence with his friend to attend the only Parisian concert of Beyoncé's "Renaissance WorldTour". "It was hard and it was cold," adds an Italian fan of the star, "but we would do much more than that for her!" Music star Beyoncé is back this Friday at the Stade de France, five years after her arrival with her husband Jay-Z. A few hours before the start of the concert, thousands of fans were already queuing, some even sleeping in front of the stadium.
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Ruby, 20, is "hyperexcited" at the idea of being able to see for the first time on stage the singer he has been listening to "since childhood". "I arrived at 4:50 in the morning and I'm not tired... Excitement boosts! " says the young man. Queen B will perform for three hours in front of more than 60,000 fans who have each paid between 80 and 200 euros to attend the concert.