Matt Pokora was to resume his Pyramid Tour on Friday March 6 at the Galaxie d'Amnéville, and the next day be on the stage of the Zenith in Strasbourg. Finally, he managed to postpone these two dates to September 5 and 12 respectively. A third date, that of Paris, at the AccorHotels Arena on March 14 has been postponed to June 19. This performer, whose show is really a great success, will therefore find his fans on Sunday March 8 at the Zenith in Amiens. All his other concerts - in Lille, Brussels, Brest, Bordeaux, etc. - are maintained, because their gauge complies with the prefects' directive: maximum 5,000 people in a confined space.
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In a message on Instagram, Matt Pokora hopes that these reports will be able to “ mitigate the disappointment ” of his fans. " Thank you for your adorable messages, it's good to know you there ... With the heart ... Always ... PS: a thought for people affected by the virus, we hope that it will soon be ancient history. Happy recovery, ” he wrote.
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Friends as you know following the government's decision to ban gatherings of more than 5000 people in confined spaces there are currently 3 concerts canceled ... But the good news is that we have managed to find postponement dates which are as follows ... -Amnéville Galaxie from March 6 is postponed to Saturday September 5, 2020. -Strasbourg zénith from March 7 is postponed to Saturday September 12, 2020. -Paris AccorHotels Arena from March 14 is postponed to Friday, June 19, 2020. Your tickets remain valid for the corresponding postponed dates. Being initially "full", there is obviously no place for sale on these new dates ... For those who could not get there your tickets are refundable until Monday, May 4 with the network or point of sale where they were purchased. For the moment all the other dates are maintained. You know how happy I was to find you and share with you this magnificent show ... I hope that these reports can alleviate your disappointment ... Thank you for your adorable messages it's good to know you there. .. With the heart ... Always ... Matt Ps: a thought for people affected by the virus we hope it will soon be ancient history. Good recovery.
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From the analysis of Le Figaro , which studied the programming of the 90 theaters with more than 5,000 seats covered by the prefects' directives, it appears that the coronavirus has a limited impact on the shows on display. Only the unfortunate producer of the Nuit de Bretagne in Paris La Défense Arena - the largest hall in Europe with 33,000 seats - has simply had to cancel. With the exception of this particular case, the handful of producers concerned seem to be getting away with it at a lower cost. And even if we fear that, like Wednesday March 4 at the Antoine Theater in Paris where François Berléand and François-Xavier Demaison are playing, some spectators who bought tickets will not move.
Report for Gims
The producer of Gims made it simple by postponing all the concerts from this spring to June. In a video shot for his fans and posted on social networks, the star hidden behind his dark glasses and sitting near green plants on a beige leather sofa, in a dark suit, announces that his Decade Tour " is fully postponed and not canceled in June 2020 ". " In the meantime, be well, be careful and I will find you very soon ," he continues. I can't wait, I'm disgusted like you and I think of everyone. So be very careful and see you in June. Promised! Promised! Promised! "
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In the end, out of the 90 halls with 5,000 seats and more targeted by the prefects, three had to program all their shows. In Lorient, in Morbihan - one of the hotbeds of contamination where all collective gatherings are prohibited -, Messmer had to cancel his hypersensory show on March 7 at the Parc des Expositions in Lanester. At Paris La Défense Arena, the 22,000 spectators of La Nuit de la Bretagne will be reimbursed. At the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, the prefect of Paris has banned concerts from early March, those of Matt Pokora, rapper Ninho and Tryo. Oddly, this Thursday, March 5, no cancellation or postponement is indicated on the site of the room, or on its social networks. You have to go to the Fnac site to learn that Tryo, who was to play on March 13, postponed his concert to May 23.
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Blocked ticket office
One trick to keep the concerts going is to block the ticket office below the 5,000 seat threshold. This was done, with the authorization of the prefect of Savoy, the producer of the Pharaonic electronic festival, scheduled for March 21 at the Phare de Chambéry (hall with 6,000 seats). A solution also adopted by Christophe Maé. This Sunday, at the Zenith in Nantes, " it was at 4,700 sales, it will stop at 5,000. He will not cancel, he will play, but he will limit his sale ”, explained to the microphone of Europe 1 Daniel Colling, who directs the hall of Nantes as well as the Zenith of Paris.
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At the Zenith of Nantes, whose site is particularly up to date, uncertainty reigns for three artists. The shows of Muriel Robin (March 10), Dadju (March 12) and Jean-Louis Aubert (March 17) " are likely to be postponed or canceled, " it said. For the other shows on tour on the roads of France, the modifications are tiny. Ninho, who was to play on March 10 at the Zenith in Lille, postponed his concert to September 19. Claudio Capéo, Alain Souchon, Frédéric François, Vitaa and Slimane will play on the scheduled dates. Just like the comedians Roland Magdane, Alban Ivanov, Norman and Fary. The virus has also not affected the performances Tendre Agre , Dire Straits Experience , Holiday on Ice with Philippe Candeloro, Le Lac des Cygnes , Stars 80 , Irish Celtic and that of the magician Dani Lary.
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For now, no international star expected on stage in France has changed its schedule. The Canadian Avril Lavigne will perform as planned on March 26 at the Zénith in Paris. Paul McCartney's concert at the Pierre Mauroy Arena in Lille scheduled for May 23 is also maintained.
The producers' concern concerns the ticket office for the months of April, May and June. They fear that the French will not dare to reserve for shows for this period, the situation evolving day by day. In the great Parisian theaters and at the opera the ranks are emptied.
For large concerts, if the epidemic passes to stage 3, the maximum authorized tonnage will be lowered to the threshold of 1,000 spectators. Therefore, the vast majority of theaters will be affected, and therefore all of the artists on display. An economic disaster for the performing arts sector, already badly affected by the yellow vests crisis and the strikes at the end of 2019.
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