The initiative was surely a bit early. Monday evening, DJ Bob Sinclar was to give a live concert, filmed on the roof of the Arc de triomphe in Paris. The project, co-organized by the Center des monuments nationaux and the Cercle Music platform, was to be broadcast live on Fun Radio, W9 and on networks and would allow the raising of donations in favor of the fight against the coronavirus.
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But the project came to an end. Sunday, due to security concerns, the concert was postponed by its organizers to an unspecified date. This is "to avoid any risk of assembly while the containment is not lifted," they explained to BFMTV. Since the announcement of the show, in fact, criticisms had been raised against the organization. Despite warnings from Cercle Music and the Center des monuments nationaux, fears remained about the possible arrival of an audience at the foot of the monument, although it was impossible, it was repeated, to hear or see something if we are not on the roof of the arch.
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The ambition of this project is to collect funds and donate them in full to the NGO Médecins sans frontières, the Fondation de France and the One-O-One endowment fund, in the fight against Covid-19 disease. . World-renowned DJ, Bob Sinclar has posted mixes on his Instagram account (666,000 subscribers) since the start of confinement in France on March 17.
