Beautiful British invasion: Arctic Monkeys and other prominent guitar groups, such as Idles or Squid, join the Rock en Seine lineup in August 2022, the organizers of the Paris region festival unveiled on Tuesday. Escaped from Sheffield in the early 2000s, the Arctic Monkeys, led by their singer-guitarist Alex Turner, have built a solid career between the abrasive rock of the beginnings and the melancholy of their last record,
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
(2018). "
They will be back for an exclusive date in France
" and "
will undoubtedly unveil a few unreleased tracks from a highly anticipated new album.
“, Promise in a press release the programmers of Rock en Seine, festival to be held from August 25 to 28, 2022 at the national domain of Saint-Cloud in the Paris region.
This group joins the first headliners already unveiled in October, such as Stromae, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tame Impala, Kraftwerk, Jamie XX, La Femme, The Blaze, Malik Djoudi and even the Limiñanas.
Among the novelties announced, and also from England, we also find the Idles, from Bristol, for a brutal rock, and Squid, from Brighton, for a more erudite face.
In the same vein as the latter, the Irish of Fontaines DC will also be in the game.
Australians from Parcels will come and serve their funk-pop-disco cocktail.
Londoner James Blake and his electro-r'n'b also appear in the new delivery.
The full program can be found on the festival site.
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Due to the health crisis, Rock en Seine had been canceled in its usual format in 2020, just a symbolic limited event had been organized, ditto for the 2021 edition. Nearly 100,000 spectators were at the rendezvous in 2019.