The first evening of the Eurockéennes de Belfort was canceled this Thursday, June 30 due to the violent storms which fell on the site of the festival and caused seven minor injuries, announced the prefecture of the Territory of Belfort and the organizers.
"For security reasons and because of the risk of violent storms affecting the department and the Eurockéennes site, it was decided to cancel the evening of June 30,"
the prefecture told AFP.
The organizers reported for their part
"less than seven injured who are in relative emergency, taken care of at the hospital".
It is not known how and where these people were injured.
The programmers had designed the 32nd edition as
"a great celebration for young people"
with, among other things, the Radar stage devoted to the new hip-hop scene (Thaanos, DYK, Juste Shani, Davinhor, Jok'Air, KR Malsain, Captain Roshi, Lyna Mahyem and Kodes) and the Eurotronik electro night (Paul Kalkbrenner, Meute, APM001, Lilly Palmer, Paloma Colombe, Paula Temple, Sherelle and URTrax) organized on Saturday evening after midnight, simultaneously on the site's four stages.