“
I have a broad back, but don't kid around.
Accused of being responsible for the absence of a second date for Beyoncé's concert at the Stade de France due to work on the RER B, Valérie Pécresse counter-attacked on Wednesday by questioning the show's production company. .
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I have received many messages from Beyoncé fans who are extremely disappointed by the cancellation of her second concert date in Paris
,” revealed the president of the Île-de-France region in a video posted on TikTok.
Live Nation, the company that produces Beyoncé's concert scheduled for May 26 at the Stade de France, said on Tuesday that it was unable to organize a second date there the next day due to work carried out by the SNCF throughout. weekend on the northern section of RER B to regenerate the tracks.
"
So it seems it's my fault. "
I will rectify things
, ”continues Valérie Pécresse with the background sound of the tube “
Crazy in Love
” by Beyoncé and Jay Z.
“QueenB”
“
I have absolutely nothing to do with
it,” insists the one who also chairs Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), the authority that organizes transport in the Ile-de-France region.
“
The dates of the transport works that lead to the Stade de France (…) are known two years in advance and all the event producers know
it”, she insists.
The boss of Live Nation France, Angelo Gopee, does not say the opposite.
He told AFP on Tuesday evening that he had been confronted with "
a problem of transporting spectators
".
“
We were told from the start that there would only be Friday, May 26 possible.
It is therefore not a financial shortfall for us, we knew it, it is a shortfall for the spectators
, ”he lamented.
"
There is such a demand for Beyoncé, it's phenomenal, we could have filled the Stade de France on May 27,
" he continued.
Tickets for "
Queen B
" at the Stade de France on May 26 and at the Vélodrome in Marseille on June 11 sold out in less than an hour on the various sales platforms.
"
You should not discard on others, it's not very courageous
," replied Valérie Pécresse.
“
I love Beyoncé, I say welcome to Île-de-France, but next time, we will have to take a producer who will check that the stadium is available on the right date
”, concluded the regional president.