2023-04-16 20:52:03
THE SELECTION OF FIGARO – As the big concerts resume with a vengeance, Le Figaro evaluates the musical addresses of the capital.
For a long time, France in general and Paris in particular, had few rooms dedicated to so-called “amplified” music. In the 1960s and 1970s, concerts by international rock and pop stars were held in places whose primary purpose was to host sporting events, such as the Palais des sports in Paris (renamed the Dôme a few years ago). years) where Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John and other Johnny performed, or even the Parc des Princes and its execrable sound system.
The Pavillon de Paris, housed in one of the former slaughterhouses of La Villette, is the great rock hall of the seventies, which sees Bowie, Neil Young, Eric Clapton parade, but it is still not a room dedicated to the music.
It was not until 1984, and the inauguration of the Zénith, that Paris benefited from an address entirely devoted to popular music. A temporary structure when it opened, the hall has become a pillar of Parisian concerts since…
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