Death of Nahel: Mylène Farmer’s concerts at the Stade de France canceled this Friday and Saturday

2023-06-30 16:48:15

The more the hours passed this Friday, the more the threat became clearer. After another night of very turbulent riots all over France, the organizers of large cultural gatherings suspected that the public authorities risked calling into question the holding of certain events mobilizing many police forces. The first ax fell a few minutes after 3 p.m.: Mylène Farmer’s concerts, scheduled at the Stade de France this Friday and Saturday, will not take place, we learned from the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis .

At 2 p.m., the President of the Republic formalized the government’s position. During a speech following a meeting of the interministerial crisis unit, organized on Place Beauvau, the Head of State had paved the way for the cancellation of major meetings mobilizing a large number of the police. “Faced with these events, the decision was taken to cancel several festive events and several gatherings in the most sensitive departments in order to be able to protect the town halls, our compatriots. »

Some 80,000 fans of the queen of French pop were expected this Friday for the first of two concerts scheduled at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis. Some admirers had pitched their tent as early as… last Friday, a week before the event. At 3:15 p.m., the sound of the rehearsals was still reaching around the XXL enclosure, a sign that Mylène Farmer’s team was continuing to work for the evening show. “At this time, no change but everything is fragile”, we were told in the morning in the entourage of the star.

Fans refuse to believe it

The disappointment of the spectators, still uninformed of the cancellation at the start of the afternoon, promises to be immense. Within the crowd gathered in front of the gates of the Stade de France, the first admirers to whom we first learn that the concert on Friday will not take place refuse to believe it. A few minutes later, it is the second show, scheduled for this Saturday, which is in turn canceled by the prefecture.

In the middle of the afternoon, the last free evening of Fnac Live which was to be held in front of the Hôtel de Ville with, among others, Hervé, Selah Sue, Disiz, or even Ofenbach was also canceled.