"Unheard!": The festival of Vieilles Charrues sold Wednesday in less than nine minutes the 55,000 tickets of the concert of Celine Dion July 16 in Carhaix (Finistère), welcomed the organizers of the largest festival in Europe.
"We are really touched by this plebiscite and this mark of trust festival-goers," said Jérôme Tréhorel, general director of the festival to be held from 16 to 19 July 2020 in central Brittany, quoted in a statement.
"This unprecedented infatuation gives us a lot of energy and excitement to prepare for a 29th edition of madness," he continues. The Breton festival had put on sale on its website at 10H00 the places for his first day. Selling price: 59 euros. "Full Thursday", could read less than one hour after the start of the sale.
The only date of Celine Dion in a French festival
The coming to Carhaix of the Canadian diva with nearly 250 million albums sold was announced on September 26th. "After Las Vegas, Carhaix!" the organizers had welcomed. The 51-year-old superstar began the first concert of his new international tour "Courage" on September 18 in his home province, the first in ten years. His arrival at the Vieilles Charrues will be his only date in a French festival.
The 28th edition of this festival "100% associative" welcomed in July 270,000 spectators in four days, with the presence of artists such as Iggy Pop, Booba, Aya Nakamura, Tears for Fears, Christine and the Queens, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Jeanne Added or Boulevard des Airs.