"All together for music", the hope of a return to normal life

Text by: Sarah Tisseyre

"It is the first room to reopen in Europe," argues France 2. This Friday, June 19 in the evening, France Television is organizing a concert-event at the Accor Arena in Bercy, in Paris. 2,000 people will be able to attend on site to experience this reunion with the artists.

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It could have been a concert in an empty hall ... And then the transition from Paris to the green zone changed the situation. 2,000 people will be able to attend the program Tous ensemble pour la musique , recorded live on France 2 this evening , and also broadcast on TV5 and other French-language radio and TV channels. 2,000 free tickets were made available on the site of the Accor Arena, which had not organized a concert for more than three months.

With ten times less audience than the room can hold, the organizers wish to respect the rules of social distancing. Spectators will be seated, and if there are two of them, they must leave a free space on either side. As for the mask, it is mandatory.

Three hours of show

To make the show, forty artists: from Patrick Bruel to Catherine Ringer via Dadju, Pascal Obispo, Thomas Dutronc, Kenji Girac or Christine and the Queens. Some will be physically present, others will record their performance. In total, sixty songs, and three hours of show, to celebrate, with a little advance, the festival of music, and the hope of a quick return to normal life.

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