Coronavirus: musical tours disrupted again by curfew

Since the confinement, the turners are doing their utmost to maintain concerts, even tours, against wind and tide.

For seven months, they have to adapt to each new situation, between red zone, green zone, seated concerts, reduced gauges.

But the announcement of the curfew is another blow.

"Psychologically, it's hard"

The singer Apple, for example, still has about twenty concerts planned before December, but seven are in the curfew zone, where the only solution is to be able to play earlier.

So, Thierry Langlois of Uni T production, its turner, still has to negotiate with theaters, cancel or postpone some if necessary.

"In March, we canceled the spring concerts, in May the festivals, in September, we began to rework all the concerts that were timed to adapt them to the new sanitary conditions. And then, the new constraints brought us back to back to work. Psychologically, it's hard, "he confides at the microphone of Europe 1.

"People have to be able to have fun, otherwise they will crack"

It's hard to stay cheerful when the instructions change all the time, even for artists.

But for singer Suzane, on tour for another 20 dates, now is not the time to give up: she will be on stage at 7 p.m. in five cities in the coming weeks.

"I was in Nancy a few days ago. I said to myself 'there is a beautiful room, there you are, it starts again ...' and then there were the announcements and there, the light, I no longer have it. The goal was to know quickly enough if we were going to play a little earlier. If we have to do that, let's go! People still have to be able to have fun, because otherwise they will. crack, ”she explains.

Nantes and Saint Lo will welcome Benjamin Biolay next week.

His concerts planned in Paris, Lyon and Lille are more compromised.

Louis Chedid, he maintains the end of his tour: his concerts are all in cities not affected by the curfew.