The launch of Pink October, breast cancer screening awareness month, will be given Tuesday night with a free concert of the voice of Rita Mitsouko Catherine Ringer and the British singer Dido at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, illuminated in pink for the occasion.
A free concert accessible by reservation
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo will launch at 20:20 the countdown of the enlightenment, accompanied in particular by the TV presenter Cristina Cordula and Vaimalama Chaves, Miss France 2019. The change of color of the "old lady" accompanies every year since 2015 this information and fundraising campaign for breast cancer, the most common and deadliest in women. New in 2019, a free concert will follow at the Trocadero, with the former half of the Rita Mitsouko, whose hit "Marcia Baïla", in 1984, paid homage to the dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto, carried away by breast cancer.
She will share the stage with pop rock singer Dido, touring with her fifth album nearly twenty years after the worldwide success of her debut album, "No Angel". Called "HEROSE" "in tribute to all those who fight the disease", the outdoor concert will be available by reservation, says the organizing association, "Breast Cancer, Let's talk!" Previously, the association will have awarded the Cité de l'architecture its Pink Ribbon Awards for Research: 550,000 euros to the five winning research projects and a three-year scholarship of 180,000 euros.