With his fire hair and his Drag Queen universe, Chappell Roan, a 27-year-old west singer, was just one of the pieces of the flagship festival at the end of the summer, deployed until Sunday in the national field of Saint-Cloud, near Paris.
But “his ascending trajectory has changed the way in which he has been perceived and seen in the program,” said Matthieu Ducos, rock director in Seine, to the AFP, which evokes a “crazy phenomenon.”
The interpreter of “Pink Pony Club” is in line with the female artists who throw rock in Seine since the creation of this opening night: Billie Eilish for the twentieth anniversary in 2023 and the king of the King in the form of Olympic last year, in the Olympic game.
Doechii phenomenon
With a budget between 16 and 17 million euros, the festival knows how to capture international stars, but it must also compose with whims such as the cancellation of Asap Rocky, disconnected from several European festivals. Kid Cudi, another successful American rapper (“Day ‘Nite”), which will replace it.
On the rap side, another performance will be analyzed: doechii, new American rap ambassador that is a success with Anxiety And he received the Grammy for the best rap album of the year, he will offer his first festival in France. Careful sets, choreographies and drilling lines are expected.
The electro scene promises immersion with images and lights in Gogo, between the Italian-American DJ Anyma, the French duo Justice, in levitation from his winning return with Hyperdrama.
Rock in Seine also continues to honor its name, with the presence of queens of the stone age. Josh Man’s unsubjectible group, almost 30 years of existence, will roar his guitars on Sunday, eleven years after his last visit to Saint -cloud.
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This last day provides a concert of the punk rap trio rap: still confidential a few months ago, Belfast’s problems have benefited from a visibility ten times since they made each concert a forum for the Palestinian cause.
At the Glastonbury Festival at the end of June, the group accused Israel of being a “war criminal” state. One of its three members, Liam O’Hanna Dit Mo Chara, is being prosecuted for “terrorist offense” after having worn a Hezbollah flag during a concert in London in 2024. He had to appear in the British capital on Wednesday.
In this context, the city of Saint-Cloud withdrew its subsidy of 40,000 euros to rock in Seine, the first. “As the controversies begin to swell, we obviously ask ourselves the question (to keep the group, note of the editor), says Matthieu Ducos, emphasizing that the organization then” analyzed. “
In France, the group played Eurockéennes de Belfort and the Green Cabaret in Charleville-Mézières, a priori without incident.
“The conclusion was that yes, it always had its place at the festival. Despite a certain amount of red lines that could have crossed according to some, according to them, they are not sufficiently proven or repetitive,” he argues.
The “discussions” took place with the entourage of artists to clarify their positions and the organization had “confirmation” that “there would be no overflows” during the concert, according to the director.
At attracting about 40,000 spectators per day, Rock in Seine is in the hands of the American Giant of AEG and Combat Live, a group of the French businessman Matthieu Pigasse. This tandem bought in July we love Green, another ile festival -de -france.
Committed to the left, Mr. Pigasse defended the presence of Kneecap, seeing it as a theme of “freedom of creation and expression”: “We must not accept the principle of censorship, because otherwise, it is a wave that will increase the festivals and the media,” Billboard France told the musical media.
Source: BFM TV
