Saturday July 29, The Weeknd gave an exceptional concert at the Stade de France. During this show, he delighted his fans by paying an unexpected tribute to an illustrious French singer-songwriter.
It was one of the most anticipated concerts of this year 2023. After Beyoncé and Harry Styles, it’s The Weeknd’s turn to give a series of concerts at the Stade de France located in the commune of Saint-Denis, near Paris. For nearly two and a half hours, the one called Abel Tesfaye sang his greatest hits under the astonished eyes of his thousands of fans. Of Can’t Feel My Face To Blinding lights Passing by Save your tearsit is not less than thirty titles that he interpreted in front of an audience of 80,000 people. This Saturday, July 29, for his first date at the Stade de France, the Canadian artist has reserved a big surprise for his audience, paying tribute to an icon of French song. The next day, a video of this stage performance unveiled on X, formerly Twitter, went viral in just a few hours.
“Drop the girls”
It was in front of amazed spectators, and in the middle of a concert that The Weeknd made a beautiful cover of the title drop the girls of France Gall. If the original song was released in August 1964, the actor of The Idol breathed new life into it and won over its audience. It is in an unpublished video published on the famous social network, that we can see the ex-companion of Selena Gomez singing in French, one of the jewels of the tricolor song. In a few hours, this publication made a real buzz, and was shared and liked by thousands of Internet users.. A piece of music that is obviously close to the heart of The Weeknd, since he used it in the introduction of his song Montreal published in 2011, as part of his mixtape Echoes of Silence. In the meantime, the one that was revealed and produced by Drake continues its tour in France with a new date this Sunday July 30 in the evening at the Stade de France and Monday July 31 in the city of Bordeaux. Previously, the star of the SuperBowl 2021 had performed at the Longchamp racecourse in July 2017, on the occasion of the festival Lollapalooza Paris.
Abel sings in French 😍😍
“Leave it girls, let it…”#TheWeeknd #TheWeekndParis #StadedeFrance @theweeknd pic.twitter.com/CrEVLfZ5pD
– Stade de France (@StadeFrance) July 29, 2023
2023-07-30 18:18:56
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