January 07, 2022
The year that has just started has some sacred evenings in store for us on the various stages of Gironde. From French sizes to international stars, an overview.
Severely affected since the start of the health crisis linked to Covid-19, the cultural community continues to have its head under water. Latest government measures limiting indoor events to 5,000 people, imposing them seated or prohibiting the consumption of food and drink only accentuating this already laborious situation then the venues are seeing a drop in their attendance and that concert sales seem to be at an all-time low. ” The ticket offices are completely at a standstill, we no longer sell tickets for the concerts which are scheduled for February and March »Said on the antenna of France Info Aurélie Hannedouche, general manager of the Syndicat des Musiques Actuelles.
Placebo, Pagny, Orelsan, Alicia Keys … big names live
However, 2022 promises to be particularly rich in concerts with big names in music expected by the next 12 months in the various venues of Gironde and in particular at the Arkéa Arena.
This is also where the game is supposed to be Gims. A concert that fans have been waiting for since March 26 … 2020, the first days of the very first confinement. Postponed three more times, his arrival on February 2 remains more than uncertain. The man must also return to the Arkéa Arena on March 29 for the exceptional reformation of Sexion d’Assaut. “The return of the kings“should have been done first on November 23, 2021. In vain.
The concert of Gojira is another highlight of February at the Arkéa Arena. The Landes who tour across the globe have announced only three small concerts in France. The walls of the former Bordeaux Métropole Arena may well shake on February 9. By then, at the end of January, the formation will represent (once again) the hexagon at the next Grammy Awards in the category “Best metal performance” for the song “Amazonia”, issue de “Fortitude“, their latest album to date.
After two sold-out dates for the start of his tour, including one on November 6, 2021, on his 60th birthday, Florent Pagny has the luxury of coming back to play at the Arkéa Arena. The flagship coach of The Voice will come to sing his new songs and his classics on March 2nd. A month rich in concerts with big names from La Chanson Française since Jean-Louis Aubert (03/10) will also play there.
Still in the French-speaking register, we will note the programming ofOrelsan, back with “Civilisation“. However released at the end of 2021, the Norman’s new album became the best-selling opus of the year. A real performance! If he had to postpone the start of his event tour, Orelsan is expected firmly on the 11th. March Other mastodons in album sales, Clara Luciani and Julien Doré complete the March prog at the Arkéa Arena with concerts respectively announced for March 23 and 26. The singer of “We“will even come back to it next fall (November 20).
Hors made in France, Simple Minds should finally be able to come and celebrate its 40th birthday in Bordeaux on March 9 after two missed appointments in April 2020 and then in March 2021. For latecomers, there are still places.
The Scots of Franz Ferdinand will unveil their best-of on March 11. A few days later, on March 30, the guitars will be released on the Arena stage. Israeli Asaf Avidan, known worldwide for its title “One Day“, will be on March 12 in the Gironde concert venue.
After a successful first date in November 2021 in Floirac, Vianney will return to his hometown with a date April 7. Three days later, Texas will celebrate its thirty years in this same room for a first. Concert planned first on December 2, 2020 and then on October 1, 2021. There are still places for this anniversary.
Impacted by the postponements of concerts at the start of the year, Eddy de Preto will finally come to play in Gironde on Monday 2 May. Also in the week, the 4th, the phenomenal Angela will be on the same stage of the Arkéa Arena. With his very recent last album “Ninety-Five “, the Belgian is currently one of the biggest record sellers in France at the moment. His return from the stage was eagerly awaited. In addition to her spring date, Angèle will return to the Arkéa on October 7 for a rab session.
In another style, the Canadian star Shawn Mendes must come to France for two unique dates. In addition to the Paris Défense Arena, the Wonder The World Tour 2022 of the singer will stop in Bordeaux on May 12.
Sugar, another prestigious name, was supposed to come and play at the Arkéa Arena in November 2020 and then in June 2021. Finally, the Italian artist with 60 million records sold will perform there on May 15.
The first half of June will be marked by the return of Vitaa and Slimane at the Arena after playing there in December. Before respectively resuming their solo careers, the two friends will come to sing their hits on June 11. Another date, probably their ultimate in the region, has already been announced for October 26.
The start of summer will be boiling and dancing with the tour The Kings of Disco Funk which will reunite on the same evening Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire et The Jacksons (Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon). One of the feel-good events of 2022 without a doubt. The appointment is noted for July 1.
The first part of the season which will end, if all goes well, with the arrival – finally – ofAlicia Keys. The American mega star has been postponing her world tour for two years. Patient, the interpreter of “Girl On Fire“will eventually succeed in defending his new album”Alicia“on stage. New luck on July 5th.
The second half of 2022 will be marked by the shows of Placebo November 13 and The Cure the next day. Two important British groups making their comeback. For the time being, the “Bordeaux zenith” is not filling up for these two key dates.
On a different note, this crazy week in November will continue with the concert of – M – on Tuesday, November 15 after having had the opportunity to perform before in the neighboring room of the Rocher de Palmer on April 30 in Cenon. The purists will not miss the live of Rohff November 27 while others will have preferred the walks of Julien Clerc a few days before November 22.
The month of December will be marked by the coming of Jacques and Thomas Dutronc. The father and son are going on tour across the country for the first time, notably with a date at the Francofolies de la Rochelle and therefore at the Arkéa Arena on December 6. Prices vary from 49 to 85 €.
Among the last lives at the Arkéa Arena, we will be delighted with the coming ofAmir and that of the group ERA. Events there also imagined earlier in 2020 and 2021. The representative of France at Eurovision in 2016 will finally come to occur on December 7, 10 days later it will be around the musical project founded by the French musician Éric Lévi.
Note that another prestigious name should have come to perform at the Arkéa Arena in the presence of The Weeknd. The artist with multiple tubes was to perform there for an exceptional date on October 22, 2022. If it is still displayed on the site of the Salle Floiracaise, the date is set aside as announced by the artist himself. ” The dates for the “After Hours” tour have been moved and will start in the summer of 2022 due to the constraints imposed by the arenas and the desire to do something bigger and special for the fans. “. It remains to be seen whether this new tour will stop in Gironde and Matmut Atlantique. The fingers are crossed very strongly.
Elsewhere in the Metropolis
If the Arkéa Arena captures many prestigious names in music, the Krakatoa can boast of doing the same with the arrival of Eagle Of Death Metal April 25. The Americans, known to have been on the Bataclan stage on the evening of the November 13 attacks, are back on the road with a European tour which will stop only three evenings in France.
Far from guitar riffs, Barbara Pravi must also come and play in the Bordeaux metropolis. The one who performed an incredible performance at the last Eurovision Song Contest (second) will perform on April 29 at Femina Theater. « The ceilings are too beautiful there »Marveled at ARL the artist who admits to appreciating the city enormously. Its last date of 2021 took place here, in Gironde, in Arès.
On May 16, the Rock School Barbey will have the honor to receive Peter Hook, which has become over the years an essential witness to the history of punk, new wave and British rock. The former member of Joy Division and New Order will come to sing his two groups in Bordeaux.
It’s a concert that risks making a date. “Free“, the latest album to date d’Iggy Pop, was born in 2019 and could not be defended on stage as the Covid-19 epidemic put the whole earth on hold in 2020. Several dates were to be held this spring and summer in France but it will eventually take wait until 2022. New concerts have been added for the occasion and especially one evening in Bordeaux. The so-called “Iguana” is expected on May 21 at TheNational Opera of Bordeaux. A room and a more intimate tour that stick to the more calm and calm spirit of his eighteenth solo album with more alternative and jazzy sounds. That promises!
Our selection for May sends us to Krakatoa where is about to return Nothing Surf. Seeing New Yorkers on a Gironde scene always has its effect. Matthew Caws and his gang are expected on May 27 in Mérignac.
It’s been three years since the Matmut Atlantic did not vibrate with a concert. Often empty during the meetings of the Girondins de Bordeaux, the enclosure located in Bordeaux Lac had filled up for Muse in the heyday of 2019. 2021 should have been marked by the memorable show ofIndochine there but the health situation decided otherwise. Finally, the arrival of the French flagship group has been postponed to June 4 of this year. While there, Nicola Sirkis was full of praise for Matmut Atlantique: ” you have a great stadium, it’s beautiful “. A date of their Central Tour has been sold out for a while now.
Tickets are still on sale for the concert of Soprano. The Marseillais will also perform in the largest stadiums in France including the Matmut on June 25. To promote this date, the former Psy 4 de la Rime even came to Bordeaux in a relaxed manner at the beginning of December.
If the programming of the next ODP Talence is not complete, we know that the first names are already of high quality. Grand Corps Malade, Calogero, Selah Sue and Murray Head will already be playing from September 8 to 11 in the Peixotto park in Talence. The event, for the benefit of the Oeuvre des Pupilles des Sapeurs-Pompiers de France, last year raised more than € 42,000.
And because we also need rock, it’s good to remember that Trust will play in Mérignac on October 11, 2022. The French formation has chosen to revisit their first three albums (including “Repression“, including the mythical”Antisocial”) on the scene. After an aborted meeting in November 2021, Bernie Bonvoisin’s group will play Krakatoa October 11, 2022.
It remains to be seen how many dozen the postponements or cancellations will be counted if the Covid-19 continues to play a part in the festivities. In that case, yes, we’ll probably lose our temper, as … Trust sang.
[Jérôme Martin-Castéra – photo : ]
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