If many people were complaining on Saturday May 25 about the timing of the unfortunate announcement, just before the doors opened at 5:30 p.m., a completely different game was being played in the corridors of the Orange Vélodrome. Where, until the end, Bruce Springsteen and his team tried to honor their meeting in Marseille. It was already past 4 p.m. when, during the final adjustments with his musicians, the rocker from New Jersey could only note the obvious: his voice, usually so deep and powerful, no longer responded, making a three-piece set impossible. hard hours in front of 60,000 excited fans. Leaving the soundcheck session, the singer was then examined by his doctor who ordered him not to perform, while confirming the extinction of his voice.
To explain this medical tile, we have to go back to May 22. Bruce Springsteen and his musicians were then in Sunderland, England, after three concerts in Ireland. But this time downpours fell on the Stadium Of Light. Enough to legitimately compromise the running of the show… finally maintained, under the leadership of the Boss himself, according to his most devoted fans.