This will be the last season of Dominique Delorme at the head of the Nuits de Fourvière. In a few months, the man will hand over to the duo Emmanuelle Durand and Vincent Anglade. But while waiting to say goodbye, the director of the festival unveiled this Thursday the program for the next edition, which will be held in Lyon from May 31 to July 28.
After a somewhat enigmatic parenthesis, Christine and the Queens, who have returned to their original stage name, will return to the Grand Théâtre on June 6. The opportunity to present his new album, which is scheduled for release three days later. “It will be full”, predicts Dominique Delorme, already seduced by To be honest, the singer’s last “very promising” track. And to add, laughing, “Madonna will be there”. Unlikely to tell the truth unless the star, with whom Christine and The Queens recorded three duets, shows up by surprise at the last minute.
Less than two years after the death of one of the founding members Jacob Desvarieux, carried away by the Covid, the Kassav group is starting a tribute tour and will stop in Lyon on June 5. “It is now and perhaps the last chance to see the legend on stage”, estimate the organizers specifying that “France took time” to recognize “the phenomenal importance” of this group.
Benjamin Biolay, The Black Keys, Alt-J
In the radius of French legends, Michel Polnareff, who has “lost nothing of his sense of provocation” is expected on June 16, while Bernard Lavilliers is announced on June 22. Catherine Ringer, who had to cancel her participation at the last minute in 2021, will return on June 7. But this time in a “totally different project”. The artist will perform on the Odéon stage to present The eroticism of living, a show created from the poems of Alice Mendelson. Zazie, who “reveals herself more intimate than ever”, is scheduled for July 12. Benjamin Biolay, whose number of participations we no longer count, will return to his garden on July 5 and 6. The artist has never hidden it: coming back to Fourvière is like coming home. Apple will also play at home on July 26. Another key figure in French song, Jeanne Added will invest the stage of the ancient theater the next day.
Rock bands will not be left out. This time again there will be beautiful people: Simply Red (June 23); Alt-J (July 1), The Black Keys (July 3), Queens of the Stone Age (July 4), Sigur Ros (July 16) and Ben Harper (July 19). Finally, we will note an “evening tribute to the Queen of Soul” Respect to Aretha July 7.