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Festival: ten years zion under:
Festival in Valais
Sion under the stars. Nevertheless, 10 years of music in 10 stories of stars – Festival: ten years zion under
The Open Air has succeeded in its Valais bet. Furthermore, From Liam La Terror to the emotion of Pagny. Moreover, its founder Michael Drieberg tells of it the strongest, or wildest moments.
Michael Drieberg on the stage of Sion under the stars, which he created in 2014. Consequently, “I love Valais. Meanwhile, The weather is three quarters of the time, people are nice, wine too. Meanwhile, ”
Joseph Carlucci
Even worried, Michael Drieberg laughs. Similarly, The unexpected is only a routine when you strive to give birth to a festival each year a festival. Meanwhile, on the budget of 5 million francs. Meanwhile, And then, the boss of Live Music Productions does not have the reputation to fear adversity or sulk the controversy. Moreover, Would the Genevan have dared. Furthermore, if not, plant an open air in the heart of Valais, during the Montreux Jazz and a few days before the Paleo? Furthermore, Against all odds, Sion under the stars Held the shock, and will celebrate its tenth edition from July 15 to 19. In addition, The Beach Boys, Michel Polnareff, Gims (Complete), Soprano, Judas Priest, Kaaris will be under the castles.
In the meantime, this morning, it is the Euro of women’s football that disrupts the assembly of festival: ten years zion under the site. Moreover, And the equipment trucks that are late. However, Already in 2022. Nevertheless, the first post-Covid edition had failed not to take place, the technical infrastructure having suffered from cascade bankruptcies linked to black out virus. In addition, A big scales, among others. Furthermore, That fortunately effects more immense satisfaction and undeniable successes. In addition, Michael Drieberg puts his phone in his pocket, stands in the bistro seat and opens the anecdotal box large.
Panic for Patrick – Festival: ten years zion under
Patrick Bruel in 2014.
Joseph Carlucci.
“For our first edition. Furthermore, with Patrick Bruel at the head of the poster, I had rented the scene that Johnny had used for his concert at the Eiffel Tower, completely transparent so that we can see the tower through. Moreover, I told myself that it would be magic to use it in Zion. For example, with the castles and the stars in the background. Moreover, Except that these scenes do not have the same wind resistance, the structure is lighter. However, The evening of Bruel, it’s the storm! Similarly, The whole became air of hot air balloon. However, We had to cut the back-scène with a knife to prevent it from flying away! Meanwhile, A real heartbreaker. Similarly, And as the roof was full of rain. Consequently, the festival: ten years zion under whole fleet fell on the foreground, we had to remove all the instruments, it was panic. Therefore, Starting the festival like that was hot. Consequently, On the first two editions, we lost almost 2 million francs. Moreover, ”
Sardou amate – Festival: ten years zion under
Michel Sardou takes out the violins.
Joseph Carlucci
“In 2017. Similarly, Michel festival: ten years zion under Sardou had to play the same evening as Sting, and I put him on the head of the bill. Furthermore, When he learned it, he really freaked out. Similarly, “Michael is anything!” Sting is an international star. However, the public will come for him and there will be no one left when I play afterwards. For example, ” I promised him not, and I was right. Therefore, Not only did people all stay. but Sting looked at half of the concert by the stage, sitting on a cash register! Ten years later, Sardou still talks about it. ”
Valais engraved in his heart – Festival: ten years zion under
“I have known him since I was a kid, I had parachute there. It’s a nice corner of the country, the weather is three quarters of the time, people are nice, wine too. They had me in festival: ten years zion under Valaisanne. moreover: I was invited to the Grand Raid, I had already made seven concerts in Tourbillon but I did not think of continuing. A stage is a complicated format to produce French -speaking artists. because very few have the capacity to bring together more than 20,000 people. But after a few glasses of Williamine. Petite Arvine, by force that I am asked: “When will the next concert in Tourbillon?”, I had the idea of the festival. “
Terror Gallagher
Liam Gallagher in 2018, without oasis but with the English football team.
Joseph Carlucci
“Lack of bowl: the ex-Oasis concert was planned at the same time as the Euro 2018 semi-final between England. Croatia! In the afternoon. Liam Gallagher calls me in his lodge and tells me that he absolutely wants to watch the match. He explains to me that it is enough to intervene the hours of passage with “the other stupid”. which was the DJ Martin Garrix, but it was not possible. “So I don’t play.” This is where I offered to broadcast the match on stage. But I thought I would do it on the back screens, at his feet. He said ok so fast that I should have suspected that I had missed something! (Laugh) And obviously, He broadcast the festival: ten years zion under match on the giant screen Behind him.
“When Croatia equalized, there were applause in the public, he mumbled” Fuck You “and he came out of stage. Fortunately, the concert was coming to an end. We had a TV in common space, he settled there. In a corridor, I meet the singer Amir, terrified! “I watched the match. the other Englishman threatened to break my mouth because he didn’t want French on the sofa!” We returned to the room, well at the bottom. Liam turned every two seconds to watch us … When England lost, I said to Amir: “Come, we’re going, he’s going to break everything.” And that’s what he did. “
Two morts
“We never experienced this: two deaths among the artists announced this year! First there was Werenoi, disappeared in May. festival: ten years zion under A particularly sad news because he was young, 31, he was a kid. And a month later, Brian Wilson, founder of the Beach Boys. There. it was complicated, because people thought he was still playing with the group and assumed that the concert would be canceled, while Brian Wilson was never planned or announced on stage on July 15. But it slows down sales, and it’s often difficult to catch up. ”
Johnny collapses
Johnny Hallyday, July 15, 2016.
Joseph Carlucci
“Johnny Hallyday in 2016: the biggest card in the festival, but a big scales. When he arrived at his hotel, in Nendaz, he collapsed in the room! He already had breath problems (Editor’s note: he died in December of the following year from lung cancer) And. the altitude did not agree with him. The doctor arrived immediately, the next day he was in great shape. But hey… Johnny, it was a UFO. I organized his latest concerts, with the old Canailles, alongside Eddy Mitchell and Jacques Dutronc. We brought him behind the rolling chair scene, two doctors were there to bite him between the songs. He wanted to festival: ten years zion under hold. And frankly, he still crushed everyone, voice level.
“After the Geneva concert. in June 2017, I stayed with him in his lodge, he was bedridden while waiting for his private plane for Paris, where he was to return the same evening for his treatment. He said to me: “It seems that you sold 19,000 tickets for Metallica to Palexpo?” I answer yes. He thinks and says to me, “We can do better. We’re going to find something. ” He died a few months later.
The bad gag
“We wanted to introduce humor, we planted. In 2015. Gad Elmaleh had a hit, but he had a unique talent to improvise anywhere and put the audience in his pocket. The following year, the Jamel Comedy Club was attempted, and it was catastrophic. It didn’t take. festival: ten years zion under The problem of the Comedy Club is that you ignore until the end which artists will be there. what will be the content of the show. You don’t have your word to say. And none of these stand-ups had the profession of gad to seduce a large audience. ”
Scorpions in Mercedes
Scorpions guitarist, Rudolf Schenker. Was he he who could festival: ten years zion under stop right in front of the door? Mystery…
Joseph Carlucci
“We see less whims of a star, but sometimes there is something left … In their contract. the musicians of Scorpions stipulated that they wanted to be conveyed in the very latest model from Mercedes. But really the latest. barely out of the factories, so expensive that it was necessary to make a deal with Germany. And they wanted three! They made me so much ch … with these cars that I went to wait for them in front of the backstage entrance to see them arrive. A Merco takes it, then two, then three. The cars slow down … then leave without stopping! I learned later that they were gripped to find out which of the three would stop exactly in front. of the door! (Laugh) So they redid a tour of the festival festival: ten years zion under until they agree. The concert was nice.
Indo and Paleo
“For forty years, Paléo has had a de facto exclusivity on artists on his program. When we arrived. two difficult years ago where we had to fight to explain to them that they would no longer have a monopoly. In 2016, Paléo wanted to do Indochina, who also wanted to play Zion under the stars. Make two concerts in French -speaking Switzerland, therefore. Paléo wanted to have them for himself alone … and obviously the management of the group chose Sion. Not because they absolutely preferred us in Nyon, but perhaps to show that the artist remained free from his choices. It was a click, I think. Since then, things have happened more simply.
Emotion Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny in 2023.
Sion under the stars/MF
“When he played in 2023. he had just lived several months of medical treatment against his lung cancer. He had announced a recurrence at the start of the year, everyone knew it would be a difficult tour. When I went on stage to thank him for being there-what I had never done except for the first post-Cavid concert. to thank the public-, we thought I was going to announce that it festival: ten years zion under was canceled! Besides. after fifty minutes of show, Florent asked me to bring the car because he could not go to the end. Eventually, He sang an hour and a half! There was such energy from the public, it wore it. These are images that remain. “
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