The American singer has canceled a second concert date in Paris due to work on the RER B line. The president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, made responsible for this site by Internet users, responded to criticism in an Instagram video.
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“I have nothing to do with it“. Accused of being responsible for the absence of a second date for Beyoncé’s concert at the Stade de France due to work on the RER B, Valérie Pécresse counter-attacked on Wednesday February 8 by questioning the company of production of the show.”I received many messages from Beyoncé fans who were extremely disappointed by the cancellation of her second concert date in Paris“, revealed the president of the Ile-de-France region in a video posted on Instagram.
LiveNation, the company that produces Beyoncé’s concert scheduled for May 26 at the Stade de France, said on Tuesday that it was unable to organize a second date there the next day due to work carried out by the SNCF throughout the week. -end on the northern section of RER B to regenerate the tracks. “So it seems it’s my fault. I will make things right“, then continues Valérie Pécresse with in the background the tube Crazy in Love by Beyoncé and Jay Z.
“I have a broad back, but don’t spoof”
“I have a broad back, but you mustn’t spoof“, insists the one who also chairs Ile-de-France mobilities (IDFM), the authority which organizes transport in the Ile-de-France region. “The dates of the transport works that bring to the Stade de France (…) are known two years in advance and all event producers know it“, underlines Ms. Pécresse. The boss of Live Nation France, Angelo Gopee, does not say the opposite. He told AFP on Tuesday evening that he had been confronted with “a problem of transporting spectators”.
“We were told from the start that there would only be Friday May 26th possible. It is therefore not a financial loss for us, we knew it, it is a loss of profit for the spectators“, he lamented. “There is such a demand for Beyoncé, it’s phenomenal, we could have filled the Stade de France on May 27“, he continued. Tickets for “Queen B” at the Stade de France on May 26 and at the Vélodrome in Marseille on June 11 sold out in less than an hour on the various sales platforms.
“Do not discard on others, it is not very brave“, replied Valérie Pécresse. “I love Beyoncé, I say welcome to Ile-de-France, but next time, we will have to hire a producer who will check that the stadium is available on the right date.“, concluded the regional president.
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