This is a performance that is causing ink to flow… Thursday evening, July 6, between two songs, the singer Izïa Higelin addressed the festival-goers of the “Guitar Night” in Beaulieu-sur-Mer to deliver a speech that was subversive to say the least. on the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron.
“What a naughty one, he said to himself what would be good, what the people want, what the people want, is that they hang me 20 meters from the ground, like a giant human piñata , and that we are all here with huge bats with nails on the end like in [Orange Mécanique]. And there they would bring him down, with all the grace and kindness that the southern people have. […] And in a bengal fire, of joy, of living flesh and blood, we would put him down… but gently “she said in front of the festival-goers, some of whom were so taken aback that they immediately informed the gendarmes.
A long tirade on stage which made the mayor of the city where the event took place react: “Today, we want everything except to hear someone threaten, insult, smear anyone. At the moment, we need to go to festivals to relax, with artists we like. he lamented in nice morning while in the process, an investigation was opened for “public provocation to commit a crime or misdemeanor”said the Nice prosecutor’s office.
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A canceled concert
While Izïa Higelin was expected for the festive evening of July 13 in A Marcq-en-Barœul (North), the mayor of the town told our colleagues to RMC that the singer’s visit should be canceled and that the official decision should be announced this Monday, July 10, 2023.
“This is the decision that the prefect of the North and the mayor of Marcq-en-Barœul will take and announce this morning”confirmed in turn the deputy Renaissance du Nord Violette Spillebout, deputy Renaissance du Nord, in the program Charles Morning on the waves of RMC. “They have a meeting on the organization of this evening of July 13. I will support this decision. […] When you listen to this video, there is no doubt I was extremely shocked by these comments. Every citizen must condemn remarks that are a call for murder.she added.
Izïa Higelin on stage with Shaka Ponk
If the presence of the 32-year-old singer promises to be compromised in Marcq-en-Barœul… May the fans of‘Izia Higelin reassure themselves, the latter is on the bill at many festivals this summer and in particular the Francofolies of La Rochelle from July 12 to 16, 2023.
On Wednesday July 12, 2023, Jacques Higelin’s daughter will indeed tread the Francofolies stage alongside the artists Shaka Ponk And Ade, the other two headliners of the day.
LZ