Lana Del Rey’s long-awaited concert at the Olympia in three surprising figures

This is what happens when Lana Del Rey only plans one concert at the Olympia. The American singer created a surprise at the end of June by announcing that she would perform in the legendary Parisian hall on Monday July 10. The online sale of tickets opened this Monday, July 3 at 10 a.m. Problem, his French Frans were far too numerous to hope to obtain their place for this unique representation. We explain their misadventure in three figures.

More than 420,000 people for 2,824 places

This Monday, July 3 at 10 a.m., when tickets went on sale, Lana Del Rey fans were more than 420,000, according to BFMTV, trying to win the precious sesame for the American star’s concert at the Olympia. Except that the iconic Parisian stage only has 2,824 seats (in standing configuration). As a result, the tickets sold out in minutes.

A situation that reacted on Twitter, while fans had fun (or not) to publish on the social network their rank in the waiting list. A surfer despaired of being in 415,017th place.

150 times the Olympia, 5 times the Stade de France

It would therefore have taken 150 performances of the artist in the famous concert hall for the 420,000 people connected to the ticketing site to be able to see their idol perform. For comparison, it is about five times the capacity of the Stade de France.

Here again, disappointed fans could not help but deplore the artist’s choice to perform one evening at the Olympia rather than in a larger concert hall.

Seats sold for more than 10,000 euros

As a result, some tickets are now found on resale sites at sometimes exorbitant prices. While the places were initially displayed between 98.30 and 194 euros on the Olympia site, advertisements on the Viagogo.fr site range from 590 euros to… 10,620 euros for a place on the mezzanine.

The confusion of French fans is explained because the passages of the artist in France are rare. The interpreter of Video Games had already performed at the Olympia in June 2014. Since then, she has made a few appearances at festivals, such as at Rock en Seine the same year and Lollapalooza in 2017. In 2020, she canceled her European tour for health reasons. health. It was then to occur in February at the AccorHotel Arena.