Green Day, Foo Fighters and Billy Talent are among the international headliners of the Festival d’été de Québec. “We seem rock because of the weight of the names we announce, but we are as diverse as usual”, nuance the director of programming, Louis Bellavance, who also recruited Lana Del Rey.
Speculation had been rife for weeks in Quebec as to the lineup for the next Summer Festival, which will be held from July 6 to 16. Rumors were numerous… and they are almost all confirmed: Foo Fighters, Billy Talent, Imagine Dragons, Weezer, Illenium, Zach Bryan and even Green Day will all perform on the Plains of Abraham.
Quite proud to have finally gotten his hands on Green Day, a group that festival-goers have been asking for for years, Louis Bellavance, director of programming for the Festival d’été, is also delighted to have finally been able to interest Lana Del Rey, whom he has been courting for six years, to perform on the biggest stage of the event. “We don’t see his name on the bill of many festivals,” he says of the American, whose next album is out on Friday.
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Lana Del Rey
The return of Foo Fighters promises to be significant. After a concert cut short in 2015 due to torrential rain, Dave Grohl’s group resumed in 2018 for what remained a memorable evening for both the public and the musicians. “There will be an emotional charge at this concert, predicts Louis Bellavance, referring to the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. It was important for the group to come back and that’s even how it happened. past: they are the ones who called us to offer it to us. »
In recent years, the Summer Festival has taken to scheduling a country night on the plains. After Luke Combs last year, it’s up to Zach Bryan to sing in Quebec. “He is linked to new country, but for me he is a bit of an heir to Dylan and Springsteen, enthuses Louis Bellavance. He is the fastest growing artist in the United States right now and his song Something in the Orange was the most streamed of 2022 on Apple Music. »
Excerpt from Something in the Orange, by Zach Bryan
The Smile, a trio that includes Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, will also be in Quebec City, but at the Parc de la Francophonie, where Christine and the Queens, Vance Joy, Cypress Hill, Lamb Of God and Feist will also perform. .
Dashing Cowboys from Roxane Bruneau
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Pirate’s heart
Several big names in local music will also be at the next Festival d’été de Québec: Les Cowboys fringants (preceded by Robert Charlebois) and Les Trois Accords (with Bleu Jeans Bleu, just before) will be on its biggest stage. Cœur de Pirate, Roxane Bruneau, Patrice Michaud, Bobby Bazini, Les louanges, Jonathan Roy, Souldia, Dumas, Gab Bouchard, Les Hays Babies and the Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project will perform on one or other of the stages. secondary.
Discoveries
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Stephen Sanchez
On the discovery side, Louis Bellavance invites you to listen to Allisson Russell. The artist who is originally from Montreal, cited four times at the Grammy, now makes a career out of Nashville, in the United States, where she develops folk tinged with country and Cajun music. It also boasts Sudan Archives, the stage name of Brittany Parks, a violinist who mixes hip-hop, R&B, folk and experimental electro. He is also particularly enthusiastic about Stephen Sanchez, a romantic-retro crooner who made a name for himself with his ballad Until I Found You.