Rain of stars for the big reunion

Rage Against The Machine, Maroon 5, Luke Combs and a trio of Quebec stars will take part in the great reunion of the Festival d’été de Québec with the Plains of Abraham in July.

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First scheduled for July 7 to 17, the FEQ will exceptionally take off one evening earlier, Wednesday 6, with a carte blanche concert featuring Charlotte Cardin.

Halsey, Alanis Morissette, the singer of the mega-hit DespacitoLuis Fonsi, Jack Johnson, DG Marshmello, Half Moon Run, Loud (also in white card) and the group $uicideboy$ will be the other headliners on the Plains.

Although several names (Morissette, RATM, Johnson, Marshmello, Halsey) were on the poster for the festival which was canceled in 2020, programmer Louis Bellavance says he did not have an easy task during the development of the timetable.

“Alanis, three or four times I thought it wouldn’t work because the tour was leaving in the fall. Same thing for RATM, I don’t know how many times they moved the tour. It was a roller coaster. »

Maroon 5, the ace in the sleeve

As the festival-goers had guessed the identity of several artists, Louis Bellavance wanted to pull an ace out of his sleeve. The surprise element was Maroon 5.

“It was impossible to connect us to them, unless someone spoke,” said Louis Bellavance, referring to information obtained first by The newspaperthe day before.

After a few years of absence, the country will return to the Plains through the very popular Luke Combs.

The FEQ is also testing its festival-goers’ interest in Latin music by inviting Luis Fonsi. “It’s a booming market and Quebec is one of the strongest areas of this movement,” points out Mr. Bellavance.

Classic rock skips its turn

Among the notable absentees from the lineup in 2022, there are classic rock artists, who have nevertheless been raining and shining at the FEQ since international stars have occupied the Plains.

Time passes, observes Louis Bellavance.

“We do not close the door, but it ends. These artists will soon be gone and those that are still around are not at their peak. »

Europeans are also rare on the 2022 grid, a phenomenon which is not specific to the FEQ, testifies its programmer.

“It crosses the ocean less. There are many artists in Europe this year. They are the ones with the big slice of the pie. It’s hard to compete with them financially and I have the feeling that the artists listened to the offers from Europe before ours. I look at what we have and I trip, but it is sure that there are cases that we have escaped. »

The name of one of Luis Fonsi’s opening acts is expected to be announced on Thursday. It will then remain to disclose, within a month, the list of artists who will perform at the Armory.

Plains of Abraham (Bell Stage)

Charlotte Cardin – Carte blanche (July 6)

• Opening acts: Jessia, Lennon Stella

Jack Johnson (July 7)

• Opening acts: Geoffroy, Tash Sultana

Luke Combs (July 8)

• Opening acts: Talk, Matt Lang

Maroon 5 (July 9)

• Opening acts: Dizzy, Alicia Moffet, Gayle

$uicideBoy$ (July 10)

• Supporting acts: Night Lovell, Denzel Curry, 2 Chainz

Halsey (July 11)

• Opening acts: Cannons, Remi Wolf

Loud – Carte blanche (July 12)

• Opening acts: 20some, Rymz, Roméo Elvis

Marshmello (July 13)

• Opening acts: Millimetrik, Oliver Heldens, Alison Wonderland

Luis Fonsi (July 14)

• Opening act: Alex Sensation

Alanis Morissette (July 15)

• Supporting acts: The Beaches, Garbage

Rage Against The Machine (July 16)

• Opening acts: Grandson, Alexisonfire

Half Moon Run – Carte blanche (July 17)

• Opening acts: Walk Off The Earth, Walk The Moon

Francophonie Park (Loto-Québec Stage / SiriusXM Stage)

AJR (July 7)

• Supporting acts: X Ambassadors, Daisy The Great, Monowhales, Group Project

Dean Lewis (July 8)

• Supporting acts: The Revivalists, Tom Gregory, Pelch, Ocean Alley

Patrick Watson (July 9)

• Opening acts: Spoon, JP Saxe, Basia Bulat, Kanen, Fernie

Ariane Moffatt (July 10)

• Opening acts: Émile Bilodeau, Safia Nolin, Maude Audet, La Bronze, Thaïs

Three Days Grace (July 11)

• Opening acts: The Tea Party, Finger Eleven, Crown Lands, The Man Who

Charli XCX (July 12)

• Opening acts: Tai Verdes, Magdalena Bay, Haiku Hands, Claudia Bouvette

Louis-Jean Cormier (July 13)

• Opening acts: Vincent Vallières, Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Laurence-Anne, Laura Niquay

Lil Tecca (July 14)

• Supporting acts: Freddie Gibbs, Young MA, Snotty Rez Kids, Babysantana

Sum 41 (July 15)

• Opening acts: Pennywise, Millencolin, The OBGMS, Nobro

Milky Chance (July 16)

• Opening acts: Clay and Friends, Renforshort, Jay Scott, Magi Merlin, Marilyne Léonard

Fouki (July 17)

• Opening acts: Koriass, Sarahmée, Vendou, Marie-Gold, Fredz

Heart of the FEQ – Place de l’Assemblée-Nationale (Hydro-Québec Stage)

Good Child (July 7)

• Opening acts: Arooj Aftab, Robert Robert

Hubert Lenoir (July 8)

• Opening acts: Choses Sauvages, Lydia Képinski

Lisa LeBlanc (July 9)

• Opening acts: P’tit Belliveau, Gab Paquet

Robert Finley (July 10)

• Opening acts: Malika Tirolien, Miro

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force (July 11)

• Opening acts: Lindigo, Ifriqiyya Electric

Tiken Jah Fakoly (July 12)

• Opening acts: Lido Pimienta, Maria José Llergo

The Weather Station (July 13)

• Supporting acts: Teke::Teke, Paul Jacobs

Gros Mené (July 14)

• Opening acts: Les Deuxluxes, Miels

Dakhabrakha (July 15)

• Opening acts: Calamine

Urban Science Brass Band (July 16)

• Opening acts: Fùgù Mango, Tami Neilson

Pongo (July 17)

• First parts: Almighty Orchestra Marcel Duchamp, Valence