Singer Yannick Noah postpones summer tour due to injury

The former tennis player was injured during a gala match and must have surgery. His concert on May 25 at the Arena Futuroscope was to be the high point of the passage of the Olympic flame through Vienna.

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Yannick Noah, tennis champion and singer, June 11, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Singer Yannick Noah is postponing his tour due to injury, France Bleu Poitou learned on Thursday May 16. The singer and former tennis champion was originally scheduled to perform on May 25 at Arena Futuroscope. His concert was to be the high point of the passage of the Olympic flame through Vienna. The tour is rescheduled for the start of the school year in September.

The singer was injured Tuesday evening in Bordeaux during the gala match organized for the centenary of Parc Lescure and pitting former glory of the Girondins against the Variétés Club de France. “We regret to inform you that Yannick Noah suffered a ruptured tendon in his hamstrings, he unfortunately has to undergo surgery at the beginning of next week, followed by a convalescence period which will last throughout the year. summer”, announces Arena Fururoscope.

His entire summer tour is therefore canceled and postponed until the start of the school year. “The production and the Futuroscope Arena are obliged to postpone the concert initially planned to celebrate the Passing of the Olympic Flame to September 14, 2024.” Tickets reserved for May 25 remain valid for the postponed date, September 14, 2024.

Its next concerts planned in Nancy on June 1 or in Strasbourg next Saturday for the opening of the 38th edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg are therefore also canceled, France Bleu Sud Lorraine and France Bleu Alsace learned from the organizers. Tickets will be refunded.


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