The cream of the French Touch will meet on July 17 on the roof of CDG Terminal 1, for a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the airport.
Phoenix, Etienne de Crécy or even the aptly named Air: the flagship of the French Touch will give a concert event on July 17 on the roof of Terminal 1 of Paris-CDG airport, for its 50th anniversary, the organizers announced on Monday.
Benjamin Diamond associated with Alan Braxe – two of the musicians responsible for the 1998 hit Music sounds better with you under the alias Stardust – or Inès Mélia complete the line-up.
The performance will take place on July 17 from 6:30 p.m. on the roof of Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, transformed for the occasion into an open-air dancefloor, ready to accommodate nearly 2,000 spectators.
“The symbolism is beautiful”
The event, simply named Terminal 1will be free and accessible upon registration at the Dice ticket office from Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.
This concert event will be broadcast live on Amazon Music’s Twitch World channel and on Amazon Prime.
“To mark the 50th anniversary of this airport, the first gateway to France, the French Touch makes sense to promote the 200,000 passengers welcomed per day,” Bertrand Sirven, communications director of the ADP group, told AFP ( Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airports).
“Passengers on planes on the runways will be able to see this concert, everything has been done so that the lighting system during the show does not disrupt air traffic,” the manager continued.
“A big party on the roof of Terminal 1 is attractive, airports are an opening to the world,” relishes Alan Braxe for AFP.
“The symbolism is beautiful, poetic,” continues this artist celebrated by the duo Justice on their latest album. Hyperdrama with the piece Dear Alan (“Dear Alan”).
Between flying saucer and camembert
The idea of playing and being seen from planes also excites Benjamin Diamond. “It seems a little surreal to me, but that’s also why the event is taking place in Roissy (another name for CDG), we feel very small,” he comments for AFP.
Terminal 1, designed by French architect Paul Andreu, stands out with its singular giant silhouette, somewhere between a flying saucer and a Camembert cheese.
Music fans know him well, since his escalator tubes appear on the album cover I Robot (1977) from The Alan Parsons Project.
Air, an emblematic French Touch duo, launched a landmark tour this year by playing their first album in order for the first time. Moon safari – carried by the tube Sexy boy – which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023.
