The Chambord Live festival welcomed David Guetta on Saturday evening to the majestic Château de Chambord. Neither the rain nor the breakdown of one of the turntables managed to spoil the party for the 30,000 spectators, some of whom had come from very far away.
This is the case of Dorothée and her daughter, originally from Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne), interviewed by - : “We left after my work day on Friday. We slept in the car last night. After the concert, we will do the same!”
“I didn’t understand at all”
The French artist was delighted to perform in his country: “Every time I play in France, I feel a special emotion. I tremble as if it were my first concert. Spectators have traveled thousands of kilometers to come to the concert. It touches me enormously.” However, a bitter touch remains for the performer of Satisfaction, that of not performing during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26.
“If you have the answer, you’re going to give it to me. Because I didn’t understand it at all,” he said. “On a global level, I’m still between the 4th and 15th most listened to artist in the world. To give you an idea, Beyoncé must be 40th or 50th. But no one called me. And yet I’m French and I love France.”
Who will sing?
If the name of Aya Nakamura has often been circulated to play during the parade on the Seine, it should be remembered that very few people are aware of the exact content of the event. Thomas Joly, the director of the parade, assured that, according to him, “France is at the same time Jul, Édith Piaf and Natalie Dessay”.
At 56 years old, David Guetta is still satisfied with the unifying and timeless side of his music: “My music has accompanied moments of happiness for many people. Marking moments of life, even in an anecdotal way, is a wonderful reward for an artist. In Chambord, as elsewhere, I bring together fans who have followed me for twenty-two years. But my core audience is between 18 and 22 years old. The miracle is that my music continues to speak to young people. »
