We see you in the pit, excited like ears of corn at the popcorn show, waiting for our selection of the best concerts of the year! Here is our list (which will evolve in the coming days), with huge pop stars, quality rockers and top-notch rappers. Yes, some are already sold out, but resale platforms (and the D system) work pretty well these days. The show must go on, as Freddie said.
Charli XCX
In mid-November, the Pantone green festival We Love Green announced a first round of names for its 2025 vintage, which will take place from June 6 to 8 in the Bois de Vincennes. On the flight plan, there is a name in fluorescent green that eclipses all the others: Charli XCX, who, exactly one year after its release, will present her album for the first and only time this summer in France Brat. A record of hyperpop under amphetes (to put it quickly) soundtrack of Brat Summer, a movement which will have infused all strata of society, whether fashionable, political or philosophical (yes yes).
When ? Saturday June 7, 2025.
Or ? in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris 12th.
Tyler, the Creator
Tyler, the Creator will be visiting the capital on April 27 and 28, 2025 for two concerts at the Accor Arena. Accustomed to sculptural scenographies – this reproduction of Monument Valley seen this year! –, the Californian should this time unfold a made in atmosphere Chromakopiahis latest album carried by certain irresistible pieces: “St. Chroma”, a thunderous piece between military march, choir and Oppenheimesque final explosion, and “Noid”, which mixes a Black Sabbath-style riff, a sample of a Zambian group from 1970s, crashing kicks and a cameo from Tyler's mother!
When ? Friday May 23, 2025.
Or ? 99 Jardin de l’Arche, 92 000 Nanterre
Gwendoline
This is the group that is shaking up French indie rock at the moment. It's called Gwendoline, a duo (which mutates to four live) from Brest made up of Pierre and Mickaël, which was released in March It's mineat Born Bad, the queen team of French rock. Their little extra something? Beyond sounds reminiscent of the entire spectrum of music suffixed in -wave (new, cold or schlagwave according to them), their texts (in French) challenge. In laments proclaimed like hymns, they unfold a sort of catalog of the vicissitudes of the contemporary world, between the cult of growth, tourism and violence of all kinds. A very disturbing panorama of hell because it is detailed in a crude manner, without perspective, position or claim. In concert, it is a real war machine, between unifying choir and cynical visuals.
When ? January 23, 2025.
Or ? La Cigale, 120 boulevard de Rochechouart, Paris 18e
We eat
Rapper Tiakola sera at the Accor Arena on March 26 and 27, 2025. This will be his first Parisian concert since his Olympia in March 2023, and he should do a wide review of his mixtape BDLM VOL.1 released in September. With this project, Tiakola poses as the herald of melodrama, a genre mixing, roughly speaking, trap with sounds from around the world (afrobeats, Congolese rumba, etc.), bringing together proponents of the game like Niska and Hamza as well as artists. new faces like Genezio, Jolagreen23 or Merveille. Thanks for the work Tiako.
When ? March 26 and 27, 2025.
Or ? Accor Arena, 8 boulevard de Bercy, Paris 12th.
Dua Lipa
Hip hip hooray for Dua Lipa! In the wake of her triumphant first summer dates, the new pop prophetess added a salvo of concerts to her Radical Optimism Tour. And France is spoiled with three stopovers: two in Lyon on May 15 and 16 and above all a Parisian stopover on May 23 at Paris La Défense Arena. The opportunity for the artist to grandiosely present his album Radical Optimismcarried by “Houdini”, this bouncy LV2 disco hit produced by Kevin Parker of Tame Impala.
When ? Friday May 23, 2025.
Or ? 99 Jardin de l’Arche, 92 000 Nanterre
Schoolboy Q
Five years after his last visit to our latitudes, Schoolboy Q will be in Paros again. This will take place on Saturday February 15, 2025, and incredible, it will be at the Elysée Montmartre, with its perfect capacity of 1,200 seats. Safe guy among Kendrick Lamar's sure guys, and accomplice of all US rap – we hear him in particular on the album CHROMOKOPIA by Tyler, the Creator – the Californian will present BLUE LIPShis album released in March, where he mixes as usual percussive flow like a Jon Jones kick on the hill with ultra-curious productions. If you discover, listen to the title THank God 4 Mejust to enhance this first time.
When ? Saturday February 15, 2025.
Or ? Elysée Montmartre, 72 boulevard de Rochechouart, Paris 18th.
More to come.
