The 2025 program of concert halls promises to be rich. Variety, pop, rap, electro… overview of the shows that will be the event this year.
Concert goers will be spoiled for choice. At the dawn of 2025, the programming of the theaters is already defined and it will have something to delight everyone. From January, stars from all walks of life, French or international, pop or rap, will pass through France. What dates should you note in your diary?
• French variety
Many stars of French song will perform during the next year. Starting with the return-event of Michel Polnareff with an international tourtitled My butt tourwhich will notably pass through the Accor Arena in Paris on June 14 and the Décathlon Arena in Lille on the 28th. A new single, Sexceterawas revealed a month ago; an album is expected on February 28.
Jean-Louis Aubert will kick off its Pafinitour in February, to defend his album Paving released in September. He will travel across France until November before concluding with a date at the Paris La Défense Arena, on December 13, entitled 50 years with you.
Indochinaanother giant of French song, will tour France from January for a tour of Arenas and Zeniths. And will fill the Accor Arena in Paris six times, between June 2025 and February 2026. Alain Souchonfor his part, will continue his family tour with his two sons, Ours and Pierre Souchon, started last July. Visiting the Casino de Paris on January 7 and 8, then at the Olympia from June 7 to 9. Pascal Obispo will continue his tour 30 years of successwith two special dates to celebrate its 60th anniversary, in Brussels on January 9 and at the Accor Arena on the 11th.
The new generation will not be left out. The feeling Clara Luciani will make her big return to the stage with her Tour 2025, during which she will defend her third album My Sang. Kick-off on January 18 in Amiens, and passing through Paris on March 6 and 7 for two dates at the Accor Arena.
Julien Doréwho unveiled his covers album, Impostor, a few months ago, will also defend it on the roads of France from March. And will perform at the Accor Arena on April 5 and 6, then November 14 and 15. Pierre Garnierwinner of the Star Academy 2023, will launch his first solo tour on January 10; her Every Second Roundwhich only grew longer as places sold out so quickly, will tour France until June. Finally, at the end of the year, M. Pokora will launch its Adrenaline Tour. He will pass through Paris on November 25, 2025, at the Accor Arena.
• Pop stars
Several international pop stars will stop in France as part of world tours. Notably Sabrina Carpenter: the new American pop star who took the planet by surprise with the hit Espresso last summer, will present his Short’n’Sweet Tour at the Accor Arena in Paris on March 16 and 17.
The bitannic star Dua Lipa will take over at the LDLC Arena in Lyon on May 15 and 16, then at the Paris La Défense Arena on the 23 and 24, to defend his third album Radical Optimism. It is then the Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour of Billie Eilish which will pass through the capital, at the Accor Arena, on June 10 and 11.
In the summer, the Australian star Kylie Minogue will present his Tension Tourfirst at the Accor Arena on June 29 then at the LDLC Arena in Lyon on July 10. Katy Perry will defend her sixth album 143received very freshly by the critics, by presenting his Lifetimes Tour at the Accor Arena on three occasions: October 24, then November 4 and 5, which will mark the conclusion of the tour.
• International stars
A slew of global superstars will pass through France in 2025. Starting with Lenny Kravitzwhich will occur in no less than seven cities in France. After Lyon, Nantes and Amnéville, it will pass through the Paris La Défense Arena on March 29 before continuing with Marseille, Nice and Bordeaux.
Robbie Williamswho began a world tour in Abu Dhabi on December 28, will be at the Paris La Défense Arena for an exceptional concert on July 2, 2025. The same venue will welcome metalheads fromIron Maiden on July 19 and 20 as part of their Run For Your Lives Toura tour that will celebrate the group's fiftieth anniversary and offer a retrospective of their first nine albums. They will also perform at the Eurockéennes de Belfort on July 3.
Fans of Lionel Richie will be able to listen to his hits live on June 26, at the Accor Arena, where he will give one of the concerts of his tour Say Hello to the Hits. A show during which he will look back in music on his forty-year career, and the greatest titles that have marked it. Sting will pass through the same room on October 9 to defend his show Sting 3.0then on October 11 at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier.
The American pop-rock trio Imagine Dragons will bring their Loom World Tour by the Groupama Stadium in Lyon on July 3, before performing two shows at the Stade de France on July 5 and 6.
• Electro
Two major events should be noted in the diaries for the coming months. David Guetta will perform on June 21 at the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille as part of its Monolith Tour.
DJ Snakeanother French electro figure who is a hit internationally, will give a show at the Stade de France on May 10.
• Rap
The year 2025 will be marked by numerous performances by rap artists in some of the most prestigious venues in France. Kaaris will kick off at the Paris La Défense Arena on January 11, with the last date of his tour for the 10th anniversary of his album Black Gold.
A few weeks later, on February 4, it was Rohff who will perform at the Accor Arena to celebrate another anniversary: the 20th anniversary of his album The Pride of Ours. The Weaselanother French rap legend who made his comeback in November with the mixtape Capital of radio crimewill defend it on April 8 and 9 in the same room.
The Stade de France will welcome two figures from the new generation of rappers. The very prolific Jul will perform in the legendary stadium for the first time on April 26. Child will fill this same 80,000-seat stadium twice the following month, on May 2 and 3.
The two rappers will also perform in the provinces, with the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille for Jul on May 24 and the Decathlon Arena in Lille for Child on April 23. As for fans of American rap, they will meet at the Paris La Défense Arena on July 13: 50 Cent will perform there during a joint show with Mary J. Blige.
