Beyoncé chose France, and more specifically Paris La Défense Arena, as her headquarters before her stadium tour. According to our information, rehearsals for his « Renaissance World Tour », which will start in Stockholm on May 10 and end in New Orleans on September 27, are about to start in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) .
The huge semi-trailers arrived last Sunday, just after the dismantling of the K-pop Music Bank festival, which last weekend welcomed 33,000 fans in this XXL enclosure, the largest indoor performance hall in Europe. Inside, material that we imagine to be abundant, extravagant, miraculous: the setting for the new world tour of the planetary star, which will occur in particular at the Stade de France on May 26 and in Marseille on June 11. Two French concerts which will obviously be sold out.
The American singer is in Paris for three weeks. With family. Her husband, rapper Jay-Z, gave a surprise show this Friday evening at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, in tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol who are the subject of an event exhibition here. Jay-Z has refined his concert from April 5 to 11 in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis), at Planet Live, a rehearsal studio with a giant stage.
Site employees will not have access to the stage during rehearsals
The star couple is not out of place when packing their bags in the French capital. In 2018, Beyoncé and Jay-Z shot a clip together at the Louvre, then repeated their “On the run Tour II” world tour in Paris. Already at La Défense Arena. An experience that obviously went well since Queen B decided to put the cover back.
Confidentiality agreement obliges, Paris La Défense Arena refused to confirm anything or to make the slightest comment on the subject. According to our information, the employees of the site themselves will not have access to the stage during Beyoncé’s rehearsals, in order to let her work in the greatest discretion, out of sight.
Consequence of this privatization of the premises: the rugby players of Racing 92, the resident club of La Défense Arena, will have to play two of their home matches in… Lens. The first, this Saturday at 3 p.m., will see them face Bègles-Bordeaux at the Bollaert stadium. The story does not yet say if the players will make their entrance on a Beyoncé hit.