PARIS, June 20 — France will begin to shake off its coronavirus blues tomorrow with cinemas opening on the stroke of midnight and thousands of people taking to the streets for its midsummer music festival. The annual Festival of Music usually brings millions of people out in towns and cities...
Saturday, 20 Jun 2020 10:40 AM MYTPARIS, June 20 — France will begin to shake off its coronavirus blues tomorrow with cinemas opening on the stroke of midnight and thousands of people taking to the streets for its midsummer music festival.
But this year there are few big set-piece extravaganzas beyond what French electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre has billed as the world’s first live virtual “avatar” concert — “like in theThe veteran performer hopes to go one better than the lockdown gig performed by the US rapper Travis Scott inside the shooter gameSocial distancing means that the Accord Arena in Paris will only be able to welcome 2,000 fans — a tenth of its normal capacity — for a show featuring a stellar line-up of...
Having rushed back to the terraces of their cafes and restaurants earlier this month, millions of French people are also waiting with bated breath for cinemas to reopen Monday. “I only have one word — finally!” Emmanuel Delesse, one of the directors of cinema chain UGC, told AFP as he prepared to reopen the group’s near 400 theatres.The authorities also insisted that screening rooms can never be more than half full with a free seat either side of each filmgoer.
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