Patrol of France, Texas and Orelsan launch Eurockéennes

Jacket and black tracksuit, Normand landed under the applause of a dense crowd, gathered in front of the big stage despite the heavy rains that had fallen on Belfort for several hours. "The Rain", "Basic", "Family Defeat", Orelsan chained for an hour the tubes from his last album, "The Feast is over" crowned with three Victoires de la musique in December 2017, and his previous opus "The Song of the Sirens."

Texas, first concert of the day

The Scottish veterans of Texas, led by the charismatic Sharleen Spiteri, had given the first concert of the day on the big stage.

Another highlight of this inaugural day, Toulouse rappers Bigflo and Oli, acclaimed long minutes on the stage of the marquee at the end of their performance. Fruit shirt for Bigflo, red polo for Oli, the two rising stars of French rap have won their fans and many festival-goers came to find refuge under this covered stage.

The 30th Eurockéennes inaugurated by the patrol of France

The patrol of France had kicked off this 30th edition of the Eurockéennes de Belfort, flying over the peninsula, to the acclaim of tens of thousands of people, and the eight patrol jets of France left the sky repeatedly their iconic trail of blue-white-red smoke with each pbading. "We came for the music but we've already had a good time before the first concert! I had never seen planes fly so close to each other, "enthused Steeve, 21, Belgian flag on his back, smartphone in hand to immortalize this show.

The first day of this anniversary edition "XXL" was sold out, with 30,000 tickets sold, according to the organizers.The festival-goers entered the site at 5:30 pm, thoroughly searched by the security service and greeted for the first of them by Jean-Paul Roland, director of the festival. , with some welcome gifts.

Sixty-two pop, rock, hip-hop and electro concerts are planned this year at the Eurockéennes The 2018 lineup juggles with the musical styles but gives pride of place to the rock veterans – Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Liam Gallagher … – and the new French-speaking rap stars like the Belgian Damso, Lomepal and Moha La Squale On the French chanson side, Juliette Armanet and Eddy de Pr etto will perform the show on Saturday and Sunday respectively.