This Saturday, June 3, the tour of the French icon begins. She performs her first date in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Back in figures on an extraordinary career.
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VSCamping hazes installed in front of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium twenty-four hours before the start of the show. Fans are eager for a reunion with their idol, Mylène Farmer. It is an understatement to say that the expectation is feverish on the side of the public, especially since, as usual, nothing filtered from the show, the doors were covered and the roof of the stadium closed during the last rehearsals. Total blackout therefore on the content of a show which obviously promises to be grandiose. Queen Mylène puts her title on the line every time. No question of losing the crown, especially when you have broken down so many records throughout your career.
550,000 tickets sold
The Nevermore 2023 Tour is billed as the biggest stadium tour ever. Nine stadiums for thirteen exceptional concerts. For comparison, the Central Tour of Indochina has only five stages. A sign of the enthusiasm around the singer, during presales in October 2021, 200,000 tickets left in just eight hours. Seven dates are already full: those of Nantes (June 9 and 10), Paris (June 30 and 1er July), Lille (June 3), Lyon (June 24) and Bordeaux (July 15). Mylène is the only French female artist to have filled the Stade de France twice during the 2009 Tour.
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90
This is the number of semi-trailers mobilized on the roads of France, Belgium and Switzerland to move equipment and scenery. The construction of the sets began at the end of November 2022. For each stadium, its assembly will take five days. For Lille, it started on Monday May 29. According to rumors, the stage will be less “empty” than in 2013 or 2019. In the center of the stage, we will find a very imposing element as for the Mylenium Tour. Some structures will be able to reach 40 meters.
50 million euros
Mylène Farmer’s last major Timeless 2013 tour, 39 concerts in 14 different cities, cost the artist 30 million euros. Even if the cost of the shows is astronomical, his rare tours pay off big. A magazine survey Capital estimated the turnover of Timeless (in 2013) at more than 50 million euros. Not to mention derivative products and sales of live albums! The star, a clever businesswoman, was able to take advantage of her success by making a film on the tour. Broadcast in 230 cinemas across France, Belgium and Switzerland, the film attracted more than 100,000 spectators.
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This is the number of diamond discs obtained by Mylène Farmer. She is the artist who holds the sales record for a French singer, with more than 30 million records sold worldwide during her career. Five albums have exceeded one million copies: And either I…(1988 – 1,500,000)The other…(1991 – 1,800,000)Anamorphosed (1995 – 1,100,000)Innamoramento (1999 – 1,100,000)The words (2001 – 1,500,000). The French-Canadian artist is the only one to have obtained diamond discs over four different decades in France. She also holds the record for the number of singles ranked number 1 in the French top with 20 titles.
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This is the number of NRJ Music Awards won by the singer between 2000 and 2012. A record for a female artist. In 2012, the ceremony even created a category especially for the artist: the Diamond Award. It rewarded his entire career. His list of trophies does not stop there. She also won two awards at the Victoires de la Musique, one at the Monte-Carlo Awards, another at the World Music Awards, the M6 Awards and the Europe Awards.
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Only one of his albums did not finish at the top of the best-selling album chart. In 1999, Innamoramento ranks only second behind Out of season by Francis Cabrel. However, Mylène Farmer’s album is certified diamond disc with nearly 1,500,000 sales.