Rihanna during her concert at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway, 2 July 2016 – H. Gate / Rex / Sipa
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safety first all. After the attack which took place on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on Thursday night when a man drove into the crowd with a truck, leaving at least 84 dead, the festivities in the city are canceled until further notice.

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Alpes-Maritimes prefecture said that “the events scheduled in Nice in the coming days are canceled” after announcing that the Promenade des Anglais would be closed indefinitely. In practice this means that Nice may not, among other things, to attend the concert of Rihanna planned this Friday, July 16 or the Nice Jazz Festival, to be held from 16 to 20 July.





 Rihanna evacuated

No need for fans who would have liked to attend the concert of their idol despite events to go this Friday night at the Allianz Riviera. They will find the door closed. The singer, who repeated Thursday night in the stadium Nice has even been evacuated, according to the magazine Public .

The stage was scheduled concert held to provide support ” to the victims and their families. ” The Allianz Riviera added that “a further communication will be made with ticket repayment terms.”

The Nice Jazz Festival, held in the city since 1948 and was to be held from 16 to July 20th is canceled. Ditto for the NIce Music Live the events that result. A priori, there is little chance that the concerts Master Gims (July 21) and fréro delavega (July 24) are normally held.



Other events canceled

in Marseille, the fireworks national Day, which was shifted to Friday, July 15 because of high winds on Thursday, was also canceled. The town of Six-Fours-les-Plages, in the Var, has made the same decision.

The city of Cannes announced that, out of respect and “a sign of mourning for victims of the attack Nice “, it canceled the events planned on Friday.

uncertainties about future festivals

for now, the Francofolies de la Rochelle, which was to end Sunday, are maintained. Other major events of this weekend – The Old Plough, Jazz in Sète, Jazz à Juan or
 The Suds à Arles – not yet reported on the holding or not their concerts

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