“I didn’t understand at all”: David Guetta is surprised not to have been called for the opening ceremony of the Olympics

On the lawns of the prestigious Château de Chambord, where the famous DJ is due to perform on Saturday evening, many admirers wondered why the artist was not expected for the big Parisian event. David Guetta himself expressed his astonishment at not having been called for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26.

“If you have the answer you will give it to me. Because I didn’t understand at all. Globally, I am still between the 4th and 15th most listened to artist in the world, not DJ, artist,” David Guetta, 56, told an AFP correspondent before the giant concert.

“Yet I am French and I love France”

“To give you an idea, Beyoncé must be 40th or 50th. But no one called me. And yet I am French and I love France. It’s like that ! “, he added.

The ceremony’s soundtrack includes creations by musical director Victor Le Masne, mixing pop, symphony orchestra, choirs and electro loops typical of the “French Touch”. It will also draw on “other registers”, according to its designer Thomas Jolly, who is not revealing anything but for whom “France is Jul, Edith Piaf and Natalie Dessay”.