Olympics|According to a Parisian newspaper, the French band Gojira will perform with the opera singer.
French the metal band Gojira makes Olympic history. Gojira will be the first metal band to perform at the opening of the Olympics, says The Parisian.
Gojira will perform at the opening together with a Swiss opera singer Marina Viottin with.
Gojira is known, among other things, for its activism, its lyrics about the environment and its complex music that flirts with death metal and progressive metal.
The band, founded in the 90s, has released seven studio albums and has been nominated three times at the Grammy gala.
Gojira has also performed in Finland several times, most recently in Tuska in 2023.
The opening ceremony will also see, among other things Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura and Celine Dion.
Finns will also be seen during the show. Conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts the performance of the Orchester de Paris orchestra and choir at the opening.
Even lighter rock music rarely makes it to the Olympics.
For example, the hard rock band Kiss was seen at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The London Olympics in 2012, on the other hand, featured English rock bands Muse and Queen.
Three The hour-long opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is shaping up to be the most ambitious in Olympic history.
For the first time, the opening ceremony will take place outside the stadium, on the water Seinejoella.
During the ceremony, among other things, more than 10,000 athletes sail along the Seine River.
More than a billion people around the world are expected to follow the event live.
The opening ceremony starts on Friday, July 26 at 8:30 PM Finnish time.