Arena Market: France

Europe’s third-largest live music market is notable for its wealth of domestic talent, its state support for culture, and its independent, republican spirit, which lives on even in a corporate world.

On the global stage, France has arenas that make obvious additions to any large-scale tour – particularly, but not exclusively, in its capital city. With roughly 12m people within a couple of hours’ travel, Paris is very comfortably France’s biggest entertainment city.

And with 30m tourists a year, and an increasing trend for music tourism, the city needs all the arenas at its disposal to contend with demand.

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