The Longchamp Racecourse ( French : Hippodrome de Longchamp ) is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes at the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris , France. It is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tracks and a famous hill that provides a real challenge to competing thoroughbreds. It has several racetracks varying from 1,000 to 4,000 metres in length, with 46 different starting posts.
10-587: Solidays ( / ˈ s ɒ l ɪ d eɪ z / ) is a French annual music festival that takes place at the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris at the end of June. Organized by Solidarité sida (a French HIV/AIDS awareness group for youth), the event brings together more than 150 artists and 170 000 festival-goers for three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The proceeds from the festival are donated to organisations fighting against HIV/AIDS , especially for those focusing on
20-745: A horse racing venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stones Sixty Europe 2022 Tour Sixty was a concert tour by the English rock band the Rolling Stones , celebrating the 60th anniversary of the band’s formation. The tour, announced on 14 March 2022, began on 1 June 2022 in Madrid , Spain, and concluded on 3 August 2022 in Berlin , Germany. It was the first European tour without drummer Charlie Watts following his death in August 2021, and
30-693: The African continent . The festival has been held since 1999. The performers involved in Solidays accept a reduced fee or appear for free as a sign of their solidarity. The 2013 edition raised over 2 million euros. The festival also features bungee jumping in addition to the music. The 2022 festival happened on June 24-26. Over the years, many French and foreign artists have appeared at Solidays, including DJ Snake , Bigflo & Oli , Kungs , Mac Miller , Vanessa Paradis , M83 , Synapson , Paul Kalkbrenner , Bénabar , Madeon , Shaka Ponk , David Guetta , Kool &
40-676: The German occupation of France in World War II , with many German officers in the stands. Longchamp also hosts Solidays music festival. Lollapalooza Paris festival occurred on 16–17 July 2022 The Rolling Stones performed here on 30 June and 1 July of 1995 during their Voodoo Lounge Tour , and they played again on 23 July 2022 as part of the SIXTY tour. 48°51′31.50″N 2°13′58.0″E / 48.8587500°N 2.232778°E / 48.8587500; 2.232778 This article about
50-452: The Gang , Stromae , Louis Bertignac , Lily Allen , Louise Attaque , Grand Corps Malade , Earth, Wind & Fire and Diplo . On 13 April 2020, the festival announced on its website that the 2020 edition of the festival would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . Luc Barruet, the founder of the festival, asked festival goers not to ask for reimbursement because he said that
60-672: The Royal Enclosure alongside the Prince of Nassau, Prince Murat and the Duke of Morny, an avid racegoer. Non-aristocratic members of the upper classes were not permitted into the Royal Enclosure and had to be content with watching from their barouche carriages on the lawn. A number of prominent artists have painted horse racing scenes at Longchamp, including the one seen here by Édouard Manet in 1867, and another four years later by Edgar Degas titled Race Horses at Longchamp . Racing continued during
70-571: The cancellation was putting the festival in danger. Longchamp Racecourse The course is home to more than half of the group one races held in France, and it has a capacity of 50,000. The highlight of the calendar is the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . Held on the first weekend in October, the event attracts the best horses from around the world. The leather fashion goods company Longchamp got its name from
80-594: The facility. The first race run at Longchamp was on Sunday 27 April 1857, in front of a massive crowd. The Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie were present, having sailed down the Seine River on their private yacht to watch the third race. Until 1930, many Parisians came to the track down the river on steamboats and various other vessels, the trip taking around an hour to the Pont de Suresnes. The royal couple joined Prince Jérôme Bonaparte and his son Prince Napoleon in
90-524: The first time that the Stones performed their 1966 song " Out of Time " live. The tour venues announced were typically large outdoor stadiums. An exception was the two Hyde Park, London shows, which were open-space events with a 65,000 capacity. As has been the case since the No Filter Tour , the stadium shows featured general admission standing areas. Premium-cost gold circle and pit sections closer to
100-522: The stage were also offered to varying degrees at each venue. There was no b-stage to which the band wholly relocated; however, a central outward walkway existed where band members typically moved into briefly throughout the shows. The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 1 June 2022 at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of
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