Live music returns to famous Paris concert hall, the Olympia
By AFP
14 June 2021 |
8:41 am
Seven months after closing its doors, the famous Parisian venue Olympia reopens, hosting a music festival for a seated concert. "It's already a first step that we've achieved all together with the whole of France," said an audience member after the concert.
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