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From May 2, 2009, the French singer Mylène Farmer began a tour through France, Belgium, Switzerland and Russia. It was her fifth tour and supported her seventh studio album ''Point de suture''. For the first time, this tour lead the singer through stadiums and, unlike her 2006 tour, featured a transportable stage. ==Background== Since the announcement of Farmer's seventh studio album, the media said that a tour was scheduled for 2009 to support this album.〔"Mylène Farmer se produira en Suisse l'an prochain", ''20 Minutes'', January 30, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 About this new series of concerts, Farmer explained in an interview: "I am back on stage because I'm bored. I need to reinvent my life. (...) I want to feel dizzy again."〔"Mylène Farmer se dévoile", ''Paris-Match'', Jérôme Béglé, March 20, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"Mylène Farmer parle d'elle à ''Paris-Match''", ''Aura People'' (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 She announced that the tour will be carried out throughout France and that the show will be grandiose.〔"Mylène Farmer en interview dans Paris-Match!", ''Petitblog'', March 20, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 A concert at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, was first announced for September 12, 2009 (which is also the singer's date of birthday), then another concert on September 4 at the stadium of Geneva. Tickets for both concerts were put on sale from March 28, 2008.〔"Mylène Farmer au Stade de France en 2009", ''Chartsinfrance'', Olivier Palud, February 29, 2008 (Chartsinfrance.net ), ''Imedias'', February 29, 2008 (Imedias.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"Mylène Farmer au Stade de France en 2009", ''Le Figaro'', February 29, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ), ''Le Parisien'', February 29, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ), ''MCM'', February 29, 2008 (MCM.net ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"A réserver : Mylène Farmer au stade de France", ''Concerts.fr'', March 14, 2008 (Concerts.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 A second concert at the Stade de France, for September 11 was later announced on March 29 and the tickets were put on sale from April 1, 2008.〔"Mylène Farmer donnera un second concert au Stade de France devant le succès du premier", ''Radinrue'', March 29, 2008 (Radinrue.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 In April, a concert was added in Brussels for September 19.〔"Mylène Farmer de retour sur scène", ''DH.be'', April 4, 2008 (DH.be ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"Mylène Farmer au Stade Roi Baudoin en september 2009", ''7 sur 7'', April 20 (7sur7.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 Other concerts are announced in the media at present, such as Bordeaux, but are not officially confirmed. In Paris Match, Farmer confirmed the tour would go to Russia in 2009, and additional dates in Ukraine and Latvia are rumoured.〔"Mylène Farmer : dates de la tournée 2009!", ''Zataz'', April 16, 2008 (Zataz.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"NTM et Mylène Farmer arrivent en 2008 et... en 2009", ''Le Progrès'', April 28, 2008 (Leprogres.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 A concert at the Bollaert stadium in Lens was announced as being official 〔"Mylène Farmer au Stade Bollaert", ''Nord Eclair'', May 4, 2008, (Nordeclair.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 then was denied in the media,〔"Le couac Mylène Farmer", ''Nord Eclair'', May 5, 2008 (Nordeclair.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"Mylène Farmer ne chantera pas au Stade Bollaert", ''La Voix du Nord'', April 6, 2008 (Lavoixdunord.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 but the final decision, the cancellation, that should have been known on May 14,〔"Mylène Farmer à Bollaert : décision le 14 mai", ''Nord Eclair'', May 7, 2008 (Nordeclair.fr ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕〔"Mylène Farmer à Bollaert", ''La Voix du Nord'', May 14, 2008 (Lavoixdunord.com ) (Retrieved May 15, 2008)〕 was published on May 21, 2008. On May 15, four concerts were officially announced: two in Nantes and two in Rouen for May 2009. The following day, the record label Polydor confirmed them and added eleven dates scheduled in various cities (Nice, Clermont-Ferrand, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Dijon, Lyon).〔"Mylène Farmer, tournée officielle 2009, Communiqué officiel de Polydor, May 16, 2008 (Mylene.net ) (Retrieved May 15, 2008)〕 On May 23, three new dates were added : May 6 (Clermont-Ferrand), May 26 (Nantes) and June 9, (Dijon). On November 30, fours concerts in Russia were announced in the Russian media, then on January 26, 2009, one concert in Amnéville. In February 2009 Farmer's tour producers TS3 cancelled the Eastern European tour dates without giving any explanation. However, there had been rumours for months that the local producers were facing economic problems. At the same time new concerts were announced for June 28 in Saint Petersburg and July 1 in Moscow, organised by different local partners. For the concert in Geneva, the technical problems relating to the enormity of the structures have been resolved (the stadium of Geneva has a smaller capacity than the Stade de France, Saint-Denis).〔"Mylène Farmer en primeur à Genève", ''La Tribune de Genève'', March 6, 2008 (La Tribune de Gnève.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 Various media revealed that the stage should have been made out of glass,〔"Mylène Farmer : 2 tournées en 2006", ''Musique.evous'' (Musique.evous.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 installed more than three metres above the ground.〔"L'événement de Mylène Farmer", ''Actustar'', March 19, 2008 (Actustar.com ) (Retrieved May 12, 2008)〕 However, these details about stage design were denied by her creative producer Thierry Suc.〔"Mylène, J moins 1 an...", interview of Thierry Suc, ''La Dépêche'', May 22, 2008 (Ladepeche.fr ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008)〕 He also explained that there will be some differences between shows in stadiums and those in hall.〔"Mylène Farmer, les secrets de son concert, ''Le Progrès Lyon'', June 2, 2008 (Mylene.net ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008)〕 Jean-Paul Gaultier confirmed to be the fashion designer for this tour.〔"Mylène Farmer habillée par Jean-Paul Gaultier", ''Musique.evous'', August 27, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved August 30, 2008)〕 It was also announced that the entire show will be filmed "with very sophisticated means of the tridimensional cinema".〔"Mylène Farmer en relief", ''Le Journal du dimanche'', August 31, 2008 "Mylène Farmer : son concert au stade de France sur DVD", ''Musique.evous'', September 2, 2008 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved September 3, 2008)〕 Farmer did the rehearsals in Nice a few days before the beginning of her concert tour.〔"Mylène Farmer répétera à Nice", ''Le Parisien'', March 2, 2009 (Devant-soi.com ) (Retrieved May 6, 2009)〕 The concerts in stadiums were announced as different as the others, because the stage was bigger and there was additional material. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mylène Farmer en tournée」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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