Les Fatals Picards in Longuenesse

Les Fatals Picards are a French comedy-rock band formed in 1996. Their songs pair guitar-driven rock and chanson with satire, wordplay and character sketches; they are known for “L’Amour à la française,” France’s entry in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, as well as “Mon père était tellement de gauche” and the album Pamplemousse mécanique. In 2007, the band performed “L’Amour à la française” in the Eurovision final at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. Les Fatals Picards subsequently toured French theatres and festivals, marking their 20th anniversary with a 2016 concert at the Olympia in Paris.

Didier Super is the stage character of French comedian and musician Olivier Haudegond, whose songs use punk, chanson and deliberately abrasive humour. He became known through the album Vaut mieux en rire que s’en foutre and songs including “Y’en a des bien”, “Petit caniche” and “On va tous crever”. His early performances placed the Didier Super character onstage with guitar, keyboard, songs and spoken comedy. He later brought that musical one-man format into theatres through productions including Didier Super est bien plus marrant que tous ces comiques de merde, then expanded it into the stage comedy Et si Didier Super était la réincarnation du Christ ?.