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Youssou Ndour fills Accor Arena despite sound cut

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Youssou Ndour fills Accor Arena despite sound cutKotoviski photograph by Henryk Kotowski · CC BY-SA 3.0

Youssou Ndour held his Grand Bal at Paris’s Accor Arena on 17 October, before a full house, despite delays caused by protests. The sound was cut before the end and the audience continued singing with the Senegalese musician, according to accounts by Seneweb and Senegal7.

Youssou Ndour’s Grand Bal filled the Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday 17 October 2026, despite delays in access caused by protests and a sound cut before the end of the show, Senego reports.

The evening was devoted to Senegalese music and its diaspora, with the Republic of Guinea as guest country. The sound cut interrupted the concert before it ended. Youssou Ndour, the Senegalese singer nicknamed the king of mbalax, challenged the halt to the show in a reaction published the following day.

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