European Capital of Culture Funding Raises David Guetta Petition
One Love not felt by Marseille taxpayers
Over 63,000 signatures have been collected and presented to the Marseille city hall in reaction to the €400,000 public funding for a David Guetta and Mika concert in Marseille.
A record number of signatures were collected from a petition created on the website Change.org
On the 10th of December 2012, Marseille council approved a grant of €400,000 for Adam Productions to organise a David Guetta and Mika concert at the Borély Park in Marseille, the 2013 European Capital of Culture.
Despite this public subsidy, from Marseille tax-payers contributions, the concert from international popstars David Guetta and Mika has announced tickets priced between €44 and €59.
The petition does not challenge the programming of the concert, but that the public funding is not justified. Taxpayers will be funding a concert that will not be accessible to the majority of the public and that the Borély Park venue would be made available for no cost to Adam Productions.
