Every year the Le Mans 24-Hours race creates a sensation by organising three evenings’ eagerly-awaited concerts. The two practice evenings will rock to Jabberwocky’s electro-pop and Cali’s mind-boggling energy on stage. On race day, Saturday, Charlie Winston will take over the stage at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The singer of the hit Like a Hobo will set the inside of the circuit reverberating to his rock, folk and soul songs.

Counting all these artists, the warm-up acts and DJs who will complete Saturday night’s entertainment, some nine groups will appear on the stage beside the Dunlop Footbridge.

Here are the details of the programme:

 

Wednesday 10th June 2015 at 20h00

The Lemon Queen
This foursome from Angers overturns all the rules of time and mixes up with contagious joy the influences of the inexhaustible New Wave and FM Rock - as nostalgic as it’s heroic - with exciting electro sounds. With its anachronistic and clever production, its catchy tunes and its boundless energy, The Lemon Queen’s feel-good cocktail is a great mood booster.
Internet site: thelemonqueen.bandcamp.com

Jabberwocky
This electro-pop group was formed in 2013 by three medical students from Poitiers. Jabberwocky likes to highlight female vocals and it emerged from obscurity with its first hit, Photomaton.
Behind a softly, softly approach Jabberwocky’s power rumbles in the background like a marriage in great pomp between relentless beat and organic piano rhythms. A kind of nocturnal intimation emanates that infuses the music with a note that’s both joyful and melancholic at the same time.
Jabberwocky emerges from its lair to make us dream!
Internet site: soundcloud.com/jbbrwck

 

Thursday 11th June 2015 at 20h00

Ton Zinc
Ton Zinc is a group from the Sarthe whose music ranges from French songs, through reggae, rap and folk to create its own very personal style using acoustic guitars and percussion rhythmed by the melodies of an accordion and a violin.
The group’s natural style, energy and amazing dynamism entice the crowd into sharing festive and warm moments. Their songs dealing with today’s news that are a tad provocative and reflect current youth’s preoccupations: they have earned Ton Zinc the reputation of being a committed group.
The launch of their first entirely self-produced album, Philosophie de Comptoir, is a statement of their approach as untrammelled artists, a founding principle of the group.
Internet site: tonzinc.fr

Cali
Cali is a French author/composer/singer halfway between French songs and rock. He first caught the public eye in the early noughties, and since then he has stuck to the same line of conduct and his protest spirit.
He already has some ten albums to his name and he brought out his latest oeuvre, L’age d’or, at the start of 2015.
He is really in his element on stage and exudes boundless energy and intensity making his concerts memorable ones that the crowd won’t forget.
Cali isn’t afraid of anything and he dares everything; that’s his trademark!
With his gravelly voice he is the flag bearer of proud and sentimental rock mixing catchy and asymmetric tunes, and he has fixed a rendezvous with his fans to sing his latest songs – a not-to-be-missed event.
Internet site: www.calimusic.com

 

Saturday 13th June 2015 at 20h00

DJ Loran
DJ Loran, the RTL2 POP-ROCK PARTY DJ will get behind the turntables to spin a thrilling show and kick off the eagerly-awaited Saturday evening’s concerts.
His unique way of entertaining and his passion for music fever up the temperature of all kinds of public in record time! He has multi-cultural influences ranging from Pop-Rock, Hip Hop to electro. Loran has made a name for himself as a DJ and host at numerous major music festivals and sporting events, including the 24 Heures Motos, where he hosted the third part of the concerts.
Thanks to his very eclectic musical tastes he has ensured the first part of Motorhead, Shaka Ponk, Babyshambles, Mad Professor, Lee Scratch Perry, David Guetta, Archive, The Klaxons, Louis Bertignac, Martin Solveig, Charlie Winston…
Internet site: https://myspace.com/djloran

Heymoonshaker
The Heymoonshaker duo’s music is a visceral mixture of blues and beatbox. This English group cut its teeth in New Zealand and is now based in Sweden. Before recording its first album, Beatbox Blues, Honeymoonshaker did the bars and concerts trail. After a few months’ promotion the group broke up and each one went off and did his solo trip multiplying artistic and ethnic meetings before reforming in 2011.
2012 signalled Heymoonshaker’s return with hypnotic music that really gets your hips swinging!
Internet site: heymoonshaker.co.uk

Charlie Winston
Charlie as in Chaplin and Winston as in Churchill! This young British prodigy from a family of musicians began by composing for the theatre and the cinema.
He is a traveller and a charmer with a mischievous and ironic side and he’s been well known in France since 2009 thanks to hits like Like a Hobo. In 2011, he again topped the sales in the country with Running Still.
At the start of this year he brought out his latest album Curio City and took up a fresh challenge by incorporating new electronic sounds into his usual folk/rock repertoire. Winston has renewed his links with the soul tradition like his master, the great Ray Charles.
Internet site: www.charliewinston.com/

DJ Moule
This French multi-instrumentalist musician plunged into a playful, innovative universe after he met DJ Zebra at the Berlin Pop Komm Festival in 2005.
He enjoys improvising bootlegs and then mixing them.
He is well known for his improbable combinations, and by blending rock, soul or electro standards he creates new songs mixing the voice of one piece with the music of a second.
Internet site: www.djmoule.com .

Dixon Brothers
The Dixon Brothers are making a name from themselves as one of the best duos in the United Kingdom. At the cutting edge of techno music they stand out from the basic DJ label.
The motto of the Dixon Brothers is to give you the best evening you’ve ever had. Like all the well-known DJs they cover several genres including Hip-Hop, R&B, House, Trap, Drum & Bass and a whole lot more.
Whether it’s mixing or revving up the ambiance on the stage the Dixon Brothers are a multitalented duo in constant evolution.
Internet site: http://dixonbrothers.com/

*Free for holders of a general enclosure ticket.

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2015 Innovation!
An evening of concerts on Friday 12th June in the new Karting Complex

This year, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has decided to push the envelope even further and will leave the spectators* no time for respite as it is putting a new evening of concerts on Friday 12th June, the day before the start of the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours. It will be held on the site of the International Karting Complex where the sideshows and the fun fair will also take place.

On a specially fitted-out stage four groups and DJs will follow one another to fever up Friday evening. From 18h00 till 02h00 on Saturday morning spectators* will be able to thrill to the rhythms of Jr Yellam accompanied by the Green & Fresh Band, Trinity, and DJs Willy William and then Irie Ites Sound who will mix their music live.

Jr Yellam
Yellam is an author, composer and singer who made his stage debut in 2007. The artist from Le Mans uses reggae, soul and hip-hop to create his own musical universe, and brought out his first album Turn up the Sound in 2013 followed by Musical Train in 2014.
Since 2014 Jr Yellam has been accompanied by the Green & Fresh Band, a Musical Family created in 2010 by five artists/musicians from Le Mans from all horizons.
Internet sites: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/JrYellam
https://www.facebook.com/GreenAndFresh

Trinity
Also known under the name Jr Brammer, Trinity is considered as one of the best Jamaican toaster DJs and one of the pioneers of the genre. His latest album Eye to Eye recorded in 2013 between Jamaica and France was a big hit among fans.
Internet site : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvU3beptLq4

Willy William
This DJ, a producer from Le Mans is the no. 1 remixer in France. He has ensured the warm-ups for Sharika, LMFAO, Beyonce and JLo. His musical style, Clubbin’Music, is somewhere between latin house, tribal and afrodance.
Internet site: https://soundcloud.com/willy-william

Irie Ites Sound
Irie Ites spearheads the reggae movement in France and has been a label and active Sound system for over 15 years. They had more than 1 500 dates in France and in Europe before they were elected best reggae Sound system of the year in 2014. Irie Ites knows how to get the crowd dancing in a Caribbean ambiance:
Internet site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbp3-uaeVOI

 

Practical information
The 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours
83rd running
3rd round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship

Dates : 13-14 June 2015

General enclosure ticket price: 56,25 euros (ACO members) 75 euros (non ACO members).

Free for young people born after 14th June 1999 accompanied by an adult.

Test day: Sunday 31st May 2015.

Scrutineering and administrative checks: Sunday 7th and Monday 8th June 2015.

Free practice and qualifying: Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th June 2015.

Start of the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours: Saturday 13th June 2015 at 15h00.