The closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games went full on French electronic music and with dazzling results.
The ceremony, which took place at the Stade De France in Paris on September 8, brought together not only athletes, but also a legendary crew of French dance producers that included pioneer Jean Michel Jarre, Ed Banger founder Busy P, dance-pop master Martin Solveig, Cavinsky — whose 2010 classic “Nightcall” saw a streaming explosion when he also performed it at the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony — and other French stars including Étienne de Crécy, DJ Falcon and Alan Braxe, Breakbot, Irfane, Chloé Caillet and more.
The ceremony also featured the first performance by Cassius' Boombass since the duo's Philippe Zdar died in 2019 following an accidental fall.
The assembled artists played many of their classics, with Breakbot performing their 2010 smash hit 'Baby I'm Yours', while assisting he was holding an umbrella over a very sharply dressed Irfane as he delivered the vocals. Solveig lit up the field with fire playing 2011's hit “Hello” and the evening culminated in euphoria with the play of Daft Punk's enduring 'One More Time'.
“I see you my Malaysian, English and Ukrainian friends!” Busy P he wrote up Instagram in a post of pictures from the rainy night. “If you're still wondering what the French Touch is, this is it! It's us, you, them! Reuniting 24 DJs from different worlds, breaking boundaries is French Touch! Being emotional and dancing at the same time to celebrate our brothers DJ Mehdi & Zdar is French Touch! Loud parties despite the heavy rain are French Touch! Wearing cheap plastic ponchos over our Louis Vuitton suits is a French touch! Doing a conga line while the French techno queen [Anetha] pounding the Stade de France is French Touch!
“French Touch is not just a kind of music,” he concluded. “It's a state of mind. I salute and send warm kisses to all my fellow DJs who embraced that feeling on Sunday night.”
See photos from the evening below.
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Closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games
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Fireworks light up the Stade de France as French singer Santa performs during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Jean Michel Jarre
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Jean-Michel Jarre greets the crowd from the stage during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at the Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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DJ Falcon & DJ Alan Braxe
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DJ Falcon and French DJ Alan Braxe perform on stage during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024.
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Chloe Caillet
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Chloe Caillet appears during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at the Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Boston Bagel
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Boston Bun, French DJ, performs during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Breakbot & Irfane
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Breakbot & Irfane during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Kungs
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Kungs, French DJ and record producer, performs during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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He died
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Anetha appears during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at the Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games
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This photo shows fireworks set off on the roof of the Stade de France at the end of the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024.
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Busy P
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Busy P performs during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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DJ Cassius
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DJ Cassius performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024.
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Etienne de Crecy,
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Etienne de Crecy, French DJ, performs during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Kavinsky
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France's DJ Kavinsky performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024.
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Polo & Univ
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Polo & Pan perform during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics at the Stade de France on September 8, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games
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French athletes react on stage during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 8, 2024.
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