The Automobile Club de l’Ouest is honoured to announce the first headline acts of the week. The weekend billing remains under wraps for the moment! 

Wednesday 11 June from 20:00: Eddy de Pretto + support band

Eddy de Preto began his career in 2017 with a hard-hitting EP entitled Kid in which he explored differences, the shackles of tradition, and virility, setting himself up as an outlier as he did so. Yet his preoccupations echoed a strong undercurrent within society. The response was unequivocal. The infatuation was immediate. 

A year later, de Pretto’s album Cure acknowledged the change afoot within his generation, his heightened awareness and his firm stand. He shot to stardom. The album went triple platinum, selling 300,000 copies sold and attracting four nominations for French music awards. He barely left the stage in the next two years, filling venues all over France and ending with ten performances at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris – a far cry from his first gigs alone on stage with his iPhone. 

His second album À tous les bâtards (2021) is a generous offering. The autobiographical songs are extremely personal yet mirrored in each of us. There lies the essence of Eddy de Pretto’s popularity: he speaks to so many people. He followed up the album release with six gigs at Le Bataclan before embarking on another tour of France. 

Thursday 12 June 2025, from 20:00: support band, followed by Pascal Obispo (22:00)

It’s not every day you celebrate your 30th anniversary as a singer.

Following on from a sell-out tour including several festivals, Pascal Obispo presents Correspondances. The intimate new show blends his best-known and much-loved work with a host of surprises.

Head for the concert venue straight after the new-format Hyperpole session. In the LMGT3 and LMP2 classes, the 24 cars qualified for Hyperpole take to the track for a 20-minute battle (H1). Then the top eight in each class go through to H2 (15 minutes), which determines the starting grid. The Hypercars follow a similar format. The 15 prototypes qualified the day before will compete in H1 to determine the 10 competitors who will take part in H2. Then comes an epic 15-minute showdown to determine who will start the race in the best position on Saturday. 

Don’t miss the practice and qualifying sessions!

Tickets for the race itself sold out in a matter of hours, but you can still attend the practice and qualifying sessions, including the Hyperpole – and the concerts. Admission from €23 for students. Green Tickets (€62) are available for Wednesday and Thursday for those who choose low-carbon transport to reach the circuit (Terms and Conditions).