Tuesday, May 22, 2007

US festival in Paris axed after threats

By Jen Wainwright in Paris
Published: 22 May 2007

An American country music festival in Paris has been postponed after the organisers received several anti-American threats.

The festival, called Three Days in America, was supposed to take place next weekend in the Parc St Cloud, in a suburb to the west of Paris. An international event, which last year drew more than 15,000 people, the festival celebrates the American lifestyle with a mixture of live gospel and country music, line-dancing, tributes to Elvis Presley, exhibitions of American cars and spectacular fireworks. continue...

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