With his voice damaged, Pearl Jam singer Ed Vedder was unable to secure the group’s Wednesday night concert in Vienna, Austria. The group, which performed on Sunday in Paris, at the Lollapalooza festival, invoked in a message of apology to fans “the heat” that reigned in the capital during their concert, but also “the dust and smoke at the origin of the fires “. “, which damaged the singer’s vocal cords.

The following concerts are held for the moment, in Prague on Friday and in Amsterdam on Sunday and Monday.

The smoke from the fires that have affected the Gironde for more than a week has effectively reached Paris. They affect air quality there, the Airparif air quality observatory said Tuesday night.

“There are many high levels of particulate matter in Ile-de-France that would be related to this increase in particulate-laden air mass from the Gironde fires, along with, on a more local scale, other fires,” Airparif told AFP. . .

These particles present in the air, resulting from combustion, of less than 10 and 2.5 microns, can cause respiratory and cardiovascular disorders, in case of prolonged exposure.