Paléo to end with a bang
The 33rd Paléo – Switzerland's biggest open-air music event – wraps up on Sunday with its traditional firework display and music from US band REM.
The sold-out festival, at Nyon on the shores of Lake Geneva, attracted around 225,000 music lovers – 37,000 for the six nights.
Although the Paléo this year featured top international names such as French-born alternative rocker Manu Chao and Lebanese-born singer Mika, the proportion of Swiss in the audience from the German-speaking part of the country was little more than four per cent.
Paléo was the name of a successful racehorse and in 1975 became the name of a Nyon-based cultural association involved in organising concerts. This name was adopted by the festival in 1983.
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