Maroon 5

On June 29, 2023, Plenitude Arena welcomed Maroon 5 for the very first time. For their only Parisian date on the UK + Europe 2023 Tour, Adam Levine and his bandmates delivered an intense, relentless 90-minute show to their French fans, sweeping through twenty years of Californian pop beneath the lights of Europe’s largest indoor venue.

One of the most enduring success stories in global pop

A Plenitude Arena debut and a long-awaited return after four years

It had been four years since Maroon 5’s last Paris appearance, a concert at Accor Arena in June 2019, before the band made their return to the French capital. And to mark the occasion, they stepped up in venue: Plenitude Arena, Europe’s largest indoor venue, for their first time on its stage. A choice that spoke volumes about the band’s trajectory and the confidence they placed in their French audience.

The UK + Europe 2023 Tour also served as a showcase for their seventh studio album Jordi, released in the summer of 2021, featuring tracks including Beautiful Mistakes and Memories, giving the band the opportunity to bring their most recent record to the continent’s biggest venues. Plenitude Arena, with its tens of thousands of seats and its electric atmosphere, was the ideal setting for this highly anticipated return.

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A central stage, lights and Adam Levine’s energy

What was beyond doubt was that Adam Levine occupied every square centimetre of the Plenitude Arena stage with the energy and charisma that have defined him for twenty years. The Maroon 5 show has always rested on a precise balance: polished visuals, lighting that tracks every shift in mood between ballads and bangers, and a frontman capable of holding an entire arena in the palm of his hand with nothing but his presence. Adam Levine was in fine form and delivered a musically intense performance throughout.

Twenty years of discography

A complete journey through their catalogue, from their earliest work through to their most recent material. Among the tracks performed:

• Moves Like Jagger
• Stereo Hearts
• One More Night
• Animals
• Payphone
• Maps
• Memories
• Don’t Wanna Know
• Girls Like You

120 million albums sold and a pop sound that stands the test of time

Maroon 5 is one of the most enduring success stories in global pop. It took just one album, Songs About Jane (2002), for the band to make their mark, carried by This Love and She Will Be Loved. Since then, every record has added new classics to a discography that now exceeds 120 million albums and singles sold worldwide.

What makes Maroon 5 unique in the pop landscape is their ability to reinvent themselves with each album without ever losing sight of their identity: that particular way of blending rock, soul, funk and electronic pop into immediately irresistible compositions. From Hands All Over to Red Pill Blues, by way of V and Jordi, Adam Levine and his bandmates have demonstrated a rare longevity, with hits capable of crossing generations and filling entire arenas twenty years after their release.

Plenitude Arena under the spell until the final note

Some concerts are a reminder of why pop can be stadium music. On June 29, 2023 at Plenitude Arena, Maroon 5 proved it with formidable efficiency: a dense, tightly constructed set built as a succession of peak moments that left no one in the crowd as a passive spectator. From the opening notes of Moves Like Jagger to the explosive finale of Sugar, Plenitude Arena lived through 90 minutes of Californian pop at its very best.

For everyone who had waited four years to see the band in Paris again, this Plenitude Arena debut delivered on every promise. And for a venue that makes every concert an event in its own right, Maroon 5 provided exactly what was expected.