Eric Cantona

When: 12th April 2024
Location: O2 Academy

Eric Cantona is returning to the stage after a sell out tour. Coming to Glasgow’s O2 Academy on 12th April 2024.

Beyond the touchline, there is nothing » declared the philosopher and former football hopeful Jacques Derrida. A statement Eric Cantona has made a point of honour of challenging throughout his life. None more so than on 11th May 1997. When having played his last game and swapped his number 7 Manchester United shirt for his opponent’s, he made it to the changing rooms one last time, exiting like a rock star rather than a regular centre-forward, and thereby putting an end to a career beyond compare.

From that day, the man dubbed the “enfant terrible”, the “wild boy”, the “brat”, but also crowned the “King”, as much for his on-field heroics as for his wild antics, has made a name for himself beyond the pitch like no other great sportsman before him. As well as being an actor on stage and on screen – more famously for directors Alain Corneau and Ken Loach – he also paints, writes poetry and picked up photography, not merely as post-career hobbies, but as an extension of his lifetime achievement, stemming from the absolute necessity to express himself creatively.

An urge that has consumed him from a young age and for which the stadium represented a simple inaugural arena. Music was to be the last missing piece in this compelling quest, an omission that he makes up for today with his first two songs “The Friends We Lost” and “Tu Me Diras”, for which he wrote the music and lyrics in English and French and soon to be followed by two more and a run of shows, leading to the release of a live album