The Palais Nikaïa will host the singer on April 10, 2026. A stage project designed to create complete immersion and direct contact with the audience.
The French Riviera stage is preparing to welcome one of the most publicized projects of the upcoming musical season. The Adrénaline Tour by Matt Pokora has just added a stop in Nice on April 10, 2026. The event will take place at the Palais Nikaïa, a venue suitable for large-scale stage formats. The production announces a show built around a renewed aesthetic, designed to enhance the audience experience. The singer’s team highlights continuity between this new tour and the cycle celebrating the singer’s twenty-year career. A cycle that has gathered several hundred thousand spectators. The announcement emphasizes the direction taken by the new production.
A show described as “even more ambitious! Following the phenomenal success of his 20th-anniversary tour, which attracted over 500,000 spectators, Matt Pokora returns with an even more grandiose and spectacular show.”
The team also details the artistic promise of this format. One sentence sums up the intention: “he promises to dazzle both the eyes and hearts with a futuristic staging, stunning special effects, and an electrifying stage energy.”
The planned date in Nice thus follows a course aimed at creating a collective moment built around proximity and a visual arrangement designed to pace the unfolding of the show.
A journey built on two decades of musical evolution
The arrival of this new tour is part of an artistic journey that began in the early 2000s. Matthieu Tota, born in Strasbourg on September 26, 1985, developed a passion for songwriting very early on. His first compositions took shape during his high school years in Schiltigheim. His public exposure began in 2003 thanks to the show Popstars broadcast on M6. The boy band Linkup won the season. The single Mon Etoile reached a wide audience. The album Notre Etoile received a more nuanced reception. The group disbanded a few months after this media exposure.
This marked the start of his solo career. The name Matt Pokora initially made its mark. A legal battle led to the permanent adoption of the name Matt Pokora. His first solo album was released in 2004 and received a gold record certification. Several singles attracted the public’s attention, including Showbiz (The Battle), Elle me contrôle with Sweety, and Pas sans toi.
In 2006, a second album, Player, hit the market. An r’n’b and pop aesthetic characterized this project. The duet recorded with Ricky Martin, It’s Alright, resonated strongly. An important first tour accompanied the album release. During this period, the creation of the label M2theP Entertainment marked an attempt to venture into music production, although the endeavor was short-lived.
A new milestone was reached with the single Dangerous, produced by Timbaland. The track reached the top of the French sales charts and entered several European countries’ charts. The album MP3, released in 2008, received a gold record certification. In 2009, Poland awarded M. Pokora an Eska Music Award trophy in the category of International Pop Artist of the Year.
This progress, marked by a succession of projects, established the artist in a lasting position within the Francophone music scene. The Adrénaline Tour now presents itself as a new stage, focused on stage performance and building a renewed connection with the audience.
The date of April 10, 2026, will therefore offer the Palais Nikaïa a production designed to blend rhythm, visuals, and audience participation. An anticipated appointment by a loyal community, eager to follow the stage evolution of an artist who places live performance at the center of his work.
