Music Industry Reacts to Ticket Tax Cap Before Céline Dion's Paris Concerts
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Céline Dion will sing in Paris soon. Many fans want to go to her shows.
But there is a problem. The French music industry is angry. There is a tax on concert tickets. This tax has a cap. A cap means a top limit. The industry says this cap is not good.
People who work in music say the cap causes problems. They want the government to look at it again.
Céline Dion is very famous. She sells many tickets. Some shops in Brittany are giving away VIP tickets to her concert. People like these gifts very much.
Céline Dion is also famous for fashion. She wore a bomber jacket and stood on a car with no shoes. People think this jacket will be popular this autumn.
Vocabulary15 words
- industry
- a group of businesses that do the same kind of work
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- cap
- a top limit on something
- concert
- a show where music is played live
- VIP
- a very important person; someone special
- fans
- people who love a singer or team very much
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- ticket
- a paper or code you need to enter an event
- famous
- known by many people
- bomber jacket
- a short warm jacket, often used for style
- autumn
- the season after summer, before winter
- shows
- events where people perform, like concerts
- problem
- something difficult or not good
- gift
- something given to someone for free
- style
- a way of dressing or looking
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1. Because of a cap on the concert ticket tax 2. Paris 3. VIP concert tickets
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Céline Dion will sing in _____ soon. Many fans want to go to her shows.
But there is a problem. The French music industry is _____. There is a tax on concert tickets. This tax has a _____.
People who work in music say the cap causes _____. They want the government to look at it again.
Céline Dion is very famous. She sells many _____. Some shops in Brittany are giving away _____ tickets to her concert.
Céline Dion is also famous for _____. She wore a bomber jacket and stood on a car with no shoes.
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