Alain Souchon expected in this commune of Cotentin

“There, in Cotentin, I swear my love; I will put everything so that our kisses always last ”…

A 1985 black It’s like you wantthe seventh album ofAlain Souchon who understands the song Portbail.

A short song, just over 2 minutes away, with simple words, chiseled, imbued with a sweet nostalgia like the singer-songwriter is used to trushing.

“Oh, it’s not possible!” »»

Francis of Hulst, The delegate mayor of Portbail (Manche), says:

Three years ago, we went to see him in concert at the Zenith in Caen with my wife, and thanks to a friend, Béatrice Pannier, who is completely a fan and has always followed him, we were able to access behind the scenes. We were made to feel very welcome and when I was presented to Alain Souchon as the delegate mayor of Portbail, he said: Oh, it’s not possible! We discussed a little and he explained to me that being a child he had spent a vacation here, without ever being returned there, unlike the fantasies that there was around that. Some claimed for example that he had a house in our town when not at all!

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However, the singer tender with the appearance of eternal young man has never been so close to returning to the places of the pretty refrain. This is what our colleagues from Ouest-France announce in their edition of May 7, 2025.

I have been elected Portbaillais for 19 years and I dreamed of being able to welcome him one day here. I told him about it during this meeting at the Zenith, he said that he would be delighted, but time spent and we failed to materialize. Again, thanks to Béatrice (Pannier) who went to attend a concert in Bordeaux, a contact was able to resume. I had on the phone the press attaché of Alain Souchon and his two sons, and it was then that we agreed in May …

Small miracle, a few days ago: Francis d’Hulst discovers a text from Charles Souchonalias bear, teaching him that his famous father would come May 27, day of its 81 spring.

“We do not yet know what time it will happen. We have already received many phone calls but There will be no concert. It will be simple, we nevertheless want it to be good, ”feasts the elected official in advance.

A plate at the station

He evokes the Possible presence of school children, and then installing a plate on a station wall.

Why the station? Just listen to the song: “We will feel the little breeze; Departure, departure; Emus, tight, in this station; One day, bye, bye; More grimace, more Lullaby; One day that you hope; Like quenching water; At the end of the rails; The pretty portbail house ”…

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