Miossec draws a line under Paris to settle in his house on the coast, not far from that of his friend Jane Birkin

Miossec draws a line under Paris to settle in his house on the coast, not far from that of his friend Jane Birkin

In a month, Miossec, a native of Brest in Finistère, will celebrate his 60th birthday. It's time to take stock after a rich career but a personal life filled with challenges. There is the vocal cord cancer revealed a year ago, which occurred when he was losing his parents, he is now in remission. There is also his neurological disease. Difficult months and years for the singer-songwriter who is the subject of a portrait in Liberation this Tuesday. He confides but not about his private life, remaining very secret about his loves. He prefers to talk about his brothers, about politics, he who leans to the left towards Ruffin more than Mélenchon, or about his 26-year-old son who has temporarily settled with him to write his film and comic book scripts.

Home is no longer Paris but Finistère. In Liberationwe learn that“he sold his Parisian apartment to settle permanently in his house on the coastsea view“. Return to Brest where the travel enthusiast who lived in Reunion, in the south of France and in the capital, does like his late parents who died near the Recouvrance bridge which crosses the Penfeld in Brest, dominating the arsenal and the military port It was here that he experienced an enchanted interlude to recover from cancer, not far from his friend Jane Birkin who lived a few dozen kilometers from. there, specifies the daily, in the country of the Abers that she loved so much.

And this, even if Miossec said of this Breton town: “I'm always happy to go back there. But how good is it to leave her.” The interpreter of the magnificent title Brest no longer needs to prove his attachment to the city.

Drink ? Why Miossec no longer does it

Performing on stage, Miossec's raison d'être but also a source of anxiety. To the point of sometimes going there drunk, when he was still drinking. “A neurological disease pushed him to stop drinking about ten years ago“, says the newspaper. No more addictions, the Breton preserves himself.

Miossec back on stage after a forced rest

Health returned, Miossec goes back on tour throughout France after having had to give it up in 2023 to recover from his cancer, when he had just unveiled his album Simplify. During his treatment, he had to “remain silent for two periods of one month while only communicating on a slate“, noted Liberation. “It's funny for a singer. Like I said too many words“, adds the artist. Now, Miossec is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his album 1964 reissued for the occasion while preparing to return to the stage and reconnect with an audience who missed him so much.