Almost seven years after the death of Johnny Hallyday, his son David paid him a poignant tribute on stage. The singer and musician has rearranged the idol’s greatest hits, but also his own, all in a poignant production.
On a gigantic screen at the back of the stage, a black and white film. Looking more closely at the eyes of the young man wandering in a field, there is no doubt; it is a Hallyday. Or rather a Smet! At only 20 years old, the son of David and Alexandra Pastor participates in this beautiful tribute paid to his grandfather, to the sound of the eternal “Something from Tennessee“It’s this whole part of the Hallyday clan that brings its touch to this.”Requiem for a Madman“2024 version: Ilona, the eldest, but also Laura, David’s sister, so proud to see the rebirth of the title that her father dedicated to her at his birth, and which had surprisingly disappeared from Johnny’s concerts during his last tours This father whom she said she had ended up seeing in secret, as her relations with her mother-in-law had become so tense.
With this ambitious tour, music returns to the fore and makes us forget the family wars which followed the farewell to Le Taulier. By tackling his father’s repertoire, David Hallyday is taking on a famous challenge! How can we manage to string together titles that require such vocal strength? “Live for the best“, “desire“, “Behind love“. Johnny’s worthy heir certainly does not take the easy route! But he offers an audience who has been orphaned for 7 years the most authentic alternative presented so far on stage.
David Hallyday will perform in Brussels on April 13, 2025 at Forest National.
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