“It’s going to look like a musical”: Sylvie Vartan begins her farewell tour this Friday in Paris

A final lap. This Friday, November 8, Sylvie Vartan kicks off her farewell tour called “I’m bowing out”. The famous 80-year-old singer will give the final six concerts of her career from November 8 to 10, 2024 at the Dôme de Paris and from January 24 to 26 at the Palais des Congrès. “I have lived on a volcano since I started, 63 years ago. I have done so much that, at some point, you have to calm down a little,” confided the interpreter of “The most beautiful to go dancing” to AFP.

“It’s time. I can’t continue at this crazy pace, even if I feel the same enthusiasm. I’m starting to get tired. For now, I’m still singing well, but it’s inevitable that it will stop one day. day”she admits. “I want to offer correct things, in the color I like and in the way I like. I definitely don’t want to drag myself on stage!”laughs the star.

Michel Sardou refused to go on stage with her

For her last tour, Johnny Hallyday’s ex-wife plans to do things in a big way. “It will resemble a musical comedy with the magical moments of my career which has been quite romantic. Everything that I shared with the public from the age of 17 with the song ‘Panne d’essence’ in duet with Frankie Jordan, she explains.

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Sylvie Vartan will also be surrounded by exceptional guests, including her son David Hallyday. “I want it to remain a surprise, but there will obviously be at least David, with an orchestra of around fifteen musicians, my backing singers and my dancers”continues the singer who confided that Michel Sardou had refused to go on stage with her to sing her song “The Balkans and Provence”. “I wanted him to come and sing with me, but he refused. He’s exaggerating, especially since our song is very pretty. But I wasn’t going to harass him.”told the singer Point.