White glasses and long bleached hair, here comes Michel Polnareff again: the artist with multiple hits announced on Monday his return, at the age of 80, with a new song, “Sexcetera”, foreshadowing a future album and a tour.
« Event: My behind tour throughout France in 2025 and the Accor Arena on June 14, and new unreleased album on 02/28/25 ”, is written on the Instagram account of the interpreter of “ We will all go to heaven ».
The Franco-American artist, a fan of playful puns, chose this title as a nod to his famous poster for the concert at the Olympia in 1972 where he showed his buttocks. Buzz, scandal and even trial: the troublemaker of French variety will be sentenced to a heavy fine for indecent assault.
Troubles with the tax authorities followed: defrauded by his trusted man and ruined, the “Admiral” chose to head for the United States to go into exile there a year later.
Ahead of the album, Polnareff released a new single, titled “Sexcetera,” which addresses gender and sexual orientation, calling for tolerance. “ I am for great sexual freedom, I respect all trends, things, tricks, I have no problem with that, I have proven it a long time ago », declared Polnareff to TF1 on Monday, from the United States.
His new opus will be released on February 28, seven years after “Finally! », last original studio album, and three years later “Polnareff chante Polnareff”, composed of covers of his repertoire in piano-voice and certified gold with more than 80,000 copies sold.
On the tour side, Polnareff will begin with a date at the Apollo Theater in London at the beginning of April, a first for him, before continuing concerts in France, starting with the essential Printemps de Bourges festival, on April 15.
« Michel Polnareff will open the 49th edition of the festival during an event concert which will mark his first visit to Bourges and the start of his Derrière tour in France », Wrote the organization of the event on Instagram.
In the musical landscape since 1966 with “La Poupée qui fait non”, Polnareff left his mark on French song with his extravagant style, his voice and his songs hummed by several generations: “Love me, please love me”, “L’Amour avec you”, “Letter to France”, “Goodbye Marylou” and others.
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