Lara Fabian was yesterday the guest of C to you. As always very comfortable, she delighted the chroniclers by his simplicity and kindness. She initially came to present her new title I looked for you, but as often in Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine's show, the subjects were numerous and varied. One particularly moved Lara Fabian however.
There has indeed been a lot of talk about Johnny Hallyday. An artist with whom she shared the stage at the start of her career in 1998. The most famous French rocker was also rave about the Brussels native. He always showed his support for the singer when she was just starting out and that he was already a sacred monster of music. An affection that she has not forgotten today.
Lara Fabian very moved
Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her teams love digging through archive images more than anything. This is how they found extracts from an episode ofSpecial correspondent dating from 1998. While Lara Fabian is just starting to make a name for itself in Franceshe will meet Johnny Hallyday. He is already a legend, but he will take a liking to the young woman and will encourage him in his own way.
We can thus see him go to meet the young Lara Fabian and ask her how she is. Visibly doubly stressed by her performance and the presence of Johnny, she will reveal to him that she has a lot of stage fright. It is then that Johnny will come to her level and reassure her. “It’s normal, me too, I'm on the verge of throwing up. But on the other hand, once you're there, you're there! “.
Johnny Hallyday's message before entering the stage
Johnny Hallyday and Lara Fabian will see each other several times following this tasty episode. The rocker even invited him to the Stade de France a few months later to perform their duet Requiem for a Madman. An incredible moment still engraved in the singer's memory. Lara Fabian also returned for an interview at M Radio on this totally disproportionate concert in front of nearly 80,000 people.
“I'm 28 years old, it's the first time I'm going to experience something of this level, to be facing a giant like him, facing a lawn with the heads of 80,000 people. And he said to me with this force: 'You are going to take your place because I am here for you to take your place'. And he’s going to let me enter this universe, in front of all these people, surrounded by 300 singers and around fifty musicians.” Johnny Hallyday always considered that Lara Fabian was his female alter egoit seems that he was not mistaken.
