Johnny Symphonique Tour

Vertigo presents: Johnny Symphonic Tour.

Johnny Symphonic Tour 2027-2028. The story continues with 23 dates across France from November 10, 2027 to March 2028, including a date at the Zénith in Lille.

“The real Johnny Hallyday is on stage.” — Yvan Cassar

This intimate conviction is something Cassar has developed over more than fifteen years, during which he accompanied Johnny as musical director. It forms the starting point of a singular project entrusted to him: to restore all the power and emotion of Johnny Hallyday’s voice as it sounded in concert, while offering the sonic cradle provided by studio recordings.

From this ambition arise two albums: in 2019, Johnny, and in 2021 Act II. Both are based on an unprecedented principle: preserving Johnny Hallyday’s live vocal takes and magnifying them with new arrangements, sometimes symphonic, sometimes deliberately pared down. A tribute to the artist, with the intensity that only the stage could reveal.

In May 2022, Johnny Symphonique hit the road for a first twenty-date tour. Under the direction of Yvan Cassar, more than a hundred musicians, a choir and a visual creation accompany Johnny’s voice, reproduced on three giant screens. The classics regain their breath: Diego, libre dans sa tête, L’Envie, Allumer le feu, Que je t’aime, but also Marie, Sang pour sang, or Je te promets. A new series of concerts is scheduled for spring 2024, enriched with new titles including Gabrielle, Noir c’est noir, and the rhythm and blues medley imagined by Johnny in the sixties. The repertoire expands, the emotion remains.

In 2027, as the public prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Johnny Hallyday’s passing, Johnny Symphonique opens a new chapter. Beginning on November 10, 2027, the show will embark on 23 dates across France until March 2028. Always under the direction of Yvan Cassar, it will continue to make this voice heard, carried by the power of a symphonic orchestra and a carefully crafted staging.

This new tour will offer new musical numbers, an expanded repertoire and several guests who will join in this celebration.