Johnny Symphonique Tour

Johnny Symphonique Tour 2027-2028

"Le vrai Johnny Hallyday, il est sur scène." Yvan Cassar

This intimate conviction, Yvan Cassar has formed over more than 15 years during which he accompanied Johnny as musical director. It constitutes the starting point of a singular project entrusted to him: to restore the full power and emotion of Johnny Hallyday's voice as it resonated on stage, while offering him the sonic shell enabled by studio recordings.

From this ambition arise two albums: in 2019, Johnny, and in 2021 Act II. Both rest on an original principle: preserve Johnny Hallyday's live vocal takes and magnify them with new arrangements, sometimes orchestral, sometimes deliberately pared down. A faithful homage to the artist, with the intensity that only the stage could reveal.

In May 2022, Johnny Symphonique hit the road for a first tour of twenty dates. Under Yvan Cassar's direction, more than one hundred musicians, a choir and a visual production accompany Johnny's voice, rendered on three giant screens. The great 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 or the rhythm and blues medley imagined by Johnny in the sixties. The repertoire widens, the emotion remains. In total, these two tours will have drawn more than 100,000 spectators.

In 2027, as the public prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Johnny Hallyday's death, Johnny Symphonique opens a new chapter. From November 10, 2027, the show will resume for 23 dates across France until March 2028. Always under Yvan Cassar's direction, 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 tableaux, an expanded repertoire and several guests who will join to share this celebration at the Dijon Zénith.