Johnny Symphonique Tour

Johnny Symphonique Tour will be in concert at the Zénith in Strasbourg on November 26, 2027 at 7:00 PM.

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

This intimate conviction, Yvan Cassar has formed over more than fifteen years during which he accompanied Johnny as musical director. It constitutes the starting point of a singular project entrusted to him: to reproduce the full power and emotion of Johnny Hallyday's voice as it resonated in concert, while offering it the sonic environment that studio recordings allow.

From this ambition arise two albums: in 2019, Johnny, and in 2021 Act II. Both rest on an unprecedented principle: to preserve Johnny Hallyday's live vocal takes and magnify them with new arrangements, sometimes symphonic, sometimes deliberately stripped. 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 the direction of Yvan Cassar, more than one hundred musicians, a choir and a visual production accompany Johnny's voice, projected 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 programmed 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 broadens, the emotion remains intact.

In 2027, as the public is about to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of Johnny Hallyday's passing, Johnny Symphonique opens a new chapter. From November 10, 2027, the show will travel for twenty-three 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 symphony orchestra and a carefully crafted staging. This new tour will offer new musical tableaux, an enriched repertoire and several guests who will come to share this celebration.