Johnny Symphonique Tour

Johnny Symphonique Tour 2027-2028

“The real Johnny Hallyday is on stage.” 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 force and emotion of Johnny Hallyday's voice as it resonated in concert, while providing the sonic cradle made possible by studio recordings.

From this ambition come 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 faithful tribute to the artist, with the intensity that only the stage could reveal.

In May 2022, Johnny Symphonique took to the road for a first tour of twenty dates. 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. 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 planned 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 expands, 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 passing, Johnny Symphonique opens a new chapter. From November 10, 2027, the show will embark on 23 dates across France through March 2028, notably at Brest Arena. Always under Yvan Cassar's direction, it will continue to make this voice heard, carried by the presence 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.