Johnny Symphonique Tour - Johnny Symphonique

Johnny Symphonique Tour 2027-2028

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

This intimate conviction, Yvan Cassar has acquired 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 the full strength and emotion of Johnny Hallyday’s voice as it resonated in concert, while offering it the sonic frame made possible by studio recordings.

From this ambition two albums were born: in 2019, Johnny, and in 2021 Acte II. Both rest on an unprecedented principle: preserving Johnny Hallyday’s live vocal takes and magnifying them with new arrangements, at times orchestral, at times deliberately pared down. A faithful tribute 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, delivered 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, and the rhythm and blues medley imagined by Johnny in the sixties.

In 2027, as the public is about to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Johnny Hallyday’s passing, Johnny Symphonique opens a new chapter. From 10 November 2027, the show will resume for 23 dates across France until March 2028, notably at the Zénith Nantes Métropole. Still under Yvan Cassar’s direction, it will continue to bring this voice to life, carried by the power of a symphonic orchestra and a crafted staging. This new tour will offer new musical tableaux, an enriched repertoire, and several guests who will join in this celebration.