Johnny Symphonique Tour

Johnny Symphonic Tour 2027-2028

"The real Johnny Hallyday is on stage." — Yvan Cassar

This intimate conviction, Yvan Cassar has acquired over more than 15 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 power and emotion of Johnny Hallyday's voice as it resonated in concert, while offering him the sonic frame afforded by studio recordings.

From this ambition arose two albums: 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, sometimes symphonic, sometimes deliberately pared down. A tribute to the artist, with the intensity that only the stage could reveal.

An idea then took hold: to bring these songs back to their origin, the stage. In May 2022, Johnny Symphonique hit 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, rendered 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 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 widens, the emotion remains intact.

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 until March 2028. Still under the direction of Yvan Cassar, it will continue to make this voice heard, carried by the power of a symphonic orchestra and a meticulously crafted staging. This new tour will offer new musical numbers, an enriched repertoire, and several guests who will come to share this celebration.