On tour since April 2022 with his son Thomas, the famous singer Jacques Dutronc decided to retire from the stage after a performance at the Accor Arena in Paris, while other concerts were planned in France until February 2023.
” It stops because my father prefers to stop now “. Jacques Dutronc, 79, prematurely ended the joint tour with his son, said Thomas Dutronc this Thursday, December 22 on RTL radio. ” It’s his kind of not to do too much, he prefers to be rare […] We have the impression, we, to stop in the middle of the tour “, he continues.
Father and son therefore performed for the last time the day before at the Accor Arena in Paris. A statement sent by the record company’s press service, titled ” Jacques Dutronc paid for his last tour », even speaks of « Jacques’ farewell to the stage “.
But Thomas Dutronc is not so definitive. ” I’m sure he’ll regret not continuing, because we (had) made him a show with little onions. He sang wonderfully, a truly fabulous voice “, he adds to the microphone of RTL.
Real goodbyes?
Surprise comebacks are commonplace in show business, even at older ages. At 75, Michel Sardou had assured the Parisian that he was stopping the scene in 2021, before announcing in this same newspaper (and in other media) last November that he was going to go back there in 2023.
After more than 60 years of career, Jacques Dutronc had accepted only at the request of his son to leave his musical retirement in Corsica. ” It’s true that he didn’t go home, to Corsica, during the whole tour “, adds Thomas Dutronc on RTL. ” He stayed on the continent, it’s not easy. And then, he will be 80 years old (in April). He worries he won’t hold up “. Then to conclude: Either way, whatever he chose, he wouldn’t have been happy. I know him. Him, the concerts, he adores. It’s everything around it that’s a bit complicated. »
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To mark the end of the tour, the clip of I’m nobody (Eternal until tomorrow) was put online this Thursday, December 22, whose lyrics, written by Thomas and sung with his father, are clearly inspired by the famous dilettantism of the man with the cigar and dark glasses.
(With AFP)