Even if it was predictable, the “retirement” of Sylvie Vartan, announced by the artist herself, will have caught her fans cold. The interpreter of “ La Maritza “, ” The most beautiful to go dancing ” Or ” What makes blondes cry? » therefore bows out after a long career (begun in 1961) punctuated by 1,500 songs and more than fifty albums.
To make the pill pass, the icon – of Bulgarian origin – of French song confided at the Parisian on Thursday January 25, 2024. We learn that she has carefully considered her decision: “I don’t want to put on too much of a show,” she declares. I’m going to be 80 years old, anyway! I still have the strength and my voice, thank goodness, but it can’t last forever. I need to settle down.”
Eager to close the chapter of her professional life in style, Sylvie Vartan will perform three dates (Friday 8, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November 2024) at the Dôme de Paris – Palais des sports. No more. At least, for the moment: “I’m not going to do three hundred days, like during my longest tour, she confirms… before confessing that she would still like to sing one last time abroad , “but beyond 2025, basta! “.
According to Gala, her son David Hallyday remains hopeful of seeing his mother return to the stage: “I hope it won’t be the last,” he declared. I still want to go see her in concert, it reminds me of things… We have to go see her, hoping that it won’t be (really) the last one.