This time is the last for Michel Sardou. The 77-year-old singer concludes his tour I remember a goodbyeSunday March 17 at La Défense Arena in Paris. In an interview given to ParisianWednesday March 13, the artist confirms that he will retire at the end of this one.
“I’m finally going to breathe. This tour is long and tiring. I’m 77 years old! »he tells our colleagues. “When I come off stage, after two hours, I’m done. And then, the road, the hotels, I can’t take it anymore…”he continues.
He leaves to settle in the South
Michel Sardou also announces that he has sold his Parisian apartment and his property in Normandy. All to settle down “in the mountains, in the South”. “Song and theater are over. Serious “he assures.
In 2017, the singer had already announced his decision to retire from the stage for the first time, before finally returning to it a few years later.
If he intends to stick with it this time, he admits that one project in particular could bring him temporarily out of retirement: touring with Olivier Marchal. “It’s the only thing that would amuse me, because I like it », specifies Michel Sardou.
In the meantime, the artist, who is close to sixty years of career and has sold more than 100 million records, will release one last album, that of this final tour, this Friday, March 15.