INTERVIEW
Etienne Daho, the mysterious icon of French pop is told in the microphone Europe 1 Isabelle Morizet in the show "There is not a life in life". The singer confides on his adolescence. At the age of 15, he lies on his age and leaves alone to work in Manchester, in the birth of the punk movement.
"I lived with my mother who had few means, so to buy me mopeds or records, I worked every summer, I wrote everywhere, and that's the only answer I had So I went to Manchester, took the ferry and when I arrived they kept me, "the singer continued. "They a little downgraded me to the place I had to occupy, but they put on a blouse and I had breakfast."
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"The punk movement was a tidal wave"
At this time in England, we are far from the disco and pop that will be the banner of the singer. The punk movement is in full swing. "The movement was a tidal wave," recalls the singer. "Many young people who did not know how to sing or play took guitars and went on stage, we wanted to overthrow the previous generation who wore beards, long hair and hooves!"
"I was carried away," says Etienne Daho, "it felt like we were participating in something, we were talking about No Futur but at the same time it was a rather romantic period, we wanted freedom. the elders had gone astray! "
On October 18th, a limited edition box will be released with all the remastered titles of the album Eden, as well as 40 bonuses and 21 unreleased tracks. An exceptional tour is also announced, starting October 25th.