Belgian singer Stromae announces the total cessation of his tour for health reasons

Belgian singer Stromae, on the stage of Rock en Seine 2022, at the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, near Paris. © Edmond Sadaka / RFI

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Belgian star Stromae announced Tuesday on his social networks that he needs "rest" and completely stop his European tour, already partially stopped and which was to last until December 2023.

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I have to accept that this time of rest and remission will be longer than I imagined " writes Stromae. "It is therefore with great regret that I will not be able to honour my promise and that I announce the end of the Multitude Tour today." The author of the hit "Formidable" was to perform in several cities in France, Belgium, Germany.

Already a victim of burnout in 2015

The 38-year-old artist had already had to observe a long break in the past because of burnout. Drained by an XXL world tour in the wake of the album Racine carrée (2013), Stromae had first thrown in the towel at the end of 2015, undermined by depression aggravated by the side effects of an antimalarial.

One of the most listened to francophone artists in the world was finally back on stage in 2022, to present Multitude. This third album allowed him to win a sixth and seventh Victoire de la musique, the French equivalent of the American Grammy Awards.

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Undefeated ", opening track – on record and on stage – seemed to attest to his return to form and a renewed ambition. He had also confessed to "suicidal thoughts" in "L'enfer", a piece with a strong autobiographical tone released in 2022. Stromae has never made a secret of the problems encountered during his ascent. "Even if we sell dreams, it remains a job and, as in any job, when we work too much, we arrive at a burn-out," he conceded in 2018 in an interview with France 2.

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