"In 2023, Renaud signs his big comeback on stage with + in my strings +, an intimate tour where he will be accompanied on the piano by his friend Alain Lanty and a set of string instruments", is it announced on the singer's Instagram account.
The committed singer “will stop over” in three Parisian halls – La Scala, Le Casino de Paris and the Olympia – then will travel “all over France from January 2023”, it is specified.
Shortly before his 70th birthday, Renaud, a popular singer with more than 20 million albums sold, released a new cover album "Métèque" in May, in which he revisits standards by Yves Montand, Georges Moustaki, Higelin and Jean Ferrat.
"My voice stresses me out a lot, when I talk it's a bit hoarse, when I sing it's a bit laborious, I find it harder and harder to sing," the singer said on RTL, with deteriorated vocal cords. by past excesses.
Because of this damaged stamp, he said he no longer considered "touring on this album".
"I had struggled too much on that of 2016, with my hoarse, rocky voice, it still is", had slipped the singer, who fell into alcohol a few years ago.
"For a year and a half, I no longer drink a drop of alcohol, I am very satisfied, but I still smoke like a firefighter even though I have gone from four packs to one a day", continued the author of "Mistral winner", then not excluding going back on stage for "one or two exceptional concerts".
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