Before going back on stage and scouring French festivals next summer, Florent Pagny is starting a promotional tour on the occasion of the release of his autobiography “Pagny by Florent” which was released on Wednesday April 5, 2023 at Fayard. . Radio shows, television sets, interviews on the channel… the former juror of “The Voice” who is currently undergoing new treatment due to the recurrence of his lung cancer does not stop… But his fans know, to get the most beautiful anecdotes about the life of the 61-year-old singer, just open his book which traces his life journey like never before.
The proof, in his book, Florent Pagny even mentioned the name of several public figures like Vanessa Paradis, his ex-companion, but also the late Johnny Hallyday. And for good reason, before the death of the rocker on December 9, 2017, the interpreter of “My freedom to think” had the opportunity to meet the husband of Laeticia Hallyday on several occasions.
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“I was on tour at that time.”
Thus, in “Pagny by Florent”, the singer says that Johnny Hallyday’s relatives asked him to “come and carry his coffin” during the funeral… A request that Florent Pagny rejected because he was “quite incapable”.
“I withdrew into myself. While thinking of you, every night, when I was singing – I was on tour at that time. I know you know. You would have done the same, if the roles had been reversed. On certain points, we are alike”, writes Florent Pagny on this subject. A very touching story.