If Claire Keim delivered a magnificent interpretation of Winner Mistral, precisely, Elodie Frégé, Zaz or even Calogero and Bénabar were not left out, all determined to please the artist who celebrates his 70th birthday this Wednesday. But on stage, there were not only singers: Jean-Paul Rouve was also present and also performed a song by Renaud, with whom he has been very close for fifteen years.
A friendship that Renaud had related to Parisian : “We have become very good friends. We met in 2007 at the Café de l’Homme. For his role as Spaggiari (in the film Sans arme, ni hatred, ni violence), who was a fan of me, he had borrowed a jacket, bandanas, a T-shirt with my effigy, and we remained friends”. If they see each other regularly on Ile sur la Sorgue, where Renaud lives, they also met recently, in the singer’s last clip, If you buy me a drink.
Happy to find the singer in good shape, the public noted his voice, still very damaged but less rocky than at a certain time. A change in tone which can be explained by changes in his lifestyle: he has completely stopped drinking today but not smoking, which is very harmful for the vocal cords.
An addiction he finds it difficult to give up… but which he has limited over time. “I still smoke like a fireman. But I went from four packs a day to one pack“, he had explained recently in an interview.