Her weekends may not be easy. While he released a best-of entitled (New collection on November 5, Alain Souchon is embarking on a tour which will end on March 27, 2022 at the Philharmonie de Paris. Yet it is far from the boards and spotlights that he likes to bask on Sundays, whenever he has the opportunity. The 77-year-old artist, who lives in Loir-et-Cher, swears by hiking … to the chagrin of his wife, Françoise.
I call my wife to pick me up by car
“Walking is a healthy lifestyle, he explains in the columns of JDD. I take a staff map, I fix a point 20 kilometers away, and once I reach my destination I call my wife to come and pick me up by car. She finds me razor sharp.. “In more than 50 years of life together, Alain Souchon and Françoise have had time to tame. But do not expect to see them appear together: the mother of Pierre and Charles has a holy horror of the media exposure and strongly asked his partner to be quiet about him.
I like this banality of life
Small departure from the rule, however, while Alain Souchon describes his family life, and in particular his ideal weekend, at the JDD. “I get up at 8:30 am because I hate hanging out in bed. I will annoy my children and my grandchildren, I take them to the Luxembourg garden, he specifies. I like this banality of life. I can have dinner with friends or receive them, go to a restaurant with my wife or stay in front of the television with a pizza. “It will be necessary to wait a little, alas, before finding the peace of the hearth. On tour, the artist is another man, who leads a monastic life.”We are on the road, I sleep all afternoon to preserve my voice. Once the adrenaline of the concert has subsided, I have dinner alone and find my hotel room, he admits. I’m not even going to get drunk, alcohol has always given me a headache.. “We will have to find Françoise, no doubt, to drink a good drink.
Find the full interview with Alain Souchon in the JDD of November 14, 2021.