While the Belgian singer announced the end of his “Multitude Tour” tour to take “rest”, Thierry Coljon, who rubbed shoulders with him for several years, recalls that these concert cancellations represent a big financial loss.
“The problem is the day he says he’s touring again, whether it’s in three, four or five years, the insurance companies will talk about chronic illness and won’t want to insure him”, explains Wednesday, May 10 on franceinfo Thierry Coljon, music journalist for the Belgian daily “Le Soir”, about the singer Stromae who announced Tuesday the cancellation of the rest of his tour “Multitude Tour”.
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“We can’t imagine Stromae coming alone with his acoustic guitar, as some artists do, in a small room. It’s not his thing”continues the journalist who rubbed shoulders with the singer for five years in order to tell his story in Stromae, the underside of a phenomenon, published in March. The singer-songwriter is, the journalist insists, “crazy show”, like the American shows “gigantic, with ambitious visuals”. Shows that cost “lots of money” and which are only amortized with “many dates”, points out Thierry Coljon. “So these are large sums, it’s huge”. In case of cancellation, it is therefore a “true loss”.
Stromae did “still not said exactly what he had”adds Thierry Coljon when the artist announced the total cessation of his tour and said he needed “rest”. The 38-year-old Belgian singer had already partially stopped his tour. The journalist assures that the artist stops “The death in the soul”.
“If he cancels everything, it’s because he is really very bad because he is very annoyed for all his fans”.
Thierry Coljon, Belgian journalistat franceinfo
“We forget that the tours are getting longer and longer”, adds Thierry Coljon “because artists live mainly from concerts today and no longer from their records or from streaming”. A trend that is sometimes not without consequence, because “some artists can’t hold on” and sometimes take “drugs or drink alcohol”. “It’s not Paul’s design [Stromae]assures the journalist who affirms that the singer “has a perfect lifestyle”. “He would rather stop everything than go too far or screw himself up.”
The question now for Thierry Coljon is to “to know if we will see Stromae on stage again one day”. What is certain, according to him, is that the singer “is a creative, workaholic” and that he “will continue to create, but maybe it will no longer go through the stage”, he concludes.