The singer had announced to go back on stage as soon as possible. It’s done since he will perform from the end of June until the beginning of September on the stage of 16 festivals such as Nîmes, Tarbes, Châlons-en-Champagne or Nancy. The artist also returns to the recording studio “to rehearse,” he told Liberation. Photos of Carla Bruni and Florent Pagny in the recording studio, posted by the singer in early June and heralding a promising musical collaboration, delighted fans. Florent Pagny, who made a surprise return to The Voice on May 28, is also preparing “a duo show for the start of the school year in September. »
The 61-year-old singer opened up about his private life. He, who lives half the year in Patagonia with his wife Azucena, said he sold his cow farm and tried to stop meat, influenced by his daughter Aël, a vegetarian. “I’m not doing this to please her, but because she’s right. All this has an impact on nature and I try to correct the situation on my scale. »
The interpreter of Knowing how to love also spoke of his break-up with Vanessa Paradis and the judgment of those around him. “I had to feel sorry for my breakup with Vanessa Paradis. I could clearly see the eyes around me. In fact, I didn’t know if it was pity or mockery,” he says. The couple were together for three years from 1988 to 1991, and their age difference of eleven years, in addition to the fact that the actress was 15 years old at the start of their relationship, caused controversy.
In early April, the artist published an autobiography co-written with novelist Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad. Entitled Pagny by Florent, it met with great success with more than 100,000 copies sold. He talks about his career, his romantic relationships but also his fight against the disease, which “brought him back to life”, according to the writer. “In recent years, he was no longer fighting, it was not worth it. He was on a highway, everything was going for him. He was looking for meaning in his life and he found a fight to fight, “says Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad to Liberation.
Suffering from lung cancer, the singer had a relapse in January after neglecting his treatment with immunotherapy. At the end of May, he announced that he was getting better in Télématin: “The chemo is behind me, so as soon as the chemicals go away, everything becomes more fun. »
