“I’ll still be here in 50 years”: Singer Renaud celebrates his birthday in front of emotional fans
5:30 a.m., 69 songs, one euro admission… La Cigale 2007 remains a cult concert for Renaud fans. Eight hundred of them discovered its preview this Monday at the Grand Rex during a birthday party with the singer and his daughter Lolita. Report.
By Eric BureauRenaud's fans have been waiting for this moment for eighteen years! Relive his legendary concert on September 29, 2007, at La Cigale. His longest show, a 5.5-hour marathon of 69 songs, in front of 1,200 spectators. A concert he organized to please them, at the end of his "Rouge sang" tour. He rented the Parisian venue and asked for only a symbolic euro to be donated to a charity from his fans, who had themselves drawn up the set list. The concert began at 5:30 p.m. and had to end to respect the time imposed by the neighbors.
This Monday, at the Grand Rex, they are almost as numerous for the preview of the film, before its broadcast in the cinemas of the CGR network on May 15 and 20. There are eight hundred of them but they cheer like two thousand when Renaud arrives on stage, accompanied by his daughter Lolita and his two assistants Pierre and Bloodi . "Renaud, Renaud, Renaud" they repeat, clapping their hands like football fans. They wish him a happy birthday and make a double toast. For his 73rd birthday, which he celebrated the day before, and his 50 years of career, which Le Parisien also celebrates in a special edition on newsstands and online .
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