TRIBUTES TO JOHNNY HALLYDAY

WHO WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED 75 YEARS

Not everyone can go to the island of Saint Barthelemy, become a place of pilgrimage for the fans of the singer who is buried there since December 11, 2017, the fans found as rallying point the church of the Madeleine.

This anniversary mass is an initiative of Bruno Horaist, parish priest of the Madeleine, who organizes a tribute mass to Johnny every 9th since the funeral.

Hymns like the "Doors of the penitentiary", "Hold the night" or "I love you" punctuate the ceremony. "Johnny is still alive because in our hearts, he's still alive," says Chris Evans at the end of his songs, the Mass celebrated by Father Horaist, started at 12:30.

David Hallyday and Laura Smet, for their part, paid tribute to their father who died of cancer on December 5, 2017. In the morning, Laura unveiled a photo of her wrist with a tattooed eagle. In legend, a "I love you" . David also chose the same symbol to honor his father's memory. The 51-year-old singer writes: "This day, not like any other, unfortunately resembles all the others ... I miss you every moment" . Their father had an eagle tattooed on the biceps and the 29th studio album is titled "Somewhere an eagle".

In Paris but also elsewhere in France national tributes take place.

In Marseille his manager Jean-Claude Camus and his friend Michel Drucker, will tell "their Johnny" as part of the 4th edition of the "Festival Books, Stars". In Viviers (Ardèche village where Johnny's mother is buried) a statue of the singer more than 3 meters high will be inaugurated.

Sébastien Farran on RTL did a phone interview in which the former manager reveals that Johnny's latest album "will not be called I promise you" and that "it will not be a posthumous album but the last album from Johnny. It's his album, he did it. A personal album that corresponds to him so much. "