Jacques Dutronc has stopped drinking: he reveals what he compensates with…

The last time that Jacques Dutronc went on stage, it was in 2017 for the Old Scoundrels with his friend the late Johnny Hallyday. And the singer did not share only the love of music with the Taulier, since they also had a vice in common: a penchant for alcohol. But, at 78, Jacques is done with this addiction. He still has one more…

It’s in Le Figaro that we learn the good news when the newspaper went to the rehearsals of the tour that the singer is planning with his son Thomas Dutronc – kick-off on April 12 – which takes place in a studio of the Musical Scene ( Hauts-de-Seine). “Jacques Dutronc has stopped drinking, runs on Cohiba and sips organic chicory: ‘It’s not bad, but it’s better with honey in it.’“, we read. A meager compensation but a real plus for his health.

If he therefore replaced alcohol with a healthier drink, the interpreter of the tubes Cacti and It’s five o’clock, Paris is waking up continue to smoke cigars. This is confirmed by the newspaper, which was able to attend a day of rehearsals when Jacques Dutronc had made the trip from Corsica, where he has lived year-round for a long time now: “Sitting in a corner of the studio, cigar in mouth, he doesn’t miss a beat of what’s going on.“And, even if it was his son who convinced him to do this tour, he is not always tender with him about the choices he makes!

Jacques Dutronc will resume his hits for the greatest pleasure of the public with new arrangements worked by his son, who will also slip into the set list some of his own titles. “With this tour, we are meeting even more. This tour is above all the desire to spend some time together. To combine business with pleasure and vice versa“, relates Thomas to the Figaro. On the other hand, it will not be necessary to count on the presence of Françoise Hardy, whose health is still very fragile and who will not be able to attend one of the performances and even less take a short tour on stage with the men in her life since she can’t sing at all…

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