A new statue for Johnny Hallyday. The rocker who died on December 5, 2017, he was almost 6 years old, had already been entitled to a three-meter statue in Ardèche and his “stupid statue” in the Bercy district of Paris. A new statue will see the light of day in the city of Fréjus, in the Var. It was its mayor, National Rally councilor David Rachline, who announced the news to our colleagues in Nice morning.
A statue “in praise of the rocker” must see the light of day in collaboration with HDC Desperadosthe biker club that Johnny Hallyday co-created with two friends in 1992. It remains to be seen where the famous statue will be installed. “For the moment, the final location has not yet been decided. Several avenues are being studied, starting with the Nature Base and Port-Fréjus.explains David Rachline to our colleagues at Nice morning. “This place would allow fans to gather. It would be all the more important that the artist’s grave is located in Saint-Barth’, in the West Indies, several kilometers from France.”
⋙ Funeral of Johnny Hallyday the 1st photos of Laeticia, David
Statue of Johnny Hallyday: why in Fréjus?
Several elements on this statue project have been communicated, already making it possible toimagine what it will look like. The statue tribute to Johnny Hallyday should be 1.80m high. She should represent the rocker, taking inspiration from his look during his 50th birthday concert, given at the Stade de France in 1993. It is the sculptor Olivier Delobel who will be responsible for carrying out this work, according to information from our colleagues at France Bleu.
The choice of the city of Fréjus to install the statue of Johnny Hallyday must not nothing to chance. First of all, it is in the south of France that the international biker club created by the rocker still has the most active members today. Above all, Johnny Hallyday had a special link with this city. It was on the site of the Nature Base in the town of Var that Johnny Hallyday gave a concert on July 2, a little over a year before his death, bringing together around 15,000 people.
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