Like many artists, Manu Lanvin keeps a very present memory of his friendship with Johnny Hallyday. The son of actor Gérard Lanvin met the rocker in 2015 on the island of Saint-Barthélémy where he had his summer habits. He also owned a sumptuous villa where he regularly invited family and friends for the holidays. Moments that were not always easy if we trust the confidences of Manu Lanvin. The musician, blues composer, confided in our colleagues from Figaro about those moments spent in the Caribbean with Taulier. When they first met, they "spent evenings talking about great guitarists, he knew them all! And I did about fifteen dates in the first part on his tour Stay alive, "said Gérard Lanvin's son.
Manu Lanvin saddened and embarrassed by the last days of Johnny Hallyday
Manu Lanvin also evokes this lack of intimacy felt when he shared a drink or a meal with Johnny Hallyday on the small Caribbean island. "It was very embarrassing, I hated, there is a lot of voyeurism in Saint-Barth", explains to our colleagues from Figaro. "All I hope is that he enjoyed listening to my music and was able to forget his treatments for a moment", says the musician, evoking the last days of the star, weakened by the disease. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday, the 46-year-old singer specifies that he has never set foot in Saint-Barthélémy again. "Summer was our date. I know he won't come, so I'm not interested", he said.
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