This Thursday, December 7, Damien Saez gave an interview to Parisian on the occasion of the end of his tour, which ends on Saturday at the Accor Arena in Paris. The 46-year-old songwriter spoke about his new lifestyle which allows it to ensure these “twenty dates in one month”. When he welcomed our colleagues in his dressing room at 7 p.m. last Saturday, before going on stage in Amnéville, in Moselle, the artist had recently woken up. He ate pasta and has a cup of tea by hand.
This is a change from his old habits. “Tour without alcohol. In Dijon, I gave the first concert of my life in water”, explained Damien Saez with pride, specifying that he is simply no longer physically capable of consuming as many strong drinks as in the past. “I started Jack again [Daniels] in Lille, but my liver said no. Two, three beers are okay from time to time”, he however qualified. The singer nevertheless assures that by drinking only water, “the trance on stage is not less strong. It is just different”. The singer of the title Young and stupid indeed tested its limits a few years ago. In 2019, he was forced to end his tour prematurely because of several discomforts made on stage, by highlighting “medical reasons”.
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Nearby Parisian, at this point in his career, Damien Saez indicated that he wanted to pay more attention to his health, by consuming less alcohol. It must be said that the songwriter had made the fact of smoking up to four packs of cigarettes daily and of drink no less than three bottles of bourbon per day, when he was on tour. He finally seems to have succeeded in his bet since he started vaping to reduce his nicotine dose. More in shape than ever, the artist has planned to honor festivals in 2024 and even start a new tour in 2025.
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