Daniel Lavoie has been installed in Europe for several years, and is still shooting Notre Dame – ParisHe said that he was honored Thursday morning during rehearsals for the grand National Day parade that will be held on Monday evening, for being invited to participate in this 1,000th celebration of Saint Jean-Baptiste.
The singer, who returns to Quebec whenever possible to visit his family, has performed as well on Quebec's Plains of Abraham as he has in Montreal over the course of his 55-year career.
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“I'm always honored to be invited, and I'm honored that I'm still considered enough of a Quebecois to participate in the national holiday,” he said, explaining that he now resides in Paris, after living for some time in Italy.
The 75-year-old singer-songwriter will perform several of his hits on Monday evening at Maisonneuve Park, as well as participate in a few group songs.
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“We never get tired of singing a song. It's like saying: 'Are you tired of eating hot dogs?' For me, it's something that I happily return to. A song that carried us and brought us fame that allowed us to live in this environment, it's always fun, and when we feel that people They like to hear it, it takes on another life, as if it does not belong to me, stressed the singer who hopes to die on stage or at least continue performing until incapacity.
“I will die on stage as much as possible. But if that doesn't happen, unfortunately, it will be because I can no longer sing,” said the French singer from Manitoba.
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Daniel Lavoie will release a new album in the fall, recorded at Abbey Road, which he describes as halfway between an audiobook and a musical for his book. uselessness And a peace album.
“I took the texts that were read, with the strings, and it was like a record, not a slam dunk, but almost,” he said.
Grand National Day presentation titled Our chancewill take place on Monday evening at Maisonneuve Park and will be broadcast on TVA starting at 8:30 p.m., at the same time on Cogeco Media music stations.
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