A concert in tribute to Johnny Hallyday near Caen, guaranteed without caricature
By Writing Caen
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“Two hours of emotion. This is what Marc Rommé promises this Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Thaonclose to Caen (Calvados). The local singer and musician, who lives very close to the stadium where it suits him, “sings with sincerity the greatest standards of Johnny Hallyday“.
Marc Rommé is nothing like a double of the idol. It takes two hours of concert without imitation or caricature.
With his Cocktail Passion orchestra, Marc Rommé has hosted dance evenings for several years. He started music at the age of 12 in Alençon (Orne), in his hometown. “My teacher made me part of his group. Music, I made it my profession from 1997. »
Premiere with Johnny at the Trouville casino
For his concerts, he draws his covers from the French variety, mainly that of the 80s. One evening, at the casino of Trouville, shortly after the death of Johnny, in 2017, he is asked to interpret a little more than usual idol songs. “It went well, they asked me again,” he recalls. “I put together a group of four musicians: Jean-Claude Lambert on keyboard, Marc Lehoussel on drums, Tedd Zahmal on sax and harmonica, and me on guitar. »
The concert before the July 14 fireworks
Together, they perform around thirty songs, among the hundred they master, out of the 1,500 in Johnny Hallyday’s repertoire.
In August 2018, the group performed in front of 1,500 people in Trouville. A large audience is expected in Thaon on July 14. The animation committee of the town hall also planned to shoot the fireworks just after the concert.
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