Singer Florent Pagny, who had to cancel part of his 2022 tour due to lung cancer, will return to the stage for a string of festivals in 2023, he announced on social media on Thursday. He has made public the names of 12 festivals where he will perform in June and July, starting with the Festival de Nîmes (June 30) and passing through the Arènes de Bayonne (July 21) and the Colmar Wine Fair (July 30).
Tickets go on sale on Friday, with further concerts to be announced at a later date, the message states that it does not give any indication of the 61-year-old singer’s health. He announced nearly a year ago on January 25 that he would have to cancel the remaining thirty concerts of his 60th birthday tour to undergo treatment for a cancerous lung tumor.
In March, he attended a concert in support of Ukraine broadcast on France 2 and France Inter. Historical juror of the TF1 telecrochet program “The Voice” with nine seasons active, Florent Pagny had continued the recordings for the edition that ended in May, but will not participate in the twelfth season next year.
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