2023-08-18 08:22:37
Two days after the death in a plane crash of his half-brother, the singer performed in La Baule (Loire-Atlantique) in a concert full of emotion.
“He would have hated that I didn’t sing […] I sing to tell my brother that I love him.” All dressed in black, Thursday evening August 17, on a stage in La Baule (Loire-Atlantique), Julien Clerc paid tribute to his half-brother, journalist Gérard Leclerc, who died in a plane crash two days earlier. . Standing on the front of the stage, in front of nearly 1,500 spectators, the singer (Paul-Alain Leclerc of his real name) honored the memory of his “little brother”, who “attended (his) concerts for 50 years” .
When he arrived on stage, the 75-year-old singer received a long standing ovation from the crowd, who applauded him standing in an amphitheater surrounded by greenery. “My brother had given me an appointment here tonight, fate decided otherwise,” said the singer, his voice tight. Gérard Leclerc, Cnews journalist and former presenter of France 2, died Tuesday in the crash, in Lavau-sur-Loire (Loire-Atlantique) of the tourist plane he was piloting. He was to go to the Julien Clerc concert scheduled for Thursday evening.
A “not easy” concert
Present in the audience, Pascal Praud, star host of Cnews, of which Gérard Leclerc was one of the columnists, hailed the memory of a “wonderful comrade” and an “eternal young man” of “rare kindness”. “In the debate as it is organized, it was essential. He allowed me to sometimes be a little caricatural because he was precisely always in the nuance, in moderation, ”added the polemicist.
Arms crossed, under the trees, Frédéric Renaudin, former pianist of Julien Clerc, greeted the “not simple” concert of an artist of “great modesty”, having a “deep respect for his audience”. Seated a little further in the stands, Emmanuelle, 65, had come from Guérande to attend the concert, moved to see her “favorite” artist maintain the evening “despite the drama”. “He’s an artist all the way. And it’s a beautiful message of hope: it continues to communicate beyond death, ”said this spectator.
On stage, to applause, Julien Clerc began his concert with the title Comment tu vas. Singing his chorus in a strong voice and microphone in hand: “Because me, you see, I’m thinking of you”.
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