Legendary French singer Johnny Halliday is in an induced coma after a fuck up in a routine operation. He is expected to make a full recovery but I might as well take the opportunity to give props to the great rock star,
I went to live in Lebanon when I was eleven. Lebanon was a former French protecterate and French pop was all over the place. Then, like now, I was something of a populist, and the man was HUGE in Lebanon. Played live sometimes and I vaguely remember seeing him at Casino de Liban once.
A mammoth talent who along with Serge Gainsborg, Francoise Hardy and Jacques Brel define French pop music.