https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fans of the late Johnny Hallyday, "the French Elvis Presley", will be able to commemorate the sixth anniversary of his death with two songs never released before. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231117/new-songs-mark-sixth-anniversary-of-french-star-johnny-hallydays-death Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:05:35 +0100 new-songs-mark-sixth-anniversary-of-french-star-johnny-hallydays-death French rocker Johnny Hallyday's posthumous album sold 300,000 copies on Friday after going on sale at midnight, the late star's record company Warner Music France told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181020/posthumous-hallyday-album-sells-300000-on-first-day Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:28:57 +0200 posthumous-hallyday-album-sells-300000-on-first-day Fans of French rocker Johnny Hallyday, whose death last year sparked a nationwide outpouring of emotion, queued outside record stores on Thursday night to get their hands on his posthumous album. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181019/johnny-hallyday-french-rock-fans-queue-up-for-posthumous-album Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:25:41 +0200 johnny-hallyday-french-rock-fans-queue-up-for-posthumous-album The biological children of French rock legend Johnny Hallyday have launched court action to get access to his planned posthumous album, their lawyers said on Saturday, in the latest battle in a case that has transfixed France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180218/children-of-french-rocker-hallyday-go-to-court-over-album Sun, 18 Feb 2018 03:11:25 +0100 children-of-french-rocker-hallyday-go-to-court-over-album France has been transfixed this week by the no-holds-barred battle over the legacy of its biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, with his pop star friends and one of his ex-wives being drawn into the fray. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180217/france-agog-as-stars-war-over-rocker-johnny-hallydays-will Sat, 17 Feb 2018 05:19:05 +0100 france-agog-as-stars-war-over-rocker-johnny-hallydays-will The daughter of French rock legend Johnny Hallyday is to contest his will after being left "stupified and hurt" on finding out that he had left everything to his fourth wife, Laeticia, who was 32 years his junior. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/stupified-daughter-of-johnny-hallyday-to-contest-will-after-being-left-nothing Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:55:07 +0100 stupified-daughter-of-johnny-hallyday-to-contest-will-after-being-left-nothing The Madeleine church in Paris will hold a monthly mass in honour of beloved French rocker Johnny Hallyday in response to the number of fans turning up to pay tribute to the singer since his death in December. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180111/paris-church-to-hold-monthly-mass-in-homage-to-johnny-hallyday Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:51:13 +0100 paris-church-to-hold-monthly-mass-in-homage-to-johnny-hallyday A surge in "black market" Johnny Hallyday memorabilia has appeared since the French rocker's memorial in Paris just over a week ago...including cigarette butts, tissues and a photograph of his dead body in the coffin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171219/france-sees-boom-in-bizarre-johnny-hallyday-memorabilia-including-photo-of-rocker-in-his-coffin Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:37:46 +0100 france-sees-boom-in-bizarre-johnny-hallyday-memorabilia-including-photo-of-rocker-in-his-coffin They came, often from the poorest most forgotten corners of France, to honour a multi-millionaire tax exile they saw as one of their own. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171210/rocker-hallyday-wows-france-one-last-time Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:46:18 +0100 rocker-hallyday-wows-france-one-last-time France paid an emotional farewell Saturday to Johnny Hallyday -- the singer who taught the country how to rock -- in a highly theatrical "people's tribute" that brought Paris to a standstill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171209/france-awaits-rocker-hallydays-final-show-his-funeral Sat, 09 Dec 2017 10:56:50 +0100 france-awaits-rocker-hallydays-final-show-his-funeral Some 700 bikers will accompany the coffin of Johnny Hallyday as it makes its way down the famous Champs-Elysées Avenue in Paris on Saturday before a memorial service at the Madeleine church. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171208/700-bikers-and-the-rest-of-france-prepare-to-say-goodbye-to-johnny-hallyday Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:21:44 +0100 700-bikers-and-the-rest-of-france-prepare-to-say-goodbye-to-johnny-hallyday France will pay a "people's homage" to the legendary rock star Johnny Hallyday with a procession down the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171207/france-to-pay-national-homage-to-rocker-johnny-hallyday-in-paris Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:05:33 +0100 france-to-pay-national-homage-to-rocker-johnny-hallyday-in-paris Paris transport bosses have renamed a Metro station after the legendary French rock star Johnny Hallyday, whose death has plunged France into mourning. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171207/paris-renames-metro-station-after-french-rock-legend-johnny-hallyday Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:15:48 +0100 paris-renames-metro-station-after-french-rock-legend-johnny-hallyday Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday, who has been battling lung cancer for several months, returned home on Saturday after being hospitalised for days with breathing problems, a family member said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171118/french-rocker-johnny-hallyday-released-from-hospital Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:55:30 +0100 french-rocker-johnny-hallyday-released-from-hospital Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday, who has been battling lung cancer for several months, has been hospitalised with breathing problems, his entourage confirmed Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171117/french-rocker-johnny-hallyday-hospitalised Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:30:54 +0100 french-rocker-johnny-hallyday-hospitalised Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday announced Wednesday that he is being treated for cancer, but added in a Twitter message that his life was not in danger. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170309/johnny-hallyday-i-have-cancer-but-its-not-life-threatening Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:16:15 +0100 johnny-hallyday-i-have-cancer-but-its-not-life-threatening French rock star Johnny Hallyday is officially domiciled in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad for tax purposes but an investigation led by state broadcaster RTS indicates that he and his family only spent 15 days there last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140117/johnny-hallydays-official-swiss-status-questioned-2 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:30:05 +0100 johnny-hallydays-official-swiss-status-questioned-2 He’s been described as the “French Elvis Presley”. Now after a glittering 50-year-long career, Johnny Hallyday has finally turned his attention to the English market at the ripe old age of 70 and for that he earns the title of French Face of the Week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130802/johnny-hallyday-taps-into-the-anglo-market Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:41:00 +0200 johnny-hallyday-taps-into-the-anglo-market He's 69 and had health problems of late, but French rocker Johnny Hallyday sounds like a wired teenager when he talks about his first performance in New York in 50 years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121008/johnny-hallyday-hits-new-york-after-50-years-away Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:28:00 +0200 johnny-hallyday-hits-new-york-after-50-years-away French rocker Johnny Hallyday, a legend in his homeland, was treated in a Caribbean hospital Monday after being rushed there by helicopter but was quickly released. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120828/johnny-hallyday-released-after-bronchitis-treatment Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:14:26 +0200 johnny-hallyday-released-after-bronchitis-treatment