He's excited like a kid.
At 50, Matthieu Chedid has lost none of his child's soul: he dresses up, jumps with both feet and marvels at everything.
After 25 years of career, his overexcited superhero costume, enhanced with an M-shaped sequined headgear, could be deja vu.
But for his fans, and (there are many of them), M is that: a purple velvet tailcoat, red silk lining and a pair of purple ankle boots.
And then,
"the downside, when I take off my helmet, is that I have a shitty haircut,"
he laughs.
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After a “pre-tour” of average rooms in the provinces (as he had not done for fifteen years), Matthieu Chedid settled at the Folies Bergère for 13 dates, until May 22.
The show starts at 8:20 p.m. - no first part - in the dark.
The musicians enter in silence with hurricane lanterns and we discover, all ears, the magnificent new song
Home
.
This Rêvalité Tour precedes the release of the album of the same name, the seventh, to be released on June 3.
The public has the pleasure of listening to a preview of eight new songs out of the thirteen on the album.
This beast of the stage is capable of filling stadiums but there, we feel like at home.
Matthew Totaro.
From the first notes of
Qui de nous deux,
the room ignites, and lets itself be carried away by the general sensual wave.
The armchairs will no longer be useful.
The light comes on regularly in the room to cultivate closeness.
M does not hesitate to go down several times in the public.
Vanessa Paradis is not here (finally tonight).
He invites children to come on stage to perform
La Seine
.
With humor and kindness, he addresses each of them.
This beast of the stage is capable of filling stadiums but there, we feel like at home.
It's tender and complicit like his family duets.
Because, among the Chedid, talent has something genetic.
With her daughter Billie, just 20 years old and already very comfortable,
The Good Star
.
With his brother Joseph,
Faut forget
in acoustics, from his album
Je dis aime.
Gail Ann Dorsey, ex-bassist of David Bowie
The genius knows how to surround himself and the revelation is the American bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, 59, ex-loyal to Bowie, who physically shares the stage with the singer.
“She's a legend, the embodiment of humility, the bass player of David Bowie and Lenny Kravitz, an exceptional voice.
I'm very lucky to have him by my side,”
adds M, visibly moved.
Moment of grace during his cover
of Bowie 's
Life On Mars .
Jérémie Lippmann's staging is ambitious, each piece is treated like a painting, with spectacular sound and light.
“Gail Ann Dorsey is a legend, the embodiment of humility, David Bowie's bassist, an exceptional voice.
I'm very lucky to have him by my side."
Caro Detrez
For his new titles, M plays the school teachers by whispering the words to a very voluntary assembly as for
Mogodo,
Dans le living
room or
Dans ta Radio.
Matthieu Chedid changed guitar five times, outfit twice, sang almost tirelessly.
It is a success, the room is conquered.
“Without listening, the musician does not exist, it is you who give this value.
Thank you, that's what we can call a warm concert!”.
The machistador struck again.
M is in Paris, for a residency at the Folies Bergères until May 22, then at the Nuits de Fourvière festival on June 20, 21 and 22 or at Solidays on June 26, 2022. In September, he will begin his tour of the Zéniths de France until the Zénith de Paris in December 2022. All the info,
here.
