End of the road for France's Elvis

Over the years, I've enthusiastically embraced most things French with an open mind but one cultural exception I still find slightly baffling is France's enduring love affair with Johnny Hallyday - the biggest rock star you've never heard of (outside of France). "L'idole des jeunes", as the ageing crooner is ironically known, certainly puts on a good show, and belts it out like Gallic Michael Bolton with a penchant for wild vibrato, but even so, do

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