Post edited 11:11 pm – August 3, 2009 by Human nature
Link in french :
http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique…..pital-.php
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Translation :
Johnny Hallyday spends weekend in hospital
The star who “goes well” suffered, at the request of its insurers, a battery of tests after he dislocated his hip on his yacht. “Insurers have become very cautious since the death of Michael Jackson” says the producer of the singer.
Family holidays delayed for Johnny Hallyday. The singer suffered Wednesday from a battery of tests at the American hospital in Neuilly at the request of insurers tour. The star “is fine,” says his entourage. These reviews are designed primarily to reassure the insurers of his tour, become much more vigilant since the sudden death of Michael Jackson. Indeed, the interpreter of “Light the fire” to be released Monday that was partially dislocated hip, Friday 24 July, on his yacht. But in 1983 the singer had already had extensive surgery of the hip after an accident during a tour on the theme of Mad Max.
Although the collapse of last week, where he was treated discretely in Mougins, is not serious, the insurers' Tour 66 'demanded that Johnny Hallyday, 66, undergo a complete check-up before the second part of tour, which has fifty of dates, which will end on 9 and 10 February by two additional concerts at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The interpreter of “Something from Tennessee” had no choice but to submit to the request of its producers. This hospital, as part of a comprehensive health check was decided decided “against the will” of Johnny Hallyday, also regrets his entourage.
Insurers' cautious'
Insurers “have become very, very, very cautious,” said the producer of the star, Jean-Claude Camus. “In July, after the demise of Michael Jackson, insurers have woken up and told us: 'if you want to assure you that this winter, we want very thorough reviews, one must rehire 10 or 15 million euros, ' “said Jean-Claude Camus on RTL.
According to the relatives of Johnny Hallyday and several other artists, insurers specializing in tours would have increased for some time the conditions precedent to both technical and medical. The economic crisis, but also events like the recent fatal accident during the device's scenic Madonna's tour in Marseilles, is the cause of this new caution.