Isabelle Aubret, the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest winner for France will join the 4th edition of the very popular French live show Age tendre et têtes de bois. This show is a long-hour concert with live appearances from some of the most famous singers from the 60`s and the 70`s. It was recently officially announced that the artist will be appearing in the show from March 2009 until January 2010 in theatres across France and in Belgium too. On 20th November 2008 Isabelle Aubret will also give a solo concert in Lille at the Théâtre Sébastopol singing some of the most classical French chansons ever. Some few days ago the artist was in Warsaw for a single live concert.

The Age tendre et têtes de bois live show, advertised as the Tour of the Idols has been successfully presented to a wide audience for three years now and after the big success it enjoyed it will go on for at leat another year. In this live show Eurovision artists such as François Deguelt (Monaco 1960 and 1962) , Michèle Torr (Luxembourg 1966 and Monaco 1977), Marie Myriam (France 1977, winner) and more recently Patrik Juvet (Switzerland 1973) have joined some other very popular stars like Demis Roussos, Gille Dreu, Frank Alamo to sing on the same stage. Some of the songs together with live recordings of the show have been already officially released onCD and DVD. One of the new artists to join team for the next tour will be Isabelle Aubret.

This very talented singer and songwriter has her own history with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1961, already an orchestra singer and holding some distinctions and an award she takes part in the French National Final with the song Le gars de n'importe où and she finishes second. In 1962 she gets the ticket to represent France in the Contest with the song Un premier amour and she wins the first price. She returns to the Eurovision Song Contest once more in 1968 with the song La source, this time she finishes third. Some forty years after this contest and on the alleged scandal of Franco having preorganised the win for Spain back then ,Isabelle has said that “I was the one to deserve victory, if those cheatings didn’t occur”. In 1970 she competes once more in the French National Final with the song Oliver, Olivia finishing again second. She makes another effort in 1976 with the song Je te connais déjà, but this time she comes fore last. Last time she tries to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest is in 1983. Isabelle sings the rather patriotic coloured song France France and she finishes third.

In her forty years of singing career, Isabelle Aubret has enjoyed some other successes besides winning the Eurovision Song Contest. She has closely collaborated with some of the greatest French singers, composers and artists: Jean Ferrat, Jacques Brel, Adamo, Alain Bashung, Serge Gainsburg and others. She has won several prizes and awards like The Best Singer Award at the Tokyo Music Festival in 1976 and the Légion d'Honneur awarded to her in 1992 from Président Mitterrand personally. She has recorded numerous personal albums, the most recent one in 2006, and she has toured in many European countries, in Japan, Canada, Morocco and the former USSR.

Tickets for the upcoming concert of Isabelle Aubret can be booked here

IsabelleAubret- Un premier amour

Isabelle Aubret-La source (ESC 1968) from a recent concert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBfrwTy8LQ