Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine announces his last tour after the diagnosis of a progressive and incurable illness

At 78 years old, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine embarks, on October 3, in Lannion (Côtes-d'Armor), on a tour of around forty dates presented as the last, after half a century of career. Announced in March with the enigmatic title Des adieux..., this singing tour will indeed be a "goodbye to his audience", as the singer's family indicates to the weekly Paris-Match. Thiéfaine suffers from "a progressive, incurable illness", explain Francine, his wife, and Hugo, his eldest son, specifying: "It's not cancer." “The treatments simply help slow down the progression. But the end is inevitable.”

“Hubert finished his previous tour in September 2024, confide Francine and Hugo Thiéfaine in the Paris-Match released Thursday October 1. During 2025, he began to experience certain difficulties to which we did not immediately pay attention, because they could be explained.” Then, symptoms began to alert those around the singer-poet from Jura: "Unfamiliar behavior, reactions that we didn't know about. We first thought it was post-tour depression. Then we said to ourselves that he couldn't stand the medications he was taking following surgery."

To determine the origin of the problem, the Thiéfaines will consult “multiple specialists, in several fields” at the Dijon University Hospital. Until the announcement of the diagnosis. The next day, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine expressed the wish to “be able to say goodbye to his audience”. “He was incredible, he really helped me,” says the singer’s wife. “He is neither in denial, nor in self-pity, nor in complaint. And I will be there for him. I know that I will support him with all my strength in this fight.”

“Hubert needs music to live, the doctors told us so”