Martin Solveig, the acclaimed French producer, singer, and songwriter, has introduced his official retirement from the world of DJing.
Solveig shared the information with followers at France’s Les Vieilles Charrues music pageant on Saturday (July 19) – his one and solely efficiency of 2025, and first stay look since November.
“It’s a particular second,” Solveig instructed the group of 70,000, France 24 reported. “All my life, every time I got here onstage I instructed myself: ‘Play prefer it’s your final live performance.’ Simply till that second arrives.
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“A few of you have got been following me for many years,” he added. “Thanks for coming, I do know some have come from distant. A few of you’ll take my place. Thanks for being right here, from the underside of my coronary heart.”
Solveig later confirmed the information in a social post shared on Tuesday (July twenty third), explaining that he wouldn’t, nonetheless, be retiring from making music.
“To new beginnings,” he wrote. “I’m leaving the stage with a full coronary heart, stepping apart for the subsequent era. You’ll discover me within the crowd, cheering them on at concert events and festivals.
“Music is my life — and at all times might be,” he added. “I’ll hold creating, for the enjoyment, for the youngsters, and for/with artists I look as much as.
Per France 24, Les Vieilles Charrues Director Jerome Trehorel defined that the pageant was itself unaware they might be internet hosting Solveig’s ultimate stay efficiency till solely lately.
“It was a shock when he instructed us a number of weeks in the past that the Vieilles Charrues could be his solely live performance date this yr, and that it will be his final,” Trehorel stated. “It’s an immense honour.”
Solveig started DJing on the age of 18 within the early ’90s earlier than rising to fame all through the early ’00s as a prolific producer and songwriter. Alongside collaborations with names akin to David Guetta, Madonna, and Laidback Luke, Solveig launched a complete of 5 studio albums, together with his most up-to-date, 2023’s Again to Life.
The 2011 single “Whats up” (which featured Canadian musician Martina Sorbara’s Dragonette venture) grew to become Solveig’s most profitable monitor, peaking at No. 5 in his native France and giving him his sole look on the Scorching 100 at No. 46.
Solveig additionally made a small variety of appearances on the Scorching Dance/Digital Songs chart throughout his profession, with collaborative singles “All Day and Night time” and “Factor For You” reaching No. 14 and No. 19, respectively, in 2019.