Calogero: La vraie vie

A new track has emerged from Calogero, an out take from his most recent album that has been added to a new edition of the album along with a selection of other bonus tracks.

The track La vrai vie features on the special edition of his most recent album, Liberté chérie, which originally came out in August.

Liberté chérie is his seventh album and includes the hit Je joue de la musique and it's already sold over 125,000 copies in France and reached number one in the charts.

The new edition also includes alternative version and a session recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.

Calogero is an immensely popular musician in France, his last collection 2014's Les feux d'artifice selling over 800,000 copies and becoming one of the biggest sellers in a career that had already seen two of his albums achieve diamond status.

Calogero is currently working with Johnny Hallyday, having contributed his version of Johnny's Elle m’oublie on the On a tous quelque chose de Johnny tribute album that's currently France's biggest seller.

Calogero: Le monde moderne

A new video by Calogero, with the track Le Monde Moderne the latest from his Les feux d'artifice to get the high-profile visual treatment.

Since his sixth album came out in 2014, it's proven to have a long commercial lifespan. A number one seller, it's sold some 700,000 copies since it came out, sustained by six previous singles.

Le Monde Moderne was written by Calogero's partner Marie Bastide, whose previous work includes songs for Céline Dion and Florent Pagny, as well as the award-winning song Un jour au mauvais endroit, the first single from Calogero's Les feux d'artifice.

The video by Amélie Harrault is a tasteful piece of work, a nod to the likes of Jules Verne and the 19th century French view of the future, both beautiful and surreal.

Calogero: Live in London

 A night in London tonight from Calogero, who plays a show at the Scala.

His 2014 Les feux d'artifice album, his sixth, was a massive seller. The album, which was released in August 2014, was a number one seller.

The song Un jour au mauvais endroit won a Victoires de la musique award in February for the best original song.

A live album by Calogero, entitled Live 2015, is expected to be released at  the beginning of next month.

60 years of Europe 1 concert

An impressive line up for a free show at the Zénith in Paris to mark the 60th anniversary of Europe 1.

The commercial radio network was set up in 1955, and has since then become one of France's leading broadcasters.

The show in Paris features Calogero, Zaz, Thomas Dutronc and Loane, as well as The Avener, Cats on Trees, Charlie Winston Black M and others.

The show will, of course, be broadcast on Europe 1.

Calogero: Avant toi

A new single by Calogero, for the track Avant toi.

It's the latest track to be taken from his Les feux d'artifice collection, the new clip seeing him in New York, an outsider in the Big Apple.

It's the third single to have been taken from the album that was released in August 2014.

Calogero has enjoyed considerable success with his album, and in February picked up the best original song of the year award for the track Un jour au mauvais endroit.

He plays at the Zénith in Paris on May 4 and 5, and follows that by an extensive tour including festival dates across France over the summer.

Calogero: Drôle d'animal (acoustic)

A tasteful acoustic take on the track Drôle d'animal by Calogero.

Calogero was of course one of the winners at the  Victoires de la Musique 2015 earlier this month, with the song  Un jour au mauvais endroit winning the Best original song category.

Drôle d'animal  comes from his 2007 Pomme C album, a collection that reached number  two in France.

The acoustic clip followed the broadcast of his show at the Trianon in Paris, shown on the Alcaline show on France 2.

Awards: Globes de Cristal 2015 shortlist

Another French award ceremony for your diaries, with the shortlist published for the Globes de Cristal 2015 ceremony next month.

It's the tenth anniversary of the award,  which has categories across the world of arts and entertainment, including cinema, theatre, literature, music, television, exhibition  and style.

There are two music shortlists, for best male artist and best female artist.

The male artists are Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy for their eponymous release, Black M for Les yeux plus gros que le monde, Calogero for Les feux d'artifice, Johnny Hallyday for Rester Vivant and Kendji Girac for Kendji.

The female list features Brigitte for A bouche que veux-tu, Carla Bruni for A l'Olympia, Christine and the Queens for Chaleur Humaine, Indila for Mini World and Zaz for Paris.

Last year's winners were Ayo and Stromae.

The Globes de Cristal 2015 is held on April 13.