Dave has left his mark on several generations with his timeless hits, but he’s not rolling in gold! The 81-year-old singer spoke without filter about his finances and his retirement, which he considers to be derisory…
Dave may have been a hit with many hits that have spanned the decades, such as Vanina Or Near Swannit is not these cult titles that allow him to be financially comfortable. The singer, now 81 years old, spoke to the media All TV on his finances, without tongue in cheek…
Dave, cash on his finances: “I have a crappy retirement!”
If you thought Dave was still making a big buck thanks to his 70s hits, you’re wrong! His songs are no longer broadcast on Nostalgiasince the radio chose to start its programming in the 80s, and the artist does not hide that this decision impacted his finances.
Fortunately for him, his husband Patrick Loiseau has a fuller bank account…”I am lucky to live with my author. He has a nice pension, SACEM… Me, I have a shitty pension, you can write it down (laughs). I worked a lot under the table“, detailed, without ambiguity, the singer who had revealed on the set of Big mouths that he earned around 1700 euros in retirement.
But the interpreter of Dance now, who lives between a house in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and a second home in Vaucluse, is not to be pitied either. “I’m not in need, I do a lot of concerts. Well, I have nine musicians and six technicians to pay, but that’s okay“, assured the one who has concerts planned until the end of 2026.
Dave, frank on Mask Singer: a show “extremely well paid, even if…”
To replenish the coffers, Dave does not hesitate to participate in certain shows that pay well… like Mask Singer ! If he agreed to slip into the owl costume during the second season of the program, it’s “only because it was extremely well paid“, he assumed before explaining: “I don’t watch this show, but I don’t regret it. I had fun, even if the costumes are heavy and tiring. There’s no shame in doing well-paid TV“.
In any case, the octogenarian, who was the victim of a heavy fall down the stairs in January 2022, does not intend to put an end to his career any time soon: “I think stopping work is dangerous, you die quickly without doing anything. So I write, I compose, I work on the computer to exercise my gray matter”. He even has another career plan if he no longer has the strength to perform on stage:”If I really can’t sing anymore, I’ll open a marriage counseling office. After 54 years with the same person, I think I can give advice“.
