With the quiff and voice of Elvis, the unbuttoned sex appeal of Tom Jones or Rod Stewart, and the leather- clad bad boy attitude of any artist half his age,Johnny Hallyday is often billed as the 'biggest rockstar you've never heard of', despite being an iconic rocking veteran of the French-speaking world.

Rarely does he make the trip over to the US. But now, after 181 tours and 18 platinum albums, he's back with his own frenetic brand of prowling rock'n'roll, with swaggering interpretations of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Eddie Cochrane and many more (in French and English), proving that even at 70, there is still time to find new audiences and thrill the old ones.