Editing Johnny Hallyday (section)

===Residence===
Hallyday, who resided in Los Angeles, owned a chalet in the Swiss town of [[Gstaad]] from 2006 to 2015 to avoid the high tax rate imposed by the French government.<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="parismatchvendsonchalet">{{cite news|last1=Louaguef|first1=Sarah|title=Johnny Hallyday vend son chalet pour 9,5 millions d'euros|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Musique/Johnny-Hallyday-Son-chalet-de-Gstaad-en-vente-pour-9-5-millions-d-euros-703990|access-date=7 December 2017|work=Paris Match|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> Hallyday said that he would have moved his residency back to France if it changed its tax laws.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6190133.stm |title=Entertainment &#124; Hallyday exile row gets political |publisher=BBC News |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> In January 2014, Hallyday said that his current residence was in the United States after an investigation by a Swiss journalist showed that Hallyday did not spend enough time in Gstaad to qualify as a resident.<ref>{{cite web |title=French rocker prefers California to Gstaad |date=17 January 2014 |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/French_rocker_Johnny_prefers_California_to_Gstaad.html?cid=37756662 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118020505/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/French_rocker_Johnny_prefers_California_to_Gstaad.html?cid=37756662 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2014 |publisher=swissinfo.ch |access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref> One of his favourite leisure activities was riding his [[Harley-Davidson]] on long trips through the California desert, staying in small motels along the way.<ref name=Independent />