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samedi 27 décembre 2014

ROCKERPARIS' list of TOP 10 Rock concerts of 2014 & The Worsts...

ROCKERPARIS' list of TOP 10 Rock concerts of 2014 & The Worst...

THE BEST CONCERTS:

1) THE ROLLING STONES
We attended only 3 shows on this Tour @ Stade de France, Circo Massimo & Werchter festival and I have to say that we had a blast each time even though they were probably far from being their best shows on the tour.
Each time we were in the Golden Pit ( Platinum for Paris) with a great view, we took some nice Pics, our favourite was probably Rome @ Circo Massimo (though not their best show) because of the location and the fun we had for 3 days in Rome, probably the most beautiful city in the world.

2) AC/DC Video shooting for "Rock or Bust" in London, Black Island Studios.
A dream come true : attending a video shoot with AC/DC. Not a proper concert but the highlight of the year for us.
 Too bad Phil Rudd was NOT there but being with the boys for a couple of hours in such an intimate setting was perfect. If you're looking closely at the official video and extras you can see Rockerparis in the audience. That was Christmas before it's time.

3) ENNIO MORRICONE @ Paris Bercy Feb 04
Just in the middle of the Rolling Stones's rehearsing @ Bondy Studios, Ennio Morricone playing his famous soundtracks in front of a sold-out Bercy.  I've never seen so many people on a stage: 86 piece orchestra and 75 voice choir.
Amazing concert and we could met him before the show and get my "Good Bad Ugly " American Vinyl signed by the master himself. 
Then we did a few other concerts that we will remember for 2014:
Jeff Beck @ Grand Rex, Paris May 27 2014
Fantastic guitar player
 Prince, concert n°1, 6:00 pm @ Zénith, Paris June 01st 2014
 Two shows in one day, you don't do this everyday
 Prince @ Zénith, Paris, show n° 2 , June 01 2014
 second show was better and longer than the first one
 Buddy Guy + Quinn Sullivan @ Olympia, Paris July 03 2014

legendary bluesman with great support: a young virtuoso.
Scorpions @ Fête de l'Humanité, la Courneuve, Sept 13 2014

Rocking like never before , great setlist though too many ballads and we were on stage for this one in front of more than 80 000 people
Babyshambles @ Chorus Live fest, Paris , March 29 2014
 Peter still rocking, last babyshambles album is great and when peter is not out of it , he doing great performances
 Rodriguez @ Olympia, Paris March 16 2014
come back show after the disastrous concerts from last year at the Zénith , glad to see Sixto in better health

 Jello Biafra & the GSM @ 104, Paris April 23 2014
kick ass show from Jello
 Anna Calvi + Daughter @ Cité de la Musique for "Days Off", Paris July 07 2014
Sexy as hell and great guitar player
 Ty Segall @ Cigale, Paris Oct 21 2014
Rocking like a maniac
 The Strypes @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris April 30 2014
new band kicking ass


THE WORST show of 2014:
 YES @ Grand Rex, Paris May 13 2014
By far the worst of the year is YES, After reading our review written straight after the show, I Guess that we were a bit rough... in fact NO. Boring music played for & by boring old farts.
We have nothing against Prog, we're great fans of RUSH but this crap was beyond everything...

We've also attended a few disappointing , average or boring concerts:
Bryan Ferry @ Palais des Sports, Paris , Nov 21 2014
I guess he was sick. Very average show
 Mlle K @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+, Paris Dec 08 2014
just boring, no good songs at all
 The Do @ "Coming up session #1" France Inter, Paris Sept 24 2014
electro pop boring
 Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter @ Olympia, Paris July 15 2014
 Very disappointing concert, we were expecting a lot from these two legends but it turned out very... de-constructed and experimental...
 We can ad this two as well:

Jack White (2nd show) @ Olympia, Paris June 30 2014
New record not as good as the previous one and a bit disappointed by the show even though it was an overall good show
Cat Power solo @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris Oct 30 2014
Very strange concert, she was confused for the whole set, ending songs prematurely, not remembering her own songs, but we still love her very much , she's so sweet.

vendredi 26 décembre 2014

The Year in Rock 2014 by ROCKERPARIS

2014 is now over and we've done a short list of concerts, month by month, that we will remember for this year. 2014 was  very quiet concertwise, several times we only went to a handful of shows for a whole month so this short selection isn't our list of the Best shows we've been to this year. 
Just a good way to remember this year 2014:
L'Année 2014 a été assez calme, petit récapitulatif de quelques concerts, pour chaque mois, afin d'avoir une vision d'ensemble de l'année qui vient de s'écouler...
 Ennio & Rolling Stones with Bobby Keys

Jan 2014 
Depeche Mode @ Paris Bercy Jan 29 2014
 Warpaint @ Album de la Semaine
Feb 2014
rolling stones rehearsals: one month of rehearsals in Paris which culminated with a secret private show for 27 lucky fans in the rehearsals studio in Bondy. After numerous attempts to organize a proper club gig in Paris that never materialized.
Ennio Morricone @ Bercy:
the best of the numerous soundtracks of the Master with more than a 100 musicians and chorists on stage in a sold-out Bercy.
March 2014
 Babyshambles @ Chorus Fest
With a very good new album Babyshambles did a very good set much better than their previous concert at the Zénith in Paris
Rodriguez @ Olympia
Back for this sold-out and only gig in Paris after the disastrous gigs a few months earlier @ Zénith (Cigale show was better) This one was very nice
 April  2014
The Strypes @ Gaité Lyrique
up & coming band rocking, nice discovery
 Jello Biafra @ 104
Punk legend for a kick-ass set
 Eumir Deodato @ Pan Piper Club
Brazilian legend playing a small club gig in Paris

 May 2014
Manic Street Preachers @ Bataclan
First gig in Paris for more than 15 years bt the band did just the minimum
Ben Harper for 3 shows @ Folies bergere 
3 sold-out shows for Ben with 3 different setlists with his mother as a guest on a couple of songs
 Cat Power @ We Love Green Fest
Chan Marshall on her own for a solo spot, everyone listened to her songs religiously even though it was a festival in day light
Jeff Beck @ Grand Rex
fantastic concert by guitar virtuoso
Black Keys @ Album de la semaine & Studio de la grande Armée
The band is now very successful playing festivals and sold-out arenas and we were lucky to attend two shows in front of less than 150 people @ canal+ and no more than 100 lucky guests @ Studio Grande Armée
June 2014
 Rolling Stones @ Stade de France, Circo Massimo & Werchter festival
3 great shows by the Stones, We had a blast in Rome as the location was fantastic and we had a fantastic stay in Rome for 3 days, visiting the city...
Prince @ Zénith (two shows: 1st show, 2nd show)
Great shows by the midget, two shows, one in the afternoon and one later that night
July 2014
Nick Oliveri @ truskel
Acoustic and killer set, the man is crazy and it was heavy
Sinead O Connor + Plaza Francia @ Théatre de Paris
Sinead better than ever, fantastic voice, great set by Plaza Francia
Buddy Guy + Quinn Sullivan @ Olympia
Great set by the Blues legend and with superb young guitar virtuoso Quinn Sullivan
Anna Calvi @ Cité de la Musique
Great guitar player and so sexy
August 2014
Holidays

Sept 2014
Scorpions @ La Courneuve (Fete de l'Humanité)
Rockin like never before and we we were on stage for the whole set
Oct 2014
Cat Power Solo @ Gaité Lyrique
Strange concert by Shawn, acting strange for most of the set but still adorable
Morrissey @ Grand Rex
the return of the Moz 
Ty Segall @ Cigale + Album de la semaine
Killer set by Ty, rockin and smokin'
Patti Smith/ John Cale @ Fondation Cartier
First show together since 1977 (?)
Nov 2014
Bryan Ferry @ Palais des Sports
Average concert
Slash @ Zénith
Overall good show but very boring 20 min  guitar solo
Motorhead + The Damned @ Zénith
return of lemmy for a overall good show, glad to see Lemmy in better health 
Billy Cobham @ New morning
Jazz legend, fantastic drummer
Elliott Murphy @ Bibliotheque Buffon
Dec 2014
Blondie @ Vuitton Store
Private concert in the very posh Vuitton store Avenue montaigne, good set
Smashing Pumpkins @ Trabendo
Special line up for this show with Brad Wylke from RATM & the bass player from The Killers
Royal Blood @ Point Ephémere
Media darling playing a club, last time to see them in such an intimate place , next year they will headline the Olympia (2500 capacity)

lundi 12 mai 2014

Next rock concerts in Paris for May 2014

Next rock concerts in Paris for May 2014
May 12
Eli Paperboy Reed @ Divan du Monde
Klaxons @ maroquinerie
Kelis @ Gaité Lyrique

May 13
YES @ Grand Rex

May 15
Jake E Lee's Red Dragon @ Forum de Vauréal (30 km outside Paris)
The Horrors @ Gaité Lyrique (sold out)
Robert Francis @ Nouveau Casino
The Datsuns @ Bus Palladium
May 17:
Tori Amos @ Grand Rex (sold out ?)
Ben Harper solo Acoustic @ Folies Bergere (sold out)
Nathalie M King @ Fnac Montparnasse (free show @ 4:00pm)

May 18:
Ben Harper solo Acoustic @ Folies Bergere (sold out)

May 19:
 Ben Harper solo Acoustic @ Folies Bergere (sold out)

May 21:
Brian Jonestown Massacre @ bataclan (sold out)
Marc Ford @ Divan du Monde
Robert Cray @ Cigale
Jimmy Page press conference @ Olympia for LED ZEPPELIN  box sets (Invit' only)

May 23:
Manic Street Preachers @ Bataclan

CHECK FIRST BEFORE GOING !!! tHANKS

jeudi 7 novembre 2013

Next rock concerts in Paris for November 2013

Next rock concerts in Paris for November 2013

Nov 07:
Franz Ferdinand @ Studio de la Grande Armée (private show for Virgin radio)
Morcheeba @ Olympia
Arctic Monkeys (+ The Strypes) @ Zénith (sold-out)
Nov 08:
Arctic Monkeys (+ The Strypes) @ Zénith (sold out)
Sheila E @ New Morning
Charles Bradley @ Trianon
Nov 09:
Motorhead + Saxon @ Zénith ( pushed to Feb 22 2014)
Valerie June + London Grammar @ Cigale (Inrocks Fest)
Nov 11:
Trixie Whitley @ RTL ( invit' only)
Nov 12:
Hanni El Khatib @ Cigale
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex
Nov 13:
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex
Queens of the Stone Age @ Zénith
Nov 14:
Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (last show)
Queens of the Stone Age @ Zénith
Nov 15:
Mark Lanegan @ Alhambra
Pat Travers Band @ Divan du Monde
Nov 19:
Nick Cave & The Bad seeds @ Zénith

jeudi 5 septembre 2013

Next Rock concerts in Paris for September 2013

Next Rock concerts in Paris for September 2013

Sept 06:
Deftones @ Zénith
Sept 07:
Louis Bertignac @ Chateau de Vincennes (free show) ---It's NOT free and it's SOLD- OUT---
"Live me do" radio show @ France Inter with Valerie June + Nicolas Repac + Elephant & Sarah Olivier
"Springsteen & I" projection @ Géode in Paris La Villette
Sept 10:
CHIC feat Nile Rodgers @ Jazz à la Villette
Sept 11:
Arctic Monkeys @ Album de la Semaine (tv show sold-out)
Sept 12:
Arctic Monkeys @ Le Grand Journal tv show (sold-out)
Sept 14:
Jack Johnson @ Olympia (sold-out ?)
Sept 15:
Kris Kristofferson @ trianon
Sept 16:
Madness @ Olympia
Janaelle Monae @ Alhambra
Sept 18:
Au Revoir Simone @ Nouveau Casino
Mélanie Pain + Joe Bel @ Agnes B store (free show, invit' only)
Sept 20:
Bryan Adams @ Olympia
Sept 21 :
Roger Waters @ Stade de France

CHECK BEFORE GOING !!!

lundi 3 juin 2013

Next Rock concerts/shows in Paris for June 2013

Next Rock concerts/shows in Paris for June 2013

2013 has been one of the quietest year so far, from January to May it was really dead in Paris, Finally it's June, the weather is still crap but at least we have some decent rock concerts in Paris.
June 03:
Joe Satriani @ Grand Rex
Rodriguez 'sugarman' @ Zénith (sold-out)
Stone Roses + The Strypes @ Cigale
Melissa Laveaux @ Maroquinerie

June 04:
Rodriguez @ Zénith (sold-out)
The Strypes @ Album de la Semaine tv show
Stone Roses + Little Barrie @ Cigale

June 05 
Rodriguez @ Cigale (sold-out)
Iron Maiden @ Bercy (sold-out)
Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) @ Trabendo
My Bloody Valentine @ Bataclan
Murray Head @ Olympia
Sophie Hunger @ Trianon

June 06:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Bercy
Paul McCartney & Wings "Rockshow" movie projection @ Publicis Champs Elysées

June 08 & 09:
SONISPHERE @ Snowhall Park in Amneville with Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Slayer, Megadeth, Motorhead, Korn, Airbourne, Mastodon...

June 10:
The Killers @ Zénith

jeudi 3 janvier 2013

Rock concerts in Paris, France for January 2013

Rockerparis is kicking
January 2013
 next shows in Paris, it's a bit quiet isn't it...
Jan 05
Shaka Ponk + FISHBONE @ Paris Bercy (sold-out)
Jan 07
Jake Bugg @ L'Album de la Semaine for canal+
Jan 08 Peter Doherty @ Bus palladium
Jan 09
Villagers @ L'Album de la Semaine 
Jan 13
Roy Ayers @ New Morning
Jan 14 
Asaf Avidan @ L'Album de la Semaine
Jan 15
Palma Violets @ L'Album de la Semaine
Jan 18
Marillion @ Trianon
Jan 24
Angus Stone @ Cigale (sold out)
Jan 26
Aime Mann @ Bataclan
Jan 29
Sophie Hunger @ Cigale
Jan 30
Asaf Avidan @ Fnac St Lazare 6:00pm (free )

Check first before going...

samedi 29 décembre 2012

ROCKERPARIS Top Concerts for 2012- The best, the New, the Old and the worst of 2012

ROCKERPARIS "TOP 10" ROCK CONCERTS
The best shows, The nice surprises and the crap...of 2012

We've been to 150 rock concerts this year and we stayed in Paris for (almost) all of them excluding two shows in Lyon and Strasbourg for Guns N Roses and the Arras Main square Fest with Pearl Jam.

1- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & The E Street Band.
@ Paris Bercy July 4 & July 5 2012
Without a doubt BRUCE is the BOSS of 2012
2 Fantastic shows @ Paris Bercy Arena, both shows Sold-out with 18000 people screaming like one man. each show lasted more than 3h40 min.
First Tour without the Big Man.
The second show being the best and each time we had a terrific "seat" in da pit down the front.
the video below speaks for itself:

2- The ROLLING STONES
 The celebration for the 50th anniversary were nowhere to be seen and suddenly the Rolling Stones were everywhere, it started with the recording of two songs at the end of August in Suresnes then the band started rehearsing just outside Paris on Oct 1st for more than a month.
They've played one club show @ Trabendo on Oct 25 which was a dream come true: seeing the Stones in a 500 capacity club, Then it was a private show for bankers @ 1500 capacity Theatre Mogador on Oct 29.
The best was yet to come when they invited us at their penultimate rehearsals on Nov 08 another dream come true seeing The Rolling Stones at work for more than 50 min. A "mini-Trabendo" as Mick Jagger called it.

3- JACK WHITE
@ L'Album de la Semaine for canal+ April 20, @  Cigale April 22 & RTL radio show on July 03rd
 Not only he had one of the best album of 2012 with "Blunderbuss" but the man is going on Tour with two different bands ( one male band and one female band). We were lucky to get both bands at the Canal+ tv show in front of just 150 people. The Cigale show was terrific, Ice on the cake was a private 30 min showcase for a 100 people at RTL radio in the afternoon of July 03rd.
I'm still wondering why we didn't attend both his shows @ Olympia Hall on July 03 & 04.

4- GUNS N ROSES @ Paris Bercy June 05 , Halle Tony Garnier June10, Zénith Strasbourg June 11
 No matter what the critics are saying, this "Guns N Roses" or Axl Rose's band IS terrific on stage more than 2h30 min on stage lots of great songs including the one from "Chinese Democracy" and AXL on top form.


5- BLUE OYSTER CULT @ Montereau June 09
A classic band , Classic songs even though there are only two original members
Lou Reed opened and was horrible

Then in no particular order:
GRANDADDY @ Rock en Seine
The band was back together & it was our first time for us

METALLICA + The Kills @ Stade de France May 12
Maybe not their best show ( Sonisphere was fantastic with the big Four in 2011) but we were in the pit down the front once again so the view was top. The Kills were booed off stage

IGGY & THE STOOGES @ Casino de Paris
Private show for a beer brand, not really THE Stooges as there is only Iggy from the original line-up but still kicking ass and we went ON stage for this one, our second time as we already went on stage with The Stooges @ Fete de l'Humanité in front of 50 000 people a few years ago.

MILES KANE @ Cigale April 20, @ Arras in June, @ Casino de Paris Jan 30 opening for Arctic Monkeys.
Once again Miles played several shows in Paris promoting his first solo album, each time with class

WORST SHOWS:
The Musical Box @ Olympia
Genesis cover band : worst piece of shit I have even seen, nothing to with the band but the music ...
James Iha @ Maroquinerie was a joke

We also had a good time with:
 Chris Cornell solo @ Cigale June 22
Nick Lowe @ New Morning Feb 12
America @ Bataclan March 17
Leon Russell @ New Morning March 19
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Grand Rex June 27
Noel Gallagher @ Grand Rex March 06 & casino de Paris
Imelda may @ Olympia May 11
Pearl Jam @ Arras June 30
ZZ TOP @ Olympia July 27
Steve Miller band @ Olympia Nov 02
Suzanne Vega @ Casino d' Enghien Oct 19
Rich Robinson @ Fargo & Silencio Dec 12

click on links for Pictures, video and review