Highest earning Tours of 2012: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen...

HIGHEST EARNING TOURS OF 2012:

TOP 25 Tours on  Billboard website

1) Madonna

Total Gross: $228,406,085     Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,635,176   Number of Sell-Outs: 72

2) Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Total Gross: $199,371,791     Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 2,165,925  Number of Sell-Outs: 54

3) Roger Waters

Total Gross: $186,466,703    Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,680,042   Number of Sell-Outs: 51

4) Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque Du Soleil

Total Gross: $147,310,505     Number of Shows: 183
Total Attendance: 1,374,482   Number of Sell-Outs: 9

5) Coldplay

Total Gross: $147,188,828      Number of Shows: 67
Total Attendance: 1,811,787   Number of Sell-Outs: 56

 

Courtesy of BILLBOARD

The Rolling Stones @ Prudential, Newark Dec 15 2012

(c) Official

The Rolling Stones @ Prudential, Newark Dec 15 2012

Get Off Of My Cloud
The Last Time
IORR
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter w/Lady Gaga
Wild Horses
Going Down w/John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr.
Dead Flowers (request song)
Who Do You Love w/The Black Keys
Doom and Gloom
One More Shot
Miss You
Honky Tonk Women
(Intros)
Before They Make Me Run
Happy
Midnight Rambler w/Mick Taylor
Start Me Up
Tumbling dice w/Bruce Springsteen
Brown Sugar
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Sympathy For The Devil
Encores:
You Can't Always Get What You Want w/the Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Satisfaction

Pics from the show

The Rolling Stones Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NYC December 8, 2012

The Rolling Stones, Barclays Center Brooklyn, NYC December 8, 2012

SETLIST:

Get Off of My Cloud
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I Wanna Be Your Man
The Last Time
Paint It, Black
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Gimme Shelter (with Mary J. Blige)
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Wild Horses
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Going Down (with Gary Clark, Jr.)
All Down the Line
Miss You
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One More Shot
Doom and Gloom
It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
Honky Tonk Woman
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Before They Make Me Run
Happy
Midnight Rambler
Start Me Up
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Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
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Sympathy for the Devil

ENCORE

You Can't Always Get What You Want
Jumping Jack Flash
Satisfaction
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Pics here

James Iha @ Maroquinerie, Paris Dec 05 2012

James Iha @ Maroquinerie, Paris Dec 05 2012

Former SMASHING PUMPKINS and A PERFECT CIRCLE  guitar player James Iha playing @ Maroquinerie to promote his second solo record

Hard to believe that there is a show tonight @ Maroquinerie, when we arrived there at 8:00pm , there's no one outside, in fact people are waiting in the corridor, no more than 10 people and everybody's waiting for the guest list to open.They do have several guest-lists and they are full of names so I guess that they only sold a few dozens tickets.

James Iha is playing with two musicians, one on guitar and one on keyboards plus a drum machine.

He's playing mainly his new album, well it's for most of it dull and boring, there are a couple of covers: Patti smith's "dancing barefoot" and the SPumpkins' "mayonnaise" and these two are the only decent songs performed tonight. His voice is weak and sometimes off key, he looks as if he doesn't give a fuck.

60 min show with no encore,  he didn't come back even though people asked for more, I'm really wondering why they asked him back, it was sooo boring.

Hard to believe that this guy was in the Smashing Pumpkins.

What the fuck was I doing here when Mark Lanegan is playing at the Trabendo ?!?

setlist

Benjamin Biolay @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris Nov 30 2012

Benjamin Biolay @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris Nov 30 2012

French singer  Benjamin Biolay is promoting his latest album by playing a small acoustic show @ Fnac Montparnasse on this friday night. We are a bit late and... and it's packed, impossible to get in. Impossible is NOT Rockerparis so we managed to get in a nd get a good spot on the side.
I've never really paid attention to what he's doing and heard any of his songs and in fact it was much better than expected. Can't be bad with so evident Serge Gainsbourg influences.
Should listen to his records one day.

The only time we saw Benjamin Biolay on a stage was for the play Pop'Pea @ theatre du Chatelet last May (also featuring Carl Barat, Marc Almond among others) and the poor sucker was ridiculous singing English so was the play.

The Rolling Stones @ O2 Arena in London, Nov 29 2012

The Rolling Stones @ O2 Arena in London, Nov 29 2012

 (c) Stella McCartney

Pics from the show (yes already) here

(c) Voce Chamber Choir

SETLIST: (with link to some videos)
whole show is now on video, ENJOY!!!
1) GET OFF OF MY CLOUD 
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2) I wanna be your Man
 "In those days a pint of milk was 6pence, a newspaper 3pence, & the price of a concert ticket - well I'd better not go there"
3) The last time
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 "We had a great time on Sunday, our 1st night was fantastic, but this'll be even better because we're more relaxed."
 "We had to pay a £100,000 fine because we played for too long. That's like 10 seats!"
4) Paint it black
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5) Gimme shelter (with Florence Welch)
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6) Lady Jane
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7) Champagne & reefer (with Eric Clapton)
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8) Live with me
9) Miss you
10) One more shot
11 Doom & Gloom
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12) It's only R 'n Roll (with Bill Wyman)
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13)  Honky Tonk Women - with Bill Wyman
14)  Before they make me run
15) Happy
16 Midnight rambler (with Mick Taylor)
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17) Start me up
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18) Tumbling Dice
19) Brown Sugar
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20) Sympathy for the devil
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Encore
21) You Can't Always get what you want (with choir)
22) Jumping Jack Flash
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23) Satisfaction
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Check our previous entry for the STONES with:

The WHOLE Nov 25 Gig @ O2 on videos

"Doom & Gloom" and "One more shot" recording from the rehearsals in France + all setlists from rehearsals

+ review from Trabendo club gig

+ review from Théatre Mogador secret show with lots of great Pictures

It's HERE

La Petite veste Noire @ Grand Palais, Paris Nov 25 2012

"La Petite veste Noire" @ Grand Palais, Paris Nov 25 2012

By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel

Featuring: Vanessa Paradis, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lulu Gainsbourg
Theophilus London, Theodora & Alexandra Richards, Georgia May Jagger,Lily Allen, Ayo, Yoko Ono and many other models or actresses...
Exhibition @ Grand Palais in Paris by Karl Lagerfled...

Motorhead + Anthrax @ Zénith, Paris Nov 21 2012

Kick ass show by ANTHRAX: Sound was perfect, great setlist, the audience welcomed them with open arms: Perfect gig.
They stole the show tonight !!!

Motorhead + Anthrax @ Zénith, Paris Nov 21 2012
Death Rider
 

sorry for the lousy Pictures

Good show by MOTORHEAD
A bit short: 80 min
as usual lightning is complete crap, a nightmare if you have to take pics, sound is a bit messy and too loud.

in fact after such a fantastic set by Anthrax , it was a bit of a let down.

"Killed by Death" click on lick if not the right video below:


SETLIST:

1. I Know How To Die
2. Damage Case
3. Stay Clean
4. Metropolis
5. Over the Top
6. Doctor Rock
7. Guitar Solo
8. The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
9. Rock It
10. You Better Run
11. The One to Sing the Blues (including Drum solo)
12. Going to Brazil
13. killed by death
14. Ace of spades----
15. Are you ready (thin lizzy)
16. Overkill

Status Quo @ Casino de Paris, Nov 20 2012

Status Quo @ Casino de Paris, Nov 20 2012

Jesus, can't remember the last time we saw STATUS QUO  live in Paris ? Probably 15 years ago even though they're playing in the French capital almost every year.
The Casino de Paris is quite full and all seated but thanks to the french Fan Club and some English , everyone is standing up and getting closer to the stage so we can boogie all night long...
It's 9:00pm sharp when the band is getting on stage, nice and bright light-show, perfect for take pictures, the sound is loud and very clear and where we are, down the front facing Rick, we can hear LOTS of guitars. It's obvious when you're listening to the video below.
As usual with the Quo , the guys are in fine form with always a smile on their faces to the dedicated fans that are probably following them everywhere on these European Tour. The guys in the first rows are all wearing the t-shirt made specially for this gig in Paris.
With The Quo nothing has changed, still the same 3 chords simple rock 'n Roll, that's what we want from them them and that's what they are giving us: no bullshit.
Just simple basic ol' Boogie Rock'n Roll !

See setlist below for details, we had a drum solo in the middle and like all drum solo it is pretty useless, thankfully they kept it short. They also performed a "medley" of some of their songs.
They probably played some of the new stuff but I'm not very familiar (in fact not at all) with the latest records they've done.
Fortunately they were lots of classics
Cool 90 min set !