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

@ Trabendo club, Théatre Mogador and rehearsals

 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

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

Bruce Springsteen Part 2 @ Paris Bercy 2, July 05 2012

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Bruce Springsteen Part 2 @ Paris Bercy 2, July 05 2012

Part 1 is HERE with full setlist more Pics & video.

Once again The Boss proved that he 's the Boss with a 3h40 min show , 15 different songs compare to yesterday's gig.
Once again a great atmosphere in the audience with everyone standing up and dancing from the first to the last song.
Sold-out with probably 18 000 people as the stalls behind the stage were full up, usually it's never open.

Once again ROCKERPARIS and our photographer, Patrice Guino are bringing you the best pictures and video available from both gigs with full setlist (in Part 1).

At age 63 Bruce Springsteen is rocking like he's 25 years old.
One of the highlight of the year 2012 for us @ Rockerparis and YOu know that we're attending around 200 gigs a year.

We were also lucky to get Patti for the Parisian concerts, probably a first on the European Tour.
We also had a few "premieres" on this tour (check setlist for full details).

Check BruceTapes for all setlists from the latest tour and more....