Jack White (2nd show) @ Olympia, Paris June 30 2014

Jack White (2nd show) @ Olympia, Paris June 30 2014

Jack White promoting new album "Lazaretto" with two sold-out shows in Paris. We couldn't go yesterday but we're here in a hot & sweaty Olympia theatre.
Still blue & white colors but different band from the one on the previous tour, 5 musicians plus Jack White center stage.
For the first 3-4 songs Jack White is forcing his voice and moving like a maniac so his voice is not at his best then he's settling a bit and things are getting better.

The guitar is a bit low in the mix and it takes time to be really into the music but Jack White is delivering a kicking ass show, with a Best of his career, we would have preferred more songs from Blunderbluss which is one of the greatest rock record of the last 5 years.
New songs are not that fantastic with "Lazaretto" far from being as good as the previous one.

The band is also having fun by playing a few covers ( Dylan, Robert Johnson, Howling Wolf) including  Dick Dale's famous instrumental song and Police's "Message in a bottle".

 

Fantastic encore...

 Full setlist here

Great show but the previous tour was much better

Merchandising and the audience... (above)

Jack White @ Olympia, Paris June 29 2014

Jack White @ Olympia, Paris June 29  2014

We're going on monday
Photos here
1st show setlist: (to be confirmed)
        Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes )
        High Ball Stepper
        Lazaretto
        Temporary Ground
        Hotel Yorba (The White Stripes )
        Three Women
        Cannon (The White Stripes)
        Astro  (The White Stripes )
        I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart (The White Stripes )
        Hypocritical Kiss
        Broken Boy Soldier (The Raconteurs )
        Steady, As She Goes (The Raconteurs )
        Encore:
        Icky Thump (The White Stripes )
        Baby Blue (Gene Vincent )
        Freedom at 21
        The Hardest Button to Button (The White Stripes )
        Would You Fight for My Love
        Little Bird  (The White Stripes )
        Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes )