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.

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)

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

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

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 !!!

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

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...

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