Kaiser Chiefs + Danananaykroyd @ Olympia Jan 27th 2009

Kaiser Chiefs and Dananananaykroyd @ Olympia Paris Jan 27th 2009

First band on stage in a SOLD-OUT Olympia is Dananananykroyd , they were already playing when i get into the venue. They sound a bit like Los campesinos with 2 singers, as you can see on the pictures they went down in the pit to sing and ask for " free hugs ".
Entertaining. - click on pictures for the full monthy -

Da-Nananana-ykroyd in the pit

and on stage

right in the nuts ... ergh sorry ! ...eye !!!

Then we have Kaiser Chiefs , they've always been very good live .
I'm a bit disappointed by the new cd, but sometimes you rediscover a record by having the songs played live. They opened the show with the first song from the new cd , good.
Then things started getting really hot 'til the last song.
The lightning is great and Ricky is , as usual , doing the show ; running from one side to the other,Jumping up and down ( see pictures ), having the audience sing every word . Even the people on the balcony are standing up and dancing. Ricky even had a girl on stage ( see video )
I'm glad they changed the venue to this theatre , the Zénith was too big for them , you fully appreciate Kaiser Chiefs in a club face to face.
This gig is probably not my favorite from the boys, i've seen them many times in clubs before, but everyone went home with a big smile on their face including me.

Bluesy / Greeny

Yellowy / ready

yeah YOuuuuuuuuu

Beeeezzzzzzzzz

Flying high

Flying high ...again

Vintage T shirt & setlist ( may be inaccurate i'll check tomorrow )

" Modern Way " :

Franz Ferdinand @ Studio SFR & " L' Album de la semaine" for Canal+ on February 3rd & more ...

Franz Ferdinand will be very busy next week in Paris , On tuesday 3rd February they will play 2 shows :

AND IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE NEWS TO THIS SITE:

1) Canal+ TV Show " L' Album de la semaine " at 4 pm. ( time confirmed )

2) Studio SFR for a private showcase at 8 pm ( announced a week ago in the press )

Franz Ferdinand will also play one song live @ " Le Grand Journal " for Canal+ on Feb 2nd.

Pete Doherty will be in Paris on Feb 2nd to play @ Taratata tv recording

OASIS will be in Paris too on Feb 3rd to play live on the same tv show " Le Grand journal" .

The britishs are taking over Paris

Eagles of death Metal @ L ' album de la semaine Canal+ Jan 26th 2009

Original setlist incomplete

The Eagles of Death Metal are in Paris tonight to play famous tv show " L 'Album de la semaine "
They also have a gig @ Nouveau Casino ( sold out ) on tuesday 27th.

Kaiser Chiefs are playing on the same day at the Olympia.

i'm just back from The Eagles of death metal ( AKA Pigeons of Shit Metal ).
Decent show from the boys. The singer is really a character looking cool and funny... allright he's limited on the guitar but it's ok for the Classic rock they're playing. I though they would be much more heavy ( so i was disappointed ).
They took it all , well most of it from the Rolling Stones , on a couple of songs The Glimmer Twins could sue their asses for plagiarism.
They have borrow the drummer from the Queens of the Stone Age , this guy is a monster and the music is so cool & relax( compare to QOTSA ) that he gives the impression that he could do the ironing while playing drums .
They've played their set and came back on stage to play 2 songs another time ( including " wanna be in LA" ) and added 2 others at the end of their set.

Bruce Springsteen @ Festival des vieilles charrues July 16th 2009

That's official :

Bruce Springsteen & the E street band will play in Britanny at the Festival des vieilles charrues in Carhaix on july 16th.
Other bands confirmed on the same day are Fiction Plane , The Killers + another still unknown band.
Capacity for this festival is only 43 000 .
For the moment that's his only show in France, and might the only one.

Bruce Springsteen European tour 2009 so far :

May 30	Pinkpop Festival	Landgraaf, NED	3/7
June 2	Ratinan Stadion	Tampere, FIN	1/26 9 a.m.
June 4	Stockholm Stadion	Stockholm, SWE	1/26, 10 a.m.
June 5	Stockholm Stadion	Stockholm, SWE	1/26 10 a.m.
June 9	Bergenhus Festning - Koengen	Bergen, NOR	1/26, 9a.m.
June 10	Bergenhus Festning - Koengen	Bergen, NOR	1/26, 9 a.m.
July 2	Olympiastadion	Munich, GER	check here
July 3	Commerzbank-Arena	Frankfurt, GER	check here
	Despite a public onsale for Munich and Frankfurt listed as 1/26, we're told that "Tickets are on sale NOW at eventim.de. If you can't go directly to buy them, get yourself registered under Ticketalarm. You will than get an email allowing you to register for the tickets. This registration is binding and you will get a confirmation by email."
July 5	Ernst Happel Stadion	Vienna, AUS	1/26
July 8	MHC Messecenter	Herning, DEN	1/26, 10 a.m.
July 11	RDS Arena	Dublin, IRE	1/30, 9 a.m.
July 19	Stadio Olimpico	Roma, ITA	TBA
July 21	Stadio Olimpico	Torino, ITA	TBA
July 23	Stadio Friuli	Udine, ITA	TBA
July 31	Estadio Municipal de Foietes	Benidorm, SPA	TBA

Pete Doherty @ Taratata Feb 2nd 2009

Pete Doherty will be in Paris to promote his first solo record "Grace/Wastelands" on Feb 2nd @ french tv show Taratata ( other artists including Keane , friendly fire + others...). Sold out.

Reminder : Pete will be @ the Bataclan for 2 shows on March 9th and 10th ( the first one is already sold-out ) Adam Ficek 's Roses Kings Castles will be the opening band.
Adam Ficek will also play a free show @ the Gibert Joseph store on March 11th.

I've heard a few things about David Bowie recording a new album in Berlin , how can the NME relate such a stupid thing just because someone who calls himself David Bowie posted on Twitter : "Cheers from a snowy Berlin! Working on some new material!" ?
NME where's your credibily gone on this ???

Also have mixed emotions on news about The Faces reforming or not reforming , the management denied it but some news coming from London are telling me that it's on for 2009.

Keziah Jones @ Trabendo Paris Jan 22nd 2009 RATP "Destination Musique "

Keziah Jones ' private show @Trabendo for the RATP ( Parisian transportation ) Destination Musique.
Invit' only for VIPs and competition winners.
The Trabendo is a 500 capacity club, so it is now a real privilege to see him playing in such a small place as he's filling up the Olympia Theatre ( 2500 Capacity ) for several nights.
His last album was a success thanks to a very good promotion ( and his talent ) Keziah Jones played 4 secret shows in the Parisian Underground,where he was supposed to have been discovered many years ago, I was at 3 of them.
The press coverage was massive.

see past reviews here: ( all with videos )
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-le-pont-des-artistes.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-metro-auber-paris-sept-6th.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-beaubourg-center-paris.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-metro-montparnasse.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-rene-miller-metro.html

Invitation front side

He gave a catastrophic concert @ the Olympia in November , tonight he seems much more relax as usual he sometimes plays out of key, but that's allright .
He's in a good mood and he's talking with the audience. Interacting should I say .
He played a couple of songs on his own and has the audience sing.
Short set , just an hour including the encore with a very good version of his hit record " Rythm is love "
Nice gig but he could do better ( and certainly worse )

Invitation back side

Keziah Jones Blue-Funkin'

Here's a B-side:


There was an aftershow party afterwards for a 100 VIPs with champagne ans canopes, Keziah stayed there less than 2 minutes when he saw the crowd and made a quick exit , too bad.

The Faces are rolling for 2009

The Faces with Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood are planning shows for 2009.
LA's Hollywood Bowl is confirmed and a big announcement will be made soon for some London shows...
So stay tuned to Rockerparis for more info ...

Check my english friend's website for what's going on in London:
http://www.raysgigs.com/raynews.php

More News coming from the NME 's website :
1) They've wrote ( which doesn't mean they recorded it ) a new album in 3 days .
2) Flea will be their bass player ( replacing the late Ronnie Lane ).

Well , i hope they will spend more time writing new material , 3 days is a little bit short to write a whole new cd and i don't know if Flea ( From the Red Hot Chili Peppers ) is the right choice for The Faces ( what about Glenn Matlock ??? )

Bruce Springsteen news : a few European stadium shows have been confirmed in Finland and Sweden beginning of June. and talks for a show in Nice ( south of France ) in July .

AC / DC news : Boxoffice for the Marseilles' show on June 9th will open Jan 27th.

King's X @ New Morning Paris Jan 20th 2009

It's been a long time coming...
18 Years to finally see King's X playing an headlining show in Paris France.
Last time they played here was in Bercy in 1991 opening for AC / DC.
Unusual place to see a "heavy metal" band as we are in the famous jazz club New Morning.

Needless to say that the show was sold -out a long time ago

The french audience listened religiously from the first second they were on till the last one , 90 minutes later. You could feel that the band was very happy to be playing in France ...at last.
The sound is crystal clear and Doug has a fantastic bass sound.
Funny to watch the whole audience moving their heads to the beat of the drums, lots of press is also here tonight with many photographers to catch this historical moment.
Many people were left outside without ticket.
And they' ve missed something tonight. Their sophisticated progressive metal is perfect and they've just done a great show !
Thanks guys and don't wait 18 years to come back to Paris .

Power trio

setlist

The Jim Jones Revue @ Album de la Semaine Canal+ Paris Jan 19th 2009

After leaving the Wampas ( review below ) and their dedicated fans we went straight to Canal+

New english rock ' n roll band The Jim Jones Revue is playing for the first time famous french tv show "L' Album de la semaine " .
They are greasy & sleazy and really rocking , i mean reaalllly rocking.
Dressed up like 50's rockers, they're playing a heavy rock very 50's orientated
The singer is also playing the lead guitar and is screaming like a maniac. They have a piano that keeps their heavy rock swinging ( The Killer would be proud ).
Very nice set with 2 covers as an encore Elvis' " A big hunk of love" and Little Richard 's " Good golly miss Molly" just in case you didn't noticed who their influences were.
sorry no pictures for this one it's forbidden

Those bastards from White Lies were supposed to play a Black Session tonight on C'est Lenoir but cancelled it at the 11th hour. The singer was sick. What a surprise when i looked at the NME website the day after, the band is playing a free gig @ the HMV store in London.
He made a quick recovery.
http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42186

Les Wampas Virgin Megastore des Champs Elysées Paris 19 Jan 2009

The french punk rock band Les Wampas is playing live @ the Virgin Megastore on the famous Champs Elysées to promote their new cd " Les Wampas sont la preuve que dieu existe " , ( The Wampas are the living proof that god exists ) .
Not to be taken too seriously of course. That's why the record cover is what it is : an Ostrich .
It is packed , their fans are bit like a family so everyone knows eachother and quite unusual for a french punk rockers they attract many girls some of them very pretty ( even more unusual for a punk band ).
As always The Wampas are kicking ass live, their heavy rock is lively and makes you wanna jump.
Short set : half an hour but fool of energy.
The singer Didier Wampas is mad and went several times singing in the pit , crowdsurfing ...in a very nice atmosphere.

Entertainment for the Braindead Oliver Peel session # 3 Paris Jan 18th 2009

Oliver Peel session #3 with Entertainment for the Braindead
review tonight

Julia in front of an impressive catering ( right )

Some of the beautiful people ( left )

Entertainment for the braindead at work

Nice little girl's handwritting for the setlist ( left ) and band's cds

Video from the show available here :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis
Check her website for more :
http://www.entertainmentforthebraindead.com/
Hear some music here:
http://www.myspace.com/entertainmentforthebraindead

Check Oliver Peel ' s website for more ( lots of reviews in German & LOTS of pictures from gigs in Paris and Germany ) : http://meinzuhausemeinblog.blogspot.com/

Madonna Nude 1979 on sell at Christies New York Feb 12th 2009

Christies in New York will be selling pictures in a sale called :
Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II
It will include pictures from famous photographers such as Ellen Von Unwerth , Jean Loup Sieff & Helmut Newton among others.
Most of the pictures will be fashion related , some movie related ( with lots of pictures from Marylin Monroe ) & some nudes including one of Madonna pictured by Lee Friendlander in 1979 when the singer was broke and paid 25 dollars for the session.
And here it is :

That's what i call Information !

More pictures from this session here :
http://zelebs2.blogspot.com/2008/08/madonna-old-nude-photo-shoot.html

More nude pictures from 1979 on this site :
http://www.madonnashots.com/1979.html

AC / DC @ Velodrome Marseille June 9th 2009

AC DC has added a second show in France in June , they will be playing in Marseille' s football stadium The Velodrome on June 9th .
A few rumours were talking about 2 shows in Nice June 8th and Paris June 10th , these shows won't happened as Ac Dc never play 2 stadium shows in a row ( too bad for Paris ).