Paul McCartney + Chrissie Hynde @ Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2010 Palais de Tokyo Paris

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney

Fashion week Spring /Summer
Oct 5th 2009 Palis de Tokyo

Chrissie Hynde / Nancy, Paul & Gwyneth Paltrow

Paul 's son taking a pic ( right )

It was hard to get up so early this morning for the Stella Mcartney fashion show @ Palais de Tokyo.
10 AM , it's waaaaayyy too early !!!

A few VIPs including Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders , his friend french singer Marie- France , french actresses Charlotte rampling, Vahina Giocante & Mélanie Laurent ( sorry No Pics ).

The Show went on very smoothly but we were here to see Macca , as always in these circumstances he's very relax and backstage you can have a chat or have a glass of champagne with him ( That's what we did ).
Of course plenty of very beautiful girls around including in Stella's staff.

Charlotte Rampling ( Left )

Paul & stella
Paul & Chrissie

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Green Day @ Paris Bercy Oct 4th 2009

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Green Day @ Paris Bercy
Oct 4th 2009

Green day's audience is no older than this ( left )
Billy with cuddly toy ( right )

Back to Bercy tonight after seeing the rehearsals this afternoon.
FFFFFFUUUCCCKKKK !!!!
One more time and for the 3rd time this year , I 've missed the beginning of the show , first time was @ L' album de la semaine for Canal+ on May 11th ( click to see review , pics & video ) then @ Trabendo on May 12th ( click to see review setlist and Pics ) and now it's Bercy.
How come ? Their audience is so young that they have to be home by 11 PM so they're playing early shows.
I've never EVER seen the Headliner starting its show at 8 PM in Bercy.

Anyway , Bercy was SOLD-OUT a long time ago , the place is packed with teenagers mostly females.
Great atmosphere of course, lots of singing and "oohhéé OOhhoo".
The trick of the night : have the kids singing " OohhOoéé OOhhOoo" every 2 minutes.
Hey guys you're beating these cunts from U2 with all these "OhhOOo ".

aT LEAST THERE WAS ONE pUNK ON STAGE TONIGHT ! ( right )

Billy is a real entertainer , the little guy is doing the show on his own , running everywhere for two hours.
He had many kids on the stage, some of them sung a bit others half a song, that's the nice part when you're going to a Green Day gig , you're ending up on stage with your idol , COOL.

They have some great tunes , some lame too but it's never dull, always entertaining for the kids ... because if you're a bit older it's FUCKING Disneyland !!!

The stage set up is cool with the backdrop and the screens , lots of pyros and flames all along the show but ...
Where's the PUNK in this ?

Billy is the main attraction it's not really Green Day anymore but more Billy & Co

Don't know why they ended the show with an acoustic song ???

SETLIST ( From Green Day Message board ) :
Song of the century
21st century breakdown
East Jesus Nowhere
Holiday
Static age
Life before the lobotomy
Are we the waiting
St Jimmy
Boulevard of broken dreams
Beethoven (interlude)
Hitchin' a ride
Welcome to paradise
Give me novocaine
When I come around
Iron Man riffs ( Black Sabbath reprise)
Brain Stew
Jaded
Longview
Basket Case
She
King for a day
Shout (+ "Stand by me" / "Satisfaction" medley)
21 guns
American eurology
--- Rappel ---
American idiot
Minority
Macy's day parade
"Chanson inconnue"
Good Riddance (Time of your life)

"OOHHHHooo"

A guy for the support band Prima Donna (left )

Green day Rehearsals @ Paris Bercy Oct 4th 2009

Green Day @ Paris Bercy
Oct 4th 2009

People queueing at 5PM

Just coming back from the soundcheck, 50 people were invited to see them rehearsed , it was a pretty quick affair , when we get into an empty bercy , the band was already playing.

We saw 4 songs :
1) Modern world
2) king for a day
3) 21st century breakdown
4) Poprock and Cokes

We were just allowed to stay behind crash barrier 10 meters from the stage but after one song Billy ask us to come closer, so we were first row.
Lots of musicians on stage , the 3 guys + 2 guitar players , 1 keyboard player and a sax
Nice huge screen behind the stage with a skyscraper skyline at night.

No one was allowed to take any pics , too bad .
I could get the bass player's plectrum , cool

see ya tonight

Sean Lennon & Charlotte Muhl @ Point Ephémere Paris Oct 3rd 2009

Sean lennon & Charlotte Muhl
@ Point Ephémere Oct 3rd 2009

On the night of the " Nuit Blanche" lots of artistic performances in Paris including this strange football pitch where kids are gonna have fun all night long next to the Point Ephémere where Sean Lennon & girlfriend Charlotte Muhl are playing their first show.

The club is packed tonight, first we have folk singer Sam Amidon for half an hour and then Sean & Charlotte.
Not yet as Sean is telling us that his mother is late so he has to wait to start the show but as people didn't want to let him wait backstage he's staying on the stage and has a chat with the audience for a good 5 min.
He's inviting one of his friend Irina to do a duet with him ( Pic below ) then Charlotte is taking the stage.

She's dressed in a very sexy way and is quite young, let's see if she's talented.

It's probably one of the first time ever that they're playing their songs in front of an audience, Sean is on the guitar and Charlotte on the vocals and tambourine , later on the bass.
Songs are pop and similar to what Sean has recorded for his last solo record.
Charlotte has a nice tiny sexy voice and has co-written most of the material played tonight.
Sean is very cool and relax speaking in a fluent french with the very quiet and dedicated French audience.
Charlotte is even playing bass for a few songs and is doing very well after learning it for just 2 weeks , so they say.

Here's the setlist

Nice

After the show Sean & Charlotte went to sign and pose for photos but wasn't very happy as not a lot of people were buying his new cd so he decided to leave and pack his stuff. Not so nice.
Even when he was signing stuff you could feel that he was just doing "after sales service" .
Nice gig.

Merchandising

Prince in Paris ?

Rumours are back :

Prince @ Fashion week ?
Several shows in Paris in October ???
Check back for more news soon

The Cult @ Bataclan Paris Oct 2nd 2009

The Cult @ Bataclan Paris
Oct 2nd 2009

After opening for The Who in Paris Bercy a couple of years ago , The Cult is back in Paris , this time to headline the Bataclan theatre.

As we get in , french stoner band Nebulla Oscillator are already playing , the sound is messy and it seems like they're playing the same song over and over again.
It's very easy to get down the front of the pit as there are lots of spaces ; the balcony , with reserved seats for the crazy fans who are willing to pay more than a 100 Euros for a meet & greet after the show, is quite full.

They start the show with " Nirvana " , the sound is neat even tough Ian ' s voice is very far in the mix.
Of course there are always a couple of drunk assholes pushing their way to the front and pissing off everybody, the security had to calm them down and kicked one out in the end

Anyway Billy Duffy on the guitar is on top form, still looking great and posing with his guitar like a true guitar hero unfortunately there are no photographers at all as The Cult didn't want any press photographers ( but us ) WOW so enjoy the Pics.
Ian is looking more and more like Jim Morrison at the end of his life when he was living in Paris

I don't know the new guys at all but they have a nice bass player and a funny looking guitarist.
A fweird thing happened : Ian though that one guy in the front was challenging him or insulting him so he spat in his face and insulted , the poor guy, several times and asked the security to kick him out. They didn't know what to do as the guy didn't do anything wrong.
In fact he was just showing his " The Cult " tattoos to Ian.
Big misunderstanding.
The show went on without problems ( see setlist for details )

Setlist & Merchandising

After the show we went to the Meet & Greet ( of course we didn't pay , do we look like we have to pay for an autograph ? No fucking way .
There were around 50 people queueing , the band was nice and chatty sitting behind a table , it wasn't a proper meet & greet like i though it would be but you could get a picture with the whole band. So cool.

" Rise" :