P.J. Harvey @ Maroquinerie, Paris Feb 14 2010 9:00pm for Deezer Online

Updated Feb 16: Videos from the OFFICIAL broadcast available HERE

Updated Feb 15 : Most of the show has been recorded by someone and is available on this YOUTUBE CHANNEL maybe minus one song !

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PJ Harvey @ Maroquinerie
Paris, Feb 14 2011

First show on the Tour to promote her brand new album "Let England Shake" that came out this morning in France.
It's a World Premiere as it's the first show and a private gig @ the tiny 400 capacity club La Maroquinerie.
They did the rehearsals yesterday I've been told ( They probably did some more this afternoon).
Lots of guests ( including English actress Helen Mirren) and a few competition winners.
As the show is broadcasted live on Arte TV there are a few cameras on each side of the stage and at the back of the venue, it's also broadcasted live on Deezer.

As you're getting in , they are giving you a wristband for the aftershow party ( it looks like everybody has one).
Polly is getting on the stage @ 9:15pm , there's a very relax atmosphere in this club, there was a few people outside without ticket, I guess (hope) they let them in as there is some empty space in the pit, it's far from being packed.
Conditions are perfect as we're first row on the left , which is the good option as PJ is standing on the left of the stage for the whole gig, just in front of us.

As you can see on the setlist ( scroll down for detailed setlist) she played the whole new album in different order.
Nice lightshow and the sound is perfect.
She played several instruments, auto-harp (see pic) + acoustic & electric guitars.
Songs are very quiet and everyone is listening religiously for the whole set.
Her high voice is crystal clear.

She's very concentrated for the whole set and didn't communicate at all apart from a couple of words at the Encore, she felt more relax then. Remember it was live on tv .

Four songs for the Encore including "Down by the river" (here on video) which had the best ovation for the night. [ Yeah I know it's NOT a video from the new album, I was a bit surprised that the show ended so quickly, I shouldn't have the setlist was in front of me, anyway it's better than nothing and the show was live on the internet so...]
Short set : 70 min

We felt very lucky to be there ( Thanks again to Patrice for sorting out tickets) for this Premiere of " Let England shake".
Conditions at the Olympia for her two sold out shows on Feb 24 & 25th will certainely not be as perfect as tonight.

setlist & Highway to Heaven with Polly.

The Encore: "Down by the river":

The show was broadcasted LIVE on Deezer & on Arte TV @ 9:00pm ( French Time).

Here's the OFFICIAL re-run of the show on Arte TV ( only 6 songs ):

Cool aftershow party at the bar of the maroquinerie with free drinks and a few canapés, Polly wasn't there but we spotted Dame Helen Mirren.


Check our previous review with PJ Harvey & John Parish @ Bataclan on May 17 2009 and the day after on May 18 2009.

The Faces together again with... Mick Hucknall @ Cornbury Festival this summer

The Faces headlining Cornbury Music Fest in England this summer

A couple of weeks ago Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood & Kenney Jones went to the Ivy in London fuelling rumours that they will get back together.

It looks like NOT AT ALL as The Faces are booked for the Cornbury Fest in Oxforshire on July 2nd 2011 with, once again, Mick Hucknall as their lead vocalist.

No reunion of the original Black Sabbath according to Geezer Butler

Ozzy,Geezer & Tony

Since the death of the late great Ronnie James Dio there has been numerous rumours, fuelled by Ozzy and Tony Iommi, that the original line up of Black sabbath (Ozzy, Tony, Geezer & Bill) will get together again in the near future for a Tour or a new album.

Geezer Butler has released the following statement:
"I would like to make it clear, because of mounting speculation and rumors, that there will be definitely NO reunion of all four original members of BLACK SABBATH, whether to record an album or to tour."

Adler's Appetite @ Forum de Vauréal, Feb 11 2011

Adler's Appetite @ Forum de Vauréal

Feb 11 2011

At last Steven Adler is finally playing in France. Ist time ever as Guns N Roses never played with him over here.
At the time they were supposed to open for Motley Crue @ Zénith in Paris but the whole tour was cancelled because some of the members of the Crue ODed.
Steven Adler also cancelled a show in Paris a couple of years ago @ Locomotive club.

This time it's on and he is playing with Adlers' Appetite unfortunately it's in shit-hole city Vauréal , 25 km from Paris, 35 min+ ride with the train.
Doors are opening very late @ 8:30pm.
We have to endure support band Knock Out Kaine, the music's not too bad but all the clichés of hard rock in just one band : ridiculous.

Adler's Appetite is on stage @ 10:15pm
Can't tell you who's playing in the band apart from Chip Znuff on bass from Enuff Z Nuff fame.They've done a few very good records back in the late 80's early 90's.
Though it's not sold out the place is packed with an all age audience including lots of young people who couldn't possibly have seen the "real" Guns N Roses in 92-93.
It's also our first time with Steven Adler.
Nice start with "It's so easy", the band will play most of classic album "Appetite for Destruction" plus a few of their own songs ( see complete & corrected setlist below).
Steven Adler is on top form, these guy is the coolest drummer ever and i'm sure that if he wasn't involved with some substances at some point he could have had a greater career by joining some major rock band.
Chip Z Nuff is also playing it cool on the bass ( and backing vocals), the singer is doing his best but it is hard to fill Axl's shoes. Many people are saying that Axl sucks but you can notice how Axl is a FAN-TAS-TIC singer when other guys are singing his songs. They can't compete and Myles Kennedy (from SLASH's band) would not argue.
On guitars we have one wannabe Slash (on the left) and one wannabe DJ Ashba (on the right) with hat, tattoos and cigarette maybe they should concentrate on their guitar playing instead of posing.

There's a great atmosphere, the pit is hot, there are a few sexy girls down the front.
Steven is smiling all the time, having a lot of fun and doing the show without missing a beat, giving away dozens of drum sticks to the front rows. At the end of the 95min show it looks like everybody will go home with a drum stick in his hands.
We had a very good time.

It's past 11:50pm, the show has just ended and some people are wondering how the fuck they're gonna get home back to Paris.The last train is @ 12:05 and it's a 25 min walk to the train station, of course there are no buses after 10pm in this shit-hole of Vauréal.
We met some friends there so they drove us back but what about the others ?
I mean... WHAT THE FUCK ? don't they have any consideration for the poor bugger without a car. Why did they opened the doors so late knowing from the start that the show will end just before midnight.

Steven Adler as cool as ever

"Sweet child O Mine"
"It's so easy"
Adler's Appetite song "Star Dog"

Corrected setlist

"Out To Get Me":

Some GUNS N ROSES for YA with Dozens of Great Pictures, videos & setlist:
Guns N Roses @ Paris Bercy Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Guns N Roses @ L'Arc Club Part 1 Part 2
Guns N Roses @ Zénith Lille

AC/DC's "Let There be Rock" DVD & Blu-Ray out on Warner on June 7 2011

AC/DC 's "Let There Be Rock" finally out on DVD soon

Warner Home Video has announced AC/DC: Let There Be Rock for Blu-ray release on June 7, in a limited-edition BD/DVD combo pack in a 30th Anniversary Collector's Tin. This legendary concert film covers a 1979 Paris concert during the Australian heavy metal band's "Highway To Hell" tour. Interview segments and humorous backstage footage show another side to the musicians, especially AC/DC's flamboyant lead singer Bon Scott, who died two months after this filmed concert.

The track listing is as follows:

1. Live Wire
2. Shot Down in Flames
3. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
4. Sin City
5. Walk All over You
6. Bad Boy Boogie
7. The Jack
8. Highway to Hell
9. Girls Got Rhythm
10. High Voltage
11. Whole Lotta Rosie
12. Rocker
13. Let There Be Rock

Special features include:

• Loud, Locked & Loaded: The Rites of Rock: Seasoned rockers, actors and journalists recollect their rite of passage as early witnesses to the raw, bone rattling rock of AC/DC.
• AC/DC: The Bedrock of Riff:No one has mastered the basic DNA of Riff Rock as successfully as AC/DC. Explore Angus and Malcolm Young's telepathic groove and the four-on-the-floor swing of Mark Rudd.
• Angus Young: A True Guitar Monster: Angus Young's transformation from diminutive schoolboy to raging rock monster electrifies the masses. Find out what makes this time bomb tick.
• Bon Scott: The Pirate of Rock 'n' Roll: Bon Scott was the ringleader of the AC/DC circus, balancing his screaming sexuality with a rakish charm. Get a glimpse into the life of a classic Rock 'n' Roll pirate.
• AC/DC: A Rock Solid Legacy: From bar band to arena rock, AC/DC stuck to their guns and shot their way to the top. Fellow rockers and journalists chart AC/DC's ascent into the Pantheon of Rock Gods in rock 'n' roll history.
• BD Playlist: your favorite songs in your favorite order
• 32-page tribute book by rock journalist Anthony Bozza (author of Why AC/DC Matters
• Exclusive souvenir guitar pick
• Collector card set featuring concert photos

Check our Pictures of AC/DC @ Stade de France Part 3, Part 2, Part 1 in 2010

Check our previous reviews with LOTS OF GREAT PICTURES of AC/DC :
Stade de France June 12 2009
Paris Bercy 1 Feb 2009 , AC/DC @ Hotel in Paris
Paris Bercy 2 Feb 2009 , Part 2

C.W. Stoneking @ L'Album de la Semaine for Canal+, Paris Feb 09 2011 8:00PM

C.W. Stoneking @ L'Album de la semaine, Canal+
Paris Feb 09 2011

setlist

Australian artist C.W Stoneking is promoting his second album by playing famous Canal+ tv show.
Two guys on brass, one on stand-up bass , a drummer & C.W. himself on banjo , Steel Guitar & lead vocals.
A mix between delta blues, big band New Orleans jazz & calypso all pre-WW2.
A trip to the deep south (of USA) before the (world) war (II).
Lots of talking between songs to explain what's the lyrics are about but it's hard to understand a bloody word as he has a very thick accent but I'm sure it was funny.
Very good gig, check his single here

Marianne Faithfull @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris Feb 09 2011

Marianne Faithfull @ Fnac Montparnasse Store
Paris, Feb 09 2011 6:00pm

The Fnac store in Montparnasse is organising a meeting with Marianne Faithfull to promote her brand new album "Horses & High Heels".
She did many radio & tv interviews these last couple of weeks including "One shot Not" for Arte TV, "ce soir ou jamais" for France 3 etc... performing acoustic versions from her new songs but NOT tonight, it's a shame.
Anyway, we had a very interesting Questions & Answers starting at 5:45 pm ( 15 min in advance) that lasted 35 min+ with MC Valli ( blonde on the right) from France Inter radio.
The place is really packed, it's a thursday (?), lots of talking about the new album.

The important news is that MC5's Wayne Kramer who's on the album, will play with Marianne for her shows @ Théatre du Chatelet on March 22nd & 23rd.

A full house for Marianne

Then she signed cds for people queuing asking for your name and always with a kind word.
She was delightfull.

Another video (better quality) from the Q&A HERE

Anna Calvi @ Nouveau Casino, Paris Feb 08 2011

Here are a few videos in HD :
Jezabel
Joan of Arc
First we kiss
Surrender
Love won't be leaving

Next shows in paris for February and a couple of news

Remember: check before going.
We're gonna have a quiet month @ Rockerparis, we're going to a handfull of all these shows but don't worry we'll keep you informed anyway.

Band of Horses / U2/ Anna Calvi

Feb 8:

Anna calvi @ Nouveau Casino (sold -out)
Hawksley Workman @ Café de la Danse
Taratata recording with Avril lavigne & many others @ Plaine St Denis

Feb 9:

Adam Bomb @ Les Combustibles bar ( 12th district in Paris M° gare de Lyon)
L.W Stoneking @ L'Album de la Semaine
Grand Master Flash @ Rex Club @ midnight ? ( Hip Hop Legend)

Feb 10:

Agnes Obel @ Cigale (sold out)
Patrick Bower @ Truskel (free)

Feb 11:

Patrick Bower @ Fleche d'Or
The Black Angels @ Cigale (sold out)
Adler's Appetite @ Forum in Vauréal ( 30 km outside Paris for Guns N Roses former drummer)

Feb 12 :

Patrick Bower @ Motel (free)

Feb 14:

Cold war Kids @ L'Album de la Semaine (invit' only)

Feb 15:

Patrick Bower @ International
Cold War Kids @ Bataclan (sold out ?)

Feb 21:

Timber Timbre @ Fnac Montparnasse 5:30pm (free showcase)

Feb 22:

Skunk Anansie @ Olympia
Razorlight @ Fleche d'Or

Feb 23:

Joan as a Police Woman @ Fleche d'Or

Feb 24:

Alan Vega @ Machine du Moulin Rouge
PJ Harvey @ Olympia (sold out)
Ebony Bones @ Trianon

Feb 25:

PJ Harvey @ Olympia (sold out)
Feb 26:
Band of horses @ Cigale (sold out)

A couple of news:

-Van Halen are recording a new album with david Lee Roth
-AC DC's "Let there be rock" remastered dvd with bonuses should be out around June 2011
-Gary moore died from a suspected heart Attack
- Coldplay + Beyonce & U2 are headlining Glastonbury 2011
- A complete Thin Lizzy Sydney '78 film featuring Gary Moore unearthed (13 songs in all)
The complete set is as follows: Jailbreak / Bad Reputation / Warriors / Don’t Believe a Word / Waiting For An Alibi / Still in Love With You / Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed / Cowboy Song / The Boys are Back in Town / Suicide / Are You Ready / Baby Drives Me Crazy / Me and the Boys

Listen to PJ Harvey's new album "Let England Shake" in its entirety

Listen to PJ Harvey's new album "Let England Shake" in its entirety

Click on the cover above to stream her new album

There should be a surprise soon so stay tuned to ROCKERPARIS

Peaceful week-end in Fontainebleau

Saturday afternoon in the park

Our residence for the week-end (above)... not really & The eagle has landed

"a horse with no name"

Away from the tumultuous life of a rock'n roller in Paris, we went away for the week-end in the delightful small city of Fontainebleau just 40 km outside Paris for some horse riding and peaceful time.
That was before we learned that Gary Moore passed away.
Hard to get away from the modern world and its sad news

Gary Moore 1952-2011 RIP

So Long Gary ... (Here @ Olympia Sept 07 2006)

It is with deep sorrow and regret, that we have to announce that Gary Moore passed away while on holiday in Spain last night.

Our thoughts are with his children, family and friends at this sad time.

Gary Moore, RIP

1952-2011