Saturday afternoon at Pere Lachaise Cemetary

Saturday afternoon @ Pere Lachaise cemetary in Paris

Very hot saturday afternoon in Paris, it feels like the summer, the best way to NOT feel the warm of the sun is to have a walk in the shady Pere Lachaise.

we visited Jim and say hello (far right)

Next shows in Paris for the next 2 weeks...

April 23
Fish @ New Morning
April 25
Dum Dum Girls @ C'est lenoir, Black session (invit' only, sold out)
April 26
Cocoon @ Olympia (sold out)
Moriarty @ Divan du Monde (Private gig for Fnac store) Get your free ticket @ Fnac Forum & Ternes right now
April 27
Moriarty @ 104
[Foo Fighters Documentary screening @ Canal+] before the broadcast on tv
April 28
Tindersticks @ St Eustache church
The Fleshtones @ Fleche d'Or
May 2:
Selah Sue @ Album de la Semaine, Plaine st Denis(Get your invit' by calling Bertrand on 01 55 93 40 48)
May 4:
Timber Timbre @ C'est Lenoir Black session
May 5
Joe Bonamassa @ Olympia
May 9
Alela Diane @ Olympia
Ben Harper @ Fleche d'Or

There are "rumours" of a private small gig by the Foo Fighters in Paris mid-may : don't get mad nothing is signed, it's only a rumour , it may not happen.

Prince to play @ Stade de France on June 30 2011

UPDATED MAY 13 : Prince will play @ Stade de France on JUNE 30
Box office will open at the end of May

George Lang from RTL radio announced it

Prince @ Stade de France on July 2nd 2011

The last time we saw Prince it was @ New Morning club in Paris with a 3h45 min long show between 2:30am & 6:15am.

Anna Calvi @ Trianon, Paris April 22 2011

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Anna Calvi @ Trianon

Paris April 22 2011

Anna Calvi is back in Paris for another sold-out show,this time this is at the newly re-open & one of the most beautiful theatre in Paris @ Le Trianon in Pigalle.
It's her 5th show in just a few months in the French capital and 6th in all.

Things haven't really changed, she's still playing songs from her first record.
She's still shy but not as frightened as she used to.
I think that the Trianon is trying to compete with the Bataclan for the hottest theatre in Paris, where the fuck is the A.C. ?
As the show is being broadcasted live on Arte tv website there are a couple of cameras in the audience and on stage but no big productions and it remains very discreet.
She starts the show (@ 8:53) with a long instrumental , just to get in the mood.
She won't talk at all to the audience apart from the usual "Thank You" and prefers to focus on her (perfect) guitar playing & (perfect) vocals.
After seeing her a few times and even though I haven't heard the record yet, I start to know the songs quite well.
The audience is listening religiously for the whole hour set, exploding at the very end of the show after the final Encore, we're asking for more, clapping & yelling, for a few minutes but unfortunately she's won't come back.
Too bad the gig was perfect.

Original setlist (far right)

"Jezebel":


Check her lastest shows in Paris @ C'est Lenoir in January, @ L'Album de la Semaine a couple of days later, @ Nouveau casino in Feb, @ Cité de la Musique opening for Grinderman in Oct 2010

The whole show @ Trianon from Arte broadcast:

Chapel Club + Her Magic wand @ Point Ephémere, Paris April 21 2011

Chapel Club + Her Magic wand @ Point Ephémere,
Paris April 21 2011

We haven't been in this club for a long time, probably Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp in Oct 2009.
Thanks to Fabien we would get invit' to see English indie rock band Chapel Club.
It's not a commercial success as there are only 5 people when we get in, just before they started there are no more than a 100 people and the guest list was huge.
First there is a french indie-pop band : Her Magic wand.
Cool set.

Then we have headliners English indie/alternative rock band Chapel Club.
Another band influenced by Joy Division between post-Punk and indie English pop-rock.
The singer has a very low voice and some Morrissey influences.
Nice show but a bit too English indie rock for us.

Anna Calvi's show @ Trianon to be broadcasted live on Arte TV

click above for link to broadcast

On April 22 Anna Calvi will play a sold-out show @ Trianon in Paris

He show will be broadcasted live live on Arte tv @ 8:30pm

Check her lastest shows in Paris @ C'est Lenoir in January, @ L'Album de la Semaine a couple of days later, @ Nouveau casino in Feb, @ Cité de la Musique opening for Grinderman in Oct 2010

Likke Li is postponing her show @ Cigale on April 21 to June 23

Likke Lee has been forced to postpone the remaining dates on her UK tour after injuring her back.

The sold-out show @ Cigale in Paris (April 21) is postpone to June 23.
Tickets will be valid for June

Her shows @ Printemps de Bourges on April 22 and Tourcoing on April 23 are cancell.

America + Madjo (second show) @ Casino de Paris, April 20 2011

America + Madjo @ Casino de Paris, April 20 2011

Second show in Paris and last one on the " 40th Anniversary" European Tour 2011


Madjo opening

Back @ Casino de Paris for the second show by legends America.
Yesterday was sold-out, it's not tonight but pretty close as it's packed once again, impossible to find an empty seat at least downstairs, we didn't go upstairs at the balcony.

Madjo is opening once again , alone on acoustic guitar for a few pop-soul songs.
The audience welcomed her politely.

America is an American band so they are very professional which means that they are playing exactly the same setlist as yesterday (click for review with Pics & video) even the chit-chat betweens songs is the same.

They are playing ALL THE HITS, It's the 40th Anniversary of the first album so they're playing a few songs from this album in a row in the first part of the show.

No need to tell you it's once again a GREAT show !
You can't be wrong with all those great songs.

America may be wellknown for being a Folk band ( they have some folk tunes in their repertoire) but they also have some rockier songs with cool electric guitar soli.
The mix of both is going down perfectly.

Madjo is back on stage for some backing vocals on the first Encore with their most famous song "A Horse with no Name".

As it's the last show on the European Tour they're back on stage one more time and they are playing an unrealeased song "Dream Come True" (here on video).

setlist & stage map

Second Encore with special treat , an unrealeased song " Dream Come True":

WOOOAAWWWW!!!!!

KK Downing retiring from Judas Priest, new guitar player announced

Official Press release (click)

Judas Priest have announced that original guitarist K.K. Downing has formally retired from the band and will therefore not be joining them on their forthcoming Epitaph Tour. The remaining members of the band respect his decision and naturally all wish him well. Having thought long and hard about how to proceed, singer Rob Halford, guitarist Glenn Tipton, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis unanimously agreed that they should go ahead with the tour and not let fans around the world down.

New guitar player is British RICHIE FAULKNER

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