Alice Cooper (Part 2) @ Montereau Confluences festival, June 10 2011

Alice Cooper @ Montereau Confluences festival
June 10 2011
Part 2

The boa is out on this tour

This tour has been dubbed "No more Mr Nice guy" so the boa is out on this tour as you can see on the setlist (in Part 1) Alice is playing ALL the Hits. some recent songs, a brand new one called " I'll bite your head off" and even "Muscle of Love".

The band is on top form maybe some songs sound a bit too Heavy Metal which is not my favorite Alice, I've always prefered when he's more "classic" rock or even "Cabaret".

Only women Bleed

The audience is not a rock audience, more a family audience so I guess they liked the show as there are different things happening: we have a huge " Frankestein" who lost his jaw, it was probaly not part of the show but it was funny, we have the guillotine and lots of costume changes (like Mariah Carey or Beyonce) but Alice is not as pretty ;-)
Maybe I would have like to have a song from "The Last temptation" which is one of my favorite album but the setlist is a good mix of old stuff and more recent songs.

A jaw-dropping Frankestein

The guillotine

"School's out" including snippet from Roger Waters' "Another brick in the wall" is having the audience singing along.
Alice is back on stage with a French flag for the Encore " Elected".
Very entertaining 90 min show

I Wanna be elected ...in France

Zazie was headlining but we didn't bother (whod did anyway ?) it was time to go back to Paris.

GoodBye Montereau, Promotional "Goes to Hell" vintage tee-shirt signed by Steve Hunter

"Elected":

System of a Down + Clutch @ Bercy, Paris june 08 2011

System of a Down + Clutch @ Bercy
2nd show, Paris June 09 2011

Clutch

Back into Bercy Arena to attend System of a Down's second sold-out show in Paris.
This time instead of Trail of dead, that wasn't very welcomed by the audience we have Clutch.
We arrived late , as usual , so we've missed the beginning of their show, in fact we only saw the last four songs of the band, too bad it was very good, the kind of shit that we liked at ROCKERPARIS, some cool bluesy rock stoner.

Nice... tee-shirt !

After a 30 min intermission, System of a Down took the stage in the same great atmosphere as two days ago. 17 000 people jumping up & down from the first minute to the last.
The band is as relaxed on stage as at the first concert.
Once again the sound is clear & neat.
This time there is a small pit down the front , for people with a wristband, not as stupid as the previous gig where they divided the pit in the middle from the front to the back.
I haven't seen any press photographers in the pit tonight (same as previous show), I guess the band doesn't want any photos as Patrice had to put his camera at the cloakroom after the security went to see him in the stalls, but he always has a Plan B.

CORRECTION : Same setlist as the first night @ Bercy on june 06. (click for pics, video & review or scroll down this page).
Show started @ 8:45 and ended @ 10:30 pm
Anothe Great gig.

After the storm

The Kooks @ Cigale, Paris June 07 2011

The Kooks @ Cigale
Paris, June 07 2011

Another sold-out gig, in my favourite theatre in Paris: La Cigale.
The Kooks are doing a tour without any new album out yet, the next one "Junk of the heart" will be out next September.
This band from Brighton has lots of dedicated fans and when I'm saying fans I'm talking about young ( between 15 & 20 years old) girls most of them very sexy.
Going to a Kooks' gig is always a pleasure : the band is good, they have nice songs, the atmosphere in the audience is always lively and... the girls are young and pretty.

We arrived to late to see the support band, sorry.
Even though it's sold out, there is room in the pit and the A.C. is working correctly so it's not too hot in there.
The band is not on the stage that people are starting jumping up and down and as the floor of La Cigale is like a trampoline (it's on springs) it's funny to see from the sides.
Each songs is greated with screams, they've played the hits and... a few new songs.
Hard to say how the new album will sound as they've played a slow song and a heavy one.

It's also funny to see that as the years go by it's still the same (very) young audience.
The singer is teasing the first row by walking on the edge of the stage several times but no stage diving, I guess he's afraid of having his clothes tear off.
The guitar player is still playing nice licks on guitar as if he was somewhere else.

They may have 3 albums (with the new one) they're still playing a very short set, no more than 75 min including the encore.
Very nice gig !

Setlist

Have a look at our review of their show @ Rock en Seine in 2010
@ Zénith for the Inrockuptibles fest with CSS & Mistery Jets in Nov 2008

System of a Down @ Bercy, Paris June 06 2011

Contact: irockinparis((@))yahoo((dot))fr

Updated with SETLIST

System of a Down @ Paris Bercy
June 06 2011

Well it's been a while, we probably saw SOAD many many years ago, they opened for Black Sabbath in Birmigham in 1999-2000 but i'm not sure if we get there on time to see them.
A friend of mine told me that we went to a Slayer private party at the Locomotive club in Pigalle in 1999 and that we had a drink with the guys afterwards but I don' t remember it at all, the funniest thing is that @ Rockerparis we're straight ( no booze, no drugs... ever) I guess Alzheimer is striking early for us.

Anyway... this is the first show tonight and it was sold-out in just an hour so they added a second one on June 8th that is sold-out as well.
Funny to think that Ozzy Osbourne played here @ Bercy a few months ago and it was half empty.Luckily Ozzy & band liked the gig and they've played the longest set on the whole tour with an extra encore.
You can feel that there are expectations from the audience as everybody seem very excited before the show.
As soon as the band played the first note it was just screaming and jumping & dancing for the mostly male French Heavy Metal maniacs.
The sound is neat, not too loud, the stage is very simple with just a backdrop (in fact several different backdrops) in the back.
The singer's funny he's dancing as if he was singing into an arabic band, probably because that's the way they're dancing in Armenia where the band has its roots.
The band is very relaxed on the stage no head-banging like metallers, well just a bit now & then from the guitar player.
I'll try to get the setlist shortly but I have to say I'm not too familiar with their back catalogue as We only have a couple of their albums.

Here's the SETLIST (click on link)

You really have to know the songs before seeing them otherwise you'll feel a bit confused by some of their songs.
Musically they're a bit like a heavy version of Franck Zappa with lots a tempo change for each tune.

on the floor !

What striked me most is the atmosphere: from the first row to the last one up in the last block in the stalls, everyone is jumping & dancing for the whole 90+ min that lasted the show.
Don't know why they didn't play any encore.
Very good show.

Merchandising

Jimmy Page joins Donovan on stage @ Royal Albert Hall, London June 03 2011

(C) Photograph by Virgilio Fino/Govinda Gallery

Jimmy Page made a surprise appearance with Donovan @ Royal Albert Hall on Friday June 03.
He played on "Sunshine Superman" (Here on video) at the beginning of the show then at the end he came back onstage and they played the song again with Jimmy on guitar.
He stayed to play " Mellow Yellow"( click for video with Jimmy):

"Sunshine Superman"

Full article on this gig with Pics @ Tight but Loose

Another article with Pic on Rolling Stone US

Paul Simon streams new album "So beautiful or so what" online, listen to it on Rockerparis

Paul Simon streams new album " So beautiful or so what" online.
The album will be out in a couple of weeks
Listen:
So Beautiful Or So What by Paul Simon

Paul Simon will play in Paris @ Palais des Congres on July 06

Next shows for June 2011 in Paris

Alice Cooper/ Anna Calvi /Thin Lizzy

June 06
System of a down @ Paris Bercy (sold out)
June 07
ERRATUM: The Kooks, sorry it's @ LA CIGALE (sold out)
June 08
System of a Down @ Paris Bercy (sold out)
June 10
Alice Cooper @ Montereau Fest ( 40 km outside Paris)
Duran Duran @ Grand Rex, POSTPONED
June 11
Alicia Keys piano solo @ Palais des Congres (sold out)
June 13
Wu Lyf @ L'Album de la Semaine
Brian Ferry @ Olympia
June 14
Janet Jackson @ Louvre ( private gig for charity)
June 15
Doc Holliday @ Reservoir
Anna CALVI @ Fnac Montparnasse ( free gig)
Arctic Monkeys @ L'Album de la semaine tv show
BEN HARPER @ OUI FM (invit' only)
June 17-18-19
Hellfest in Clisson with Judas Priest, Ozzy, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions...
June 20
Judas Priest + Duff McKagan's Loaded @ Zénith

Check first before going, thanks!

Ringo Starr & his All Starr Band mini gig and Press Conference @ Dunsfold Aerodrome,Godalming,Surrey June 01 2011

Ringo Starr & his all starr band did a 4 song set and press conference just outside London on June 1st 2011. Here's what my mate Ray from Ray's gigs is saying about it :

"Meet 12.30 at Embankment tube station. 1pm bus leaves for secret location.(a bit of a Magical Mystery Tour as such).Only 30 people on the bus from major news folks inc BBC ,The Sun and er raysgigs.com.We used a Greyhound Bus who have started up in the UK the past couple of years.We got given a press release by them stating an incredible list of songs that the term Greyhound Bus has been used in.See their website www.greyhounduk.com to book some great value coach travel.Its a full 2 hours on the bus through South London deep into the lovely Surrey countryside where we arrive at Dunsfold Aerodrome,Godalming,Surrey.Inside Hanger 86 there is around 100 media folks from all over Europe.Loads of tv crews.We have some freebie sarnies,pastries and coffees.Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band come out one by one.They play a four song 20 mins set."Boys" sung by Ringo."Free Ride" sung by Edgar Winter."Broken Wings" sung by Mister Mister singer Richard Page and finally "With A Little Help From My Friends" sung by Ringo.We then had a 25 mins Q and A session.Ringo was professional and relaxed with his answers.Only around 150 here in total so a very nice exclusive event.View the event on www.muzu.tv."

Ringo Starr - Press Conference June 1st 2011 Short Edit

Jamiroquai @ Casino de Paris, May 31 2011

Here's the vip pack with beer, bag, wristbands, ticket & pass sheet

Jamiroquai played a corporate show for a French beer @ Casino de Paris.
They played for just over an hour,11 songs in all (Setlist HERE)
here's the first part of the show:

The rest of the show professionally video recorded and broadcasted live is HERE

Don't forget to check our review of another corporate show they did @ Olympia in March for designer Paul & Joe, that was a wild party we've been to. Pics underneath

Arctic Monkeys to play L'Album de la Semaine on June 15 2011

The title says it all
Private gig for Canal+, listen to OUI FM to get free tickets.

Good Luck !