Yael Naim + Dick Annegarn + Thomas Fersen + Les Tetes raides + Shaka Ponk... @ Cabaret Sauvage, Paris June 14 2011

Deezer Offline #4 with Ben Howard, L, Thomas Fersen, Yael Naim, Dick Annegarn, Les tetes Raides, Shaka Ponk @ Cabaret Sauvage, Paris June 14 2011
for the 15th Anniversary of french Label Tot ou Tard

French label Tot ou Tard is celebrating 15 years of activity @ Cabaret Sauvage with sponsors Deezer & Arte which is broadcasting the concert live on the website.

We arrived in this beautiful circus a bit late to see Ben Howard & French singer Raphaële Lannadère aka L.
All band or artist were playing 4 songs, so we started the evening with Thomas Fersen who played with just an acoustic guitar player : typical french songs.
Yael Naim was next with her easy listening pop-folk music on piano or on acoustic guitar.

Dick Annegarn singer from Belgium did something on his own unfortunately we were outside socializing with people working for the sponsors Deezer & Orange and we missed him.

Then was French Rock band Les tetes raides: things are starting rocking a bit, lively set with brass: between 'Chanson française' and rock. Cool !

Closing the night was french 'novelty' act Shaka ponk, it looks like these guys were playing in hard Rock bands and decided to finally make a bit of money so they decided to change to an electro-rock band with songs with nice hooks so they can get a hit on the radio.
Entertaining but...

It was not over for us as there was an afterparty outside with open bar and canapés.
We had a good time.
Thanks to Miss MC. for the invit'

Shaka Ponk " Kids in America":

Ivry Gitlis @ Cigale, Paris June 13 2011

Ivry Gitlis @ Cigale
Paris June 13 2011

In order to raise money for a association which is playing classical concerts in Schools,hospitals, jails, nursing homes... Ivry Gitlis, one of the most famous classical violin player is helping them out by playing a few songs among many other young musicians.
Ivry Gitlis is also famous in the rock world for playing The Rolling Stones' "Rock & Roll circus" in 1968 with The Dirty Mac a one-time English supergroup consisting of Keith Richards, John Lennon, Eric Clapton , Mitch Michell and Yoko Ono.
Tonight e have a bit of everything: Piano solo, violin , cello, brass.. each one or each trio or quartet playing a"song" for 3-4 min one after another, most of it classical and some jazz too.
Ivry Gitlis is playing a couple of things at the end.
After an intermission young musicians are back to play some more and Ivry Gitlis is ending the show by playing a classical version of an Edith Piaf song with them all .
Very good classical parts and not so good classical version of french Elvis Johnny Hallyday songs just to keep the audience entertained.

Ivry Gitlis came with his 298 year old stradivarius

It wasn't a "classical" audience so the bits played were famous classical songs incorporating some jazz songs. Ivry was nice and chatty, he's 88 years old now and was just back from japan so he didn't played too long but that was cool to see him playing and meet him in his dressing room.

Alice Cooper (Part1) @ Montereau Confluences festival, June 10 2011

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updated on saturday 11 June with links to videos

Alice Cooper @ Montereau Confluences festival

Parcs des Noues @ Montereau Fault Yonne ,June 10 2011
Part 1

Grégoire (far left), Zazie, Kob (far right)

I 'm still wondering what Alice Cooper is doing here, sandwiched between French singers Grégoire & Zazie who's headlining the first day of this festival in the beautiful city of Montereau Fault Yonne, yes that's the full name.
This city has a history that goes back to the XIII century is also welknown for being the place of one of the last victory of Napoleon on the Austrians in 1814.
Situated 40 km outside Paris, it's a 1 hour ride with the train.

Napoleon is watching over us so is John Paul II

10 bands are playing today, we're just here for Alice Cooper, we saw French singer Grégoire and a good French metal band KOB.

It feels good to be in the countryside, the festival is taking place in a small but lovely parc just next to the river, probably around 4000 capacity.
Tickets are VERY cheap only 12 euros, yes 12 Euros for 2 days.
The weather's sunny but not too warm and Alice Cooper is starting his show in daylight at 8:30 sharp.
As you can see we could walk him to the main stage, there's a nice "front" drop, they should have kept it as a backdrop for the whole show.

Cool Vincent Price intro, the gig is starting with "Black Widow" Alice is standing up on a "throne". Line up is Glen Sobel on drums, Chuck Garrick on bass, Tommy Henriksen on guitar, Damon Johnson on guitar and... last but not least: the great Steve Hunter on guitar. We saw him performed with Lou Reed on his Berlin Tour. He was the guitar player on several tours (and albums) back in the 70's with Alice. He's also playing on Lou Reed's original albums "Rock'n Roll Animal" and "Berlin".

With 3 guitar players it's a festival of guitars and with Alice's costumes changes for every song there's always something different happening. Lots of props on stage : a cane, a sword, a crutch...some bank notes too.

I didn't write down the setlist but as the show is basically the same at each gig this should this:
0) Vincent price intro 1) Black Widow 2) Brutal Planet 3) I'm 18 4) Under my wheels 5) Billion dollar Baby 6) No more Mr Nice Guy 7) Hey Stoopid 8) Is it my body 9) Halo of Flies 10) I'll bit your head off 11) Muscle of Love 12) Only women bleed 13) Cold Ethyl 14) Feed my frankestein 15) Clones 16) Poison 17) Wicked Young man 18) Killer 19) I love the dead 20) School's out (with Another brick in the wall) Encore 21) Elected (click on links for videos)

Part 2 of the show is HERE
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"NO more Mr Nice Guy":