Divine Comedy @ Cité de la Musique Paris Sept 22nd 2008

2 special shows SOLD-OUT @ La Cité de la Musique in Paris France for Divine Comedy.
Yeah Baby , only in Paris as Neil will play some french tunes only for these gigs ( tonight and tomorrow ).
No need to tell you that we reaallly love Neil Hannon and his band.

He started with Jacques Brel 's "Amsterdam" ( in fact he's from Belgium ) on guitar and then we were treated to a -best of- of his carreer with some french songs thrown in .

Here they are " Poupée de cire " ( written by Gainsbourg and sung by France Gall , eurovision winner in 196? ), "Songs that we sing" ( written by Neil for Charlotte Gainsbourg's record , music by Air ) "Les playboys " by Jacques Dutronc ( he was a good friend of Gainsbourg ) ," Anita Petterson" by Vincent Delerm ( shitty french singer of the new Nouvelle Vague ) ,"home" by Jane Birkin ( she was Gainsbourg's wife , written for her by Neil ? ) "Les copains d' abord " by provocateur & chansonnier Georges Brassens . "L' amour est bleu" by Vicky Leandros ??? ( eurovision song contest for Luxembourg in 1967 ), " Initials BB " ( written by Serge Gainsbourg for Brigitte Bardot with portions of "sexy boy" by Air ) "Je changerai" by Francoise Hardy ( wife of Jacques dutronc ) & "Joe le taxi " by Vanessa Paradis ( wife of Johnny Depp ) .

Complete setlist of Divine Comedy's gig @ Cité de la Musique below.

As usual with Neil , he has the english sens of humour and that british touch of class, Divine Comedy songs are just great and even when he's messing up lyrics completely or even when he's forgetting the lyrics to his own songs ( and has to ask the girls in the front row ) he always takes it with a laugh .
Some of the french songs were clearly not rehearsed perfectly, but it was ok

A couple of guests were here tonight first was Vincent delerm for a duet on a DC song and then was Daphné who did a great duet on " Initials BB" this song is absolutely fantastic and is one of my favourite ever, this long version with portions of Air's "sexy boy" was the highlight of the concert.

"National express" closed the concert .
GREAT GIG i'm coming back for more tomorrow .

with Vincent delerm ( right)

Goodbye and see you tomorrow night !

I will upload more French songs here :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis

contact :
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His fantastic duet with Daphné on " Initials BB " here :

Bryan Adams @ Zénith Paris sept 22nd 2008

Hi
You just wonder how Patrice Guino and myself can do 2 gigs in one night, easy the Zénith is 2 min walk from La Cité de la Musique.
So after leaving Divine Comedy's gig we just walk to the zénith to see the end of Bryan Adams' set . Patrice knows a lot of people so we get in allright and could see the last 35 min just in time for "It' s only Love".

It's a ( very ) small zénith ( 3500 capacity ) and it's far from being full , the concert was originally at the Olympia and has been moved. Lots of empty seats in the back and lots of spaces in the pit so we could sneak in easily down the front to the 5th row.
Lots of young girls and very cool atmosphere in the audience ( they all know the lyrics to every songs ) and on stage. The band is having fun and it's communicative. Nice stage , lots of light, 2 big screens on the sides and in the back . As we came in very late we only had 6-7 songs and not the more rock of his catalogue. He hasn't done a decent record for the last 15 years playing some soft rock ( should i call it rock ? ) bullshit . Live it's ok even with the soft ones. Strange 2nd encore as he's coming back alone to play a couple of acoustic songs including his smash hit " all for love ".
Setlist Bryan Adams in Paris below
Good show, but we couldn't miss the Divine Comedy , could we ?

setlist

MADONNA @ Stade de France 2 Sept 21st 2008

UPDATED SEPT 22nd WITH VIDEO of " Bordeline"

DIVINE COMEDY is playing the "Cité de la Musique" in Paris for 2 sold out shows on Sept 22nd and 23rd .

Madonna Live in Paris
Another bash of pictures, this time from the 2nd show @ Le Stade de France
Once again all pictures are from our main man Guino Patrice

It's really funny yesterday she said " Paris is the shit" which means Paris is good and nobody get it and thought she said "Paris is shit"; Tonight strange enough she didn't say it.

Apart from " on va tout niquer ce soir" but she already used it in Bercy on the last tour.

Well , when she's singing ( i mean really not tapes ) she's struggling with her voice and is sometimes flat.

Enjoy Mother Fuckers

security sheet from the first show.

"Borderline" being slaughtered :

MADONNA @ Stade de France Sept 20th 2008

MADONNA for her first show @ Stade de France

All pictures by PATRICE GUINO ( Thanks mate ) .

As you can see the stage set up is absolutely great ...

But the music is reaally crap ...

Most of the time she's miming over tapes for the vocals

I don't know if she even play the guitar for real...

Nevertheless the show is STUNNING !!!

It's something to see even if you think that her music sucks ...

The end

Enjoyable gig !

I won't mention Bob Sinclair opening , it was the biggest piece of shit i have ever heard.
This french DJ is supposed to be one of the best , Complete crap to me .

Madonna SDF tonight ....

Hi
i may go to Madonna tonight , i know it's not really rock n' roll but it might be funny ...
No Babyshambles on Monday in Paris ( scroll down a bit to know more about it ... )
Look at this , isn't that great :

Chambord castle on the Loire ( only this weekend )

JIMMY BARNES to play in Paris on Oct 16th @the Trabendo .
he's the most well-known australian rocker ( with AC/DC ) He's an Icon down under.
He never plays in France so it's now or never .
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=187348170

TV ON THE RADIO is playing @ " L' album de la semaine" on Sept 29th ( private TV show ) and the Nouveau Casino in Paris on sept 30th.

TRICKY is playing a free show in Paris @ Le 104 on Oct 11th .

James Hunter @ New Moning club on Oct 17th

--SUZANNE VEGA @ L' Alhambra in Paris on Oct 19th--
she's also playing a festival In MEAUX ( 50 Km outside Paris on Sept 26th. )
http://www.myspace.com/suzannevega
Don't miss her she's great live and her last album is fantastic
She's also very nice with her audience as she's always meeting her fans after the show !