Blue Oyster Cult @ Olympia Paris Sept 6th 2009

Blue Oyster Cult / Uriah Heep
@ Olympia Paris Sept 6th 2009

Second on stage just after Uriah Heep, is american rock band Blue Oyster Cult ,last time they were in Paris was in 1993.
Down the front the sound & the light show is perfect in the sold out Olympia theater.
Lots of line -up changes : Richie Castellano is playing guitar & Keyboards ( Allen Lanier is no more ) , Jules Radino is on drums , Danny Miranda is back on bass ( Rudy Sarzo couldn't be here ).
Buck Dharma & Eric Bloom are the only original members.
Is it still The BOC without Allen ?

The audience is wild straight from the beginning of the set.
This is amazing how many great songs this band has.

They've played them all , " ME262", Hot rails to hell", " Godzilla", " Don't fear the reaper", Buck's Boogie" , Burning for you" , " then came the last days of may" ...

They've played songs they don't do too often like " Black Blade" + another one i can't remember & " Harvest Moon" from Heaven Forbid plus one song from their last cd Curse of the hidden mirror.

I'm not really objective as The BOC is one of my favorite band , but they've done a killer show.

Buck hasn't change at all during all these years, his guitar playing is as fluent as it was in the 70's same voice as well.
Eric is playing a bit more keyboards leaving guitar work on some songs to the new guy Richie who's doing well.

Also funny to see how Eric Bloom is looking like french DJ Francis Zégut.

As Danny Miranda was playing in Queen for the last couple of years we had a short Queen medley on Bass in the middle of " Godzilla"

The last song before the encore was a killer version of " Born to be wild" ( here on video ) with Eric getting on stage riding a Harley davidson.
GREAT !!!

Certainly one of the best concert I've been to this year so far.

SETLIST:

1. The Red & the Black
2. Before The Kiss (A Redcap)
3. Burnin' For You
4. Cities On Flame (With Rock'n'Roll)
5. Harvest Moon
6. The Vigil
7. Buck's Boogie
8. ME 262
9. Stone Of Love
10. Black Blade
11. (Then Came) The Last Days Of May
12. Godzilla
13. (Don't Fear) The Reaper
14. Encores: Born To Be Wild
15. Hot Rails To Hell

Aftershow meeting ( right )

Born to be wild :

Uriah Heep @ Olympia Paris Sept 6th 2009

Uriah Heep / Blue Oyster Cult

@ Olympia Paris Sept 6th 2009

Double bill

It took 27 years to Uriah Heep to finally come back to Paris.
Of course there has been a few changes , some have left , some have died but Uriah heep is still alive and well.
Mick Box is the only survivor from the original line-up , now they have Bernie Shaw on vocals , Trevor Bolder on bass, Phil Lanzon on Keys & new guy Russel Gilbrook on Drums.

My head in your butt ( right )

Nice boot

Uriah Heep is the first band on stage but are playing a full show , there's not really an opening act , Harley Davidson France the promoter of this gig wanted a double act bill.
I can't say i know them as I never really took the time to listen to their music, but they've deliver a very good show with lots of epic songs

Trevor Bolder from "Ziggy Stardust" fame ( left )

Bernie Shaw has a lot of precense on stage and knows perfectly how to play with the audience with typical rock' n roller stage moves.

Mick Box always has a smile on his face and Trevor is focus on his bass parts. Remember he is the guy from the Ziggy Stardust band with Mick Ronson & David Bowie.
Lots of die-hard fans at the sold out Olympia tonight.

WAAOOOWWW !!!

The band is happy and so is the audience.
For more details see setlist below.
Great set
Can Blue Oyster Cult follow after such a good set ?

Hey Guys , the other way 'round

Goodbye Ladies , setlist

Secret location revealed : MUSE @ Théatre du Chatelet Paris Sept 8th 2009

That's it !
MUSE 's secret show in Paris will take place at the Théatre du chatelet on sept 8th.
info : Zégut

I tried to get more info this afternoon ( sept 5th ), People working there don't know anything about the show.
Could it be somewhere else ?

I went yesterday afternoon to the salle pleyel to see the rehearsals of the Lou reed / Laurie Anderson gig . Well it was interesting to see how this old couple is working their songs but the music seemed soo boring that i didn't bother going there for the gig. The place was packed even though the tickets were rather expensive , up to 70 euros.

Next shows in Paris Sept 2009

Contact : irockinparis ( @ ) yahoo.fr

Sept 4th :

Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson @ salle Pleyel

6th Sept :

Blue Oyster Cult & Uriah Heep @ Olympia
Dinosaur Jr @ Elysée Montmartre

Sept 7th :

Coldplay @ Parc des Princes

Sept 8th:

MUSE @ secret location in Paris

Sept 9th :

Gossip @ Maison de la Radio for Le Mouv' radio ( free gig )
Moby @ L' Album de la Semaine ( recording of Canal+ TV show )
Muse , LaRoux & Others @ Taratata ( recording of TV show )

Sept 10th:

Gossip , Mika , Lady Gaga & Others @ Taratata

Sept 11th:

Gossip @ Nouveau Casino ( Ouifm private show )
Moby, Mark Knopfler, Elbow , Gal Electric @ Taratata

Lots of e-mail regarding the AC/DC box set : No more news that this and I' m not even sure as there's nothing confirmed yet from Sony. so Stay tuned

New AC/DC Amp boxset out on Oct 12th 2009

Updated Sept 28th
Here's the box-set:

UPDATED SET 23rd : More news here soon http://www.acdcbacktracks.com/us/home

UPDATED SEPT 11th : This boxset will -definitely- be out shortly ( Oct ? , Nov ? ) there is a collector version with a real Amp that functions , This has been confirmed to me by a top executive from Sony France.

SONY MUSIC
OCTOBER 12TH release date available exlusively through acdcrocks.com
OCTOBER 12, AC/CD PUBLISHES SUPER DELUXE "AMP" BOXSET, THE most STUNNING BOX OF ITS CAREER WITH 3-CD, 2-DVD AND 1-LP

October 12, 2009, AC/DC publishes two extraordinary editions that, under the titles Super Deluxe "Amp" Boxset and Best of the Boxset, gathers such quantity of musical material, concerts, videos, peculiarities, memorabilias, etc., that will do the delights of the millions of followers of the Australian band everywhere.

The Super Deluxe "Amp" Boxset is a sophisticated box that is an amplifier for guitar (that functions!) and only will be sold through http://www.acdcrocks.com directly to the consumer. This box-amplifier contains:

1. 1 CD of rarities 2. 2 CD of live rarities 3. 1 DVD Family
Jewels Disc 3 (1992-2009 + Bonus videos) 4. 1 DVD Live At The Circus Krone (engraving in 2003 in Munich,
Germany) 5. 1 LP of 180 grams with rarities

Besides, and accompanying to all this material, the box-amplifier includes:

1. A book of 164 pages of 12" x12" in edition of luxury 2. A carries CD and DVD for the five disks of the Super Deluxe "Amp" Boxset with light 3. A great on with memorabilias that
contains: • Pin I Gave It For AC/DC (first object of merchandising that launched the group) • Sticker Beanie • Flyer of the tour of 1976 Lock Up Your Daughters • Leaf of recording of
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, third album of the band • temporary Tattooing of the parrot of Bon Scott used in the Australian cover sheet of the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap •
Australian Dollar of internal state, utilized Only in its concerts in 1991 • sharp point for guitar with the logo of the band • Three black and blank lithographies of unpublished photos of
the band in the Alberts Studio in 1977 • Póster of the European tour Let There Be Rock of 1977.

The version reduced of this edition is thrown with the title of Best of the Boxset and includes three disks:

1. 1 CD of rarities live 2. 1 CD of the better rarities (a selection of the CD of Super Deluxe "Amp" Boxset) 3. 1
DVD Family Jewels Disc 3

ON THIS SITE , LOTS OF GREAT PICS FROM THEIR SHOWS IN PARIS HERE :
Paris Bercy 1
Paris Bercy 2 Part 1, Part 2
Paris Stade de France
Hotel 1 , 2, 3

MUSE to play secret show in Paris next week

MUSE will play a secret show in Paris On Sept 8th.
More details soon...

They will be recording a TV show: Taratata on Sept 9th.
There are rumours that they will play " L' album de la semaine" but i've been confirmed that they will NOT play this Canal+ TV show.

Charlie Watts NOT quitting The Rolling Stones ( updated )

UPDATED :

According to Undercover Charlie Watts is leaving the Rolling Stones .
It is NOT official for the moment
Check back later for more news.

According to Music Mix who interview the band's spokesperson ( read article )

Charlie Watts is NOT quitting the Stones

In other sad news when I was on holidays this summer two musicians died Willy Deville on August 6th from pancreatic cancer and legendary guitar player Les Paul at the age of 94 on August 13th from pneumonia.

IZIA @ L' Album de la Semaine Canal+ Sept 1st 2009

French Female singer IZIA is playing L' Album de la Semaine tonight.
She's 20, already opened a couple of years ago for the Stooges and did a duet performing two songs for Canal+ TV show " La Musicale" with Iggy when he was in Paris to promote " Préliminaires" .
Her band is 100% Classic rock, she might be only 20 but she knows how to walk that stage and get an audience wild well ... she's wild herself.
She's our french Janis joplin.
Maybe they should work a bit more the melodies of a couple of songs which sounded too simple.
Great set anyway

Hitler's reaction to Oasis ' split

HILARIOUS !