Courtney Love played a secret show @ Printemps store in Paris on Oct 5.
Courtney played with Drew McConnell from Babyshambles on bass, Karl lagerfeld, Liv Tyler were there too More pics from the night HERE (click on all the V loves Paris) other Pics HERE
AKA The Ghost Of Saber Tooth Tiger + Zooey @ Fleche d'Or, Paris Oct 6 2010
Back at the hot & sweaty Fleche d'Or to see Sean Lennon & friend. Far from being sold-out and lots of younger fans which means that Sean doesn't attract Beatles fans or they are young Beatles fans. First we have a french easy listening pop duet Zooey, good as a starter.
After a (very) long intermission we have Sean lennon & Charlotte Kemp-Muhl aka The Ghost Of a Saber Tooth Tiger. Sean Lennon & Friend are getting on stage as late as Axl Rose as it's 10:45 and there's no one to complain.Go and figure it out.
They have a new record out soon so I thought they will only play new songs apart from a cover ( see setlist). It's a very relax affair with Sean , on the right, on vocals, acoustic guitar & percussion and Charlotte , on the left, on vocals occasional bass, woodwind and other stuff.
It sometimes seems a bit unrehearsed, well maybe not unrehearsed... more like a gig in front of a few friends so the atmosphere is very relax. Sean is fluent in French ( he has to translate in English to his girlfriend) and is introducing each song. In fact half the songs have already been played last year when they both played the Point Ephémere ( click for review with Pics...) on Oct 3 2009. Pop-Folk songs.
Once again we have Irina as a special guest for the encore of this very short set , only 9 songs in all !!! What only 9 songs ! They could have played a few more specially after everybody waited for more than an hour after the support band. Come on Sean i'm sure you can do more. I can't imagine Axl Rose doing the same he would have been nailed to the ground by the press.
Here's one :
Big News: Sean lennon will be on tour next year with -M- (aka Mathieu Chédid) with his full band.
This band is becoming more & more popular over here with songs played on the radio... We already saw them in March 2010 at a free show @ La Défense near Paris at noon ( yes noon !) and we thought they were pretty good.
This time it's another free show @ Fnac Store in Chatelet, they're not playing acoustic, the whole band is here and they're playing electric so we're getting the full monty for an 11 song-40 min+ set.
Cool set, it's very pop & radiio friendly with a bit of wild guitars from now and then. Enjoyable. Video HERE
Listen to FISTFUL OF MERCY entire new album "As I Call You Down" feat. Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur & Dhani Harrison Click on the picture above to listen to the album.
Fistful of Mercy @ Cigale, Paris on Dec 5 2010 (tix on sale NOW)
N-E-R-D + Mark Ronson + Boy George + some other shit @ Zénith, Paris Oct 5 2010
Yesterday we went to see N-E-R-D @ L'Album de la Semaine and we were less than impress by their short set ( 7 songs) so we decided to see them in real LIVE conditions , in front of 5000 people @ Zénith. This was a free show, well not completely free as you had to work 4 hours for charity to get a ticket for the show. Which is a very good initiative. Different audience tonight as there are only teenage black & arabs from the suburbs ( our down-towns) with lots of very beautiful mixed-race girls. We just arrived on time to see the last 3 songs of Mark Ronson with his special guest Boy George on vocals, needless to tell you that it was complete crap with or without Mr George.
Then we had some shitty DJ, then a surprise guest called Soprano for 3-4 songs, complete crap once again.Never heard that name before but the kids loved him Then another surprise guest for a couple of songs, couldn't get his name but it was even more shitty than the previous one. Some more DJ in order to get the stage ready for headliners N-E-R-D. This time the singers ( all three of them) are all dressed in white, they've played some new songs and some others unfortunately they didn't play any from " Fly or Die" which is a great record and my favorite. Once again very short set they were on for just 30 min playing 6-7 songs, it was more lively than yesterday thanks to a dedicated audience but once again I was a bit disappointed. It was one of these nights when you wish you had stay at home.
On the same night The Posies were playing the tiny Divan du Monde in Pigalle for an 80 min show.Including surprise guest Hugh Cornwell for a few songs.
Here's the setlist (From Oliver Peel): click for videos 01: So Caroline 02: Please Return It 03: Licenses To Hide 04: Sad To Be Aware 05: Solar Sister 06: The Glitter Prize 07: Plastic Paperbacks ( with Hugh Cornwell) 08: Accidental Architecture 09: Take Care Of Yourself 10: Cleopatra Street 11: Enewetak 12: Conversations 13: Love Letter Boxes 14: Throwaway 15: I Guess You're Right 16: Flavor Of The Month
N-E-R-D is in Paris for a few days promoting their brand new album to be out on Nov 1st, they will be playing the Zénith tomorrow with VV Brown & Mark Ronson. 5 musicians all dressed in black (including two drummers), 2 rappers and two sexy black dancers on platforms on each side of the stage with Pharrell Williams , dressed in white center stage. Is it N-E-R-D or Pharrell Williams' NERD ? They've played only 7 songs , the first 4 songs were very slow and Pharrell stuck to his mike reading the lyrics so the show really started with faster and groovier songs , the last three. They didn't seem to give a fuck, too bad. Good set but it could have been so much better.
Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney Spring Summer 2011 Opera Garnier, Paris Oct 4th 2010
For the last couple of years Paul McCartney has always been there to support her daughter Stella for the fashion week. On this rainy monday morning at the Opera Garnier Paul was present once again with many other family relatives: Barbara Bach (Ringo Starr's wife), Olivia Harrison, Mary & James McCartney as well as other celebrities including The Gossip's Beth Ditto, Salma Ayek & the beautiful Liv Tyler.
Liv Tyler + Stella & James (far right)
Unfortunately Patrice, our dear photographer arrived a little bit late at the fashion show, it has already started, he can't party all nite long and get up at 9:00AM. He had a lousy seat in the back for the show, so sorry no Pics.
Father & Daughter
But we still have the backstage Pics to enjoy, Thanks to him.
