SLASH @ Zénith, Paris Oct 20 2012

 SLASH  @ Zénith, Paris Oct 20 2012

Jesus ! Slash has never been so popular in France, the 6500 seats capacity Zénith is long sold-out and scalpers are selling tickets outside for almost twice the face value. Hard to believe, there was a time ( for the Snakepit records, 1995-2000) when he was only playing the 1500 capacity Elysée Montmartre. Slash has been in France very often these last two years:
 @ Stade de France with AC/DC on June 18 2010

@ Hellfest in Clisson June 19 2010
@ Bataclan June 20 2010 with Alice Cooper as a guest
@ Zénith on July 12 2011.

We didn't catch the support band Ginger from the Wildhearts but had some nice seats in front of the mixing desk dead center. Lightning was ok but the sound was perfect, not too loud and very clear.

We never really took the time to listen to the new album and were not great fans of the first so even though the band is giving it all on stage, can't tell you that the new songs sound fantastic Live.

Myles Kennedy is doing a great job, he has his own little platform on the front of the stage, not too sure about the way he's singing Guns N Roses songs, trying to impersonate Axl's vocals, no one can.

Slash on guitar is faultless maybe I would have prefer a shorter version of "Rocket Queen" (10 min), as the blues jam in the middle was a bit too long.

We had a ballad "Far & Away" (here on video) played for the first time ever Live. so Thanks for choosing Paris for this première.

Lots of young people down the front that are going crazy everytime a Guns song is played.

Glad to hear that SLASH is still playing songs from the Snakepit and Velvet Revolver.

The bass player is singing "Out to get me" and he's rocking.

Great show but we have to say that Axl's version of Guns N Roses sound a million time better on stage.

Cool that we could meet Slash briefly after the show.

setlist

SETLIST with links to videos (Courtesy of our friends @ SLASHFRANCE)

Halo
Nightrain
Ghost
Standing In The Sun
Back from Cali
Been There Lately
Mr Brownstone
Rocket Queen
Bad Rain
Far and Away
We're All Gonna Die
Out Ta Get Me
No More Heroes
Starlight
Blues Jam / Anastasia
You're A Lie
Sweet Child O' Mine
Slither

Fall To Pieces
Paradise City

Suzanne Vega @ Casino d'Enghien les bains, Oct 19 2012

 Suzanne Vega @ Casino d'Enghien les bains, Oct 19 2012

 Yesterday was MUSE playing to 17000 screaming young fans @ Paris Bercy Arena with a loud sound, lasers and an huge upside down pyramid made of dozens of screens, tonight is the other side of the coin with singer-songwriter playing a cozy small theatre @ Casino d'Enghien les Bains, 10 km on the north of Paris, with just an acoustic guitar and the help of Gerry Leonard on electric guitar.
We wanted to get a drink at the bar before the show, as we bought our tickets at the local box office it provided a free entrance for the casino ( usually they are charging 15 euros just to get in, yes 15 euros to get the right to get rob at gambling machines) but couldn't as those bastards didn't like the way we were dressed up : Vans, designer tee shirt, jeans & leather jacket. Fuck'em they won't get our money.

 Anyway we were there to attend Suzanne Vega's concert, last time we saw her live was at the Théatre Marigny 2 years ago. She's now promoting the Volume 4 of her career spanning Close-Up cd. Made of reworked versions of her songs, mostly acoustic. Gerry Leonard (former David Bowie band) is still playing with her helping out on electric guitar and loops. Unlike Muse, Suzanne doesn't need lasers and screens all over the place to catch the attention of people, simply because she has great songs...and a great sens of humor. The only prop was a topper to look like Marlene Dietrich on some songs. 

No need to tell you that we enjoyed the show a lot, even though we would have like more songs from her "Beauty & Crime" cd.

Great night out.

MUSE @ Paris Bercy, Oct 18 2012

MUSE  @ Paris Bercy Oct 18 2012

Well well well, we saw them a few times a few years ago including one time at the Trabendo club in Paris in front of 600 people.
Now this band has become superstars , filling up stadiums.
Surprisingly they only play one show @ Paris Bercy, it was long sold-out and touts are making a fortune outside.
Muse has always made some efforts to get a great stage with lots of lightning, this time they do have a pyramid and screens EVERYWHERE, I mean literally EVERYWHERE.
Sound is neat and Bellamy seems to enjoy what he's doing unfortunately we don't.
Musically it's getting worse with each album, this band is turning into a Genesis of 2012 and we hate that prog shit.

If the stage wasn't that beautiful we would have get bored all the time, even when the songs suck there's something interesting to see so...
Glad they played the old stuff at the end
They were just above average !

SETLIST:
The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
Supremacy
Map of the Problematique
Supermassive Black Hole
Resistance
Panic Station
Animals
Monty Jam (Drum and Bass Jam)
Explorers
Falling Down (Piano version)
Host (First half)
Time Is Running Out
Liquid State
Madness
Follow Me
Undisclosed Desires
Plug In Baby
Stockholm Syndrome
Encore:
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Uprising
Knights of Cydonia ( Harmonica intro)
Encore 2:
Starlight
Survival

Check our review of MUSE @ Stade de France in Paris on June 12 2010
Live in Paris Bercy on Nov 17 2009 with Pics backstage & video

Theatre du Chatelet on Set 8 2009 with GREAT Live Pics

Full Show Paris Bercy:

The Doors, Live at the Bowl, Première, Paris oct 17-18 2012

The Doors, Live at the Bowl, Première, Paris Oct 17-18 2012

Once again not a lot of people for this press screening, that's all right with us , we get more space to relax. I've bee told that yesterday's night screening was full.

it's simply amazing what they've done with this movie , the image & the sound are pristine as if it was recorded last week. Included for the first time are 3 bonus tracks from the original concert.

The dvd will get some bonus interviews and documentary on The Doors.

Can't wait...

To be out on cd & dvd on Oct 22

The Rolling Stones' rehearsals in France, setlist Oct 16 2012

From my spy @ The Barn in France, here's the setlist for today's rehearsals Oct 16:

1.  Champagne & Reefer
2. Route 66
3. It's only Rock'n'Roll
4. Live with me
5. When the whip comes down
6. Champagne & Reefer (again)
7. Doom & Gloom
8. Miss You
9. Midnight Rambler
10. Jumping Jack Flash
11. Just my Imagination
12. Going to a gogo
13. Waiting on a friend
14. No expectations
15. Street Fighting Man
16. She's so cold
17. Beast of Burden

 

From what I've been told the band is off to London for a week and won't be back in France before the 25.

See ya !

Oh by the way, it is Darryl Jones on bass and Chuck Leavell on keys, no other players have been seen at the rehearsals yet !

BB Cunnigham Jr 1938-2012

B.B. Cunningham Jr., a member of the ’60s group the Hombres and bass player for the Jerry Lee Lewis’s band, was shot and killed in Memphis on Sunday morning (Oct. 14). Police say the 70-year-old was working as a security guard when he heard gun shots and went to investigate.

The Rolling Stones @ O2 Arena in London and Newark Prudential Center Announcement

UPDATED with setlist from Oct 15 rehearsals (below)
 
IT'S OFFICIAL:

London O2 Arena Nov 25 & 29

 Newark Prudential Center Dec 13 & 15

WHAT ABOUT PARIS FRANCE, YOU BASTARDS !!!

From the rehearsals !!!

SETLIST rehearsals Oct 15:
From a friend who's still there, thanks to him ;-)
1) I wanna be your man 2) Not fade away 3) Route 66 4) It's all over now 5) Paint it black 6) When the whip comes down 7) Doom & Gloom, 8)  One more shot, 9) Far away eyes 10) Lady Jane 11) some Girls 12) Can'nt you hear me knocking 13) Happy 14) before they make me run 15) You got me rocking 16) Tumbling dice 17) Start me up 18) Sympathy for the devil 19) Brown sugar 20) You can't always get what you want

The Rolling Stones' rehearsals in France Part 2 " I wanna be your man" audio

 UPDATED WITH LONDON O2 Arena announcement:

 Sunday 25 Nov & Thursday 29 Nov

Tickets on sale from Oct 19

A couple of days of "holidays" in the cold, rain & mud  for The Rolling Stones but we came back with some nice stuff, I guess everyone enjoyed our little Live version of "Doom & Gloom", the first one ever.

We came back with some more shit to share and the first one will be The Beatles' penned "I wanna be your man", we're holding "One more shot", yeah I know we're tight bastards.

Check our Pics of The Rolling Stones September exhibition in Paris @ Galerie de l'instant.

If ever you're in Paris yon can get The Rolling Stones' "Ladies and gentlemen" numbered limited edition boxset at the Virgin Megastore on the Champs Elysées for a bargain 35 euros (instead of 90).

Enjoy !

The Rolling Stones' rehearsals in France, Oct 2012

Rehearsals  (with Setlist)  of Oct 15 is HERE
Rehearsals (with setlist)  of Oct 16 is HERE
" I wanna be your man" audio from rehearsals is HERE


UPDATED Oct 16 with CORRECTED SETLISTS:

The Rolling Stones have a new Best Of... "GRRR!" out soon with a couple of new tracks recorded in Paris at the end of August.
As the band is getting ready to play a couple of shows at the O2 Arena in London at the end of November and a couple more in NYC at the beginning of December and maybe some more...

We left Paris for the country side for a couple of days to (try to) listen to the rehearsals, nice bet as we heard many songs from their back catalogue and a couple of new ones including "Doom & Gloom" (here on audio) and "One more shot", which was a world exclusive for us, as the song has never been heard anywhere yet.
Rehearsals started at the beginning of the month and will end in a couple of weeks.

-Here's a list of songs that were rehearsed on Oct 11 (not in order & corrected):

Miss you, It's only Rock'n roll, Tumbling dice, You got me rocking, Let it bleed, Sitting on the dock of the bay, respectable, far away eyes, Doom & gloom,One more shot,  paint it Black, I wanna be your man, Not fade away, Brown sugar, If you can't rock me, some girls

-Songs rehearsed on Oct 12 (in order):  CORRECTED on OCT15

Bitch, All down the line, rocks off,Dead flowers, Last time, Honky Tonk women, Going to a gogo, Ladyjane, Down & Gloom, One more shot, shine  a light, can't always get..., happy.Before they make me run, sympathy for the devil

To answer all questions: YES we do have recorded "One more shot", don't know if we'll post this one as we don't want to be in trouble with the Stones or people working with them... maybe later but the song sounds a bit like "doom" , less rock more groovy with a better chorus. It would have been my choice for the first single instead of "Doom"
We may post "I wanna be your man" as we love The Beatles over here.

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Radiohead @ Paris Bercy, Oct 12 2012

Didn't go to this one either but here's the setlist from Radiohead.fr:

1. Lotus Flower/Moon upon a Stick
2. Bloom
3. There There
4. The Daily Mail
5. Myxomatosis
6. Bodysnatchers
7. The Gloaming
8. Separator
9. I Might Be Wrong
10. Videotape
11. You And Whose Army
12. Nude
13. Planet Telex
14. The National Anthem
15. Feral
16. Paranoid Android

Premier rappel :

17. Exit Music (For A Film)
18. Staircase
19. Morning Mr Magpie
20. Weird fishes/arpeggi
21. Reckoner

Deuxième rappel :

22. Give Up The Ghost 
23. Everything In Its Right Place 
24. Idioteque

Radiohead @ Paris Bercy 1, Oct 11 2012

 Radiohead @ Paris Bercy 1, Oct 11 2012

some Pics from the show are available HERE

We didn't go as we had something else to do that we couldn't miss but here's the setlist:

Lotus Flower/Moon upon a Stick
    Airbag
    Bloom
    Kid A
    Myxomatosis
    Bodysnatchers
    The Gloaming
    Separator
    Meeting in the aisle
    Nude
    Pyramid Song
    Reckoner
    There There
    The National Anthem
    Feral
    Paranoid Android

    encore 1 :
    Give Up The Ghost
    Super Collider
    Lucky
    Morning Mr Magpie
    Street Spirit

    Encore 2 :
    Staircase
    "Unravel" from Bjork as intro + Everything In Its Right Place

    Encore 3 :
    Idioteque

The Rolling Stones' new track "Doom & Gloom" available & rehearsals in France

The Rolling Stones' new track "Doom & Gloom" is now available it will be part of another Best of... that is called "Grrr!" with a nice looking artwork (picture below), full tracklisting here.

 There is also a new film on The Rolling Stones: "Crossfire hurricane" (150 min) that will be out on dvd (I guess so) to be shown live in cinemas across the Europe (except France for the moment) on Thursday 18 October. Funny enough it's on the same day as Led Zeppelin's "Celebration day".
The band will attend the Premiere @ Leicester Square in London the same day.

Maybe they will announce some live shows as Keith Richards confirmed that they will play a couple of shows in London at the end of november ( 2 shows at the O2 on Nov 25 & 29 ?) a couple in NYC in december and maybe a few more including a club show in Paris at the end of the rehearsals, as it's no secret that the Rolling Stones have been rehearsing for the last two weeks in the south of Paris at a secret location.

In order to celebrate their 50th anniversary there is a collection of jewelry @ Agatha Paris.

Oct 10 2012 Richard Hawley, Ultravox, The Vaccines

Tonight is busy with:

ULTRAVOX @ Trabendo
RICHARD HAWLEY @ Cigale
THE VACCINES @ L'Album de la Semaine

still don't know what we're gonna do....

Mice Parade @ Oliver Peel session, Montreuil Oct 09 2012

 Mice Parade @ Oliver Peel session, Montreuil Oct 09 2012

Oliver Peel session are going out of Paris as some dumb-ass neighbor complained about the noise, so tonight it's out of town in Montreuil city with MICE PARADE.

Cool evening with some cool music in a nice little house just outside Paris.

Cody Chesnutt @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Oct 08 2012

setlist

Cody Chesnutt @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Oct 08 2012

see ya there tonight for this TV rexcording @ Canal+

Great 8 songs set from the new album including an unreleased one at the end, playing with an all English band, 8 musicians in all including 2 backing vocalists,  that is with him for only 3 days (That's what he told us) even if it's hard to believe as the band is very tight.
Lot's of great up-tempo soul songs in a Marvin Gaye style, funny how Cody looks, acts and sings like Marvin Gaye.
Great entertainer that is leaving the stage to come and sing closer to the audience, have the people sing several times the chorus in an extended version of a couple of his songs and as a preacher comes to shake hands and gives his blessing, well sort of...
After seeing so many black singers impersonating Mr James Brown (Charles Bradley for example) it is nice to see that Marvin Gaye is not forgotten.