Christophe , Julien Doré & Phoebe Killdeer @ Pont des Artistes Paris Oct 15th 2008

" Le Pont des Artistes " on France Inter radio
with Phoebe Kiildeer , Julien Doré and Christophe.

Radio recording of the show that will be broadcast on saturday the 18th at 8 PM
http://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/pontdesartistes/

Each artist performing after one another ( 1 or 2 songs ) followed by interviews.
Phoebe and Julien played 5 songs each , Christophe played 8 songs

Phoebe Kiildeer

Check her myspace page here :
http://www.myspace.com/phoebekilldeer

Julien Doré

He is a french singer winner of French Pop Idol and he's trying to get a credibility.

Christophe

He started in the mid-60's and is a bit of an icon over here in France.

Aftershow with Phoebe & Christophe

Full setlist signed by Christophe to our fellow photographer Patrice

Nice 2 hour recording in this lovely studio, each artist performed nice sets including Pop Idol winner Julien Doré, Christophe and Phoebe Kiilldeer were good too. Recording started late as they were late doing soundchecks , it seemed that Christophe was, in fact late and hard to work with but the most interesting parts were the interviews between songs, Phoebe seemed a little bit lost here , even though her french is perfect ( she's australian ). There was tension in the air at the beginning and with what Christophe and Julien said, it was like being in the Twilight zone.
After the show , we met the singers , they were nice and chatty to everybody.

I'll post videos of each artist after the broadcast on saturday so stay tuned ...

Check the review of another "Pont des Artistes" with Keziah jones.
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-le-pont-des-artistes.html

Nice day, as i spent, just before going to France Inter, 90 min with American actor Dennis Hopper ( Easy Rider , Appocalypse Now , Blue Velvet ... ) , here in Paris to promote his Exhibition at the French Cinémathèque .
www.cinematheque.fr

TRUST Paris Zénith 14 Oct 2008

French Rock band Trust is playing at the Zénith to promote their recent cd " 13 à table ".
It's a small zénith ( 3000 capacity) and it's far from being sold out , the pit is very small and very close to the stalls which is perfect as we have 2nd row seats so the view is perfect .
Opener "Marche ou creve" ( see video ) is quite good , it's gonna be a hot one tonight ! They followed with a couple of classics unfortunately the new mid -tempo songs are lame and they've played lots of it .
They also have a DJ on stage who is completely useless and outdated it's OK on a couple of songs but on most of it it's boring.
I felt like sleeping for a good part of the gig, the singer Bernie tried to make the audience ( mostly male in their 40s ) sing a couple of times with no great effects . His voice is powerfull but he only sing half of the lyrics when the song is getting a bit fast, shame ...
Even the classics couldn't wake me up at the end of the show including their N° 1 hit " Antisocial" .
I grew up with this band , they were so popular in France in the early 80's but now ...
One of the most boring show I have been to this year .

Video of the first song :

Joan Baez @ Palais des Congres Paris Oct 13th 2008

Joan Baez @ Paris Palais des Congres Oct 13th 2008

It' s SOLD OUT , good news, can't believe she's so popular after all these years and she has a new album to promote :" Day after Tomorrow" released last month .
Of course she's playing the old songs and some new ones ( "god is god" written by Steve Earl, " Rose of Sharon", " scarlet tide" )

This show wouldn't be complete without a political statement , oh ! by the way... she's supporting Obama ( what a surprise ! ) to rousing applause.
she sings with or without a guitar and with or without her band.
She plays a couple of french songs ( can't remember the name of the first one ) and recites one ( with the lyrics sheet ) " Le déserteur" which is a very famous poem in france ( by Boris Vian ) about a guy who doesn't want to go to the war and is writing a letter to the President to tell about his desertion.
Show ended with her classics
Very good show .

Here's the setlist , but i think she played more songs.

Here's a video of the last song played :

LED ZEPPELIN to tour WITHOUT Robert Plant ?

Last news coming from Led Zeppelin .
Jimmy Page , John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham ready to tour WITHOUT Robert Plant and WITH Alter Bridge' s singer Myles Kennedy ???
News is coming from Dee Snider who shares the same management as Robert Plant.
Is that a fucking JOKE ???
Watch the video of Dee Snider's interview :
http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/2008/10/exclusive_led_z.php

AC/DC First European Tour dates & Bercy

Posters near the "Arc de Triomphe" in Paris Oct 14th

AC / DC First European Tour Dates 2009 :
Olympia in Paris Feb 26th TBC ( ? )

Don't forget that another Australian JIMMY BARNES is playing a club show in Paris on Oct 16th @ trabendo

BLACK ICE European tour 2009 :
Feb. 18 - Oslo, NOR - Telenor Arena Coming
Feb. 20 - Stockholm, SWE - The Globe
Feb 25 -Paris Bercy
Feb 26 -- Olympia Paris ( TBC )
Feb 27 - Paris Bercy
Mar. 05 - Leipzig, GER - Halle 1
Mar. 07 - Dusseldorf, GER - ISS Dome
Mar. 09 - Oberhausen, GER - König Pilsener Arena
Mar. 11 - Bremen, GER - AWD Dome
Mar. 15 - Dortmund, GER - Westfallenhalle
Mar. 17 - Prague, CZR - O2 Arena
Mar. 19 - Milan, ITA - Datch Forum
Mar. 23 - Budapest, HUN - Papp László Budapest Sportarena
Mar. 25 - Frankfurt, GER - Festhalle
Mar. 27 - Munich, GER - Olympiahalle
Mar. 31 - Barcelona Palau st Jordi
April 02 - Madrid Palacio de Deportes
London 02 Arena (April 14)
Manchester MEN Arena (21)
Birmingham LG Arena (23)

All shows are sold out except Zurich, Antwerp, Budapest & Prague ( on sale Oct 15th or 16th ) English shows on sale soon ...

I think i get it right this time ( Only 1 show in London ??? )

Reminder :
James Hunter @ New Morning on Oct 17th
Suzanne Vega @ Alhambra on Oct 19th DO NOT MISS THIS GIG !!!
Richie Havens @ Alhambra on Oct 20th