Wu Lyf @ Cigale, Paris for les Inrocks festival, Nov 02 2011

New sensation @ Les Inrocks, Here's the video of the gig:

If you're buying a collector vinyl of Wu Lyf there is a Scarf with it and this scarf is getting you at any of Wu Lyf concert for just 1 Euro, isn't that great !!!
Some of the shows of Les Inrocks Festival are broadcasted HERE

Lou Reed/ Metallica @ Album de la Semaine tv show shelved

Lou Reed & Metallica will be in Paris next week to record tv show Taratata on Nov 09, they will be playing two songs.

They were talks to play Canal+'s "L'Album de la Semaine" on Nov 10 but it's been shelved. Sorry !

Agnes Obel + Florent Marchet + Other Lives @ Casino de Paris, Inrocks Fest, 02 Nov 2011

Agnes Obel + Florent Marchet + Other Lives
@ Casino de Paris, Inrocks Fest, 02 Nov 2011

Very quiet night @ Casino de Paris for the first day of the Inrocks Festival, surprisingly it's far from being sold out.
Very easy to get down to the first row, lots of spaces in the pit so the conditions are perfect as it's a bit warm in this theatre.

We arrived too late to see the first band Balthazar so let's go straight to Other Lives an American quintet from Oklahoma, They are playing a very ambient psyche folk music, very relaxing. They will be perfect for a soundtrack.

Then we have French singer Florent Marchet, he's welknown for being very funny and sarcastic. Cool set of American folk-pop, a surprise guest Gaetan Roussel from French rock band Louise Attaque joined him on vocals for a cover of swiss singer Stephan Eicher.(Here on Video)

Last but not least is Danish piano player and singer Agnes Obel.
She's very popular in France and her first album "Philharmonics" sold more than 200 000 copies.
She's on the piano on the left of the stage with cello and harp players on the right.
Very soft songs, hard to believe that she's playing a rock festival but as she's headlining you could hear a pin drop during her performance as no one's speaking and is listening religiously.

Very good set maybe she could have played longer as she was only on for an hour.

Check our previous review of Agnes Obel @ Fnac Store in Nov last year.

AC/DC for Stadium Tour in 2012

AC/DC to Tour next year

I don't know how I didn't notice this before but my friend Ray from old London Town has some good news and it's dating back from early october.

From Ray's Gigs :

"08 Oct 2011.Remember where you saw it first:
I bumped into AC/DC singer Brian Johnson near Berkeley Square in London.He told me AC/DC will play 20 stadium shows all over the place in 2012 including Wembley Stadium.Chainsmoking as usual and still talking of his love for fast cars and going to car shows in America where he lives most of the time. "

Check our Pictures of AC/DC @ Stade de France Part 3, Part 2, Part 1 in 2010

Check our previous reviews with LOTS OF GREAT PICTURES of AC/DC :
Stade de France June 12 2009
Paris Bercy 1 Feb 2009 , AC/DC @ Hotel in Paris
Paris Bercy 2 Feb 2009 , Part 2

Coldplay @ Cigale, Paris Oct 31 2011

Coldplay @ Cigale, Paris Oct 31 2011

It's a gig that a lot of people are waiting for: Coldplay @ the tiny Cigale.
There was a time a few years ago Coldplay was playing theatres like the Olympia in Paris, they are so popular that they are playing arena size venues ,@ Bercy in December, and probably next year @ Stade de France.
So we know that we are very lucky to see them live in such a tiny théatre.
No tickets were sold for this event only competition winners in the pit downstairs and guests of sponsors ( Orange, Nrj radio ) plus record executives & journalists at the balcony.
We didn't go to the pre-show cocktail @ The Boule Noire nextdoor as we just had dinner so we took a nice spot on the left and waited for the gig.

It started at 9:00pm sharp, I don't know what's wrong with this band but they always had a funny look, for this tour this is worse than ever: there is paint everywhere , on the backdrop, on the piano, on marshalls on the guitars and on their clothes. It looks really awful.
The lightning's not that great either but they do have lasers to great effects.
First time I'm seeing lasers @ Cigale.
Chris Martin is a great showman with a nice voice alternating on the acoustic guitar and the piano, he still has a funny way of dancing but that's ok.

We had their first two records which were very good but after that, this band turned into crap with many "stadium songs" with lots of "OOOHHs" &" AAaaAAhhHHs" to sing to.
Lots of girls in the audience tonight and great atmosphere with lots of singing along and jumping.
In fact they turned into a second rate U2 with the same kind of silly songs, they probably won't care as they are surely laughing all the way to the bank.
The set was very short, they left the stage for the first time after just 60 min, for the encore they played a couple of minutes of Amy Winehouse's "rehab" as a tribute between "clocks" and "Fix you" (here on video).
We have mixed emotions: it was a good gig but ruined by too many average songs

See ya @ Bercy in December !

We went to the after-show cocktail @ Boule Noire, the band didn't turn up but we didn't stay that long. We spotted French director & Producer Luc Besson in the corner.

Pass-sheet & setlist

"Clocks" + Tribute to Amy Winehouse with "Rehab" + "Fix You":


Check our reviews of their show @ Bercy in September 2008 & @ Tv Show for W9 in June 2008