Boxer Rebellion @ Maroquinerie, Paris Dec 17 2011

Boxer Rebellion @ Maroquinerie, Paris Dec 17 2011

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The Beach Boys announce 50th Anniversary new Album and Tour

updated Dec 20 with link to Mike Love interview

It's NOW official:

– The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come together for a new studio album and commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI and a 50-date international tour to begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest") as well as other exciting events to be announced. -
It was the worst kept secret as we already announced it on ROCKERPARIS several months ago.

Mike Love did an interview for Rolling Stone us mag HERE
There will be shows in Europe and 3 shows in Japan in August are confirmed

Check our reviews (with Pics , setlist & videos) of The Beach Boys in concert in Paris @ Grand Rex on July 06 2011
Brian Wilson @ Casino de Paris on Sept 20 2011

Peter Doherty for The Kooples 2012

Peter Doherty designing clothes for The Kooples

The Kooples vient de présenter sa prochaine collection dessinée par le chanteur Peter Doherty.

Pour les Hommes: 16 pièces. Pour les femmes: 8 pièces

Une collection de T-Shirts avec collages et dessins originaux de l'artiste
La collection sortira au printemps-été 2012.

and we're NoT getting paid for this publicity !

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Announce 2012 Tour

First time in 20 years in Paris ?

American shows are HERE

Europe 2012:

June 7: 02 Arena, Dublin, IR
June 8: The Marquee, Cork, IR
June 10: 02 World, Hamburg, GER
June 12: Open Air, Horsens, DK
June 14: The Globe, Stockholm, SWE
June 15: Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, NOR
June 22: Isle of Wight Festival, UK
June 24: Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWI
June 25: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, GER
June 27: Grand Rex, Paris, FR
June 29: Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, IT

June 30: SAP Arena, Mannheim, GER

We only saw Tom Petty once, it was @ Concert for George on Nov 29 2002 playing George's songs. Glad to see him perform his own tunes with his band at last...in Paris on June 27 @ Grand Rex.

Coldplay @ Bercy, Paris Dec 14 2011 & Jarvis Cocker @ Agnes B

Vernissage @ Moretti & Moretti @ 6:30 pm

First there is a Vernissage @ Moretti & Moretti Galerie near Bastille with some street artists (Miss Tic, Konny Steding, Jef Aerosol and many others...) who are probably NOT street artists anymore considering the price they are selling their shit. Some good and some very bad but we'll talk about this later... so stay tuned

Jarvis Cocker @ Agnes B @ 7:15 pm

Then we went to the Agnes B store near St Eustache where Jarvis Cocker was doing a reading from his new book, we missed the beginning, it was more crowded than yesterday for Josh T Pearson's acoustic set.
Jarvis then sold a lot of books and people had it signed. We left for Bercy...

And...Coldplay @ Paris Bercy, Dec 14 2011 @ 9: 00pm

Balloons, confettis... Let's Party !

Sold -out Bercy for Coldplay, second time in a couple of months as they've played a theatre show in Paris @ La Cigale on Oct 31.

It's party time @ Paris Bercy as everyone has a wristband that would lit up several times during the set so everyone is waving his hands like maniacs to great effects.
They could have done in with cell phones it would have been more ecological.
They've also used lots of confettis at the beginning of the show and some big balloons.
There's a catwalk that Chris is using several times , the band will play a couple of songs there in the middle of the crowd.

SETLIST:
1) Mylo Xyloto 2) Hurts like Heaven 3) Yellow 4) In my place 5) Major Minus 6) Lost 7) Shiver 8) Violet Hill 9) God puts a smile... 10) The Scientist 11) Up in Flames 12) Up against the world (On B Stage) 13) Politic 14)Viva la vida 15) Charlie Brown 16) Paradise Encore 17) Clocks 18) Fix You 19) Every teardrop...

Entertaining show, you know what we're thinking about the music, the first 2 albums were great then it went from bad to worse.
Considering their stardom and after 5 hit records it's a bit strange that they're only on stage for 95 min.
I guess that was enough for us even though the show was better than expected

Pass -sheet

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