MADONNA @ Stade de France 2 Sept 21st 2008

UPDATED SEPT 22nd WITH VIDEO of " Bordeline"

DIVINE COMEDY is playing the "Cité de la Musique" in Paris for 2 sold out shows on Sept 22nd and 23rd .

Madonna Live in Paris
Another bash of pictures, this time from the 2nd show @ Le Stade de France
Once again all pictures are from our main man Guino Patrice

It's really funny yesterday she said " Paris is the shit" which means Paris is good and nobody get it and thought she said "Paris is shit"; Tonight strange enough she didn't say it.

Apart from " on va tout niquer ce soir" but she already used it in Bercy on the last tour.

Well , when she's singing ( i mean really not tapes ) she's struggling with her voice and is sometimes flat.

Enjoy Mother Fuckers

security sheet from the first show.

"Borderline" being slaughtered :

MADONNA @ Stade de France Sept 20th 2008

MADONNA for her first show @ Stade de France

All pictures by PATRICE GUINO ( Thanks mate ) .

As you can see the stage set up is absolutely great ...

But the music is reaally crap ...

Most of the time she's miming over tapes for the vocals

I don't know if she even play the guitar for real...

Nevertheless the show is STUNNING !!!

It's something to see even if you think that her music sucks ...

The end

Enjoyable gig !

I won't mention Bob Sinclair opening , it was the biggest piece of shit i have ever heard.
This french DJ is supposed to be one of the best , Complete crap to me .

Madonna SDF tonight ....

Hi
i may go to Madonna tonight , i know it's not really rock n' roll but it might be funny ...
No Babyshambles on Monday in Paris ( scroll down a bit to know more about it ... )
Look at this , isn't that great :

Chambord castle on the Loire ( only this weekend )

JIMMY BARNES to play in Paris on Oct 16th @the Trabendo .
he's the most well-known australian rocker ( with AC/DC ) He's an Icon down under.
He never plays in France so it's now or never .
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=187348170

TV ON THE RADIO is playing @ " L' album de la semaine" on Sept 29th ( private TV show ) and the Nouveau Casino in Paris on sept 30th.

TRICKY is playing a free show in Paris @ Le 104 on Oct 11th .

James Hunter @ New Moning club on Oct 17th

--SUZANNE VEGA @ L' Alhambra in Paris on Oct 19th--
she's also playing a festival In MEAUX ( 50 Km outside Paris on Sept 26th. )
http://www.myspace.com/suzannevega
Don't miss her she's great live and her last album is fantastic
She's also very nice with her audience as she's always meeting her fans after the show !

The Lemonheads + The Futureheads + Tahiti Boy @ La Maroquinerie Paris Sept 18th 2008

Breaking News :
UPDATED SUNDAY 20TH : THE BABYSHAMBLES -WON'T - be in Paris on monday ( for "le grand journal" ) as Adam is doing a DJset in england that day. A friend of mine contacted him today and he said there was nothing planned in france. Another bullshit coming from Claponline ( they're booking the audience for tv shows in france ) . It's not the first time these Bastards are lying like this. Last year the Babyshambles were supposed to play a tv show and they cancelled it 2 days before but in order to make sure the audience turn up for the show they fucking lie to everybody telling that they were still on, even when people were queuing to get into the recording studio "the babyshambles were still on". Bastards.

Razorlight will Play La Maroquinerie on Oct 6th , tickets on sale only at the venue.


Indie Rock Party @ La Maroquinerie with the return of Evan Dando and his Lemonheads, the english power punk of The Futureheads and French pop band Tahiti Boy & The Palm Tree family ( that's their full name ).

Tahiti Boy & ...

First on are The Tahiti Boys , very nice pop band 70's influenced ( a flute player à la Jethro tull ).
they've done a very good job indeed opening for a punk band.
Their pop was well received among the half empty club.
The Lemonheads might be back but it's far from being sold out .

The Futureheads

Then we had The Futureheads , they were in Paris a few months ago to play a Black Session , i wasn't convinced at the time .Tonight they really succeeded . Their power ( post ) punk is lively.
They are enjoying themselves and so we are. they've played many songs as they're very short ( 2 min max ).

Evan Dando ( Lemonheads )

Last was the headliner The Lemonheads , Evan dando the leader was the media darling 15 years ago and all the girls were crazy about him. I hardly recognised him when he came on stage i though it was a roadie: iron Maiden t-shirt , torn up jeans and dirty sneakers with holes . HuuGGHH !!!
He started playing and it was hard to believe : his guitar playing is approximative , he's struggling with his voice as soon as he starts pushing it a bit and he's always looking up at the ceiling. even stage disposition is quite strange : the bass player is in the far right , drummer as usual in the back and Evan his on the far left . The setlist is in the middle in front of the drums ( what for ? ).
He was most of the show in the dark ( ? ).
He played a few songs on his own but the poor chap is just a shadow of what he used to be.
So sad... people were leaving before the end.
It was like watching a rehearsal before the tour ...

Here's a video :



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KEZIAH JONES + Mina Agossi & Ji-Mob @ "Le pont des artistes " France Inter Sept 17th

The Interviews

"Le Pont des Artistes " on France Inter.
2 hour long radio show featuring : Keziah Jones - Mina Agossi - Ji-Mob
Needless to say that we came only to see Keziah Jones ( it's my 5th show for this artist this month ) but it's always interesting to discover other artists .

Check the other Keziah jones reviews ( and videos ) here :
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-metro-auber-paris-sept-6th.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-beaubourg-center-paris.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-metro-montparnasse.html
http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/09/keziah-jones-rene-miller-metro.html

Keziah started by playing " nigerian wood" then he was interviewed, then we had Mina Agossi who's a Jazz female singer. Her band consist of just a double bass and a drummer , she's doing the rest on vocals and she's quite impressive.
There are interviews between each number.
Last artist to come onstage was Ji-Mob ( a french soul/jazz/electro band ) with as a leader a flute player . The female black singer's georgous ( see picture ).
So, one song ( or two ) followed by a interview and so on for the next two hours .
Each band playing after one another. See full setlist below.

Mina Agossi did a fantastic version of Hendrix ' "third stone from the sun". Remember she has to do all the melodies with her voice Stunning !
Keziah ended the show with several songs but
1st ) he didn't play all the songs what were planned on the setlist and his set was plagued by technicals problems
2nd ) he cut short a couple of songs .

Anyway good show even if there were too much talking between songs ( technicians had to set everything back for each band ).
Nice to see Keziah Jones in such good conditions . This is the same studio as for the Black session.
Nice to discover 2 artists Mina Agossi ( She's playing the New Morning in october ) & Ji-Mob .

Mina Agossi ( left ) Ji-Mob ( right )

setlists

"le pont des artistes" link :
http://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/pontdesartistes/
The podcast will be available after the broadcast ( on saturday ) for a week.

Keziah Jones video here :


contact :
irockinparis@yahoo.fr

James Hunter @ " L' album de la semaine " Canal+ Paris Sept 16th 2008

Back to La plaine St Denis just outside Paris this week to see James Hunter performing for Canal+ tv show " L' album de la semaine" in front of 120 people.
I've been listening to his songs on his Myspace page ( link below , scroll down the page ) and i really like what he's doing .
I 'm quite excited to see him live , seeing a band on stage is always the ultimate test.
Some are failing ( like The Virgins ) and many others are successfull.
He has 5 musicians with him on organ , double bass , drums and two saxophones ( one tenor & one baritone ).
James is singing and playing the guitar .
His songs are different from one to another, some songs sound like 60's northen soul, others are more Jazz : à la Georgie fame and others are a bit Ska but there's always a common point : Quality.
Hard to believe he's an english whitey when you listen to the music , the chap could (should ? ) be black with his soulfull voice . Oh my god Garnett Mimms is still alive !!!
His music is totally american and the way that bloke speaks between songs is totally english so the mix of both is quite funny to hear
And he has a sens of humour.
Very good gig indeed.
It is so nice to hear something different than the usual 3 chords Rock' n Roll .

This the setlist : he re-did "Carina" ( after "Believe me Baby" ) and played an extra song " No smoke without fire " . So 10 songs for tonight.

Don't miss him He's playing Paris' Jazz Club the New Morning on October 17th

Sorry no pictures or video for this one ( it's verboten ).