vendredi 31 octobre 2008

I ' m from Barcelona @ Bataclan Paris Oct 31st 2008

I'm from Barcelona @ Bataclan Paris
The doors opened late so the queue was streching very far in the boulevard , but once inside the balcony is closed which is not really a good sign.
I don't really know what they're doing apart from a song that was played very often on the radio, I' ve been told they were a more festive kind-a Arcade Fire.

That's true, they are 15-16 on stage: lots of singers , 2 keyboards , 2 guitars and 1 guy doing all the vocals ( here on the picture )
These swedishs are very entertaining and their Joie de vivre is very communicative, many people came with balloons and their show is a party with confettis and ... huge balloons.
Great gig even though a bit short : 80 minutes. Lots of beautiful girls in the audience.

Setlist and a picture of the Cirque d' Hiver on my way home.

Here's a video, far from being my best but the security was a pain in the ass :

Nadal vs Davydenko Bercy Masters Paris Oct 31st 2008



Went to Bercy this afternoon not for a rock concert but to see some tennis.
Nadal vs Davydenko , They just played one set before Nadal gave up, he hurt his leg.
Straight after this match , Federer officially gave up too because of a backache.
Needless to say that people in bercy were not happy at all. the director of the tournament wanted to say something he couldn't as Bercy was booing him so loud.

jeudi 30 octobre 2008

Brian Molko @ Melody Nelson Cité de la Musique


More than 10 000 hits
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!


Another new picture from the gig

To all PLACEBO fans , once again : THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

More than 10 000 hits on the "Melody Nelson" video featuring Brian Molko on YouTube.
You all love this video and many of you are visiting this site ROCKERPARIS.

I have people coming from all over the world , it was already like this before on Rockerparis , but since i uploaded this video , there are twice more fans coming from abroad especially theses territories :
From South America ( Chile , Argentina & Brasil ) .
Lots of fans are coming from Russia, Ukraine & eastern european countries .
Never had so many people coming from Singapur , Honk Kong , Japan & even South Korea .

Amazing !!!

ps: thanks to Jimmy Barnes fans coming from Australia & New Zealand.
Thanks also to Patrice Guino for providing all pictures for this site.

The Kills , The Virgins , James Morrison + others @ " One Shot Not " Oct 29th 2008


Complete Setlist

James Morrison + The Virgins + Anais + The Kills + Craig david + Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
Live @ " One Shot Not " for French TV Arte.
Complete setlist above with rehearsals sheet.
I've already been there a couple of times and this tv show is always great, around 400 people standing around a stage where bands are playing one after another. This is not technically a stage as bands are playing on the same floor as the audience.
I ' m sitting on an amplifier on the side so perfect view.
There's a 10-15 min break between each band so they can change the set up.

James Morrison is the first to play , he's allright but a bit too soft for me

The Virgins are next , the singer seems to be a funny bloke , they're allright too ...

Then we have French female singer Anais , she had a huge hit a couple of years ago with a novelty song but can she pass the second album ? The answer is yes , she looks more serious and she's singing in English, her new songs folk-rock songs are really good, maybe she should work her english a bit more but as she's only known over here it's not a problem . Will frenchies accept her in English ? Not sure about it.

The Kills were just GREAT , 3 songs and i'm more and more in love with VV. Too bad that i only saw the encore yesterday at the Bataclan.

Craig David has a lovely voice but the music he's playing is complete crap.

Last artist to great the show was jazz-soul black female singer Randy Crawford with Joe Sample on piano and legend drummer Steve Gadd. Hard to believe that i don't know this singer, her voice is fantastic and absolutely perfect when she's singing softly, which is the hardest thing to do.Second song " No regret" is a cover of Edith Piaf 's " non je ne regrette rien " and last song is " Street life" famous to young generations for being included in Tarantino' s Jackie Brown soundtrack.
Then Anais and James Morrison did a jam on a song i can't remember the name but it was a classic.
Great 3 hour and a half show. To be broadcasted next year.

Have a look at their website for previous shows :
http://www.arte.tv/fr/accueil/Echappees-culturelles/one-shot-note/1494366.html

Sorry no pictures for this event as it's forbidden and they're checking you as if you were getting into Israel .

mercredi 29 octobre 2008

AC/DC Wilkes Barre PA. " Rock ' n Roll Train " Video

Here's the video from the first (private) gig on Oct 26th 2008 @ Wilkes Barre PA
All videos are from Youtube , unfortunately we're not there.
AC/DC "Rock ' n Roll Train " on the "Black Ice" American Tour:


At last it's been 5 years since the last show at the Hammersmith Appolo in London

Pictures from the first shows here:
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?src=standard&contractUrl=2&assetType=image&family=editorial&phrase=ac%20dc
Great videos from Oct 28th Wilkes Barre PA:
"War Machine " :
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=JH-dPEs6jnc
" black Ice ":
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyRBcF_SKg&feature=related

from Oct 26th " For those...":
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=xqqYbcARmHY
"Whole lotta rosie":
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=6EzhGmDVZ20&feature=related