Green Day @ Paris Bercy Oct 4th 2009

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Green Day @ Paris Bercy
Oct 4th 2009

Green day's audience is no older than this ( left )
Billy with cuddly toy ( right )

Back to Bercy tonight after seeing the rehearsals this afternoon.
FFFFFFUUUCCCKKKK !!!!
One more time and for the 3rd time this year , I 've missed the beginning of the show , first time was @ L' album de la semaine for Canal+ on May 11th ( click to see review , pics & video ) then @ Trabendo on May 12th ( click to see review setlist and Pics ) and now it's Bercy.
How come ? Their audience is so young that they have to be home by 11 PM so they're playing early shows.
I've never EVER seen the Headliner starting its show at 8 PM in Bercy.

Anyway , Bercy was SOLD-OUT a long time ago , the place is packed with teenagers mostly females.
Great atmosphere of course, lots of singing and "oohhéé OOhhoo".
The trick of the night : have the kids singing " OohhOoéé OOhhOoo" every 2 minutes.
Hey guys you're beating these cunts from U2 with all these "OhhOOo ".

aT LEAST THERE WAS ONE pUNK ON STAGE TONIGHT ! ( right )

Billy is a real entertainer , the little guy is doing the show on his own , running everywhere for two hours.
He had many kids on the stage, some of them sung a bit others half a song, that's the nice part when you're going to a Green Day gig , you're ending up on stage with your idol , COOL.

They have some great tunes , some lame too but it's never dull, always entertaining for the kids ... because if you're a bit older it's FUCKING Disneyland !!!

The stage set up is cool with the backdrop and the screens , lots of pyros and flames all along the show but ...
Where's the PUNK in this ?

Billy is the main attraction it's not really Green Day anymore but more Billy & Co

Don't know why they ended the show with an acoustic song ???

SETLIST ( From Green Day Message board ) :
Song of the century
21st century breakdown
East Jesus Nowhere
Holiday
Static age
Life before the lobotomy
Are we the waiting
St Jimmy
Boulevard of broken dreams
Beethoven (interlude)
Hitchin' a ride
Welcome to paradise
Give me novocaine
When I come around
Iron Man riffs ( Black Sabbath reprise)
Brain Stew
Jaded
Longview
Basket Case
She
King for a day
Shout (+ "Stand by me" / "Satisfaction" medley)
21 guns
American eurology
--- Rappel ---
American idiot
Minority
Macy's day parade
"Chanson inconnue"
Good Riddance (Time of your life)

"OOHHHHooo"

A guy for the support band Prima Donna (left )

Green day Rehearsals @ Paris Bercy Oct 4th 2009

Green Day @ Paris Bercy
Oct 4th 2009

People queueing at 5PM

Just coming back from the soundcheck, 50 people were invited to see them rehearsed , it was a pretty quick affair , when we get into an empty bercy , the band was already playing.

We saw 4 songs :
1) Modern world
2) king for a day
3) 21st century breakdown
4) Poprock and Cokes

We were just allowed to stay behind crash barrier 10 meters from the stage but after one song Billy ask us to come closer, so we were first row.
Lots of musicians on stage , the 3 guys + 2 guitar players , 1 keyboard player and a sax
Nice huge screen behind the stage with a skyscraper skyline at night.

No one was allowed to take any pics , too bad .
I could get the bass player's plectrum , cool

see ya tonight

Sean Lennon & Charlotte Muhl @ Point Ephémere Paris Oct 3rd 2009

Sean lennon & Charlotte Muhl
@ Point Ephémere Oct 3rd 2009

On the night of the " Nuit Blanche" lots of artistic performances in Paris including this strange football pitch where kids are gonna have fun all night long next to the Point Ephémere where Sean Lennon & girlfriend Charlotte Muhl are playing their first show.

The club is packed tonight, first we have folk singer Sam Amidon for half an hour and then Sean & Charlotte.
Not yet as Sean is telling us that his mother is late so he has to wait to start the show but as people didn't want to let him wait backstage he's staying on the stage and has a chat with the audience for a good 5 min.
He's inviting one of his friend Irina to do a duet with him ( Pic below ) then Charlotte is taking the stage.

She's dressed in a very sexy way and is quite young, let's see if she's talented.

It's probably one of the first time ever that they're playing their songs in front of an audience, Sean is on the guitar and Charlotte on the vocals and tambourine , later on the bass.
Songs are pop and similar to what Sean has recorded for his last solo record.
Charlotte has a nice tiny sexy voice and has co-written most of the material played tonight.
Sean is very cool and relax speaking in a fluent french with the very quiet and dedicated French audience.
Charlotte is even playing bass for a few songs and is doing very well after learning it for just 2 weeks , so they say.

Here's the setlist

Nice

After the show Sean & Charlotte went to sign and pose for photos but wasn't very happy as not a lot of people were buying his new cd so he decided to leave and pack his stuff. Not so nice.
Even when he was signing stuff you could feel that he was just doing "after sales service" .
Nice gig.

Merchandising

Prince in Paris ?

Rumours are back :

Prince @ Fashion week ?
Several shows in Paris in October ???
Check back for more news soon

The Cult @ Bataclan Paris Oct 2nd 2009

The Cult @ Bataclan Paris
Oct 2nd 2009

After opening for The Who in Paris Bercy a couple of years ago , The Cult is back in Paris , this time to headline the Bataclan theatre.

As we get in , french stoner band Nebulla Oscillator are already playing , the sound is messy and it seems like they're playing the same song over and over again.
It's very easy to get down the front of the pit as there are lots of spaces ; the balcony , with reserved seats for the crazy fans who are willing to pay more than a 100 Euros for a meet & greet after the show, is quite full.

They start the show with " Nirvana " , the sound is neat even tough Ian ' s voice is very far in the mix.
Of course there are always a couple of drunk assholes pushing their way to the front and pissing off everybody, the security had to calm them down and kicked one out in the end

Anyway Billy Duffy on the guitar is on top form, still looking great and posing with his guitar like a true guitar hero unfortunately there are no photographers at all as The Cult didn't want any press photographers ( but us ) WOW so enjoy the Pics.
Ian is looking more and more like Jim Morrison at the end of his life when he was living in Paris

I don't know the new guys at all but they have a nice bass player and a funny looking guitarist.
A fweird thing happened : Ian though that one guy in the front was challenging him or insulting him so he spat in his face and insulted , the poor guy, several times and asked the security to kick him out. They didn't know what to do as the guy didn't do anything wrong.
In fact he was just showing his " The Cult " tattoos to Ian.
Big misunderstanding.
The show went on without problems ( see setlist for details )

Setlist & Merchandising

After the show we went to the Meet & Greet ( of course we didn't pay , do we look like we have to pay for an autograph ? No fucking way .
There were around 50 people queueing , the band was nice and chatty sitting behind a table , it wasn't a proper meet & greet like i though it would be but you could get a picture with the whole band. So cool.

" Rise" :

Gigs for October in Paris

It's been very quiet for this week
Here are the next shows in Paris :

Sept 30th :
Au Revoir Simone @ Cabaret Sauvage
Starsailor @ Elysée Montmartre

Oct 2nd:
Tony Franck Photo Exhibition @ Fnac Forum 5:30 PM
Elton John & Ray Cooper @ Palais des Congres

The Cult @ Bataclan

Oliver Peel session with Mad Man & Leopold Skin

Oct 3rd:
Sean Lennon @ Point Ephemere
Tori Amos @ Palais des Congres

Oct 4th:
Roses Kings Castles @ disquaires ( 6 rue des Taillandiers near Bastille )
Green Day @ Bercy ( sold out )
SparkleHorse @ Trabendo

Oct 5th:
Stella McCartney Fashion show @ Palais de Tokyo 10AM
Graham Coxon + Dot Allison + Roses Kings Castles & Peter Doherty @ Zénith
Roses Kings Castles @ Belushi's ( 5 min walk from the Zénith ) @ 11 PM
Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon @ Le Grand journal Canal+ TV Show

Oct 6th:
CHANEL fashion show @ Grand Palais 10AM

The Dynamites feat Charles Walker @ L' Album de la semaine TV Show
Great soul/Funk Music, Bookings here : Bertrand 01 55 93 40 48 NOW

Jay Jay Johanson @ New Morning
Alexander McQueen fashion show @ salle Marcel Cerdan Bercy 8:30 PM

Oct 7th:
Mick Taylor ( Ex Rolling Stones ) @ Le Plan in Ris Orangis ( 10 miles outside Paris )

AC / DC 's Backtracks Box -set The visual :

Updated Sept 29th :

Here's the link with lots of pics from the collector's box-set , the details for all the tracks on cd & dvd and so on....
http://www.acdcbacktracks.com/pages/3999219/?locale=en

The only thing I can say after seeing this : the so called "unreleased songs"... and the price they're selling it

SONY, FUCK YOU !!!
How can you sell something like this ?
There's NOTHING at all in this boxset , all the so-called unreleased songs are all well-known songs that any AC/DC fans already have.
Not mentioning all the songs from the "Live at Donington" & " No Bull"
This limited edition boxset is also manufactured in the USA which means that there are taxes (30 euros ) and shipping (45 euros ) so : 75 Euros to add to the price .
Don't tell me that SONY couldn't have manufactured it in Europe.
Fuckin' crooks.

Here's the visual for the box-set , out in mid -November

U2 European Tour 2010

Yes, they will be back next year in Europe
Bono needs some more money
Remember the sucker doesn't pay taxes
U2 Ltd is registered in a Tax Haven
LOts of OOooOOOhh & AAaaAAhhHHhh for 2010

Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena (August 3)
Hannover Stadium (12)
Horsens Casa Arena (15)
Helsinki Olympic Stadium (20)
Moscow Luzhniki (25)
Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium (30)
Athens Olympic Stadium (September 3)
Istanbul Ataturk Olympic Stadium (6)
Munich Olympic Stadium (15)

Paris Stade De France (18)

Seville Olympic Stadium (29)
Coimbra Stadium (October 2)

Alison " VV" Mossheart before The Kills in Punk band Discount ( video )

Yes my friend before joining The Dead Weather with Jack White or The Kills with Jamie hince , the lovely Alison was singing in a florida punk band called Discount and they've done 3 records.
Here's a live video with Alison with short hair :

The Big Pink @ L' Album de la Semaine Paris Sept 22nd 2009

The Big Pink @ L' Album de la Semaine
Paris Sept 22nd 2009

Back to the famous Canal+ Tv Show this time to see Indus-electro band The Big Pink.
Many people are talking about them across the channel.
Their debut album is out shortly over here but it's not the first time that they're playing in Paris , I think they've already played twice in the capital a few months ago.
Anyway this was my first time , i'm not really into that kind of music but they've done a good set.
They're not to electro or indus and have cool atmospheric songs, of course every "dark" band has a bass that sounds like the one in Joy Division so they do.
They have a cute japanese girl on drums , maybe they should turn the guitar up a bit as it's barely distinct in the mix.
They also should smile or communicate with the audience but I guess it's part of their trip.
Nice set

Kings Of convenience are playing a private show in a secret location tomorow for the Blogotheque. They will ply a proper show @ Bataclan in November.

Emilie Simon @ Fnac Forum Paris Sept 22nd 2009

Contact : irockinparis ( @ ) yahoo.fr

Emilie Simon Showcase @ Fnac Forum
Sept 22nd 2009 Paris

French singer Emilie Simon is promoting her brand new album "The big Machine ".
It's a free showcase for 200 people ( first come first serve ) in the auditorium of french store Fnac in the heart of Paris ( Les Halles )
She's very talented , good looking and has beautiful voice.
Her first record was electro-pop so she has been called the French Bjork now I guess that people will call her the French Kate Bush as she has the same way of singing with the same high tone, this is even more true as her new songs are much more pop , played on the piano.
No more electronics.
Unfortunately she only played 5 songs ( around 30 min ) nevertheless i've appreciate every minute of it.

I think that I really have a crush on her , she's so cute. Look at this beautiful smile.
Message from Patrice: "sorry for the pics they're really crap "

We don't want to get into private matters but Emilie, if you're reading this, ALL our love goes to you ;-)