BB Brunes joined by Carl Barat @ Alhambra, Paris March 23 2011

French band BB Brunes played a show last night @ Alhambra club and were joined by Carl Barat to play The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" :

We saw them performed for the tv show Trabendo sessions on Dec 8th 2009 and they were really good. (check our Pics & video)

Peter Doherty surprise show @ Carmen, Paris March 23 2011

Updated March 24th: Show was cancelled at the 11th hour.
Carmen WARNING!! We're so so sorry but Mr Pete Doherty can't make it tonight! Maybe another day? Stay connected!

Too late for us, considering the shitty show he did a few days ago @ Le Tigre club (click for Review,Pics and links to videos) we're not going !

Marianne Faithfull + Wayne Kramer (second show) @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris March 23 2011

Marianne faithfull feat. Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet
Paris, March 23 2011

Yesterday was so good that we decided to come back
Basically the same show as yesterday, she may have changed the setlist a bit as she didn't perform "No Reason" ( from the new album) tonight, she did it yesterday.
The audience was more hot, she noticed it saying "You are much more better than yesterday" True.
As you can see the first part of the gig has songs from her last 3 albums then she's playing the hits
"Sister Morphine" (here on video) and "Broken English" were extended version with great guitar soli from Wayne & Doug.
As she has a sore throat (so she said) she didn't come back to perform the a cappela song she did yesterday "Love is teasing" from the Chieftains.

SETLIST:
1) Horses and High Heels
2) Why did we have to part
3) Back in Baby's arms
4) The Stations (tbc)
5) There is a ghost
6) The Crane Wife
7) Prussian Blue (click for video)
8) Like Being Born
9) Going Back
10) Sing me back Home
11) Band Intro
12) Sister Morphine
13) Broken English
14) As Tears go by
15) Working Class Hero
16) Incarceration of a flower child
-Encore 1- 17) Ballad of Lucy Jordan
-Encore 2- 18) Strange Weather

Another great show by Marianne who is proud of being Commendeur

Théatre du Chatelet & the nearby Tour St Jacques

"Sister Morphine":

The Kills @ Fleche d'Or, Paris March 22 2011

SETLIST (Courtesy of Oliver Peel):
01: Future Starts Here 02: Satellite 03: Heart Is A Beating Drum 04: No Wow 05: Kissy Kissy 06: DNA 07: Baby Says 08: The Last Goodbye 09: You Don't Own The Road10: Pots And Pan -Encore- 11: Fried My Little Brains 12: Sour Cherry

50 min show

Check our (small) review of the Kills @ Bataclan on Oct 28 2008 & @ Arte's One Shot Not on Oct 29 2008.
Check also The Dead Weather @ Bataclan on June 05 2010, @ Cigale on June 29 2009, @ L'Album de la Semaine on June 30 2009 & @ Olympia on Oct 28 2009.
With lots of Pics, setlist & videos

Marianne Faithfull + Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris March 22 2011

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Marianne Faithfull Feat. Wayne Kramer @ Théatre du Chatelet
Paris , March 22 2011

Wayne Kramer from the MC5 on guitar (on the far left)

Marianne Faithfull is back in Paris for two shows at the posh Théatre du Chatelet, one of the most beautiful theatre in Paris. She's promoting her latest album Horses & High Heels.
We've already been here a few times including a great intimate concert with MUSE in Sept 2009.
It's sold-out tonight even though there are still a few empty seats, it's an early start as she's getting on stage at 08:05 pm.
When we met Marianne @ Fnac Montparnasse in February she told us that Wayne Kramer, guitar player from The MC5, would be there. Cool he's here tonight.

No big production, just Marianne and her 5 musicians, she's center stage with a shiny white shirt, lyrics by her side, she won't look at it fo the most famous songs.
She played a few new songs including the one composed by French singer Laurent Voulzy, I didn't see him in the audience but there was Jane Birkin and the French Minister for the Culture frederic mitterrand , who gave her a medal after the show in the dressing rooms.
The concert started smoothly with the atmosphere building up slowly.
Her voice is really rock, posh people woke up when she played her most famous songs (Working Class hero, As Tears go by, Broken English...) even though no one clapped when she started playing Sister Morphine. Maybe they've never heard the Rolling Stones.
Sound is perfect, not too loud, Wayne Kramer is providing great guitar licks doing most of the soli tonight.
The gig was more rock than last time for her shows @ Cité de la Musique (review of second show is Here) for the Easy Come Easy Go Tour 2009.
The set ended with her cover of a Tom Waits' song before she came back with only Doug Pettibone on guitar.
We had an extra song a cappela "Love is teasing" (click for video) by the Chieftains.

Anita Pallenberg (far right)

Great 1h50 min show we're going back tomorrow night.
There was a aftershow party in the dressing room where the Minister for the french Culture gave her a medal (Commandeur dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres).

Wayne kramer & friend

"Working Class hero"