Saturday afternoon at Pere Lachaise Cemetary

Saturday afternoon @ Pere Lachaise cemetary in Paris

Very hot saturday afternoon in Paris, it feels like the summer, the best way to NOT feel the warm of the sun is to have a walk in the shady Pere Lachaise.

we visited Jim and say hello (far right)

Next shows in Paris for the next 2 weeks...

April 23
Fish @ New Morning
April 25
Dum Dum Girls @ C'est lenoir, Black session (invit' only, sold out)
April 26
Cocoon @ Olympia (sold out)
Moriarty @ Divan du Monde (Private gig for Fnac store) Get your free ticket @ Fnac Forum & Ternes right now
April 27
Moriarty @ 104
[Foo Fighters Documentary screening @ Canal+] before the broadcast on tv
April 28
Tindersticks @ St Eustache church
The Fleshtones @ Fleche d'Or
May 2:
Selah Sue @ Album de la Semaine, Plaine st Denis(Get your invit' by calling Bertrand on 01 55 93 40 48)
May 4:
Timber Timbre @ C'est Lenoir Black session
May 5
Joe Bonamassa @ Olympia
May 9
Alela Diane @ Olympia
Ben Harper @ Fleche d'Or

There are "rumours" of a private small gig by the Foo Fighters in Paris mid-may : don't get mad nothing is signed, it's only a rumour , it may not happen.

Prince to play @ Stade de France on June 30 2011

UPDATED MAY 13 : Prince will play @ Stade de France on JUNE 30
Box office will open at the end of May

George Lang from RTL radio announced it

Prince @ Stade de France on July 2nd 2011

The last time we saw Prince it was @ New Morning club in Paris with a 3h45 min long show between 2:30am & 6:15am.

Anna Calvi @ Trianon, Paris April 22 2011

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Anna Calvi @ Trianon

Paris April 22 2011

Anna Calvi is back in Paris for another sold-out show,this time this is at the newly re-open & one of the most beautiful theatre in Paris @ Le Trianon in Pigalle.
It's her 5th show in just a few months in the French capital and 6th in all.

Things haven't really changed, she's still playing songs from her first record.
She's still shy but not as frightened as she used to.
I think that the Trianon is trying to compete with the Bataclan for the hottest theatre in Paris, where the fuck is the A.C. ?
As the show is being broadcasted live on Arte tv website there are a couple of cameras in the audience and on stage but no big productions and it remains very discreet.
She starts the show (@ 8:53) with a long instrumental , just to get in the mood.
She won't talk at all to the audience apart from the usual "Thank You" and prefers to focus on her (perfect) guitar playing & (perfect) vocals.
After seeing her a few times and even though I haven't heard the record yet, I start to know the songs quite well.
The audience is listening religiously for the whole hour set, exploding at the very end of the show after the final Encore, we're asking for more, clapping & yelling, for a few minutes but unfortunately she's won't come back.
Too bad the gig was perfect.

Original setlist (far right)

"Jezebel":


Check her lastest shows in Paris @ C'est Lenoir in January, @ L'Album de la Semaine a couple of days later, @ Nouveau casino in Feb, @ Cité de la Musique opening for Grinderman in Oct 2010

The whole show @ Trianon from Arte broadcast:

Chapel Club + Her Magic wand @ Point Ephémere, Paris April 21 2011

Chapel Club + Her Magic wand @ Point Ephémere,
Paris April 21 2011

We haven't been in this club for a long time, probably Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp in Oct 2009.
Thanks to Fabien we would get invit' to see English indie rock band Chapel Club.
It's not a commercial success as there are only 5 people when we get in, just before they started there are no more than a 100 people and the guest list was huge.
First there is a french indie-pop band : Her Magic wand.
Cool set.

Then we have headliners English indie/alternative rock band Chapel Club.
Another band influenced by Joy Division between post-Punk and indie English pop-rock.
The singer has a very low voice and some Morrissey influences.
Nice show but a bit too English indie rock for us.