jeudi 23 juin 2011

49th Paris Air show @ Le Bourget, France June 23 2011

49th Paris Air show @ Le Bourget, France June 23 2011
General view /A Breitling "Constellation" / Brietling Jet

Nothing to do with Rock 'n Roll but sometimes it's nice to share different experiences.
We were kindly invited by none other than Breitling to the Paris Air show, we couldn't say no as it's the most exclusive Pass you can get here.
C
an't believe this is so HUGE and planes are everywhere from small drone that you could almost put into the boot of your own car to the famous A 380. Both Civilians & Military.
Jean Paul Belmondo & Alain Delon were supposed to be here but they cancelled at the 11th hour, John Travolta was there yesterday with his own plane, we saw French actress Anne Parrillaud (?!?) & French Director Claude Lelouch @ Breitling Chalet and some French Members of the cabinet (or secretaries) who were checking planes.
I've never seen so many cops, security, military at the same place, they are EVERYWHERE.

It's very interesting to see different aircrafts military or civilians, one of the highlight is being able to see The Constellation (pic above) which is to aircrafts what is Marilyn Monroe to movies. We had a quick chat with the pilot.
Within the Paris Air show theres also a Museum with Ist World War and 2nd WW aircrafts, with one of the first German welknown VII ( in fact a V I).
World War II Bomber (center) V I (right)
inside /Cockpit & outside an American C17 Globemaster : a large military transport aircraft

Once again Americans know how to treat you best by letting you visit their military aircrafts, you could even seat behind the "Wheel" of a huge Military Transport plane. We did.

All along the afternoon there are lots of demonstrations of planes flying including F16 & Airbus A380... and the famous "Constellation" which is the plane that ALL major movie stars were using to fly across the Atlantic in the 50's & 60's.
I's amazing what pilots can do with planes or new generations of Helicopters including the innovative rotary-wing aircraft helicopter X3 from Eurocopter.

The Maroccan stand even have a fantastic looking car that's working with hydrogene.(below)

Hydrogene car

The Paris Air show will be open to General public from June 24 to 26.

'Nevermind' 20th-Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition out in September 2011


Arguably the greatest album of a generation, 'Nevermind' by Nirvana was released 20 years ago this year. And in honour of this Universal Music Enterprises and Universal Strategic Marketing are pleased to announce that a 4-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition of the Butch Vig produced classic will be available globally from week commencing 19th September 2011. The CDs will include previously unreleased tracks, rarities, b-sides, BBC radio appearances, alternative mixes, rare live recordings and an unreleased concert in its entirety on DVD.

The 20th anniversary of Nirvana will be marked throughout the year, with various events and releases.

mardi 21 juin 2011

Leslie West lower right leg amputated

Leslie West amputated :-(((
Leslie West @ New Morning club in Paris in Oct 2010

Leslie West (From Mountain fame check the video of "Mississipi Queen" live in Paris ) has had his lower right leg amputated in a life-saving operation related to his diabetes.
He underwent the emergency surgery after being admitted to a hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Saturday when his leg started to swell and his foot went septic.
"The doctors tried for two days to save it to no avail. The decision to amputate was one that was necessary to save his life as the infection was spreading throughout his body," his wife, Jenni West, said in an email.

Judas Priest MORE PICTURES @ Zénith, Paris June 20 2011

Judas Priest @ Zénith
Paris June 20 2011

This is part 2

Part 1 with videos and setlist is HERE

ALL PICTURES (c) Guino Patrice


"Hell bent for leather"





Richie Faulkner on guitar

see ya Paris !

lundi 20 juin 2011

Judas Priest + Duff McKagan's Loaded @ Zénith, Paris June 20 2011

contact: irockinparis((@))yahoo((dot))fr

June 22: updated with links to more videos

Judas Priest
& Loaded @ Zénith
Paris June 20 2011
LOADED

Times are difficult, is it the crisis or what ?
I guess that metal kids (well they're not kids anymore) don't want to spend more than 50 or 60 euros for the Mighty Priest as the it's a small Zénith tonight (3000 capacity) and there are still empty seats in the back.

setlist & Aftershow meeting

Duff McKagan's Loaded is opening, we're glad to see Duff back in Paris as Velvet Revolver didn't play any shows in France on their last tour.
After 3-4 songs even tough Duff is trying his best to keep the audience entertain, I have to admit that this is getting boring to death.
Duff is also not a great singer. I remember him opening for The Scorpions in Bercy for "Believe in Me" and it was much better.
Loaded is just a boring band with no good songs, the end of the 50 min set is a bit better with The Misfits' cover of "attitude" & Guns N Roses' "It's so easy".


MORE PICTURES FROM JUDAS PRIEST IN PART 2
HERE

What to expect with Judas Priest WITHOUT KK Downing ?

Doing a Farewell without without one of its founding member is ridiculous, whatever happened between KK and the Band , he should have done this tour, at least for the fans...
Anyway he won't be missed as Richie Faulkner is absolutely FANTASTIC.
Not only he's a great guitar player but he's a guitar hero with the poses and all...

Rob Halford has a much better voice that the last time Judas played @ Zénith (click for review Pics setlist & video) two years ago in March 2009 with Megadeth (click for review ...)opening.

SETLIST :
Intro
1) Rapid Fire
2) Metal Gods (starts at 5:20)
3) Heading out to the Highway
04) Judas rising
05) Starbreaker
06) Victim of changes
07) Never satisfied
08) Diamonds & Rust (another recording)
09) Prophecy
10) Night crawler
11) Turbo Lover (Another recording)
12) Beyond the realms of death
13) The sentinel (My favorite song)
14) Blood red skies
15) The green Manalishi
16) Breaking the law
17) Painkiller (another recording)
Encore 1
18) Electric Eye
Encore 2
19) Hell bent for leather (another recording)
20) You've got another thing coming
Encore 3
21) Living after Midnight


As you can see above the setlist is terrific, it's hard not to be happy with it, there are songs from every era of the band, well except the one with Ripper Owens which I think is a lack of respect to him as he's part of the history of Judas Priest.
Judas Priest knows how to please it's fans : it's typical Heavy Metal, the one that we love : leather, metal, twin guitars, heavy sound, fire & pyro, great soli & screamings ...& the motorcycle on "hell bent for leather" !!!
When it comes to heavy Metal NO ONE can compete with The Mighty Priest

A hell of a show!!!

"Night Crawler":