Amy Winehouse 1983-2011 RIP

Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her flat in Camden, London this afternoon.
RIP
so sad, she probably had a miserable life.
Only 27 like Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Kobain...

Christophe @ Festival Fnac Live @ Parvis Hotel de Ville, Paris July 22 2011

CHRISTOPHE @ Festival Fnac Live , Parvis Hotel de Ville
Paris July 22 2011

Too busy to check the other bands on the bill for this free show in front of the Hotel de Ville in the heart of Paris.
French singer Christophe is headlining, we arrived a couple of minutes after the end of the previous band's set and all youngsters are leaving.
Christophe is getting on stage just before 11:00pm with a piano player on his right and a guitar player on his left who's also in charge of keys & electronic effects.
Well when he's not playing his hits , he had a few many years ago, this pop-rock-electro music is ... boring to death.
Curfew at midnight, very average show.

Moriarty + Aaron @ Festival Fnac Live @ Parvis Hotel de Ville, Paris July 22 2011

Moriarty + Aaron @ Festival Fnac Live Day 1
Parvis Hotel de Ville, Paris July 21 2011

Every year in July we have some free concerts, 2nd year in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris, it used to be nearby by the river but I guess the location was getting too small for the crowd as it was successful. It has lost its charm but there is twice more people.
We get there to see Moriarty as it was running a bit late ( and we were early) we catch Asaf Avidan & the Mojos' last two songs. That was OK

We like Moriarty's country-Folk -Rock, they did a short 45 min set.
they have some goods songs and when they're not goofing around too much they are very enjoyable.
Nice gig.

After a short break, we have French band Aaron, the singer's attracting all the lovely girls down the front and we won't complain.
We just heard their single on the radio, it's OK

At last we have a French band that is working à l'Americaine : They are singing in English , they pay attention to their look ( meaning they don't dress like shit), They have a great light show and the singer knows how to play with the audience.

Musically they are like a French Archive or Coldplay: not really the kind of music we're listening to but they were good.

We had a good time it was free and it's almost walking distance from home.
What more could we ask ?

The Strokes @ zénith, Paris July 20 2011

Updated July 22 with more links to videos

The Strokes @ Zénith , Paris July 21 2011

SETLIST (TBC):

1) New York City Cops 2) Alone Together 3) Reptilia 4) Machu Picchu 5) The Modern Age 6) Is this it 7) Under cover of darkness 8) Whatever happened 9) Life is simple in the moonlight 10) someday 11) You only live once 12) You're so right 13) Under control 14) Gratisfaction 15) Juice box 16) Last night Encore 17) Automatic stop 18) Hard to explain 19) Take it or leave it

Last Night:

Black Country Communion @ Bataclan, Paris July 19 2011

Black Country Communion @ Bataclan

Paris, July 19 2011

Supergroup Black Country Communion featuring Glenn Hughes (bass & vocals), Joe Bonamassa (Guitars & Vocals), Derek Sherinian (Keyboards) & Jason Bonham (Drums) is playing the Bataclan Théatre in Paris.
Strangely enough it's not sold-out, the balcony is closed and the pit is far from being full, no more than 800 people tonight.
Hard to believe as Joe Bonamassa played on his own a sold-out Olympia just 2 months ago.
I have to say that this concert is the last "Big gig" before the holidays in a series of more than 20 important gigs for June and early July ( check our previous pages, it's been mad ).

Anyway Rockerparis is still in Paris rocking its heart out on rock'n roll.
We're huge fan of Deep Purple so we couldn't miss the first gig of Glenn Hughes in Paris for almost 15 years ( Last one was at the Locomotive -check video- in Nov 1995).
(CORRECTION : He played again @ Locomotive club with Uli Jon Roth on May 29 2001)
Last time we saw Jason Bonham was at the o2 in London with Led Zeppelin, we probably saw Derek many years ago touring with Alice Cooper and it's our first with Joe Bonamassa. We heard some rave reviews about his show @ Olympia.

The band opened the show with the first song from the first album, Derek is on the far left and will be mostly in the dark for most of the gig. Glenn is on the left, Jason behind his drumkit of course and Joe on the far right a bit in the back.
The sound is heavy with lots of guitars and bass but we couldn't hear that much the keyboards and Glenn Vocals from where we were standing: first row.Maybe the sound was better behind us.

Lots of great guitar licks by Joe Bonamassa but we already know the guy's a master on guitar.
Glenn is making the show running from one side of the stage to the other, doing so funny faces, he's the rockstar, he even have his wardrobe on the side of the stage with a roadie ready for clothes change just in case .

Maybe he's over acting to get the attention specially when Joe is doing his soli.
Joe is the opposite: very calm and relax, he's doing his thing , focusing on his (perfect) guitar playing.

They didn't play that many songs but many of them are clocking at more than 6-7 or even 8 minutes.

Glenn is doing almost all the lead vocals, Joe sang a couple.

They have two records out, The music is a mix between Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, last song for tonight is "Burn" by Deep Purple (here on video).
It was a show not to be missed as I don't think it will be a long term collaboration as each musician has his own career specially Joe Bonamassa who's very successful on his own.
Great 1h40 min show.

Merchandising & Setlist

"Burn":