Ozzy, Geezer Butler, Dave Mustaine + others performed @ final 30th Metallica anniversary show @ Fillmore, Dec 10 2011

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Updated Dec 14 with more links to videos

METALLICA is celebrating its 30th Anniversary @ Fillmore in San Francisco with 4 very special concerts that already included on stage: Jason Newsted, John Marshall, King Diamond & Mercyful Fate, Rob Halford, Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Jerry Cantrell, Glenn Danzig, Biff Byford from Saxon, Diamond Head, John Bush from Armored Saint & Anthrax, Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ray Haller from Sweet Savage...and probably a few others. (click for videos)

Yesterday night was a dream come true as ALL original members of Metallica have played on stage: [Hugh Tanner (Guitar)], Ron McGovney (Bass), Lloyd Grant (Guitar) & Dave Mustaine plus Jason Newsted.
Ozzy Osbourne & Geezer Butler also played a few songs with Metallica.

SETLIST (From Blabbermouth): click for more
01. Orion
02. Through the Never
03. Ride the Lightning
04. The God That Failed
05. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
06. Rebel Of Babylon (previously unreleased song from "Death Magnetic" sessions)
07. Blackened (with fan-club members Dennis, Annette Diaz)
08. Dirty Window (with Bob Rock)
09. Frantic (with Bob Rock)
10. Sabbra Cadabra (BLACK SABBATH cover) (with Geezer Butler)
11. Iron Man (BLACK SABBATH cover) (with Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler)
12. Paranoid (BLACK SABBATH cover) (with Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler)
13. King Nothing (w/ Jason Newsted)
14. Whiplash (w/ Jason Newsted)
15. Motorbreath (w/ Hugh Tanner)
16. Phantom Lord (w/ Dave Mustaine) (Other recording)
17. Jump In The Fire (w/ Dave Mustaine) (other recording)
18. Metal Militia (w/ Dave Mustaine) (other recording)
19. Hit The Lights (w/ Lloyd Grant, Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney) (other recording)
20. Seek & Destroy (w/ Jason Newsted, Dave Mustaine, Lloyd Grant, Ron McGovney, Hugh Tanner, Mark Osegueda, and THE SOUL REBELS) (other recording)

Charlotte Gainsbourg @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Dec 10 2011

SETLIST: (from Oliver Peel) check his review
01: All The Rain
02: Anna
03: Greewich Mean Time
04: Terrible Angels
05: Ouvertures Eclair
06: Out Of Touch
07: Got To Let Go (mit Charlie Fink)
08: Me And Jane Doe
09: Waste Of Home
10: White Telephone
11: Jamais
12: Forever Dolphin Love (Connan Mockasin)
13: Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan Cover)
14: Memoir (Feat. Villagers)
15: The Song That We Sing

16: ?
17: Greenwich Mean Time
18: The Song That We Sing

Dec 11:
INXS @ Bataclan
Thurston Moore @ Gaité Lyrique
Dec 12:
Josh T Pearson @ Agnes B (7:30pm)
Dec 14:
Coldplay + Emeli Sande @ Bercy

Dec 17:
Boxer Rebellion @ Maroquinerie

The Ting Tings @ Caroussel du Louvre for Deezer, Paris Dec 08 2011

The Tings Tings' private show @ Caroussel du Louvre, Paris, Dec 08 2011
For Deezer worldwide launch with Facebook & Orange

Some Girls & Big Oils are out in force including French Minister for culture

LeWeb11 is organizing 2-3 days of conferences about the Internet and they had the good idea to have a huge party with The Ting Tings to celebrate the worldwide launch of French streaming Cie Deezer in collaboration with Big Brother's FaceFuck & Orange.

Lots of sexy girls in the audience, it's always a pleasure, and lots of free booze at the bars.
It's the first time we're attending a Ting Tings' gig and we only know a couple of songs that were played on radio from their first album.
No preconceived mind about this English duet...well maybe about their clothes !!!

Anyway, even though there are only the two of them on stage, it's sounding good, they do have some pre-recorded stuff but not that much.
The girl is doing the show running everywhere, including a small trip into the audience and headbanging like a Metallica fan during "Seek & Destroy".
The guy is playing Drums, some guitars and Keys and the chick is playing guitars and keys and singing of course.

They do have some cool songs that are rocking with a pop/dance beat and feeling.
I'm not too convinced with the more electro tunes, luckily most of the songs are rocking.
I'm not too familiar with the repertoire but out of 9 songs they've probably performed 5-6 new songs.
Nice 45 min set.

setlist with new songs

Pearl Jam European Tour 2012 announced

Pearl Jam 2012 European/UK Tour
Los Angeles punk rockers X will serve as the support act for all Pearl Jam’s own headlining shows.

20.06 Manchester (men arena)
23.06 Isle of wight -festival-
26.06 Amsterdam (ziggo dome)
29.06 Werchter -festival-
30.06 Arras -festival-
04.07 Berlin (o2 arena)
07.07. Stockholm (globe)
09.07. Oslo (spektrum)

10.07. Copenhagen (forum)

Smith & Burrows @ Fleche d'Or, Paris Dec 07 2011

Smith & Burrows @ Fleche d'Or, Paris Dec 07 2011

Far from being full tonight when we get @ Fleche d'Or after coming from The Horrors @ Bataclan.
First Aid Kit & Liz Green had already played their set
beautiful setting for the stage with Trees, fairy lights ...
No drummer tonigth just a guy on trumpet in the back, a cello played, a keyboard played and the singer of The Editors (also on piano and guitar) and the former drummer from Razorlight who's on vocals, guitar and piano.
Lots of covers from different bands ( Black , REM and others...) plus some christmas songs.
it's a very laid-back and relaxed concert, It's like seeing friends playing songs in your apartment for a kids party.
There was even a raffle to get some merchandising and a bottle of wine before the encore.

setlist

I didn't know what to expect as I was invited by friends when I was leaving the Bataclan , where The Horrors had just played, I'm glad I attended as They've done a great set.

reminder:
Razorlight @ Fleche d'Or Feb 2011, @ Bataclan in 2008
The Editors @ Olympia 2010, @ Bataclan 2009

The Horrors @ Bataclan, Paris dec 07 2011

The Horrors @ Bataclan, Paris dec 07 2011

We're getting into the Bataclan just as The Horrors are getting on stage, the pit is packed but there are seats left on the balcony upstairs.
As usual with The Horrors the lightning is "atmospheric", we already saw them @ Rock en Seine festival and we enjoyed it.

Tonight we're less convinced by their psyche-rock heavily influenced by Joy Division. Songs are sounding too much the same.
Good show nevertheless but it could have been better. Short set 65 min

setlist:( same every night on this tour)

1. Changing The Rain
2. Who Can Say
3. I Can See Through You
4. Scarlet Fields
5. Dive In
6. Endless Blue
7. Sea Within A Sea
8. Still Life

-encore-
9.Mirror's Image
10.Three Decades
11.Moving Further Away

The Ting Tings & Charlotte Gainsbourg to play private shows in Paris this week

The Ting Tings will play a private corporate show @ Caroussel du louvre on thursday (dec 08) for an internet Convention.

Charlotte Gainsbourg will play @ L'Album de la Semaine on saturday ( Dec 11) to promote her new Live album.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds @ Casino de Paris, Dec 06 2011

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds @ Casino de Paris, Dec 06 2011
& Electric Soft Parade

Electric Soft Parade

When we get in the support band was already on stage, part of the audience wanted them out, they took it with a laugh; too bad they've done a great set ending with a smashing ten minutes song. I've been told later that it was Electric Soft Parade, I remember now that i probably saw them many years ago opening for another band ( may be Oasis) at the Royal albert Hall.
They really deserve more success.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

This gig has been sold-out almost immediately when it went on sale, I understand why, it's full of English singing No-el for the whole set.
The band has a powerful sound and a great white light show.
The whole gig is being recorded by French tv Canal+ for a future broadcast, they've already did it last time Oasis played at the tiny Bataclan theatre in Nov 2008.

We haven't heard the record yet but we heard the single and it is sounding very good.
so it's no surprise that Noel's band is sounding much better than Oasis, probably because he's singing all the songs.
Needless to tell you that we're not Oasis fans over here.
Noel is alternating between acoustic & electric guitar, he's not a fantastic guitar player but he has very good songs including the Oasis ones which are sounding ten times better when he's singing them.
A few heavy tunes and some acoustic moments including acoustic versions of "Wonderwall", "Supersonic"...
He had a few requests but he preferred to stick to the setlist, he also had a few funny chats with some English members of the audience.

SETLIST:

1. (It's Good) To Be Free
2. Mucky Fingers
3. Everybody's on the Run
4. Dream On
5. If I Had a Gun...
6. The Good Rebel
7. The Death of You and Me
8. Freaky Teeth
9. Wonderwall
10. Supersonic
11. (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine
12. AKA... What a Life!
13. Talk Tonight
14. Soldier boys...
15. Broken arrow
16. Half the world away
17. (Stranded on ) the wrong beach
    
18. -------Encore-------
    
19. Little by Little
20. The Importance of being idle
21. don't look back in anger
    

Overall very good show even though he could do better than this.

Merchandising & Pass Sheet

Paul McCartney joined on stage by Ron Wood @ O2 in London, Dec 05 2011

"Get Back":


Review with Pics, setlist & many videos: Paul McCartney @ Paris Bercy on Nov 30 (Part 2)

Combien gagnent les artistes avec itunes ?

Interrogés par le "Nouvel Obs", Claire Giraudin, Responsable des études à la Sacem, et Bernard Miyet, Président du Directoire de la Sacem, répondent aux préoccupations actuelles concernant la rémunération des artistes selon les nouveaux modes de distribution de la musique.

La Sacem, notamment garante du respect et du reversement des droits d'auteurs, explique percevoir « entre 90 centimes et 1,10 euros, soit 9% du prix hors taxes sur un CD de quinze titres ».

Acheté sur la plateforme Apple. « Par titre vendu, la Sacem perçoit 7 centimes d'euros au total pour le ou les auteur(s), le ou les compositeur(s) et le ou les éditeur(s) », sachant qu'un morceau unique coûte généralement 99 centimes au consommateur. Quant à l'interprète, on estime qu'en moyenne 2 centimes lui reviennent.

Déja que les maisons de disques escroquaient les artistes à l'époque de la vente de cds et il y avait les intermédiaires à payer ( fabrication, livraison, disquaire...) maintenant c'est encore pire pour les artistes avec le téléchargement légal et il n'y a plus aucun intermédiaires.

Question: OU VA LE POGNON ? Pas dans la poche des artistes.

Quand je pense qu'on nous a fait passer Steve Jobs pour un saint, Pourris en enfer charogne !

Liz Green @ Fnac Ternes, Paris Dec 06 2011 6:00pm

Liz Green @ Fnac ternes, Paris Dec 06 2011, 6pm

Very cool 5-6 songs acoustic set from this English folk artist, too bad there wasn't a lot of people even though there was a few posters in the store promoting this showcase.

She's playing tomorrow ( Dec 07) with other bands @ Fleche d'Or in Paris