Whitney Houston dead at 48, RIP

After Amy Winehouse another great singer, even though you like her music or not, has died.

Singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, according to her representative Kristen Foster
She apparently died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
no more news for the moment

Gilby Clarke @ L'Empreinte, Savigny le Temple Feb 11 2012

Gilby Clarke @ L'Empreinte, Savigny le Temple Feb 11 2012

Former Guns n Roses guitar player on "Use your Illusion" mammoth world tour is playing for the first time as a solo artist in France, he already played in Paris with GnR, Snakepit & MC5, tonight he's playing a tiny club 30 km south of Paris @ L'Empreinte in Savigny Le Temple.
It may be far but it's very easy to go there, 35 min with the train from Gare de Lyon and the club is just in front of the station.
First on stage is a GNR tribute band with the most ridiculous "Axl Rose" copycat I have ever seen, hard to believe I thought it was a candid camera episode.
Then we have a very average Swedish rock band.
Gilby is getting on stage @ 10pm, he's playing all guitars and singing all vocals with the bass player and drummer for the Swedish band.
Beginning of the set is quite average with some very... average songs, then when he starts playing his best songs from the first album, his best one, or a Snakepit it's getting much better, we have a few covers including " It's so easy" or a Bob Dylan "Knocking..." that GNR were covering.
he has a great rock N Roll voice and the guitar playing is neat.
The show ended with two nice renditions of Rolling Stones' songs, the first "Wild Horses" that he played on his own and then "Dead Flowers".
Overall good 65 min show but plagued by too many average songs at the beginning.

setlist: (from our friends @ GnrFrance)
Wasn't Yesterday Great
Under The Gun
Motorcycle Cowboys
Black
It's So Easy
Monkey Chow
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Cure Me... Or Kill Me
Be Yourself (And 5 Other Cliches)
Tijuana Jail
-Rappel-
Wild Horses
Dead Flowers

65 min set

"Cure me or Kill Me"

Next shows in Paris for February 2012

Feb 09:
Liz Green @ Fnac St Lazare 6:00pm (free show)
AM + Shawn Lee @ Gibert Jeuneon Bd St Michel 6:00pm (free show)
Big Deal @ Fargo Store 6:30pm ( Free show)

Feb 11:
Gilby Clarke (Ex-Guns N Roses) @ L'Empreinte in Savigny Le Temple
Feb 12:
Nick Lowe @ New Morning
Feb 13:
Keren Ann @ Le Trianon
Feb 14:
Nada Surf @ Bataclan
Phoebe Killdeer + Lisa Portelli @ Fleche d'Or ( free show)
Feb 15:
Les Inrocks Award @ Alhambra
Feb 16:
The Subways @ Alhambra
Feb 21:
Mark Lanegan @ Album de la Semaine (TV show, Invit' Only, bookings will open a few days before the show)

Juliette Gréco @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris Feb 08 2012

Juliette Gréco @ Théatre du Chatelet, Paris Feb 08 2012

Last of her three shows @ Théatre du Chatelet for this French legend of St Germain des Pres.
Serge Gainsbourg wrote "La Javanaise" for her and she had a love affair with Miles Davis.
She's 85 years old and she's still active, maybe her voice is not as strong and melodic as it used to be and she can still deliver but most of all the passion is still there.
She played her most famous songs including songs by Jacques Brel ("Bruxelles, " Mathilde"..) , Serge Gainsbourg ("L'accordéon", "La chanson de Prévert" &" La Javanaise") or Léo Ferré.
She ended her 90 min set with "Le Temps des Cerises"
Nice

It's not very rock but she's a legend of St Germain des Pres

BILL WARD FIRED FROM BLACK SABBATH BY SHARON OSBOURNE

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BILL WARD FIRED FROM BLACK SABBATH BY SHARON OSBOURNE

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