vendredi 5 octobre 2012

Exposition Albert UDERO @ Galerie Oblique, Oct 2012

C KI LE + BO ?

Exposition UDERZO @ Galerie Oblique, Paris Oct 04-Oct 28 2012
Village St Paul
17 Rue St Paul, 75004 Paris

Un collectionneur de Bentley et un Rocker se cachent sur cette photo
Let's get waysted !!!

Anne Goscinny + Cabu + Uderzo

jeudi 4 octobre 2012

Next Rock shows in Paris for Oct 2012

Oct 04
Bat For Lashes @ Fleche d'Or (sold out)
Kim Wilde @ Trianon
Oct 05
Roger Hodgson @ Olympia (sold out)
Oct 06
NUIT BLANCHE
Oct 07
Eddie Floyd @ Olympia
Oct 08
Cody Chestnut @ Album de la Semaine
Oct 09
Cold Specks @ Album de la Semaine
Mice Parade @ Oliver Peel session
Oct 10
The Vaccines @ Album de la Semaine
Ultravox @ Trabendo
Richard Hawley @ Cigale
Oct 11
Radiohead @ Bercy (sold out)
Oct 12
Radiohead @ Bercy (sold out)
Chris Isaak @ Grand Rex
Oct 15
Julia Stone @ Cigale
Oct 17
Keane @ Olympia (sold out)
Oct 18
Muse @ Bercy (sold out)
Metronomy @ ? (secret gig)
Oct 19
SUZANNE VEGA @ Casino d'Enghien
Oct 20
SUZANNE VEGA @ La Batterie de Guyancourt

mercredi 3 octobre 2012

Sera Cahoone @ Fargo Store, Paris Oct 03 2012

 Sera Cahoone @ Fargo Store, Paris Oct 03 2012

Another showcase @ Fargo Store this time with singer-songwritter Sera Cahoone from Seattle, she's onher own now playing some Country-Western with indie Rock.
She was also playing drums in Carissa’s Wierd and on the first album of Band Of Horses.


Led Zeppelin French Premiere (press) screening of Celebration Day @ Paris' Gaumont Opéra, Oct 03 2012

 LED ZEPPELIN's "Celebration Day" Press screening @ Gaumont Opéra
Paris, Oct 03 2012 10:00PM


Early wake up call this morning to attend the Press screening of Led Zeppelin's new cd/dvd to be out on November 19 in the whole world and with Premières in France @ Gaumont-Pathé movie theatres on Oct 18, check Pathé Live for the cinema listing playing the movie.

As usual in France, many journalists didn't turned up, I guess it was too early for them so we had plenty of space to enjoy the show.

Recorded live @ The O2 Arena in London on December 10 2007. 
5 years, it took them 5 years to finally released it.
Needless to tell you it's AMAZING.
It's taking the band a couple of songs to get into it ( "Good times bad times" -" Ramble on"), you can feel the tension on their faces, for the third one "Black Dog" things are getting more relaxed,then for the rest of the show starting with  "In my time of dying" it's faultless.
Recording is perfect of course, Robert Plant admitted that he re-recorded a couple of things, Page probably did too. They also edited out a couple of chat between songs.
Hard to believe that after such a gig they, in fact Robert, never wanted to play again, even though a show at the Stade de France was planned for the summer of  2008 and ... never happened.

The show is really how I remembered it from that Fantastic night @ the O2 Arena, Yes ! Rockerparis was there to attend such an historic event.
2 hours of pure Magic & Rock'n Roll.
It's a must see, specially in a cinema on a big screen.

Full Tracklisting & movie trailer HERE
Video of Press Conference in London HERE





mardi 2 octobre 2012

MUSE @ Olympia, Paris Oct 02 2012

 MUSE @ Olympia, Paris Oct 02 2012

We didn't go as we were @ Balades Sonores for a showcase but here's the SETLIST:
(click for videos)
1- Supremacy ---interlude
2- Hysteria
3- Panic station
4- Resistance
5- SMBH
6- Animals
7- TIRO
8- Save Me
9.Madness
10.Uprising
11.Follow Me
12.Bliss
 13- KOC 
15-Starlight
16-Survival





lundi 1 octobre 2012

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney Spring-Summer 2013 collection, Paris, Palais Garnier Oct 01 2012

M.I.A.
M..I.A. & Charlotte Rampling
Paul McCartney &Wife + Kate Moss
 Paul McCartney & Friends @ Stella McCartney Spring-Summer 2013 collection, Paris, Palais Garnier Oct 01 2012

It's the end of the fashion week, here are a few pics from the Stella's guests including our Paul McCartney + Kate Moss, M.I.A., Charlotte Rampling, Salma Hayek, Twiggy, Vahina Giocante and few others...
Salma Hayek & Husband
James McCartney

an empty Opéra House
The Opera





samedi 29 septembre 2012

The Kills' book signing @ Marck Jacobs' Bookmarc Paris, Sept 28 2012

 The Kills'  book signing @ Marck Jacobs' Bookmark Paris, Sept 28 201
The Kills  IS the Trendy rock band so when they are signing a book it is NOT at a Rock store but @ Marc Jacobs' book store Bookmarc in the very posh Place du Marché St Honoré in center Paris.
The shop is very small and there's a long queue of fans dressed up for the occasion. The atmosphere is very relax thanks to the staff and Alison, Jamie Hince and photographer Kenneth Cappello are nice to everyone signing and posing for pictures.
I've been told that if you're going to the store these next few days there are still signed books to buy, in limited quantities.

 Reminder:
The Kills opening for the mighty METALLICA @ Stade de France in May 2012
@ Olympia in Nov 2011, @ Bataclan in April 2011
@ Rock en Seine Festival in August 2011, @ Fnac Forum April 2011
@ Bataclan in 2008

jeudi 27 septembre 2012

Archive showcase & signing session @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris , Sept 28 2012 1:00 pm


Archive showcase & signing session @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris , Sept 28 2012 1:00 pm

setlist

50 min+ set (11 songs) with Prog rockers ARCHIVE for a free showcase @ Fnac Store in Montparnasse. It's lunch time and the place is packed with dedicated fans. Sometimes when you hear a band playing on acoustic the music or the songs can really sound different, not really the case with ARCHIVE, you can still feel their "epic" sound.The musicianship is perfect including the vocals, they do have a new girl who's voice is sounding amazing and she's very cute too.
We might not be great fan of this band but they've performed a very enjoyable set.
Unfortunately as the band had to go to do radio shows afterwards, so they say, they couldn't sign anything to fans. Strangely enough one of the guys was still hanging out there half an hour after the end of the show.

mercredi 26 septembre 2012

Bobby Womack @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris, Sept 27 2012



SETLIST
Bobby Womack @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris, Sept 27 2012

Legendary Bobby Womack is promoting his new album "Bravest man" in France by playing famous Canal+ Tv Show L'Album de la Semaine.
First on stage are the 5 musicians , while they are playing an instrumental that will give the tone of the whole set: a very soft song with a drum machine, some laid back piano and very little bass, percussion & keyboards, Bobby Womack is sitting down next to the audience watching his own band performing.
Then a minder is escorting him very carefully to his stool on the stage, Bobby is looking very frail and wearing big sunglasses as a blind man.
The first song he's singing is an old one from his youth "deep River" he's on acoustic guitar for this one.We're getting new songs tonight arranged by Damon Albarn who's clearly the MC for the set.
It's not Bobby's usual soul stuff.
Songs are very soft with a touch of Drum machine à la "drum & bass" some piano and of course Bobby's voice that is neat.
It looks like Damon's NOT satisfied with something so he's asking to play the songs once again to our delight and Bobby's singing them this time with more conviction.
We have mixed feelings as the new album is more "electro" than soul so it's not really what we were expecting.
Nevertheless we know that we attended something special as it's not everyday that you can see a show by such a legend in such intimate conditions.

lundi 24 septembre 2012

Iggy Pop & The Stooges @ Casino de Paris, Paris Sept 25 2012

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Iggy Pop & The Stooges @ Casino de Paris, Paris Sept 25 2012

Iggy & The Stooges are back in Paris after playing The Olympia Theatre on July 07 2010, this time it's a corporate show for a French beer and everyone is invited: competition winners standing up downstairs and guests & VIPs at the balcony. Impossible to attend a Stooges concert without headbanging down the front.
There was a press conference a couple of hours before the show (we didn't go).
The show started at 9:00PM with the best possible way "Raw Power" the first words of Iggy being "Fuck You" & "search & destroy" here on video below. Unfortunately Scott Asheton is NOT on Drums, can't remember the name of the new drummer but he already played with Iggy in the 90's.The rest of the line-up is unchanged but Can we call this The Stooges without The Asheton Brothers ?!?



Iggy is limping more than ever but is acting as wild as ever jumping into the audience several times as usual he's getting a dozen fans on stage at the beginning of the show including our own photographer Guino Patrice who took it cool and took some nice pics from James, Mike, Steve and the new drummer (pics above).It's not the first time than the bastard is getting on stage with The Stooges , he made it too @ Fête de l'Humanité in 2007. The setlist is perfect with all the hits and some Iggy/ Williamson songs , they're even playing "The passenger" & "Louie Louie" from Iggy solo career which tends to prove that it's more Iggy & than a proper Stooges gig.
Can't complain as we had 70 min of pure madness...
     
  1. Raw Power
  2. Search and Destroy
  3. Gimme Danger
  4. Shake Appeal
  5. 1970
  6. Fun House
  7. Night Theme
  8. Beyond the Law
  9. I Got a Right
  10. I Wanna Be Your Dog
  11. Open Up and Bleed
  12. Penetration
  13. No fun
  14. The passenger
  15. Cock in my Pocket
  16. Louie Louie