Stephen King Meet & Greet @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 16 2013

Stephen King Question & Answer @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 16 2013

 Stephen with Augustin Trapenard doing the interview

Stephen King doing a Q&A @ Grand Rex theatre in Paris ( we went to see Bob Dylan there 3 times this week), the 2500 capacity theatre was sold-out ages ago.

30 euros to get in and you could get the 25 euros book on your way in, so it was quite cheap to meet the King.And a very good technic for Albin Michel, the French publisher to sell 2500 books in just one night, a good way to have it  N°1 in the charts.

plus Maxime Chattam (-Rockerparis- is hiding somewhere in the audience on this pic)

It started on time 8:30pm with Stephen and interviewer and translator sitting on red sofas and chatting for 70 min before taking questions from the audience for the last 20 min.

Stephen read a couple of pages and left the premises.

Nice evening with the King.

Archives:

Stephen King press conference @ Press Club Nov 12 2013

Stephen King signing session @ MK2 Bibliothèque, Paris Nov 13 2013

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (3rd show), Paris Nov 14 2013

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (3rd show), Paris Nov 14 2013

 

3rd and final show in Paris same as the previous ones, same setlist, a "merci beaucoup" at the end of the first set just before the intermission.

Just one guy shouting between two songs " the ban on taking pictures is unacceptable" which I think was funny.Apart from that... see below

1st show on Nov 12th  is Here

2nd show on Nov 13th is Here

setlist: (from here)

1.	Things Have Changed (Bob center stage)
2.	She Belongs To Me (Bob center stage with harp)
3.	Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on electric mandolin)
4.	What Good Am I? (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
5.	Duquesne Whistle (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
6.	Waiting For You (Bob on grand piano)
7.	Pay In Blood (Bob center stage)
8.	Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on grand piano)
9.	Love Sick (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on electric mandolin)
	(Intermission)
10.	High Water (For Charley Patton) (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
11.	Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on grand piano)
12.	Early Roman Kings (Bob on grand piano)
13.	Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on violin, Tony on standup bass)
14.	Spirit On The Water (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
15.	Scarlet Town (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
16.	Soon After Midnight (Bob on grand piano)
17.	Long And Wasted Years (Bob center stage)
	(encore)
18.	All Along The Watchtower (Bob on grand piano)
19.	Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on grand piano with harp then center stage with harp, Donnie on violin)

 

Final Bow

 

Bootleg Merchandising out in the streets

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (second show) Paris, Nov 13 2013

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex (second show), Paris Nov 13 2013

BOB DYLAN spoke again:

"Merci beaucoup mes amis, Vive la France" just before the intermission

Back to see Bob Dylan for his second show @ Grand Rex Theatre in Paris, sold-out once again, there are still tickets left for tomorrow, his last show in the French capital.

Roughly the same show as yesterday (in fact same setllist), always people complaining about his voice during the intermission, they're damn right  but when you know what to expect you're not too disappointed. The band is tight of course, some really good parts during the second set, enjoy last song "Blowin' in the wind" here on video below.

VIPs in the audience tonight included Elliott Murphy, French actress Léa Seidoux and French Minister of Justice (Secretary of the Justice Department for the yanks) Christiane Taubira who, when she left the premises was mobbed by the audience like a Rock Star with people clapping and supporting her as she has been called this morning by a right-wing newspaper as a " Monkey, get your banana",it's all over the press since this morning over here.

 SETLIST (from here)

 1.     Things Have Changed (Bob center stage)
2.     She Belongs To Me (Bob center stage with harp)
3.     Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on electric mandolin)
4.     What Good Am I? (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
5.     Duquesne Whistle (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
6.     Waiting For You (Bob on grand piano)
7.     Pay In Blood (Bob center stage)
8.     Tangled Up In Blue (Bob on grand piano)
9.     Love Sick (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on electric mandolin) with "Merci beaucoup.." bit at the end on the video
    (Intermission)
10.     High Water (For Charley Patton)
(Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
11.     Simple Twist Of Fate (Bob on grand piano)
12.     Early Roman Kings
(Bob on grand piano)
13.     Forgetful Heart (Bob center stage with harp, Donnie on violin, Tony on standup bass)
14.     Spirit On The Water (Bob on grand piano, Tony on standup bass)
15.     Scarlet Town (Bob on grand piano, Donnie on banjo, Tony on standup bass)
16.     Soon After Midnight (Bob on grand piano)
17.     Long And Wasted Years (Bob center stage)
      
    18.     All Along The Watchtower (Bob on grand piano)
19.     Blowin' In The Wind (Bob on grand piano with harp, Donnie on violin)

BOB DYLAN  first show is HERE

Stephen King signing session @ Mk2 Bibliothèque, Paris Nov 13 2013

Stephen King signing session @ Mk2 Bibliothèque, Paris Nov 13 2013

 New Book and "Shining" vinyl soundtrack signed

I have NEVER seen so many people queuing for a writer, it's impressive (see video below), probably a thousand people, only the first 400 will get their book signed.
There are people from all over the world for this event: USA, Russia, Spain, Italy, Great Britain... as the last siging session he did in the usa was 8 years ago.
It's an event ...
The first ones arrived yesterday at 10pm and most of them early this morning, arriving around 5:00am. Unbelievable.
Nice organization...
Thanks to a friend we could get one of our book signed + the tee-shirt and poster. wow !!!
Stephan arrived a bit late 1:15 pm for a 1:00pm start but he stay until 4:00pm, leaving the cinema by the front door in front of everybody including all the people who couldn't get their book signed and waited for a couple of hours.

Stephen signing  and leaving the cinema + "Shining" book signed + Promotional tee-shirt and poster

People queuing, its' Impressive :

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 12 2013

Bob Dylan @ Grand Rex, Paris Nov 12 2013

Bob Dylan is playing 3 shows in Paris @ Grand Rex on Nov 12-13 & 14

There are still tickets left for the last show

 Le Grand Rex Theatre

BOB: He speaks...
He was in a joyful mood, before the intermission he said "Merci, Beaucoup, les amis..."here @ 4'17''

Well, hard to say anything, Bob is not singing, it's been like this for years, he's mumbling something with an horrible voice, some people who are seeing him for the first time are a bit surprised and the joy they were expressing when he appeared on stage turned onto resignation. When you know what to expect it's no surprise. Too bad there were many songs from the recent albums, luckily a couple of oldies in the second set that was better and the usual hits for the encore.

Good show, better than in 2011.

Mariannne Faithfull was in the audience and ... Sylvie Vartan.

SETLIST (from here):

1. Things Have Changed
2. She Belongs To Me
3. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
4. What Good Am I?
5. Duquesne Whistle
6. Waiting For You
7. Pay In Blood
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Love Sick
(Intermission)
10. High Water (For Charley Patton)
11. Simple Twist Of Fate
12. Early Roman Kings
13. Forgetful Heart
14. Spirit On The Water
15. Scarlet Town
16. Soon After Midnight
17. Long And Wasted Years
(encore)
18. All Along The Watchtower
19. Blowin' In The Wind

Merchandising in Paris

Archives: 

Bob Dylan @ Paris Bercy with Mark Knopfler on Oct 17 2011

Bob Dylan: two shows @ Palais des Congres in Paris on April 09 2009 & on April 08 2009

Stephen King press conference @ European American Press Club, Paris Nov 12 2013

Stephen King press conference @ European American Press Club, Paris Nov 12 2013

Very interesting press conference, this afternoon with Stephen King, It is the first time that he's coming to Paris France to promote anything, book or movie,  he talked about his new book, the Genesis of "Shining",JFK, his love of heavy Metal even though his ears are shot, "Maximum Overdrive" the only movie he directed that is crap "he was stoned or drunk most of the time" and a few other things

Talking about "Shining":