Black Sabbath @ Paris Bercy, Dec 02 2013

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Black Sabbath @ Paris Bercy, Dec 02 2013

First show of BLACK SABBATH with in Paris in a very long time,probably since 1977.
Last time it was with Tony Martin as the singer for the Forbidden album around 1995 @ The tiny Elysée Montmartre theatre.
Heaven & Hell played with the late Ronnie James Dio in 2009 @ Casino de Paris

Funnily enough only 11000 tickets sold out of 16000.
Useless support band Uncle Acid & the deadbeats

Cela faisait longtemps que l'on attendait ça en France: le retour de Black Sabbath avec Ozzy au chant. Oublié le retour manqué d'il y a deux ans au Hellfest, remplacé à la dernière minute par le Ozzy & Friends suite au cancer de Tony Iommi toujours suivi par les médecins et qui doit se rendre à l'hopital pour son traitement toutes les 8 semaines. Malgré une abscence longue de 35 ans dans la capitale française du sabbat version Ozz, Bercy est loin d'afficher complet avec seulement 11 000 billets vendus.Ce n'est pas grave, les fans vont faire du bruit pour 16 000, ça commence fort, dès les premières mesures de "War Pigs" c'est Verdun dans les premiers rangs, rarement vu ça. On passe vite fait sur la première partie Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, du sous-Black Sabbath sans aucune originalité.
Pour son retour en terres parisiennes, le gang de Birmingham a fait les choses en grand, le lightshow est superbe, l'écran géant divisé élégamment en trois parties permet de ne rien rater de ce qui se passe sur scène, des grimaces de Tommy Clufetos à la batterie qui tape sur ses futs comme un malade, du sourire de Tony Iommi en pleine forme, du regard concentré de Geezer Butler et de la démarche hasardeuse d'Ozzy digne d'un enfant de 3 ans qui vient d'apprendre à marcher. On a eu un peu peur en voyant des vidéos des concerts aux Etats Unis mais non, Ozzy est en pleine forme, bon OK, le chant n'est pas toujours très juste et la fatigue commence à se faire sentir vers la fin mais la prestation est largement à la hauteur de l'attente.
Le groupe enchaine tous les classiques ( voir setlist) avec 3 nouveautés sans (presque) aucun temps mort. Le son est monstrueux, un petit merci à Adam Wakeman qui caché derrière la scène en plus du clavier sur certains titres, double certaines parties de guitare de Iommi.
Final en apothéose avec le tube planétaire "Paranoid".
Après un dernier au revoir ou plutôt un adieu à la ville lumière, le groupe quitte la salle avec un Ozzy exténué, tout comme le public des premiers rangs mais le sourire aux lèvres.
Ouais mon gars, BLACK SABBATH c'est ça: un putain d'ouragan.
On attend avec impatience le concert du 23 juin au Hellfest.
Amen.

(c) Guino Patrice

Lots of young people in the audience
Very rowdy audience down the front, really crazy...

Stage is beautiful with 3 huge screens in the back Tommy Clufetos in the back on drums replacing Bill Ward, Geezer Butler on the left, Tony Iommi on the right and Ozzy dead center.

Sound is neat and great lightning
Ozzy is in fine spirit and healthy even though he seemed a bit tired at the end of the almost 2 hour set.

Perfect set with lots of oldies and the best of the new album "13", 3 songs including "End of the beginning" here on video

AWSOME GIG !!!

Photos (C)  GUINO PATRICE

 Nice to see the Sabb on top !

Iommi riffin' like no one else

 setlist / Adam Wakeman out of shot

 Pass sheet

Archives:

HEAVEN & HELL @ Casino de Paris 2009

Ozzy Osbourne @ Paris Bercy 2010

HELLFEST special:
 Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Status Quo & Slayer, Rob Zombie ,Megadeth @  Hellfest 2014
see ya there

"Les Beatles à Paris" Photo exhibition @ Galerie Photo12, Paris from Nov 29 2013 to Feb 08 2014

"Les Beatles à Paris" Photo exhibition @ Galerie Photo12, Paris from Nov 29 2013 to Feb 08 2014

"The Beatles in Paris"...and elsewhere

Photo exhibition @ Galerie Photo12
14 rue des Jardins Saint-Paul - 75004 PARIS  
☞ Horaires d'ouverture: Du mardi au samedi de 14h à 18h30 et sur rendez-vous.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles playing the Olympia theater for 3 weeks in 1964 from Jan 16 to 04 Feb.

Feat. pictures from Jean-Pierre Leloir, Eve Bowen, Robert Whitaker, Astrid Kircherr, Pattie Boyd, Ian Mc Millan

Also the original prints of the Abbey Road album cover session by Ian McMillan and some original prints by Robert Freeman

 some of the pictures at this exhibition, there is more...

Abbey road session

Archives:

Pete Best conference @ Alhambra March 23 2013

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney Fashion Week, Paris Sept 30 2013

Paul McCartney @ Stella's fashion show on Oct 2012 @ Opéra garnier

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney AW 2013 collection @ Hotel de Ville, Paris March 05 2012

Paul McCartney @ Stella's in Oct 2011 @ Opéra garnier

Paul MCartney @ Stella McCartney in March 2011 @ Opéra garnier 

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney Spring Summer 2011 @ Opera Garnier, Paris Oct 4th 2010 

Stella McCartney @ Opéra Garnier AW 2010, Paris March 8th 2010 

Paul McCartney @ Stella McCartney Fashion Week Spring/ Summer 2009 Paris Carreau du Temple Oct 2nd 2008 

Paul McCartney & Friends @ Stella McCartney A/W Fashion Week 

Paris, March 9th 2009 Carreau Du TemplePaul McCartney @ Stella McCartney 

Fashion week Spring /Summer Oct 5th 2009 Palais de Tokyo 

Don't forget to have a look at our review (lots of Pictures and videos) from his show @ Paris Bercy in Dec 2009 : Part 1 & Part 2 (click on links)

Eric Burdon & The Animals @ Olympia, Paris Nov 26 2013

Eric Burdon & The Animals @ Olympia, Paris Nov 26 2013

The Animals (well what's left of...) were in Paris a few months ago at the tiny New Morning club now it's their singer ERIC BURDON.Last time Eric played Paris was at the Trabendo club, he also played a full show for France Inter radio in 2006.

Nice surprise the Olympia is quite full for this all seated event, of course  tickets were very expensive : 90 euros for the best seats down the front.

French singer Camille Bazbaz is opening, alone with a keyboard...well that was ok.

Then Legendary Eric Burdon is introduced on stage by the promoter, He's looking good, short white hair, sunglasses, jacket and scarf over a "peace-sign" tee-shirt. 7 musicians on stage including Eric Mac Fadden on guitar.

To  our surprise some of his most famous songs are played in the first part of the set, see setlist below for details, we're wondering what would be left for the encore. These songs are re-orchestrated for good, well..."Misunderstood"  is too slow compare to the original version.
We also have songs from the very good new record "Till your river runs dry", the band is tight and Eric's voice is fine.
"We're gonna get out of this place " is stretched out past the 10 min mark with guitar and keyboard soli, too bad that the audience, mostly in their late fifties, is a bit too quiet. We have to wait for the encore, 70 min after the start for them to stand up.

The band is leaving the stage after a rousing version of "I'm crying" here on video.

A second encore would have been perfect as they've only played for a bit more than 80 min.

Great show.

Merchandising / original and incorrect (? )setlist /

"I'm crying"


 Archives:
The Animals with Steve Cropper @ new morning club 2013

Hellfest 2014 , Sonisphere & Download 2014, The line ups so far...

Hellfest 2014 , Sonisphere & Download 2014, The line ups so far...

 3 main Festivals this summer, only one in France but 3 fantastic headliners...

Download 2014 in England 13-15 June Donington Park:

Aerosmith,Avenged Sevenfold,Linkin Park,Alter Bridge,Rob Zombie,Fall Out Boy,Status Quo,Offspring,Steel Panther,Trivium and many others...

AEROSMITH European Tour 2014 so far:
 May30 : Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
June 01 Tele2 Arena , Stockholm
June 04: Odderoya Kristiansand, Norway
June 06: Festival  Horsens, Denmark
June 09: O2 World Berlin, Germany
June 18: Westfallen halle Dortmund, Germany
HELLFEST
June 25: Arena concirti Fiera Milano, Italy

Sonisphere 2014 Knebworth Park  04th-06th July:

major announcement next week, it looks like the French edition is dead specially after the strong rumours about the Hellfest line up for 2014

HELLFEST 2014 June 20-21-22 2014:

So ...

Friday: IRON MAIDEN headlining (which day ?)

Saturday: AEROSMITH (?)

Sunday: BLACK SABBATH (?)

Looks like it's on its way with Aerosmith in Europe for the summer and BLACK SABBATH extending its word tour in the USA from March 31 to April 26 and then Europe (with Soundgarden opening on some of these shows):

May 29 Abu Dhabi, UAE – du Arena

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Jun 01 Moscow, Russia – Olympic Stadium
Jun 03 Saint Petersburg, Russia – TBA
Jun 06 Solvesborg, Sweden – Sweden Rock Festival
Jun 08 Berlin, Germany – Kindl-Buhne Wuhlheide
Jun 11 Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena – Impact Festival
Jun 13 Munich, Germany – Konigsplatz
Jun 15 Pannonia Fields, Austria – Nova Rock Festival
Jun 18 Casalecchio di Reno, Italy – Unipol Arena
Jun 20 Hallenstadion, Zurich

HELLFEST
Jun 24 Stuttgart, Germany – Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Jun 27 Essen, Germany – Stadion-Essen

see ya there