mardi 25 mars 2014

The Rolling Stones @ Stade de France on June 13 2014: It's NOW official

The Rolling Stones @ Stade de France on June 13 2014: It's NOW official
We've been telling you about this show weeks ago
It is NOW official and announced this sunday morning
Tickets on sale on FNAC & Ticketnet on March 28
This should be:
-SEATING: 4 CATEGORIES

CARRE OR - 150E
CAT 1 - 129.10E
CAT 2 - 107.10E
CAT 3 - 89.50E

-STANDING: 3 CATEGORIES

CAT 1 PELOUSE VIP - 111.50E
CAT 2 PELOUSE OR - 95E
CAT 3 PELOUSE - 78.50E
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It looks like it's gonna be SOLD-OUT!

dimanche 23 mars 2014

"On the road again" Feat. Henry Padovani, Dick Taylor @ Divan du Monde, Paris March 24 2014

"On the road again" @ Divan du Monde, Paris March 24 2014

free show, invit' only

Feat. Henry Padovani, Dick Taylor, Roya Arab & Kathy Mendonca

Concert exclusif "On the Road Again" !
Le premier guitariste de POLICE, Le premier bassiste des ROLLING STONES, La première chanteuse d'ARCHIVE, La première batteuse de GOSSIP, 4 musiciens au parcours exceptionnel, qui forment un groupe exceptionnel. Henry Padovani (ex Police), Dick Taylor (ex-Rolling Stones), Roya Arab (ex-Archive) et Kathy Mendonca (ex-Gossip) jouent pour un concert EXCLUSIF au Divan du Monde le 24 mars à 19h00. 

Un concept à la con: 4 musiciens qui ont quitté leur groupe trop tôt avant le succes, on fait un groupe avec et on voit ce que cela donne. Le tout sponsorisé par une marque de voiture...
Putain, ils ne savent plus quoi inventer !!!
on verra lundi soir
Hard to believe what I saw tonight, it's a free show and it's loaded with people, the balcony is closed, only for VIP's, people are having a blast.... What ?!?
First song is Canned Heat's "On the road again" that's the name of the band/reality-tv-show sponsored by a American Car brand that I won't name. The concept behind this band : take the musicians who left their band before  it became successful and make a "super-group" out of it. With rehearsals recorded and etc... for a reality show on French TV.
By listening to the first song , easy to hear that the band should have rehearsed a bit more, then they are playing a few more covers (Beatles, Lou Reed's "Vicious" , The Doors). 6-7 songs in all including a second version of "On the road again". Everything is recorded for that TV show.
The drum parts are kept to a minimum (not a great drummer, specially after seeing Carmine Appice in the very same club one week before) and the singer is lousy. 
No disrespect to Henry Padovani (who I saw playing with his own band @ Gibus) and Dick Taylor (who I saw with the Pretty Things) and both band were great but the guys are probably desperate for cash for playing in such a reality show-band like this. 
I've seen cover bands in bars much better than this.
Luckily there are some pretty girls in the audience , the only satisfying point that evening.
This is ridiculous and embarrassing. What went through their heads ?


mardi 18 mars 2014

The Rolling Stones postponed the 14 on fire Australian Tour following the death of L 'Wren Scott

Australian Tour officially postponed...
The Rolling Stones are deeply sorry and disappointed to announce the postponement of the rest of their 14 ON FIRE tour of Australia and New Zealand following the death of L’Wren Scott.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement.

The Rolling Stones are planning to reschedule these postponed shows at a later date.

The postponed shows are:

Perth Arena – 19 March - postponed
Adelaide Oval – 22 March - postponed
Sydney Allphones Arena – 25 March - postponed
Melbourne Rod Laver Arena – 28 March - postponed
Macedon Ranges Hanging Rock – 30 March - postponed
Brisbane Entertainment Centre – 2 April - postponed
Auckland Mt Smart Stadium – 5 April - postponed

Australia/New Zealand promoters ask ticket holders to please hold on to their tickets until further notice. A new schedule of dates is presently being worked on and will be advised as soon as possible. Information will be made available via rollingstones.com and frontiertouring.com as soon as available.

lundi 17 mars 2014

Rodriguez @ Olympia, Paris March 16 2014

Rodriguez @ Olympia, Paris March 16 2014
The show has been long SOLD-OUT  without publicity... I guess lots of people couldn't get in when Sixto played 3 sold-out shows in Paris last year ( 2 shows @ Zénith and one show @ Cigale) and wanted to see him performed at least for once. The documentary "Sugarman" that went out in theaters last year was a massive success in France. So Sixto is still riding high...

Sixto Rodriguez is introduced on stage by a French man then a young kid , probably his grandson, as Sixto is traveling with the whole family.
Laid back start with 4-5 acoustic songs on his own then the band is joining in, just drums, guitar & bass, no keys or piano so arrangements are kept to a minimum.
Sixto smartly dressed with boots , leather pants, white shirts and beautiful black jacket, let's not forget the shades and Gibus hat. He is in fine spirit , talking with the audience, joking and...drinking water. His guitar playing is kept to a minimum but that's ok and the voice is still a bit freil but this concert is miles away from the catastrophe we had for both Zénith shows last year.
This one was much  better that the concert of La Cigale (from last year).
Sixto feels really comfortable on the stage this year.
A few cover songs " La Vie en Rose", "Fever", "Lucille", "Blue suede shoes" and probably a couple of others ("unchained melody") and his famous songs from both his fantastic records., including a couple that I've never heard him performed before...Franck Sinatra's "I 'm gonna live till I die" and another one
Great gig on Sixto's scale!
 setlist inaccurate
Merchandising & Opening artist Cory Becker (far right)


archives:

Sixto " Sugarman" Rodriguez @ Zénith 1st show, Paris June 03 2013

 Sixto Rodriguez  @ Zénith , show n°2, Paris June 04 2013

Sixto Rodriguez @ Cigale, show N°3, Paris June 05 2013

vendredi 14 mars 2014

Vanilla Fudge @ Divan du Monde, Paris March 14 2014

Vanilla Fudge @ Divan du Monde, Paris March 14 2014

 Not a lot of people on this friday night, around 300, the balcony is closed. Early start as the band is on stage at 8:15 sharp.Nice start with a slow and long version of The Beatles' "Ticket to ride".  Great sound, not too loud.
As you can guess the entire set consists of almost only cover songs as Vanilla Fudge were famous and had hit records but never with their own songs. The guys know how to play, technically it's perfect. The musicianship is very high. Mark Stein still has a fantastic voice.
Carmine is a monster on drums always doing the right thing,very demonstrative but not overplaying.  Maybe the low point of the show is the arrangement of the songs that is sounding very dated, typically the kind of things from the late 60's-early 70's. with lots of breaks and instumental parts
 Now I know why Led Zeppelin became so successful and Vanilla Fudge just vanish after a few records specially after hearing their version of "Dazed & Confused" wich was technically perfect but lacking "feeling".
Overall good gig but it could have been so much better.
The whole band went to the merchandise table to sign anything you wanted and were VERY nice with everybody, which is very rare nowadays. So a big "Thank you" to them.

 setlist & merchandising

jeudi 13 mars 2014

LED ZEPPELIN to reissue first three albums newly remastered on June 03 with companion disc of "unheard" material

First Three Albums Newly Remastered By Jimmy Page,
Each With An Additional Disc Of Previously Unreleased Companion Audio
With the June 3 release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.
"The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin,” says Page. “It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time”



Led Zeppelin
Track Listing
1.   “Good Times Bad Times”
2.   “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”
3.   “You Shook Me”
4.   “Dazed And Confused”
5.   “Your Time Is Gonna Come”
6.   “Black Mountain Side”
7.   “Communication Breakdown”
8.   “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
9.   “How Many More Times"

Companion Audio Disc
Live At The Olympia – Paris, France
October 10, 1969
1.      “Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown”
2.    “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
3.    “Heartbreaker”
4.    “Dazed And Confused”
5.    “White Summer/Black Mountain Side”
6.     “You Shook Me”
7.     “Moby Dick”
8.    “How Many More Times”

Led Zeppelin II
Track Listing
1.   “Whole Lotta Love”
2.   “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3.   “The Lemon Song”
4.   “Thank You”
5.   “Heartbreaker”
6.   “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
7.   “Ramble On”
8.   “Moby Dick”

Companion Audio Disc
1.   “Whole Lotta Love”
2.   “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3.   “Thank You”
4.   “Heartbreaker”
5.  “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
6.   “Ramble On”
7.  “Moby Dick”
8.  “La La”
9.  “Bring It On Home”


Led Zeppelin III
Track Listing
1.   “Immigrant Song”
2.   “Friends”
3.   “Celebration Day”
4.   “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
5.  “Out On The Tiles”
6.  “Gallows Pole”
7.  “Tangerine”
8.  “That’s The Way”
9.  “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”
10.  “Hats Off To (Roy) Harper”

Companion Audio Disc
1.   “The Immigrant Song”
2.   “Friends”
3.   “Celebration Day”
4.   “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
5.  “Bathroom Sound”
6.   “Gallows Pole”
7.  “That’s The Way”
8.  “Jennings Farm Blues”

Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III will each be available June 3 from Atlantic/Swan Song in the following formats:

·    Single CD – Remastered album packaged in a gatefold card wallet.

·    Deluxe Edition (2CD) – Remastered album, plus a second disc of unreleased companion audio.

·    Single LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing in exacting detail. (For example, III will feature the original wheel and die cut holes.)

·    Deluxe Edition Vinyl – Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.

·    Digital Download – Remastered album and companion audio will both be available.

·    Super Deluxe Boxed Set – This collection includes:   
o    Remastered album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve.
o    Companion audio on CD in card wallet.
o    Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing.
o    Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
o    High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit. (Live tracks are 48kHz/24 bit).
o    Hard bound, 70+ page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia.
o    High quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
o    Led Zeppelin will also include a replica of the band’s original Atlantic press kit.

mardi 11 mars 2014

Franz Ferdinand @ Zénith, Paris March 10 2014

 Franz Ferdinand @ Zénith, Paris March 10 2014
 Didn't bother going as it was sold-out but here's the setlist and  videos from youtube (click on links)

SETLIST:
 Bullet
The Dark of the Matinée
Tell Her Tonight
Evil Eye
Do You Want To
The Fallen
Fresh Strawberries
Walk Away  (version 2)
Stand on the Horizon
Can't Stop Feeling
No You Girls
Brief Encounters
Lucid Dreams
Michael
Take Me Out
Love Illumination
This Fire
Ulysses
Encore:
Right Action
Jacqueline
Outsiders
Goodbye Lovers & Friends



vendredi 7 mars 2014

Nina Persson @ Maroquinerie, March 03 2014

Nina Persson @ Maroquinerie, March 03 2014  
Can't believe we've completely forget about this gig... Here's the setlist anyway and a few videos from Youtube

setlist:
Clip Your Wings
Burning Bridges for Fuel
Animal Heart
Frequent Flyer
Forgot to Tell You
Love Has Left the Room
Catch Me Crying
Bear On The Beach
Charlie Charlie
Jungle
Dreaming of Houses
Silver
I Can Buy You
Food for the Beast
Encore:
Walking The Cow
The Grand Destruction Game
Boys Keep Swinging (David Bowie)
Encore 2:
This Is Heavy Metal




jeudi 6 mars 2014

Little Dragon @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris March 06 2014

Little Dragon @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris March 06 2014
Swedish Electro-pop band playing famous Canal+ tv show to promote new album.
Electro's not really our stuff but it's always nice to discover new bands, specially in these conditions in the studio, alost as if the band was doing a home show.
Nice music even though it's hard to single out a song, too bad that the whole band dressed like shit, they should get a better "look" as the guys look like male nurses playing in a local band.
They should hire a stylist... anyway, nice music and nice singer.

SETLIST: 1) Klapp Klapp 2) Killing Me 3) Underbeat 4) Cat Rider 5) Nabuma Rubberband 6) Paris 7) Pretty Girls