jeudi 3 mars 2011

Serge Gainsbourg "Initiales L G" exhibition @ Sotheby's Paris, March 3 2011

Serge Gainsbourg "Initiales L G" exhibition @ Sotherby's
Paris, March 03 2011 7:00pm
There is a Serge Gainsbourg exhibition @ Sotheby's in Paris from Feb 28 to March 09 just in front of the Elysée, Rue du Fbg St Honoré.
Tonight was the varnishing-day so it's very crowded with Posh people , not very rock'n Roll.
All the pictures are on sale, there are also a few lyrics sheets.
A DJ is playing Serge Gainsbourg's records in the background
Lyrics to "Love on the Beat" / Gainsbourg-Dali

I've spotted french singers Dany and Daniel Darc plus famous rock photographer Claude Gassian & the man responsible for introducing a very young Jane Birkin to a not so young Serge Gainsbourg for the first time ever: Mr Pierre Grimblat, who's a producer and director.
Dj (far left) Pierre Grimblat (center) Serge & topless Girls including Bambou (far right)

Cool party with sexy girls, music, drinks & canapés.

Check our Pics and more from the Serge Gainsbourg's Exhibition @ Cité de la Musique on Oct 20 2008 & our report of the "Melody Nelson" gig @ Cité de la Musique with JC Vannier, Brian Molko from Placebo & other guests on Oct 23 2008

mercredi 2 mars 2011

Peter Bjorn & John @ L'International March 2 2011

Peter Bjorn & John @ L'International
Paris March 2 2011
Well... we've changed our plans tonight, instead of going to the other side of Paris @ Casino de Paris to see Maroon 5 we've decided to go to Peter Bjorn & John @ L'International.
In fact we already saw Maroon 5 a couple of times, last time being @ Westin Hotel for a private gig on Sept 14 and we've never seen Peter & Co.
We thought it would be a relax night as it is at the International club.
Wrong ! These Swedish are wellknown so the place is rammed and it's a free gig as usual in this club , we've never seen so many people there.
Hard to get to the front, some arrived at 7:00pm to be front row.
It's hot as hell but the atmosphere is relax, lots, I mean lots of swedish girls.

They started the show at 10:00pm, aren't they playing folk ? Niet
We had a powerful pop-rock set for 60 min, the guitar player is jumping up & down and handbanging as if he was playing in QOTSA. The bass player is more cool asking people to calm down as the pit is getting ugly but we are tough mother-fuckers at ROCKERPARIS and we survived to Metallica @ Boule Noire or Sepultura gigs down the front so we know what it is to fight for our lives on the front row.
Luckily some security guys are here to calm things down.
The band is playing a few new songs from the new record to be out next month including the brand new single "Second Chance" here on video.
Nice 60 min set.
They will be playing the Point Ephémere on April 9

New Single " Second Chance":

Fifi Chachnil + Philippe Katerine @ Carmen, Paris March 1 2011

Fifi Chachnil + Philippe Katerine @ Carmen club
Paris March 1 2011

Band (minus Piano Player) / The Audience feat. French Photographers Pierre & Gilles

French lingerie designer Fifi Chachnil is playing a special gig with French singer Philippe Katerine in a very nice club in the red district of Pigalle in Paris.

The Carmen club is a beautiful hotel particulier from the French Second Empire (XIX Century) classified as "Historic Monument", George Bizet supposed to have wrote his famous opera "Carmen".It is also a former whore house.

We usely don't go to that kind of parties but 1) she's a lingerie designer 2) this is the fashion week 3) it's a concert so... we were expecting lots of girls in underwear, lots of models, lots of free drinks and food.
In fact we had... NOTHING !
"Where are the fuckin' lyrics !"

It was a gig with Fifi singing and Philippe katerine helping out on vocals.
It's a trendy club so lots of sexy girls in the audience even though it's not obvious on the pics.
The music is pre-WW2 french songs style with funny lyrics, this was a bit surreal, well I mean completely surreal, very unrehearsed, they had the lyrics on sheets of paper but completely mixed them so it took them a while to get it back together.
As you can see the singer is a character and acted a lot on stage
Surreal but fun and we had a good time.
French actress Julie Depardieu (who was sitting next to our dear photographer) , she's the wife of singer Philippe Katerine.
Julie Depardieu / Arielle Dombasle / Fifi

French photographers Pierre & Gilles were in the audience with Arielle Dombasle ( a failed french actress and singer but she has a rich and powerfull husband)
Entertaining.

mardi 1 mars 2011

Ringo Starr & his All Starr Band European Tour 2011 ( Palais des Sports, Paris June 26)

Updated March 3: with UK shows

Ringo Starr & his All Starr band
@ Palais des Sports in Paris
June 26 2011

Tickets on sale on March 03 at 8:00pm

European Tour as follows so far:
11. June "Norwegian Wood" festival, Frognerbadet, Oslo, Norway
12. June Værket, Randers, Denmark
London Hampton Court Palace (June 17)
Liverpool Empire (18)
Birmingham Symphony Hall (20)
Manchester Opera House (22)
Glasgow Clyde Auditorium (23)
Bournemouth International Centre (24)

26 June Palais des Sports ,Paris, France
july 2: Lyon Amphithéatre Cité Internationale
4. July "July Sounds Good festival", Cavea in the Auditorium, Rome, Italy
7. July Hamburg, Germany
9. July "The Bospop festival", Weert, Holland

Duff McKagan joins Adler's Appetite on stage @ London's Underworld


(c) ? Duff & Steven @ Camden's Underworld

Duff McKagan joined Adler's Appetite yesterday night (Feb 28) @ London's Underworld to perform two GUNS N ROSES songs "My Michelle" & "It's so Easy" from "Appetite for Destruction".

Here's a shaky video from "My Michelle":


Check our review of Adler's Appetite @ Forum de Vauréal in France (with Pics, setlist & videos)
Some GUNS N ROSES for YA with Dozens of Great Pictures, videos & setlist:
Guns N Roses @ Paris Bercy Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Guns N Roses @ L'Arc Club Part 1 Part 2
Guns N Roses @ Zénith Liller