Live report : 6th April 2012, SUPER JUNIOR(KOR) at Zénith, Paris

 

On April 6th 2012 the popular Korean Kpop boy group Super Junior came in Paris for their first ever solo concert in France. This Paris show was their 16th show, in their 7th town and their first unique show in Europe in their Super Show 4 (SS4) worldwide tour.

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Live report: 24th September 2011, EMMA GATRILL(UK) + ICHI(JAP) + RACHAEL DADD(UK) at Oliver Peel Session #40

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Live report: 7th July 2011, HELENE RENAUT(FR) + MARQUES TOLIVER(UK) + VETIVER(US) at Flèche d'Or, Paris

HELENE RENAUT(FR)

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I found her performance quite boring, sorry. But maybe you will find her songs good. 

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Live report: 2nd July 2011, EDWARD BARROW(FR) at Bellevilloise, Paris

Edward Barrow (FR)

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Edward Barrow and his band often plays in small venues in Paris, but this was the first time that one of my friends N. and myself attended to one of their gigs. On that Saturday night, Edward Barrow's performance  at Bellevilloise, while people were having dinner, consisted of himself playing on piano on solo and also with one musician, the multi-instrumentalist Jean-Baptiste. He's better known for drawing great short online comics strips in French under the name "Jba" about facts from his life and occasionally gigs reviews for the French music website Le Hiboo. He's also a freelance English-French translator.

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Live report: 23rd June 2011, JOE HISAISHI(JAP) at Zénith, Paris

Fantastic concert directed by the great Joe Hisaishi. Classical music concerts are always impressive. Please check out my previous post about this series of charity concerts. More info below the pictures.

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Live report: 22th May 2011, Sunny Sunday #2 with AMBER RUBARTH(US) + RUBIK(FIN) at Café de la Danse, Paris

The French band Rrose Tacet finally cancelled their show and the Finnish band Rubik was the headliner of that Sunny Sunday #2. Good that the venue was quite crowded.

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Live report: 21th April 2011, MOTORAMA(RUS) at Chez Justine, Paris

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Picture: 19th April 2011, LIFE IN FILM(UK) in Paris

Life In Film - Sorry (official music video)

Life In Film(UK)

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Live report: 14th April 2011, Clap Your Hands Festival with JOHN GRAPE(FR) + STORNOWAY(UK) at Café de la Danse, Paris

 
 Clap Your Hands Festival with John Grape(FR) and Stornoway(UK).

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Live report: 13th April 2011, PORTUGAL. THE MAN(US) at l'International, Paris

The French webzine Albumrock about rock music organised that concert at l'International with Heiki, Portugal. The Man and Elvin Road. The same night you could see The Head and The Heart at Flèche d'Or and Her Name Is Calla at Espace B (a band I mentioned on the blog last year). But Portugal. The Man was the band to see! If you missed it, here's a very, very short review:

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Live report: 4th April 2011, SHUGO TOKUMARU(JAP) at Divan du Monde, Paris

Shugo Tokumaru(JAP)

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Live report: 3rd April 2011, HORSE FEATHERS(US) at Café de la Danse, Paris

 

Horse Feathers(US)

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Live report: 27th March 2011, PETER BRODERICK(US) at Gaîté Lyrique, Paris

Peter Broderick(US)

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Live report: 13th March 2011, RUM TUM TIDDLES(FR) + EUX AUTRES(US) at Oliver Peel Session #35

35th Oliver Peel Session with Rum Tum Tiddles and Eux Autres. 40-50 guests.

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Live report: 5th March 2011, WILD MOCCASINS(US) at l'International, Paris

Last Saturday night was crowded like hell at l'International!

That night's lineup (approximative stage time):

9:15pm: Tornado(FR)

10:20pm: Wild Moccasins(US)

11:15pm: She Keeps Bees(US)

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Live report: 1st March 2011, CLOUD CONTROL(AUS) at Maroquinerie, Paris

I missed the opening act who was the solo French female singer Anything Maria (sorry). 
The band to see that Tuesday night was the Australian band Cloud Control for their first Paris concert, as they toured Europe for the first time! I discovered the band many months ago thanks to one of the gigs organised by Black Cab Sessions in July 2010 with King Charles as support act. I mentioned them briefly here, if you missed it.

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Live report: 16th February 2011, FRANK!!!(FR) + ALEXANDER KINN(FR) + THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION(NZ) + WEEKEND(US) at Flèche d'Or, Paris

A New Zealand day for me. In the afternoon I met an English teacher who comes from New Zealand. Then, at the gig, the first French band which opened the show has a female lead singer from New Zealand, and I didn't want to miss the New Zealand band The Phoenix Foundation whose performance was their first one in Paris!

As most of the Paris people went to see Alessi's Ark and Noah and The Whale at Café de la Danse or Lulu and The Lampshades at l'International, I was quite surprised to see about 100-120 persons in the audience during the performances of the two French bands, then even more for The Phoenix Foundation! Very warm inside the venue (as usual).

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Live report: 7th February 2011, WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS(US) + CAROSEL(IRE) + LUCY ROSE(UK) at l'International, Paris

The most famous of the three acts that night was the first to play. William Fitzsimmons opened the show quite early. Then, the Irish duo Carosel with a percussionist, and finally Lucy Rose with her recent band for her first Paris show. Very crowded on that Monday night at l'International.

Well-written reviews are linked at the end of this post...

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Live report: 23rd January 2011, HECTOR PROJECTOR(SWE) + SUMIE NAGANO(SWE) + SIOBHAN WILSON(UK) at l'International, Paris

Sorry, I was very busy last week, so here's finally the short review from that concert I waited for a while. On the lineup last Sunday at l'International: the Swedish artists Hector Projector and Sumie Nagano from Gothenburg, with Siobhan Wilson from Wales.

The venue was "unusually" very crowded for a Sunday night, around 70 persons in the audience, I think. It's obvious that most of them went to see Siobhan, but I was very glad to know that there were some people who came to listen to Hector and Sumie. I saw both of them at Pop In, 7 months ago, and it was a great pleasure to see them again. One more time, acoustic performances don't really have their place at the noisy International, where people come to drink and chat. But it depends on the gigs.

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Live report: 20th January 2011, CONCRETE KNIVES(FR) + SARAH W. PAPSUN(FR) + TROPHY WIFE(UK) at Flèche d'Or, Paris

The UK band Trophy Wife was the headliner of the concert, supported by the French bands Concrete Knives and Sarah W. Papsun.

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