Arctic Monkeys stream entire new album

Arctic Monkeys stream entire new album on official website
The album "Suck it and see" will be available next week.

Click on cover above to listen to it

Gil Scott-Heron 1949-2011 RIP

RIP
Il était considéré comme l'un des pères du rap : le musicien Gil Scott-Heron est décédé le vendredi 27 mai 2011 à l'âge de 62 ans. Selon son éditeur, le poète, romancier et musicien américain était tombé malade à son retour d'un voyage en Europe et était hospitalisé dans un hôpital de New York. Les causes exactes de son décès n'ont pas encore été rendues publiques.

The Sonics @ Cigale, Paris May 27 2011

The Sonics @ Cigale
Paris, May 27 2011

ALL PICTURES (C) Madame Mime

original setlist

From Madame "Motley Depeche" Mime:
"Ce soir c'était un peu les fashions'jeunots Rock'n roll friday meets les quadras de Born Bad.
En 1ere partie les Masonics.(click for video from the gig)
Les Sonics ne ressemblent plus à rien mais la musique roxe.
La set list n'est pas la bonne parce qu'ils ont fait bcp + de morceaux donc un 2eme rappel qui n'était pas prévu tant l'ambiance était chaude".

"Psycho":

video from "Have Love, Will Travel" @ Cigale.

Julie Doiron @ Oliver Peel session, Paris May 28 2011

Julie Doiron @ Oliver Peel session
Paris, May 27 2011

Probably one of the last ever Oliver Peel session @ the appartment on Avenue Dusquene next to the Eiffel Tower & Invalides as Oliver & Cecile have to find another Home sweet Home before Decembre as they're evicted by their landlord.
Tonight only one artist: Miss Julie Doiron from Canada s she's the only one playing she played a longer set than usual @ Oliver's.
Voice and electric guitar for some cool folk-pop-rock songs , videos should follow shortly as someone from Le Cargo was video-recording the whole set.
Cool atmosphere on this friday night & always some tasty food and lots of wine/beer.

"Kids wanna ride"

No gigs for this week-end (we probably won't go to Thurston Moore @ Villette Sonique on saturday)

Monday ( May 30) will be mad with no more than 6 shows:

Roger Waters @ Bercy (sold-out) (we'll go to this one)
Al Di Meola @ Casino de Paris
Jay Jay Johanson @ Café de la Danse
Fleet Foxes @ Bataclan
Black Lips @ Social Club
Cat's Eyes @ L'Album de la Semaine
May 31:
Roger Waters @ Bercy (we'll go as well)
Jamiroquai @ Casino de Paris ( Private gig for a beer)
Then nothing until June 6:
System of a Down @ Bercy (sold-out)
June 07:
The Kooks @ Cigale (sold-out)
June 08:
System of a Down @ Bercy (sold-out)
June 10:
Duran Duran @ Grand Rex
Alice Cooper @ Montereau Festival ( 40 km outside Paris)

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam @ Bercy, Paris May 26 2011

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Updated may 31 with setlist

Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam @ Bercy
Paris, May 26 2011

First concert in Paris for Yusuf Islam as he's calling himself now. We're gonna call him Cat Stevens if you don't mind.
We were lucky @ Rockerparis to attend the very first time he came back on a stage after converting to Islam, that was 10 years ago @ RAH in London for a charity gig , he only sung a couple of songs if I can remember well.

The Peace Train (far right)

This time it's different it's a real concert, his first in Paris for 35 years.
Strangely enough I've been told that tickets sold badly, they were VERY expensive, the promoter had to sell some of them on websites (Vente Privée to name it) with a 50% discount.
Considering that, I was a bit surprised when the show started ( a bit late @ 8:15 pm) to see that the, all seated, floor is full , the lower blocks in the stalls are full too, empty seats are on the upper blocks on the side and in the back. So I guess there was a bit more than 10 000 out of the 16500 capacity.

The 1st set started very slowly with Cat Stevens on his own on the acoustic guitar for a few songs then his musicians came in to play a mix of new and old stuff.
Cat Stevens played his Musical so he was introducing each song with the translation on the screens on each side of the stage.
Songs are good but talking before each song cuts the rhythm of the gig.
Good 1st set but it could have been better.

Official Setlist (check Here for official Pics from Paris)

After a 30 min intermission Cat & band came back on the stage to play more classics, a couple of times he played the first chords to "Wild World" stopping immediately and saying " Well , not Now !".
There's a huge screen in the back with some nice projections, strangely after a few songs Cat Stevens left the stage for a break and left the band play a song ( the one with Dolly Parton and Macca).
As the hits kept coming in the audience started to react and finally stood up for the last songs... at last.
Funny enough there were lots of pretty young girls in the audience some of them screaming " I Love you" several times which made him laugh and saying " My wife is here and I Love ONLY my wife... but there are different kinds of love...".
He didn't talk politics at all, just telling us the story when he wasn't welcomed in the USA a few years ago and was sent back to England. There was a funny cartoon relating this on the huge screen.
The show couldn't be complete without 'Wild World" of course but he DID NOT play " Lady D'Arbanville".

Good show overall.
Full setlist shortly, check this official website for more.

Peace Brothers & Sisters !

Merchandising & 2nd Poster

Last song of the show: