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2 September, 2004- Nouveau Casino, Paris, France please scroll down for all reviews and artifacts review by Lionel It all started for me around 18:45 when I met a dozen of friends in the bar called "Le Charbon" (The Cole) just next to "Le Nouveau Casino" (The New Casino). Let me explain a few things before. First, the Venue. Le Nouveau Casino is a small Venue (400 people) created in 2001 by the Peripheriques-Architectes agency (http://www.peripheriques-architectes.com) It was created behind a famous bar "Le Charbon" and the two places are connected and belong to the same manager. You can sea pictures of the two places below... So I arrived in Le Charbon, and ordered a few beers for my friends and I, when known faces appeared in the place and sat on the big bench you can see next to the Casino's entry on the picture below : The band was just having their dinner just next to us ! They all came (Shelley, Michael, Brett, Norm and Ed, plus members of the staff). A few minutes later, Mark came into the bar too, very deconstructed, a carton of Camel Cigarettes in his hand and a little smile on his face. He sat with the others for dinner... A good friend of Mine, Max, offered them a bottle of good French red wine. They were all in a very good mood, very excited about the tonight's show because London's show was brilliant.
The real Crazyness began exploded with
Sideways by reverse and never ended after... Brett Netson who was
standing just in front of me nearly felt down in the crowed while
he was playing so close to the edge of the stage trying to unite with
us : crazy people headbanging on his guitar play.... Michael, on the
other side of the stage gave us extraordinary psyche solos.... And
Shelley... wow ! What a girl, What a voice ! She seemed so happy and
kept smiling and laughing to the messed crowd... The end of Fix was
awesome two... mark left the stage quite early saying good bye and
running out, but the band stayed on stage and began a never-ending
jam ! Brett and Norm wouldn't stop playing if the others hadn't finally
left the stage.... Amazing !
review by King Of Queens This is it. Mark Lanegan was playing a solo show for the first time in Paris, even in France. It has been 10 years that I was waiting for that event. The 'Nouveau Casino', a really nice venue for a rock show, was sold out and many people had to stay in front of the doors. I was supposed to interview Mark for the radio where I'm working, but maybe two minutes before I arrive to the hotel, a man from Beggars called me to tell that the interview was cancelled. Whatever, it's the music which counts. As the supporting act was cancelled, the show started really early in the night, around 8.00pm. The 300 people who were there acclaimed Mark as he entered onstage. Except the fact that he's not very talkative between songs, (maybe a few "Thank you" and "see you next time", Mr Lanegan delivered a very strong performance, very charismatic. He was more into the show than I ever see him, even dancing sometimes. His voice was amazing as usual but it's not surprising anymore. The band was helped by the perfect acoustic and sound engineering. Classical setlist for this tour, no surprises but real highlights: powerful renditions of Sideways in Reverse, Message to Mine, Driving Death Valley Blues, a wah wah version of Like Little Willie John sounding like a Screaming Trees song, and really touching versions of Sleep With Me or Ressurection Song. But to my opinion, Skeletal History was the best song played this evening. It sounded awesome and I'm starting to think that it's maybe his best song, at least when it's performed live. So, the show was excellent, except that I think they
should add Because of This to the setlist. Anyway, it was great to
see Mark Lanegan in Paris. It was also great to see french fans, waiting
for this show for years, really into Mark's music. To conclude, I
just want to tell a word about the line up. The woman Shelly Brien
is tattooed, and she did not sing out of tune! It's not PJ Harvey
but she really fit well in the set! But the real star in this band
is Brett Netson. I really liked his attitude during the all show.
At the beginning of Fix, he started to have guitar problems. I don't
know if he was high or something but it took him 3 minutes to realise
that he was not playing. The roadie gave him another guitar and he
played again, showing his finger to the sound engineer who was making
fun of him. Brett was the last to leave the stage, trying to grab
a fan on it, unsuccessfully but concluding a great show. flyer from Phil
ticket from Florian
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