List of Jean Michel Jarre concerts

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This is a list of concerts and concert tours held by Jean Michel Jarre.

[edit] AOR Opera

Main article: AOR (performance)

[edit] Place de la Concorde

Main article: Place De La Concorde (concert)

[edit] The Concerts in China

Main article: The Concerts in China (concert)
  • October 21 and 22, 1981 Beijing
  • October 26 thru 28, 1981 Shanghai
  • Total audience: 120,000
  • First western musician concert in post-Mao China.[3][5][6][7]

[edit] Rendez-vous Houston

Main article: Rendez-vous Houston
  • April 5, 1986
  • Houston, U.S.
  • Audience: 1.5 million
  • Second entry in the Guinness Book Of Records. [3][8][9]
  • celebration of the 150th anniversary of Texas and Houston, and the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

[edit] Rendez-Vous Lyon

  • October 5, 1986
  • Lyon, France.
  • Audience: 800,000

The visit of Pope John Paul II to Jarre's hometown of Lyon was celebrated by this event. A VHS of the concert was released later, and many of the concert's tracks were used in the In Concert Houston-Lyon live album. [3][10]

Track listing

  • "Ethnicolor"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Wooloomooloo"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Equinoxe 5"
  • "Rendez-Vous 3"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Rendez-Vous 6"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4" (encore)

[edit] Destination Docklands

Main article: Destination Docklands
  • October 8 and 9, 1988
  • London, England
  • Audience: 200,000 paid tickets [3][11]

[edit] Destination Trocadero

  • May 13, 1989
  • Place Du Trocadero, Paris, France
  • Audience: 15,000
  • Jarre performed London Kid with Hank Marvin as final performance at the Eiffel tower's 100th anniversary festivity.[12][13]

[edit] Paris La Defense

Main article: Paris la Defense
  • July 14, 1990
  • Paris, France
  • Audience: 2.5 million
  • Third entry in the Guinness Book Of Records. [3][14][15]

[edit] Swatch the World

To celebrate the sale of 100 million Swatches, Jarre held two concerts in the Swiss village of Zermatt on September 25 and 26, 1992. 100,000 people attended the concerts. The new track "Une Alarme Qui Swingue" evolved and was released as Chronologie 4.[16][17]

Track listing

  • "Swatch Countdown"
  • "Une Alarme Qui Swingue Overture"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Zoolookologie"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Une Alarme Qui Swingue"

[edit] Legends of the Lost City

Jarre was invited to the inaugural celebrations of the Palace of the Lost City, a hotel located within the Sun City resort in South Africa. Three concerts were held on December 1, 2 and 3 1992. Each concert was attended by 15,000 people. [18][19]

Track listing

  • "Lost City"
  • "Eldorado (African Remix)"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Volcanic Dance"
  • "Wooloomooloo"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"

[edit] Europe in Concert

Jarre held a tour of huge outdoor concerts throughout Europe in 1993[3][20][21] After the release of the Chronologie album, starting in Mt. Saint Michel, France and ending in Tours, France. In total 660,000 people attended the venues, and a VHS of the Barcelona concert was released. Tracks recorded on several concerts of the tour were used for the Hong Kong album.

Tour dates

Track listing (The track listing varied depending on concert, but these were the tracks played)

  • "Chronologie 1"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Chronologie 2"
  • "Chronologie 3"
  • "Chronologie 4"
  • "Chronologie 5"
  • "Digisequencer"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Chronologie 7"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Chronologie 8"
  • "Band in the Rain"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Chronologie 4" (encore)

[edit] Hong Kong

Jarre was invited to the opening of a new stadium in Hong Kong on March 11, 1994, attended by 50,000 people. A live album called Hong Kong was released later in the year, even though most of the tracks were taken from the Europe in Concert tour. [22][23]

Track listing

  • "Chronologie 2"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Chronologie 4"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Chronologie 3"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Chronologie 8"
  • "Digisequencer"
  • "Band in the Rain"
  • "Fishing Junks at Sunset"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Chronologie 4" (encore)

[edit] Concert pour la Tolérance

On July 14, 1995, Jarre held a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower, celebrating the Bastille Day, UNESCO's 50th birthday and UNESCO'S proclaimed year of tolerance. 1.25 million people attended this concert, from which a laserdisc was released. [24][25]

Track listing

  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Chronologie 3"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Chronologie 4"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Ethnicolor"
  • "Vivaldi Tribute"
  • "Industrial Revolution"
  • "Band in the Rain"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Digisequencer"
  • "Eldorado"
  • "Calypso 1"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"

[edit] Festa Italiana

  • September 10, 1995
  • Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin, Italy
  • Audience: 300,000
  • Jarre performed Chronologie 4 and Rendez-Vous 4 at a show for the launch of the Brava & Bravo cars from FIAT. [26][27]

[edit] Wetten, dass...? Vienna

On March 22, 1997 Jarre performed Oxygène 8 outdoors for the TV-show Wetten, dass..? (Wanna Bet..?), using the Rathaus in Vienna, Austria as background for projections. [28][29]

[edit] Oxygène Tour

In 1997, Jarre held an indoor tour in Europe dedicated to his continuation of the Oxygène album, Oxygène 7-13, starting in Toulon, France and ending in Orléans, France. In total, 230,000 people attended the concerts. [30]

Tour dates Part 1:

Part 2:

Track listing (The track listing varied depending on concert, but these were the tracks played)

  • "Oxygène 7"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Oxygène 6"
  • "Oxygène 10"
  • "Oxygène 4"
  • "Oxygène 11"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Oxygène 2"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Oxygène 5"
  • "Oxygène 8"
  • "Oxygène 12"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Oxygène 13"

[edit] Oxygen in Moscow

  • September 6, 1997
  • Moscow, Russia
  • Audience: 3.5 million
  • Fourth entry in the Guinness Book Of Records.

Jarre was invited for a concert celebrating the 850th birthday of Moscow. His largest concert up-to-date. A VHS tape was released in the USA in 1998 and NTSC DVDs were released in Brazil, Chile (Send Music Records SMD 008) and USA in 2000 and Europe version in 2007. [3][31][32][33][34]

Track listing

  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Ethnicolor"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Oxygene 11"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Oxygene 7"
  • "Oxygene 10"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Chronologie 4"
  • "Oxygene 8"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Oxygene 13"

[edit] France Festival Tokyo

  • April 29 & 30, 1998
  • France Festival, International Exhibition Centre, Tokyo, Japan
  • Audience: 1,000 [35]

[edit] Nuit Électronique

Jarre returned to the Eiffel Tower on Bastille Day 1998, exactly 3 years after Concert For Tolerance, accompanied by various dance artists like Apollo 440 and Tetsuya "TK" Komoro.[36] The event marked the end of the 1998 Football World Cup, which happened to have hosted and won by France. 600,000 people attended the concert, A VHS concert video titled Paris Live "Rendez-Vous 98 Electronic Night was released in Japan as part of the TK 1998 Latest Works Tetsuya Komoro boxset. The show proved controversial among Jarre fans, due its heavy bias towards dance and techno style reworkings of existing Jarre tracks.

Track listing

  • "Rendez-Vous 98" (@440 Remix)
  • "Together Now Instrumental"
  • "Together Now Parlez-Vous Français Mix"
  • "Oxygene 7 DJ Cam remix"
  • "Oxygene in the Ghetto"
  • "Eldorado / UNESCO Theme Japan"
  • "Oxygene 8 Hani's Oxygene 303"
  • "Paris Underground"
  • "Oxygene 13 TK Remix"
  • "Oxygene 10" (@440 remix dub)
  • "Oxygene 10 Resistance D Treatment"
  • "Oxygene 8 Sunday Club"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Revolutions"

[edit] Jarre@ iMac night Apple Expo

  • September 18, 1998
  • Paris Expo, Porte De Versailles, France
  • Audience: 6,000

Sponsored concert to promote Apple's iMac. [37]

Track listing

  • "Oxygene 10 Trancengenics 1"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Oxygene 8 Hani's Oxygene 303"
  • "Paris Underground"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Oxygene 10 Resistance D Treatment"
  • "Oxygene 8 Sunday Club"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Oxygene 11"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Oxygene 13"

[edit] The Twelve Dreams of the Sun

Main article: The Twelve Dreams of the Sun

[edit] Metamorphoses Showcase

On the release date of his new album, Jarre played a showcase concert at dance club Man Ray, in Paris, on January 31, 2000, attended by 400 people.[40]

Track listing

  • "Je me Souviens"
  • "Hey Gagarin"
  • "Millions of Stars"
  • "C'Est la Vie"
  • "Miss Moon"
  • "Bells"
  • "Rendez-vous à Paris"
  • "Tout Est Bleu"
  • "Give Me a Sign"
  • "Gloria, Lonely Boy"

[edit] Rendez-Vous in Space

For the 1st day of 2001, Jarre teamed up with Tetsuya "TK" Komuro and writer Arthur C. Clarke to celebrate the beginning of the 21st century on Okinawa, Japan, with 20,000 attending in the Ginowan Seaside Park.[41][42] A purported intention to release the new compositions didn't come to fruition, as the band formed by Jarre and Komuro became short-lived. Some of those themes were incorporated by Jarre in other releases.

Track listing

  • "Overture Part 1 - Theme of 2001"
  • "Overture Part 2"
  • "The Voyage"
  • "My Name is Arthur" (this track was later used by Pierre Palmade, with vocals)
  • "Children of Space" (this track was used for Velvet Road from Jarre's album Geometry of Love, without vocals)
  • "Nobody"
  • "Rendez-Vous in Space"
  • "Race in Space"

[edit] Hymn to the Akropolis

On June 19 and 20, 2001, Jarre played two concerts at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus to raise money for the Greek organization Elpida, with 15,000 people attending in total.[43][44] A new composition, Akropolis, was later used at the Beijing & Poland concerts under new titles. The second concert was broadcast live on French radio NRJ and on French TV channel M6, for which one track had to be dropped due to time constraints, and is available for rebroadcast.

Track listing

  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Je Me Souviens"
  • "Chronologie 3"
  • "Oxygene 8"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Ethnicolor" (first concert only)
  • "Four Seasons" Vivaldi Tribute
  • "Gloria Lonely Boy"
  • "Oxygene 13"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Revolutions"
  • "Akropolis"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"

[edit] Le Printemps de Bourges

The organizers of this annual festival invited Jarre to take part in one of their events on April 12, 2002. 100 people attended the event where Jarre performed totally new tracks as well as revisiting an old track. In 2006, music from the concert was released as an online album sold exclusively through iTunes.[45]

Track listing

  • "AOR Bleu"
  • "Metamorphoses"
  • "Bourges 1"
  • "Bourges 2"

[edit] Aero - Tribute to the Wind

Jarre held a very muddy concert at the Gammel Vraa Enge Windmill Park near the city of Aalborg in Denmark, on September 7, 2002, with 35,000 spectators. Danish band Safri Duo featured on the track "Aero", which in fact was Bourges 2 from the performance earlier that year, and Rendez-Vous 4. The concert was broadcast live on various TV stations around the world and a shortened one-hour version was made available for rebroadcast. [46][47]

Track listing

  • "AERO Introduction"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Magnetic Fields 2"
  • "Millions of Stars"
  • "Equinoxe 7"
  • "Magnetic Fields 1"
  • "Oxygene 8"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Light My Sky"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Aero"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Oxygene 13"

[edit] Live in Beijing

Kicking off the Year of France celebrations in China, Jarre performed two back-to-back concerts in Beijing, China, first at the Forbidden City and then at Tiananmen Square, on October 10, 2004. 15,000 selected people plus some who bought tickets attended the concerts which featured local Chinese musicians and marked the first 5.1 concert by Jarre. A DVD set called Jarre in China was released in 2005 including the full concerts and various extras. The concerts were broadcast by Chinese TV station CCTV for the whole world by HDTV satellite. A shortened one-hour version was made available for rebroadcast.[48][49]

Track listing

  • "Forbidden City"
  • "Aero"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Geometry of Love"
  • "Band in the Rain"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Voyage à Pékin"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • "Zoolookologie"
  • "Aerozone"
  • "Aerology"
  • "Chronologie 3"
  • Vivaldi "Summer"
  • "Fishing Junks at Sunset"
  • "Rendez-Vous 4"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Aerology Neimo Remix"
  • "La Foule"
  • "Tiananmen"
  • "Oxygene 13"

[edit] Once Upon A Time

  • April 2, 2005
  • Copenhagen, Denmark, Parken Stadium
  • Audience: 28,000

Jarre performed Rendez-Vous 2 for celebration of the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen. [50]

[edit] Salle des Étoiles

Jarre held two mini-concerts on August 6 and 7, 2005 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo Casino, Monaco as part of the Casino's Summer Festival. 1,500 and 1,100 people attended the concerts. [51]

Track listing

  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Aero"
  • "Band in the Rain"
  • "Oxygene 4"
  • "Souvenir of China"
  • "Aerology"
  • "Equinoxe 3"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Geometry of Love"
  • "Zoolookologie"
  • "Aerozone"
  • "Chronologie 6"
  • Vivaldi Tribute
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Oxygene 13"

[edit] Space of Freedom (Solidarnosc)

Main article: Space of Freedom

With Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, Gdańsk University Choir, Jean-Michel Jarre. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Lech Wałęsa's Solidarity movement, Jean Michel Jarre performed an energetic concert in Gdańsk, northern Poland. The backdrop was the shipyard where workers went on strike in August 1980 leading to the eventual fall of communism in Poland. The setting includes a moving crane lit from the inside, and the hangar door opening to reveal an orchestra surrounded by sparks from metal welding. [52]

DVD:

  • Shipyard Overture (Industrial Revolution)
  • Suite for Flute
  • Oxygene 2
  • Chopin Memories
  • Aero
  • Oxygene 4
  • Souvenir
  • Space of Freedom (March 23)
  • Theremin intro
  • Chronology 2
  • Mury
  • Chronologie 6
  • Oxygene 8
  • Light my Sky
  • Tribute to John-Paul II (Acropolis)
  • Rendez-vous 2
  • Vivaldi
  • The Emigrant
  • Oxygene 12
  • Rendez-vous 4
  • Solidarność (Oxygene 13)
  • Aerology remix

Live CD:

  • Shipyard Overture (Industrial Revolution)
  • Oxygene 4
  • Mury
  • Space of Freedom (March 23)
  • Oxygene 8
  • Light my Sky
  • Tribute to John-Paul II (Acropolis)
  • Rendez-vous 4
  • Aerology remix

[edit] LinX Live Event

September 10, 2005

  • Alfacam studios, Lint, Belgium
  • Audience: 1,000

Concert for opening ceremony of Eurocam Media Centre, recorded in HD. [53] Jarre performed together with: Francis Rimbert, Claude Samard, and the Symphonic Factory Orchestra and Choir.

Track listing

  • "Aero"
  • "Oxygene 2"
  • "Light My Sky"
  • "Equinoxe 4"
  • "Oxygene 12"
  • "Rendez-Vous 2"

[edit] Water for Life

Main article: Water for Life

[edit] Téo & Téa showcases

Showcase performance for the album Téo & Téa. [56]

  • March 28, 2007: Alfacam studios, Lint, Belgium.
  • April 15, 2007: Queen Club, Paris, France.
  • May 20, 2007: VIP Room, Cannes, France.

[edit] Oxygene 30th Anniversary Tour

On September 19, 2007, Jarre performed his Oxygène album at the Alfacam studios, Lint, Belgium, which was filmed with special 3D cameras. This recording was included on his CD+DVD Oxygene: New Master Recording, celebrating the album's 30th anniversary. The audience consisted of a very small number of invities only.

Jarre then performed 10 Oxygene concerts in Paris, from December 12 to December 26, 2007. The concerts took place at the Théâtre Marigny, a small, 1000 seats theatre located in the Champs-Élysées. A high-definition recording of the final show was broadcasted by Belgian channel EXQI, in January 2010.[57]

In 2008 the tour continued in theaters across Europe:

The second part of tour was announced in July 2008, and included:

Setlist:

  • Instruments Introduction/Tuning
  • Prelude
  • Oxygène 1
  • Oxygène 2
  • Oxygène 3
  • Variation I
  • Oxygène 4
  • Variation II
  • Oxygène 5
  • Variation III
  • Oxygène 6
  • Variation IV
  • Oxygène 12
  • Oxygène 13 (encore)

[edit] Indoors arena tour

Also see Indoors Arena Tour (Jean-Michel Jarre) (in spanish)

During 2009, 2010 and 2011 Jarre performed an indoors tour, but with a different concept than his previous Oxygene tour. Jarre performed music from all of his best-selling albums, in a show with cutting-edge digital technology, lasers design and lighting choreography. Jarre at first also conceived HD video projections, but these were later cut from the show, as Jarre stated:

"I don't want the audience to think that they're watching a tv show. The visual aspect has to support the music, and not be the soundtrack of the visuals." [59]

The 2010 part of the tour was an upgraded version of his 2009 tour, with new visuals added such as giant image projections, and also performing outdoors on some occasions.

[edit] Part 1 (2009)

Track list:

  • Industrial Revolution 2
  • Magnetic Fields 1
  • Equinoxe 7
  • Theremin Piece
  • Oxygene 2
  • Oxygene 12
  • Rendez-vous 3 (Laser Harp)
  • Souvenir Of China
  • Magnetic Fields 2
  • Oxygene 5
  • Variation 3
  • Equinoxe 4
  • Equinoxe 5
  • Chronologie 6
  • Chronologie 2
  • Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle)
  • Oxygene 4
  • Rendez-vous 2

And at some concerts:

  • Industrial Revolution 2 (Reprise)
  • Oxygene 4 (Reprise)

[edit] Part 2 (2010)

Track list:

  • Countdown
  • Oxygene 1
  • Oxygene 2
  • Magnetic Fields 1
  • Equinoxe 7
  • Equinoxe 5
  • Rendez-vous 3 (Laser Harp)
  • Magnetic Fields 2
  • Souvenir Of China
  • Oxygene 5
  • Variation 3
  • Theremin Piece
  • Equinoxe 4
  • Statistics Adagio
  • Industrial Revolution 2
  • Rendez-vous 2
  • Rendez-vous 4
  • Chronologie 6
  • Chronologie 2
  • Oxygene 4
  • Oxygene 12
  • Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle)

[edit] Part 3 (2010)

  • May 24: Budapest, Hungary, Sports Arena
  • May 26: Liberec, Czech Republic, Tipsport Arena
  • May 27: Bratislava, Slovakia, Sibamac Arena
  • May 30: Thessaloniki, Greece, The Earth Theater (outdoor)
  • June 1: Athens, Greece, Faliro Pavilion
  • June 3: Bucharest, Romania, Sala Polivalenta
  • June 15: Istanbul, Turkey, Turkcell Kurucesme Arena (outdoor)
  • July 31: Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Plaza del Obradoiro (outdoor, with fireworks)
  • August 28: Oslo, Norway, Akerhus Festning (outdoor, as closing artist of the Festnigen 2010 Festival, included fireworks)
  • September 18: Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut Souks (outdoor, with fireworks)

Track list: Equal to part 2, except Oxygene 1 was removed from the playlist.

In this leg, Dominique Perrier was replaced by Jerome Gueguen due to personal reasons.

[edit] Part 4 (2010)

  • September 30: Tours, France, Le Grand Hall
  • October 3: Glasgow, United Kingdom, Braehead Arena
  • October 4: Dublin, Ireland, O2 Arena
  • October 6: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Cardiff International Arena
  • October 8: Birmingham, United Kingdom, NIA Academy
  • October 9: Manchester, United Kingdom, Arena
  • October 10: London, United Kingdom, O2 Arena
  • October 13: Clermont-Ferrand, France, Zénith d'Auvergne
  • October 14: Limoges, France, Zénith
  • October 15: Rouen, France, Zénith Grand Quevilly
  • October 16: Lille, France, Zénith Grand Palais
  • November 4 Lyon, France, Halle Tony Garnier
  • November 5: Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva Arena
  • November 6: Amneville, France, Amphitheatre Le Galaxie
  • November 7: Dijon, France, Zénith
  • November 11: Tricity, Poland, Poland, Ergo Arena
  • November 13: Płock, Poland, Orlen Arena
  • November 14: Wrocław, Poland, Hala Stulecia
  • November 15: Rzeszów, Poland, Hala Podpromie
  • November 24: Brest, France, Parc De Penfeld
  • November 25: Caen, France, Zenith
  • November 26: Amiens, France, Zenith
  • November 27: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Ahoy
  • December 1: Epernay, France, Millesium
  • December 2: Orléans, France, Zenith
  • December 3: Antwerp, Belgium, Sportpaleis
  • December 8: Saint-Etienne, France, Zenith
  • December 9: Toulon, France, Zenith
  • December 10: Montpellier, France, Zenith
  • December 11: Pau, France, Zenith

Track list: Same as part 3 but on Pau's concert Jarre plays "Rendez-Vous 4" (reprise) at the end of the concert and alternate the order of the three last tracks:

  • Oxygene 12
  • Oxygene 4
  • Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle)
  • Rendez-Vous 4 (encore)


[edit] Part 5 (2011)

The tour will continue in 2012, supposedly in America, Asia and Australia [60][61][62].

[edit] Live in Monaco

Port Hercules, completely transformed into a stage for the evening, will provide the setting for the artist, who has created this unique concert for Monaco, specifically for the Royal Wedding. Monaco will provide the backdrop for a dazzling evening. The concert was not part of the tour he's doing and distinguishes itself for having totally different visuals and a different setlist, although most of the setlist of the concert did share similarities with the indoor tour. [63][64]

Track list:

  • Countdown
  • Chronologie 1
  • Oxygene 2
  • Magnetic Fields 1
  • Equinoxe 5
  • Rendez-vous 3 (Laser Harp)
  • Magnetic Fields 2
  • Souvenir Of China
  • Oxygene 4
  • Oxygene 5
  • Variation 3
  • Theremin Piece
  • Equinoxe 4
  • Industrial Revolution 3
  • Rendez-vous 2
  • Vintage
  • Chronologie 2
  • Wedding March
  • Chronologie 4
  • Calypso 3 (Fin de Siecle)
  • Rendez-vous 4
  • Vintage (Encore)

[edit] Notable instruments

Throughout his concerts, Jarre uses several unusual or custom-built instruments. Some of these are:

  • The theremin, an early electronic instrument
  • The laser harp (connected to a Elka Synthex)
  • The accordion
  • The Stylophone
  • Korg PS-3300
  • The Cristal Baschet[65]
  • The Yamaha WX5 Midi Flute
  • The Matrisequencer (1978) and Digisequencer (1993), electronic sequencers designed and built by Michel Geiss
  • Several unique MIDI keyboards designed by LAG:
    • Circular shaped keyboards: Clavier Lumineux (1986), Clavier Circulaire 1 (1988), Clavier Circulaire 2 (or Magic) (1990)
    • Keytars: Insecte (1988), Mad Max 1 (1988), Mad Max 2 (1990), Otineau (1991)
    • Console: Meuble (or Grand Central) (1988), contained 1 octave keys from the Clavier Lumineux, the 96-key Clavier Circulaire, EMS Synthi AKS, Roland D-550, two monitor for partitions, Octapad drums, and a clock.
  • Custom-painted Yamaha KX-5 Keytar with extended handgrip (two different versions, 1986 and 1988)
  • Custom-painted Roland AX-Synth prototype (2009)

[edit] References

Notes
  1. ^ Remilleux 1998, p. 17
  2. ^ Bourges – 2002, jeanmicheljarre.com, http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy/bourges-2002, retrieved 2009-06-22 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Jean Michel Jarre: Making the Steamroller Fly In this bonus feature included with Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene Moscow VHS/DVD, director Aubrey Powell documents the legendary artist.
  4. ^ Remilleux 1998, p. 57
  5. ^ Remilleux 1998, pp. 74–75
  6. ^ Way, Michael (1981-07-11), Jarre off to China to Map Autumn Tour, Billboard Magazine, p. 59, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rCQEAAAAMBAJ, retrieved 2009-06-23 
  7. ^ (VHS) The China Concerts, PolyGram Music Video, 1989 
  8. ^ August, Marilyn (1986-04-18), Frenchman turns Houston into giant stage, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. 29, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e1MNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5559,6042453&dq=jarre+rendez-vous+houston, retrieved 2009-05-28 
  9. ^ (VHS) Rendez-Vous Houston - A City In Concert, PolyGram Music Video, 1989 
  10. ^ (VHS) Rendez-Vous Lyon: Concert For The Pope, PolyGram Music Video, 1989 
  11. ^ (VHS) Jean-Michel Jarre Destination Docklands, PolyGram Music Video, 1989 
  12. ^ http://jarreuk.com/13-may-1989-france-paris-place-du-trocadero-destination-trocadero Destination Trocadero on Jarre UK
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6Dwym4JdE Destination Trocadero on youtube
  14. ^ Matthews 1994, p. 169
  15. ^ (VHS) Paris La Defense - A City In Concert, Genesis, 1992 
  16. ^ http://jarreuk.com/25-september-1992-switzerland-zermatt-zermatt-matterhorn-village-swatch-the-world Swatch the World on Jarre UK
  17. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eETZceha6dQ&feature=related Swatch the World intro on youtube
  18. ^ http://jarreuk.com/01-december-1992-south-africa-near-rustenburg-sun-city-legends-of-the-lost-city Legends of the Lost City on Jarre UK
  19. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjzeZnAt_8E&feature=related Legends of the Lost City on youtube (playing Rendez-Vous 4)
  20. ^ Europe In Concert – 1993, jeanmicheljarre.com, http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy/europe-in-concert-1993, retrieved 2009-06-20 
  21. ^ (VHS) Europe In Concert, PolyGram Music Video, 1994 
  22. ^ Holland, Fiona (1994-03-12), Laser show wows stadium crowd, Hong Kong Standard, p. 1 
  23. ^ http://jarreuk.com/11-march-1994-china-hong-kong-hong-kong-stadium-hong-kong Hong Kong on Jarre UK
  24. ^ Concert For Tolerance – 1995, jeanmicheljarre.com, http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy/concert-for-tolerance-1995, retrieved 2009-06-23 
  25. ^ http://jarreuk.com/14-july-1995-france-paris-eiffel-tower-concert-pour-la-tolerance Concert pour la Tolérance on Jarre UK
  26. ^ http://jarreuk.com/10-sep-1995-italy-turin-piazza-vittorio-veneto-festa-italiana Festa Italiana on Jarre UK
  27. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWRFxaPIM_Q Festa Italiana on youtube (playing chronologie 4)
  28. ^ http://jarreuk.com/26-mar-1997-austria-vienna-rathaus-wetten-das Wetten dass on Jarre UK
  29. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCEreVqqHF8 Wetten dass on youtube (playing Oxygene 8)
  30. ^ http://jarreuk.com/09-jun-1997-uk-london-wembley-arena-oxygene-tour Oxygene Tour on Jarre UK
  31. ^ Cacciottolo, Mario (2008-03-28), Jarre breathes again with Oxygene, news.bbc.co.uk, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7314713.stm, retrieved 2009-05-26 
  32. ^ Guinness Book of Records, edition 1998
  33. ^ http://jarreuk.com/06-september-1997-russia-moscow-moscow-state-university-oxygen-in-moscow Oxygen in Moscow on Jarre UK
  34. ^ (VHS) Oxygen In Moscow, SMV Enterprises, 1998 
  35. ^ http://www.questbbs.fsnet.co.uk/concerts.htm France Festival Tokyo on Jarre UK
  36. ^ http://jarreuk.com/14-july-1998-france-paris-eiffel-tower-rv98-nuit-electronique Nuit Électronique on Jarre UK
  37. ^ http://jarreuk.com/18-sep-1998-france-porte-de-versailles-paris-expo-imac-night iMac night on Jarre UK
  38. ^ Weber, Bruce (2000-02-01), THE YEAR 2000: THE ENTERTAINMENT; Around the World, Ancient and Modern Creations, nytimes.com, http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/02/nyregion/the-year-2000-the-entertainment-around-the-world-ancient-and-modern-creations.html?pagewanted=2, retrieved 2009-06-22 
  39. ^ http://jarreuk.com/31-dec-1999-egypt-cairo-the-great-pyramids-twelve-dreams-of-the-sun The Twelve Dreams of the Sun on Jarre UK
  40. ^ http://jarreuk.com/paris-31-january-2000-man-ray-france-metamorphoses-showcase Metamorphoses Showcase on Jarre UK
  41. ^ Okinawa – Rendez-Vous In Space – 2001, jeanmicheljarre.com, http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy/okinawa-rendez-vous-in-space-2001, retrieved 2009-06-22 
  42. ^ http://jarreuk.com/okinawa-01-january-2001-ginowan-seaside-park-japan-2001-rendez-vous-in-space Rendez-Vous in Space on Jarre UK
  43. ^ Perrone, Pierre (2001-06-21), How to play a harp in heaven, guardian.co.uk, http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2001/jun/21/artsfeatures4, retrieved 2009-06-20 
  44. ^ http://jarreuk.com/athens-19-june-2001-odeion-of-herodus-atticus-greece-akropolis Hymn to the Akropolis on Jarre UK
  45. ^ http://jarreuk.com/bourges-12-april-2002-le-palais-jacques-coeur-france-les-printemps-de-bourges Le Printemps de Bourges on Jarre UK
  46. ^ Aalborg – 2002, jeanmicheljarre.com, http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/live-o-graphy/aalborg-2002, retrieved 2009-06-23 
  47. ^ Fans' fear at Danish concert, news.bbc.co.uk, 2002-09-16, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2251649.stm, retrieved 2009-06-23 
  48. ^ Jean Michel Jarre lights up China, news.bbc.co.uk, 2004-10-11, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3733290.stm, retrieved 2009-03-15 
  49. ^ (DVD) Jarre In China, Warner Music Vision, 2004 
  50. ^ http://jarreuk.com/02-apr-2005-denmark-copenhagen-parken-once-upon-a-time Once Upon A Time on Jarre UK
  51. ^ http://jarreuk.com/monte-carlo-06-august-2005-sporting-monte-carlo-monaco-salle-des-etoiles Salle des Étoiles on Jarre UK
  52. ^ http://jarreuk.com/gdansk-26-august-2005-gdansk-shipyards-poland-space-of-freedom Solidarnosc on Jarre UK
  53. ^ http://jarreuk.com/10-sep-2005-belgium-lint-alfacam-studios-linx-live-event LinX Live Event on Jarre UK
  54. ^ Jean Michel Jarre celebrates "Water for Life" in the Sahara, portal.unesco.org, 2006-12-19, http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38273&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html, retrieved 2009-05-27 
  55. ^ http://jarreuk.com/16-december-2006-morocco-merzouga-the-sahara-desert-water-for-life Water for Life on Jarre UK
  56. ^ http://jarreuk.com/28-mar-2007-belgium-lint-alfacam-studios-teo-tea-showcase Téo & Téa showcase on Jarre UK
  57. ^ "Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene concert on EXQI Intro". Jarre UK. http://jarreuk.info/%E2%80%98jean-michel-jarre-oxygene%E2%80%99-concert-on-exqi-intro-2. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 
  58. ^ http://216.70.103.199/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3083&start=30
  59. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyVjg-JMMeA De Rode Loper, VRT, May 4, 2009
  60. ^ http://newsletter.jeanmicheljarre.com/newsletter/2010_12/index.html jeanmicheljarre.com newsletter december 2010
  61. ^ http://aerojarre.blogspot.com/2009/05/scandinavian-ellipsis.html Jarre's blog May 2009
  62. ^ http://aerojarre.blogspot.com/2009/01/jean-michel-jarre-in-doors-world-tour.html Jarre's blog January 2009
  63. ^ http://jarreuk.com/%E2%80%98jean-michel-jarre-live-in-monaco%E2%80%99-royal-wedding-concert-live-broadcasts Live in Monaco on Jarre UK
  64. ^ Live in Monaco, visitmonaco.com, http://www.visitmonaco.com/en/News/News/Jean-Michel-Jarre-Live-in-Monaco-Concert-Live-Broadcast, retrieved 2011-09-07 
  65. ^ Toronyi-Lalic, Igor (2008-11-21) (registration required). Has your piano just exploded? — Arts. The Times. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=1249A484D90ACC10&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=11. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
Bibliography
  • Remilleux, Jean-Louis (1988), Jean-Michel Jarre (English ed.), Futura Publications Ltd, ISBN 0708842631 
  • (DVD) Making the Steamroller Fly, Image Entertainment, 2003-11-04 
  • Matthews, Peter, ed. (1994), Guinness Book of Records, 41st Edition 1995, Guinness Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0851127363 

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