Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[warrior]

Good morning,

For those of you who wonder were the stage will be set up, and how big this concert will be :

I found this info on the official page about the wedding :

"A 60-metre stage, set up on the central T of the harbour with 35-metre high towers and giant screens, will enable the public to watch the concert from the North and South harbour basins, Quai Albert I, Avenue d’Ostende, the Montée de la Quarantaine, Avenue de la Porte Neuve and the Rampe Major. Access will be free and open to all. "'

Also this concert will be big ( dismantle time 8 days :

Jean Michel Jarre - Port Hercule

- cabling: 10 Km

- workforce: 250 technicians

- lorries: 20 articulated lorries, 400 tonnes of technical equipment

- Size of the stage: Infrastructure of 120 m

- 16 days of installation: from 16th June to 1st July, 8 days of dismantling

Also there will be another concert on thursday :

Eagles Concert at the Louis II Stadium, Thursday 30th June at 10 p.m.

Eagles - Louis II Stadium

- cabling: 3 km of cables

- workforce: 180 technicians

- lorries: 10 articulated lorries, 250 tonnes of technical equipment

- Size of the stage: stage area of 30 m x 14 m

- 15 days of installation: from 16th to 30th June.

- 5 days of dismantling.

Source : http://www.mariageprinciermonaco2011.mc ... s/170.html

[melo]

Thanks Kanta !!! I will doing a poster and take a picture in front of Monte Carlo Sporting club.

[melo]

Live by internet here:

[jeanbatman]

I think this event is much bigger than the 02 concert... Will there be enough bandwidth ?

[daz]

Good morning,

For those of you who wonder were the stage will be set up, and how big this concert will be :

I found this info on the official page about the wedding :

"A 60-metre stage, set up on the central T of the harbour with 35-metre high towers and giant screens, will enable the public to watch the concert from the North and South harbour basins, Quai Albert I, Avenue d’Ostende, the Montée de la Quarantaine, Avenue de la Porte Neuve and the Rampe Major. Access will be free and open to all. "'

Also this concert will be big ( dismantle time 8 days :

Jean Michel Jarre - Port Hercule

- cabling: 10 Km

- workforce: 250 technicians

- lorries: 20 articulated lorries, 400 tonnes of technical equipment

- Size of the stage: Infrastructure of 120 m

- 16 days of installation: from 16th June to 1st July, 8 days of dismantling

Also there will be another concert on thursday :

Eagles Concert at the Louis II Stadium, Thursday 30th June at 10 p.m.

Eagles - Louis II Stadium

- cabling: 3 km of cables

- workforce: 180 technicians

- lorries: 10 articulated lorries, 250 tonnes of technical equipment

- Size of the stage: stage area of 30 m x 14 m

- 15 days of installation: from 16th to 30th June.

- 5 days of dismantling.

Source : http://www.mariageprinciermonaco2011.mc ... s/170.html

how does this compare to EiC

[jeanbatman]

how does this compare to EiC

The stage is taller and wider, and it is about 3 times longer to build it up with the same amount of people.
I don't know about the widescreens for the audience and the fireworks, but it might be bigger too.

[daz]

Mmmm, Starting to sound VERY interesting. But if he opens with Oxy 2 followed by MF1 the Equinoxe 7.............. I'm switching offffffffff.

[Elianne]

Good morning,

For those of you who wonder were the stage will be set up, and how big this concert will be :

I found this info on the official page about the wedding :

"A 60-metre stage, set up on the central T of the harbour with 35-metre high towers and giant screens, will enable the public to watch the concert from the North and South harbour basins, Quai Albert I, Avenue d’Ostende, the Montée de la Quarantaine, Avenue de la Porte Neuve and the Rampe Major. Access will be free and open to all. "'

Very good Intel!
So we should keep an eye on this webcam:
http://www.ports-monaco.com/lang-en/webcam.html

[Kanta]

Thanks Kanta !!! I will doing a poster and take a picture in front of Monte Carlo Sporting club.

You're welcome and a very good idea.

Mmmm, Starting to sound VERY interesting. But if he opens with Oxy 2 followed by MF1 the Equinoxe 7.............. I'm switching offffffffff.

But what about when you switch off, he changes the tracklist?

[Robi]

Mmmm, Starting to sound VERY interesting. But if he opens with Oxy 2 followed by MF1 the Equinoxe 7.............. I'm switching offffffffff.

Only minor changes can be expected! Minor!
Translated by language of JMJ : nothing.

[GeeJee]

He doesn't have time. That's what I was told.

[Big time]

He doesn't have time. That's what I was told.

If it goes like "He didn´t have the time", then it´s pretty lousy in my opinion. This concert has been "prepared" for many months now, so he COULD (if he wanted) put some new creativity into this show if he REALLY wanted it to be something SPECIAL, than just his usual two hour "hit" show. But if that´s what he thinks is just sooo great...

Visually I think we´re in for a treat, but great visuals don´t just make a good show/concert.

I really REALLY hope, when it comes out on blu-ray, that I will enjoy watching this concert more than just for the visuals, co´s this tracklist died many many years ago.. But one can always hope for surprises..

Oh no, I just remembered.... The CYMBALS!!!!! Arghhhh!!!! If there is a god, please take those cymbals far far away from Mr. Jarre and let him look COOL again!! People are laughing... This is NOT a circus, it´s an ELECTRONIC musical performance... sigh...

Oh well, let´s just hope for an all together good concert

[Catte]

If it goes like "He didn´t have the time", then it´s pretty lousy in my opinion. This concert has been "prepared" for many months now, so he COULD (if he wanted) put some new creativity into this show if he REALLY wanted it to be something SPECIAL, than just his usual two hour "hit" show. But if that´s what he thinks is just sooo great...

Well, this is one of his few opportunities to promote one of his concerts on a very big scale. So, I expect a no risk concert, which means I expect the usual greatest hits concert. However, I sincerely hope that he trusts his and his bands abilites to perform live well enough not to go back to playback show we had in Gdansk. He performed more or less live at Santiago, so I hope he does that, too, at Monaco.

Oh no, I just remembered.... The CYMBALS!!!!! Arghhhh!!!! If there is a god, please take those cymbals far far away from Mr. Jarre and let him look COOL again!! People are laughing... This is NOT a circus, it´s an ELECTRONIC musical performance... sigh...

I'm with you on that. Back in 1988, Depeche Mode had big medal pads on stage that triggered different sampled metallic sounds. Now that was an aural and visual treat.

[daz]

Jarre has a massive catalogue of stuff never played in concert. Out of that lot he could do a completely new set which the fans would like and interest people less familiar with his work. To be really honest this set is now boring, and JMJ (although a brilliant artist) needs to kick himself up th'arse.

[MiVo]

We must not forget the occasion this concert is for, it comes on Euronews and live online too. This is in my opinion not a concert for us fans only, but for a wide public, then I expect him to play his greatest hits, like oxy 2 and 4, magn, fields 2 and equinoxe 5 to name a few examples, seems a bit odd to leave them out for a concert like that will be in Monaco.