Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, 14 July, 1990.[1] About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidal stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by the Mairie de Paris, the Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.
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The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau album. The concert is the only time that the track Calypso 2 has been performed live to date. Vast grotesque marionettes created by TrinidadianPeter Minshall were used in the concert, along with a live steel drum band.
A 50 minute TV edit was produced for broadcast worldwide after the event and a 75 minute edit later released on VHS cassette in 1992. The tracks Equinoxe 5 and Rendez-Vous 4 were not included on the VHS release for unknown reasons, while encore of Calypso 1 was played over a video montage for the end credits. Only camcorder footage exists of these tracks, available on YouTube. A DVD release of the VHS edit was mooted by Jarre for a number of years but was eventually dropped.
An unofficial, broadcast quality, double CD of the entire concert exists and has been traded amongst fans since the event.
^Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 139. ISBN9780810849396. OCLC 705622337.
Further readingedit
Jean Michel Jarre: Paris-La Défense, une ville en concert [Jean Michel Jarre: Paris-La Défense, a city in concert]. Paris: Editions du Moniteur. 1991. ISBN9782281151176. OCLC 756990230.
"Live Takes". Music Technology. April 1991. p. 14. ISSN 0957-6606. OCLC 24835173.
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