Sunday song: Supremacy by Muse

Although The 2nd Law, Muse's new album will be released officially tomorrow (in France at least) it was possible to listen to this week, thanks to various radio stations that have offered it to their listeners. Have you listened to it? What did you think of it? Feel free to share your impressions in the comments section.

To celebrate this release, I chose to put Supremacy which opens the album under the spotlights. This is a song with heavy rhythms and where we can revive a Matthew Bellamy a bit garish, a nugget in all! For this I offer you  a live version in addition to the studio version!

A few days before The 2nd Law was broadcasted on the radio, I had the privilege to attend the recording of a French TV show called Taratata where I met the band and I had a sneak preview of Follow Me and Sign O 'The Times a cover of Prince. I was very excited to see that the Muse I cherished  (the one before The Resistance) was back. One thing is sure, concerts will be explosives once again! Besides the public has understood it, as Montpellier, Paris, Nantes and Strasbourg shows are sold out more than ever and that's not counting the concert at the Olympia in Paris! This week more than 50,000 people tried to get their precious sesame for this event. As only 2000 seats were available it was a real struggle and it made a lot of disappointed. After more than 10 hours of testing over the two days of the sale, I am one of the lucky ones. So we give ourselves an appointment on Tuesday for the show that promises to be exceptional and unreal and in the following days for a live report.

While waiting for Tuesday or for one of their upcoming concert, you can watch Muse tonight live from the iTunes Festival in London. For this, nothing easier than downloading the Festival app on iPhone or iPad festival or to directly connect to iTunes!

Studio version

Live version in Cologne (20/09/2012)

Coldplay @ AWD Arena, Hannover (22/09/2012)

You may have noticed, when I love, I do not count. When extra tickets for the final concert of Coldplay's European tour have been released in late August, I took it as a sign! So this weekend I was in Hannover to attend the last Coldplay concert in Europe for a while. Between joy, excitement and sadness, the atmosphere was special. For both the band, the roadies and the crowd that marked the end of Mylo Xyloto adventure, at least in Europe (Coldplay still have some concerts planned in Australia, New Zealand and South America). Needless to say, this year went by at an incredible speed !

Instead of detailing exactly how the show was (like I have done for Nice, Paris and Boston), I'd rather give you my impressions illustrated by my best pictures. Besides, I wanted to take full advantage of my last Coldplay concert so I did not filmed any songs and contented myself to sneak a few pictures here and there. With the settings I had, they were almost all perfect! So, don't be surprised.

The stadium gates opened at 4:00pm. I had never before experienced it, but the feeling of running in an empty stadium is very exciting! We were able to go exactly where we wanted to, it could not be more perfect!

Although I saw Marina & The Diamonds 6 times during the summer, I still had not seen Charli XCX. To be honest, it would not have mattered because I didn't really liked her music. They both thanked Coldplay and their staff at the end of their sets.

No surprises during the Coldplay concert, the set was classic. The band did not even rehearsed, they arrived in the late afternoon as can attest the Live Blog on their official website. Actually, I was there to see them one last time, not really in the hope to have a change in the setlist so I did not cared about that.

The atmosphere was good, the audience sang almost all the concert long but remained too static to my opinion. This allowed me to realized what had been the concert at the Stade de France, truly amazing!

Roadies made jokes between themselves and throughout the concert we could see them playing and dancing on the big screens. The end of the tour was palpable. I found that a lot of balloons were thrown on Lovers in Japan, or it was because the venue was smaller that I had this feeling (45 000 people). Xylobands let me breathless once again. It's like butterflies, I'll never be tired of them !

I enjoyed Yellow and God Put A Smile Upon Your Face intros for one last time. I do not know if these songs will again be interpreted in this way, but one thing is sure, like this they are sublimated!

For the record I made ​​a banner with the colors and the visuals of Mylo Xyloto to thank them for this wonderful year spent in their company. They saw it when they did Princess of China, Up in Flames and Warning Sign on the X Stage, and have sent me their best smile in return.

The concert took place normally and it went at the speed of light, even more than usual I would say. We quickly have been to Us Against The World and Speed ​​of Sound on the C-Stage. Realizing that the concert came to an end when the band returned to the main stage I could not contain my emotions. Especially with Fix You, it was not easy ...

Chris grabbed a German flag waving it over for Every Teardrop is A Waterfall and gave it to Guy at the end of the concert. As usual they took a long time to thank the crowd. You could feel and see on their faces a particular emotion. Saying goodbye to them was not easy for me.

Thus ended the Mylo Xyloto European Tour during which we shared so many emotions, joy and happiness. Now we have to wait for the DVD release to relive it until the next time we see them! You can find all of my pictures on Photobucket.

Sunday Song: Grandview by Le Blorr

Last April I attended Angels & Airwaves's concert at the Bataclan. I did not write a live report because I was academically very (too) busy at this time. That night I made a pleasant discovery with Le Blorr which was opening, a duet from Florida composed by Chris Hess (Cookie) and Adam Winn (Hot Damm). It's a mix of psychadelic rock and electronic dance, lots of joy. I fell in love with a song, Grandview, but it was not yet available for listening on the Internet. I had almost forgotten it until this week to be honest. I don't know why but I thought about it and decided to look up if it was finally available and... I found it ! Therefore I offer you the chance to continue your summer listening to it.

Sunday song: I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons

It's been a month since I Will Wait, the new single from Mumford & Sons came out and I do not know about you, but I can't get tired of it ! So naturally, I decided to chose this song as the Sunday Song.

After 3 years of absence, the British band will released its second album, Babel, on September 24th. Perhaps you already had the opportunity to hear some of their new songs as they have tested some in concert. Now let's just wait a couple of days to be able to listen to Babel entirely !

Coldplay @ Stade de France, Paris (02/09/2012)

Passing by the Stade de France Stadium with their tour, Coldplay delivered a concert that will remain forever etched in the annals, magnificent from the beginning to the end! The band's performance was there but it is mostly the atmosphere that broke records. Besides, on Twitter Phil Harvey, the fifth member of the band raved: "Paris - Loudest sexiest crowd of the whole tour. You're going to look so beautiful in the film. PH ». In fact, last night's concert was filmed for the creation of a DVD of the Mylo Xyloto Tour. We will thus be able to relive this wonderful evening very soon! Parallel to this, a Multicam DVD project made ​​by fans is being prepared, do not hesitate to participate by submitting videos. Have a look on the Facebook page created for the occasion!

While waiting for these DVDs, let's go back to this unforgettable evening with these few lines. Once again the opening act was Marina & The Diamonds. If you already have visited this blog, you probably know that this was not the first time I saw Marina. Her performance was a little bit different from those of Boston and Nice, including the presence of Hypocrates and Lies.

Just after Roadie # 42 took the photos that will form the panoramic picture of the concert (each night a panorama of the public is made and posted on Coldplay's website) 99 Problems by Jay-Z has sounded in the Stade de France, full of people, heralding the arrival of the band on stage.

All lights Off, Chris, Jonny, Will and Guy arrived and the stadium was immediately illuminated by the glowing wristbands given to the public. For the occasion, 160,000 Xylobands were distributed which means exceptionally two wristbands per person! Jason Regler, the inventor of these little wonders has  to be proud because the depiction was breathtaking!

From the beginning of the concert things accelerated. Hurts Like Heaven, In My Place, Lovers in Japan ... Between butterflies, confetti, balloons and Xylobands the beginning of the concert announced the tone!

Just before Major Minus Chris Martin spoke in French to greet the audience « Nous sommes contents d’être ici avec vous, le meilleur public du monde » and then he continued in English « We’re gonna play the best fucking concert we’ve ever play in our lives… And I hope you can be the best audience in all time and have a great fucking time ». Some would say that he says the same thing every night but yesterday we could feel a hint of truth, and this was quickly confirmed.

The atmosphere was amazing, everyone sang, jumped, clapped non-stop, it was nice to see! The biggest fans had doubts, the surprise yesterday was the exceptional presence of Rihanna who played Princess of China with the band. All dates together, it was the first time this happened. The atmosphere then reaches its climax, we barely could hear Rihanna sing so the audience was singing and screaming!

I'm not a big fan of Rihanna but I loved it. So much better than when the song is performed with her on the big screens ! She was humble and discreet, almost shy to be the center of attention. We had a double dose as they performed the song twice!

After an intimate Up In Flames in the center of the stadium, the pace accelerated. First Don't Let It Break Your Heart and Viva La Vida. Coldplaycorner (the website of the French Coldplay fans) had planned a flashmob but in front of the general enthusiasm of the crowd for Viva La Vida, it could not be done. It's not a big deal, the main thing was to set fire to the stadium and that's what the audience did!

The Xylobands lighted up again on Charlie Brown and judging the reaction of the audience, this song is one of their favorites from Mylo Xyloto. Paradise also received a hero's welcome. But that night, I wonder what song did not triumph!

As usual the band went to visit the spectators at the back of the stadium for Us Against The World and an acoustic version of Speed ​​Of Sound.

Back on the main stage they performed Clocks by making a nod to the new single of Muse, Madness. There are rumors about the presence of Matthew Bellamy and his wife, Kate Hudson in the Stade de France! As a fan of Muse (and Coldplay), I can only be delighted!

After a masterful Fix You, Rihanna came back to sing an acoutic version of Umbrella with the band, helped by the audience who sang the chorus.

Then Chris Martin explained their participation in a U.S. TV show to fight against cancer with Paradise. So in addition to a double dose of Princess Of China, we had a double dose of Paradise, that night we really reached paradise! For the purposes of the TV show they chose to film Paradise in Paris, although it seems they have already attempted in Stockholm a few days ago.

The concert ended with Every Teardrop is A Waterfall which finished to set fire to the Stade de France! The stands have spent the concert standing, sign of the excellent atmosphere that evening. Chris Martin took a flag a fan was handing to him and wield it while the lyrics was: "So you can hurt, hurt me bad, but still I'll raise the flag."

Long and mutual thanks between the band and the audience ensued and the band left the Stade de France's stage. Thus ended an evening that many agree to say magnificent and unforgettable. I am pleased to have been a part it and really proud to be a Coldplayer. Did you were there ? Leave us your feedback in the comments !

Throughout the evening Coldplay provided a liveblog on their Tumblr with photos, videos and animations. Feel free to have a look at it to make the concert lasts. As usual, you can find my videos on Youtube and my best photos on Photobucket. My next and last appointment with the band is on sept 22nd in Hanover, it will be difficult to beat the Stade de France! Expect less pictures as I wanna enjoy the show from the begining to the end since it will be the last one in a while.

Here is the setlist:

Back to the Future Theme

Mylo Xyloto

Hurts Like Heaven

In My Place

Major Minus

Lovers in Japan

The Scientist

Yellow

Violet Hill

God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

X-Stage :

Princess of China with Rihanna

Princess of China (Again)

Up in Flames

A Hopeful Transmission

Don't Let It Break Your Heart

Viva La Vida

Charlie Brown

Paradise

C-Stage:

Us Against the World

Speed of Sound

Encore 2:

Clocks (with snippet of 'Madness' by Muse)

Fix You

Umbrella Acoustique (Piano)

Paradise (Played again for a cancer charity)

M.M.I.X.

Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

(We heard the band rehearsing 42 et Strawberry Swing but they weren't played)