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Bercy

Bercy POPB

Paris-Bercy, also abbreviated by the acronym POPB is a multipurpose room located boulevard de Bercy, near Bercy, in the 12th district of Paris.

Supervised by the Bercy Park and the Ministry of Finance, it is located on the right bank of the Seine, by the bridge of Bercy, and faces the François-Mitterrand Library (left bank) .

This site is at the Metro Bercy.

55 000 m², the palace can accommodate 3 500 to 17 000 seats 18 000 spectators sit / stand in a flexible space suitable for almost all sports, including water, as in all types of shows. The palace also has a sports center, giant skating rink, the rink Sonja Henie-.

The main room also serves as a giant concert hall, welcoming singers and musicians of all styles, many artists perform tour dates in the French capital. For the "concert" configuration, the venue can be adapted with a scene in the end room or a scene called "American", that is to say Central, the number of places then varies with the opening of the central pit .

The exterior of the palace is pyramid-shaped and has the distinction of having its walls covered with sloping lawn. The hall consists of a main hall with a maximum average of 17 000 seats, completely surrounding the play ground, and several additional rooms, including Sonja Henie Rink.

The main room offers a perfect visibility as there is no pole holder in the stands. Four carriers, down the steps, supporting a steel frame with irregular geometry, designed by Jean Prouvé, located 24 meters from the playground. This metal frame of 6400 m² has three important design features: a network of monorails which drives four conveyor crane of 5 tons each for all manipulations and transformations of the room in the shortest time.

Through this innovative system, designed and realized for the first time ever, the venue provides a range of technical applications for unlimited sound, lighting and special effects for both the sport and for the shows.

In the 1970s, the city of Paris plans to build the neighborhood of Paris-Bercy. The palace was part of the omnisport major urban development project in this area of Paris, which would also benefit from excellent access (close to the Gare de Lyon, RER, subway, the expressway right bank and the ring road).

In May 1979, the city of Paris launched a consultation with 16 teams of architects to implement the Palace of Sports in the city of Paris, in the future Parc de Bercy.

On July 23, 1979, the candidates delivered their projects, and October 23, 1979 the city designated the team Andrault-Parat, Prouvé, Guvan winner of the contest, and they started the execution. The survey work began in late October 1979, the foundation buiding started in February 1981 and construction began March 30, 1981 and ended two and a half years later, in December 1983.

It was opened February 3, 1984 by Jacques Chirac (mayor of Paris at that time).

This equipment was among the first to develop the east of Paris (well before the François-Mitterrand Library, the Parc de Bercy, and the Ministry of Finance). It marks the entrance to Northwest Park Bercy.

The first concert at Bercy was given by the German heavy metal band Scorpions with Mama's Boys as opening show on 29th of February 1984. Julien Clerc was the first French singer to invest the scene of the sports palace, the following year. Jeanne Mas was the first French singer to perform there in 1989 for four nights.

This will be followed, among others by, Jacques Higelin, David Bowie (1996, 2003), Koffi Olomide (February 19, 2000), Phil Collins, Sting, Elton John (often misrepresented as the one that opened Bercy), Shakira, Johnny Hallyday, Eddy Mitchell, Michel Sardou Bercy who completed 88 times, Renaud, Indochine (the first French group to perform sold out with their 3.6.3 concert in 2003. They also performed in 2006, 2007 and 2010, each time filling the room) , Placebo, Celine Dion (December 1995 and January 1996 for the Tour Of them, in September 1996 for Falling Into You World Tour, and finally in May 2008 for the Taking Chances World Tour), Dorothée (58 dates in six years between 1990 and 1996), France Gall, Paul McCartney, Eagles, Eric Clapton, Michel Polnareff for his return to France after 34 years of absence, Iron Maiden (ninth and tenth passages in 2008) Mylène Farmer (who filled the room 23 times in total, during her performances in 1989, 1996, 1999 and 2006), Marilyn Manson, Kylie Minogue or Tina Turner (March 2009), REM, The Smashing Pumpkins, Eminem (February 2001 and June 2003), Björk, The Cranberries, Radiohead, Vanessa Paradis (19 December 2007), Manu Chao, Patricia Kaas (three dates in 1997) Mariah Carey (1996, 2000 and 2003), Christina Aguilera (December 2006), Madonna (in each of her tours since The Blond Ambition Tour in 1990, six rounds, with three or four nights every time - except for the tour Sticky & Sweet Round 2), Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Rammstein (8 and 9 December 2009 during the tour Liebe ist für alle da), Pink, Justin Timberlake, Cher, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Queen, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Deep Purple, AC / DC, Metallica (1 and 2 April 2009. First in November 1992 for the tour of the Black Album, and in 1997, 2003), Daft Punk, Guns N 'Roses, The Cure (March 12, 2008), U2, Toto (1992, 1995, 1999, 2003), Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, The Offspring, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park (2003, 2007, 2008, 2010), Coldplay, Blink-182 (December 10, 2004), Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot, Slayer, Zucchero, Laura Pausini , Eros Ramazzotti, Prince, Muse, Gwen Stefani, M. Pokora, Tokio Hotel (2007, 2008 (two nights), 2010), Superbus, Zazie, The Who, KISS (in June 2008 for their Alive 35 World Tour) Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, Chris Brown, Lorie (who has three bercy the same year), Simon and Garfunkel on their farewell tour Old Friends accompanied by The Everly Brothers (2004) and Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine.Lady Gaga The Enfoirés it gave four concerts (The Train Enfoirés) of 19 to 24 January 2005 and six concerts (The Enfoirés make their films) from 21 to 26 January 2009.

Special programs of "La Fureur", presented by Arthur live on TF1 have been shot in the 1990s.

Concerts in 2011:

Usher on 24 January 2011 and February 15, 2011.

Kylie Minogue March 15, 2011.

Jamiroquai March 23, 2011.

Justin Bieber March 29, 2011.

GOSPEL 100 votes for April 30, 2011.

Sade May 17, 2011.

Yusuf (Cat Stevens) 26 May 2011.

Roger Waters on 30 and May 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, and July 1, 2011.

System Of A Down 6 and June 8, 2011.

Shakira 13 and 14 June 2011.

Tiken Jah Fakoly June 18, 2011.

Iron Maiden 27 and June 28, 2011.

Mozart, the rock opera 8, 9 and 10 July 2011.

LIVE Smackdown 3 and 4 September 2011.

Booba October 1, 2011.

George Michael 3 and 4 October 2011.

Britney Spears October 6, 2011.

La Nuit de L'Outre-Wed October 8, 2011.

Red Hot Chili Peppers performs there on 18 and 19 October 2011

Rihanna 20 to 21 October 2011.

Scorpions November 23, 2011.

Starfloor November 26, 2011.

Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine November 28, 2011.

Paul McCartney performs there November 30, 2011.

Coldplay December 14, 2011.

Notre-Dame De Paris Concert Tribute 16, 17 and 18 December 2011

Olympia

The Olympia is a theater located 28, boulevard des Capucines, in the ninth district of Paris. It is the oldest music hall in Paris still active.

In 1888, Joseph Oller - the founder of the Pari Mutuel and Moulin Rouge - puts his roller coaster in the courtyard of a building overlooking the 28 boulevard des Capucines. The Prefect of Paris, fearing the fire roller coaster built of wood, calls for the closure of the attraction. Oller proceeds to the demolition of the roller coaster and had built a theater with 2,000 seats: the Olympia.

The inauguration took place April 12, 1893, with the very first star La Goulue (cancan dancer), Loie Fuller (American dancer) and Fregoli (transformist).

Isola brothers leading the facility from 1898 to 1911. Side Shows (acrobats, contortionists, etc.) occupy the stage. From 1911 to 1914, Jacques Charles performs music hall shows, and Yvonne Printemps and Mistinguett performed there. In 1916 Raphael Beretta and Leo Volterra run the hall. During the First World War the hall closes.

Paul Frank is their successor from 1918 to 1928. He introduces in the shows more and more songs. Among other stars, Fragson, Freels, Damia, Marie Dubas and Lucienne Boyer performed at L'Olympia.

Joseph Oller died in 1922. In 1924, Gina Palerm perfoms there on her return from England, a show of mixed song and cinema. Her performance is preceded by Antonin Berval, who made his debut on stage in Paris, and in the preshow of Argentina.

But gradually, fewer and fewer spectators filled the room, which became a movie theater in 1929 under the name "Jacques Haick Theatre." During World War II, the German army and the U.S. military invest the place. The cinema reigns until 1954.

Jacques Haik (creator of The Grand Rex movie theater) completely rebuilt the old music hall of Joseph Oller into a beautiful hall. In 1954, Sato (company "Group Jacques Haik," owner of the Olympia), fully fund a modern sound and calls Bruno Coquatrix as director.

The new Olympia opens February 5, 1954. Bruno Coquatrix, its new director, makes the room a concert hall. The public flows. On stage Lucie Silvas Aimé Barelli perfomed and Bécaud Gilbert made his debut. This success will help the fame of the hall. All the great singers will perform on the legendary stage: Barbara, Brassens, Brel, Ferré, Piaf ... The programming is not limited to French artists: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones among others performed on stage.

In October 1956, Bruno Coquatrix and Europe1 radio director decided to join to create the Musicorama. On Monday, day off from Olympia, the stage is then occupied by a single recital produced by the radio broadcasted a few days later on its airwaves.

The Olympia is also the hall that made dalida famous in 1956 during the broadcasting of "Numéro 1 de demain". she will perfom at the Olympia 8 times. 1961 was an eventful year. Besides Gilbert Bécaud composing "Et Maintenant", Edith Piaf singing "Non je ne regrette rien", Mon Dieu, Les Flonsflons du Bal. Johnny Hallyday takes over. It is the first artist of his generation performing at the Olympia, and it causes so much enthusiasm from the audience in turmoil that they must order new seats. Expected after, Marlene Dietrich retracts. Jacques Brel takes turn: he surprises his audience with Bourgeois, Madeleine, Les Paumés du Petit Matin and un ne me quitte Pas particularly anxious. The hall hosts the first 1961 shows of Sylvie Vartan, and then she performed regularly until his rehabilitation in 1997 and since its reopening to 2009 -2010.

On February 28, 1972, the only concert by Allan Stivell, with many musicians, revives the public interest in Celtic music, a phenomenon amplified by a radio broadcast and recording which sold 1.5 million copies. Michelle Torr sold out for over a month in 1980.

In 1979, after the death of Bruno Coquatrix, his wife Paulette and his daughter Patricia take over the management of the hall.

Thanks to Bruno Coquatrix, and later his nephew Jean-Michel Boris (who took over the management from 1979 to 2001), Olympia hosts the greatest French artists of all ages. The list is very long: Mistinguett again, Indochina, Josephine Baker, Yvonne Printemps, Marie Dubas, Freels, Damia, Yvonne George, Edith Piaf, Florent Pagny, Luis Mariano, Enrico Macias, Dalida, Nana Mouskouri, Sylvie Vartan, Barbara , Juliette Greco, Guy Béart, Gilbert Bécaud, Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Julie Zenatti, Yves Montand, Léo Ferré, the Companions of the song, Johnny Hallyday, Charles Aznavour, Adamo, Alain Barrière, Eddy Mitchell, Julien Clerc, Alain Bashung , Mireille Mathieu, Veronique Sanson, Michelle Torr, Yves Duteil, Sardou5 Michel, Frédéric François, Alain Souchon, Bernard Allison, Celine Dion, Dorothy Knight and Laspales Gregory Lemarchal, Lynda Lemay, Elie Semoun ...

In addition to music and song, the Olympia hosts a wide variety of shows such as circuses, ballets operettas and films.

A school dance and spectacle is installed in the attic of the building. In this rehearsal hall for Sylvie Vartan and Dalida, Arthur Plasschaert (choreographer and teacher of modern jazz) will direct the class. Subsequently, Beatrix Hoang (dancer and choreographer) gives jazz sessions and Patrick Ehrhard (choreographer, teacher and dancer) deals with contemporary classes. Alice Dona and Bernard Lavilliers will have their schools of shows. Many dancers are trained here.

Threatened with destruction for a long time, the reconstruction is necessary due to the total destruction of the building that hosts the Olympia, and the planned restructuring at the rear of the building with the creation of a place. The group of buildings becomes part of a renovation project, in which the hall was originally abandonned. But January 7, 1993, the Olympia is finally made Cultural Heritage by the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, which saves hall. On April 14, 1997 held the final performance of the old Olympia. The hall and its famous red hall are then identically rebuilt, a few meters from the original location, the front was not affected, and the new hall opened in November 1997.

In August 2001, Vivendi Universal bought the theater. These backstage have changed the most, but the room or the stage remained virtually the same.

Le Bataclan

Bataclan, which was originally called Ba-Ta-Clan, is a Parisian theater built by the architect Charles Duval in 1864 and located 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the eleventh district. Its name refers to Ba-Ta-Clan, Offenbach operetta.

The building is classified as historical monument since March 11, 1991.

Bataclan was originally a large cafe-concert of Chinese architecture, with bar and theater on the ground floor, and a large dance hall upstairs. Vaudevilles parts of Scribe, Bayard, Mélesville or Dumersan were performed there, and also concerts.

The hall, which opened February 3, 1865, was bought almost immediately by Andre Martin Paris. During the War of 1870, pool halls are used as "ambulance". In 1881, the French Bigot invented the bigophone for comic performer Bienfait, who sings "Méli-Mélo" at Ba-Ta-Clan. This musical instrument will wide celebrity during more than fifty years in France and Belgium and hundreds of bigophonic companies will perform. At Ba-Ta-Clan, the first review is presented in 1883, the operetta, two years later. The singer Paulus bought the hall in 1892. Harry Fragson, Aristide Bruant, or even Buffalo Bill perfomed there. In 1897, taken by Max Dorfeuil it hosts Dranem and Felix Mayol.

Over the following years, the hall knows various fortunes, according to the changes of ownership, with a new vogue after 1910, thanks to a restoration of the hall and programming devoted to reviews directed especially by José de Bery (Maurice Chevalier has his initial success). Boosted by this success, the bataclan show tours in South America but it is financially catastrophic.

In 1926, the hall was sold and turned into a movie theater. It becomes a theater the following year with Henri Varna and again a movie theater in 1932. In 1933 the hall is partialy destroyed by a fire including a portion the balconies. The original building was partially destroyed in 1950 to comply with new safety standards. In 1969 the movie theter closed and the room finally found his vocation as a theater in 1983 by André Engel.

Rock 'n' Roll hall, it will be a landmark post-punk place, as described by Alain Pacadis.

Its facade has found in 2006 the original colors it had lost long ago, although its pagoda roof is gone.

The Bataclan is directed since 2004 by Jules Frutos and Olivier Poubelle. It is distinguished by an activity now giving way to eclectic shows, dinner theater, nightclub and especially concerts. Bataclan has many great names in music including, among others:

1995

30 Seconds to Mars

Akon

Astrazz

Asa

Bullet For My Valentine

Alain Bashung

Chris Brown

Cinema Bizarre

Diam's

Dir en Grey

D'espairsRay

David Guetta

Elsa

Fefe

the GazettE

Daevid Allen's Gong

Gossip

AMI

Ice Cube

Indo-China

Jane Birkin

Jay-Z

JB Mpiana

Julie Pietri

Julien Doré

Julian Casablancas

Kat Deluna

Kery James

Killswitch Engage

Lil Wayne

Lou Reed

Mathieu Boogaerts

Mathieu Chedid Alias M

McFly

Michel Delpech

Nada Surf

NTM

Oasis

Opeth

Orelsan

Pascal Obispo

R. Kelly

Red Cardell

Rihanna

Rohff

Raphael Saadiq

Scars on Broadway

Serj Tankian

Sexion assault

Simple plan

Sinik

Snoop Dogg

Stromae

Stupeflip

Soan

System of a Down

Phone

Tokio Hotel

T-Pain

Train

Vanessa Paradis

Christophe Willem

But also of the great names of French comedy, such as:

Gad Elmaleh

Dany Boon

Jamel Debbouze

Titoff

Elie Semoun

Jonathan Lambert

Stephane Rousseau

Bruno Salomone

Kev Adams

Fabrice Eboue

Elie Kakou

Max Boublil

Jean-Marie Bigard

Manu Payet

Eric White

Michaël Youn

Michael Gregorio

Pomf and Thud

La Machine

La Machine du Moulin rouge

The former Loco, now linked to the Moulin Rouge and renamed the "Machine" becomes a true concert hall!

With three distinct areas (a concert hall with 750 seats, 400 club seats and an American bar with 250 seats), the machine becomes a living space opened to everyone.

Initially, the room, refreshed, wakes up live perfomances with a diversed and creative programming. Concerts, happy clubbing, theme nights, rock, electro, soul, the eclecticism is key word of the Moulin Rouge's "La Machine". However, the facility should eventually become the "Moulin Rouge ressort", a sort of shop-museum of The Moulin Rouge. The project is scheduled for 2011.

Le Casino de Paris

Casino de Paris

The Casino de Paris is a Parisian theater, located at 16 rue de Clichy in the ninth district.

By 1730, under Louis XV, the Duke of Richelieu built a place where he can organize shows of his choice in a wide tree-lined countryside. In 1779, Baron Ogny bought the place, renamed it Folie-Richelieu. It is directed by Fortunée Hamelin, a prominent young famous woman in Paris under the First Empire.

In 1811, the Folie-Richelieu is transformed into a theme park, Tivoli, led by the master artificer Ruggieri, and demolished in 1851 to build the Church of the Holy Trinity in Paris. Baron Haussmann demolished it to rebuild it at its current location, a hundred meters below, and replace it with a recreation hall that runs from the Rue de Clichy to the Rue Blanche with, among other things, " skating, "skating rink" on wheels "very popular during the Belle Epoque.

In 1880, part of the ice ring becomes the Palace Theater due to the architects Sauffroy and Grémailly, which is very successful. Restored in 1891 by Edward Niermans, it has a vast rococo hall, covered with glass, twenty columns supporting the statues of winged and naked women, each with a chandelier in its right hand, all in lush exotic plants. At the same time, the ice ring - where access is now in Rue Blanche - was demolished for the Nouveau Theater, future theater of Paris.

In December 1891, Mr. Read, director of the Casino de Paris, launched during a costumed party at the Carnaval de Paris, the fashion of paper confetti.

In 1914, the hall was bought by Raphaël Beretta, which transforms it into a movie theter and music hall. The first review took place in 1917 under the direction of Leon Volterra. Its flagship is Gaby Deslys and presents the first jazz band in France. In 1918, the bombings results in the closure of the establishment.

After the war, the hall reopens with Mistinguett and Maurice Chevalier and then with twenty-four successful reviews ... without Chevallier who has meanwhile quarreled with his mistress. The hall was devastated by a huge fire in 1922 and completely rebuilt and modernized with a glass pool containing one hundred thousand liters of water, equipped with a mechanism for its disappearance on stage. In 1925, Mistinguett joined the Moulin Rouge and Maurice Chevalier returns as unique star of the show. Henri Varna runs the site from 1929.

In 1931, the Colonial Exhibition inspires Varna for the Paris Review that stars for thirteen months, the success of Josephine Baker, the "Black Venus", who perfoms "J'ai deux amours". She continues in 1932 with the Review La Joie de Paris, followed in 1934 by Tino Rossi. During World War II, the Germans closed the Casino de Paris during the spring of 1940, then reopened it to see Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett.

In 1959, Line Renaud made her debut as a lead dancer in Plaisirs de Paris of Henri Varna, accompanied by the Golden Gate Quartet, and over a hundred people on stage. The review will last four years. Songs of the show: Viva Cuba, C'est l'amour, Un jour je reverrai Paris.

In 1963, Mick Micheyl takes turn in the Frénésie Review produced by Varna, where she oversaw the scenery, set design and writes the lyrics. It is not less than 1,800 costumes, 360 000 meters of fabric, 45 sets and 100 persons on stage performing every night. Songs of the show: L'amour c'est comme le café, Allez vas-y, c'est du bonheur, Calculez bien votre coup.

In 1965, Line Renaud returned from a trip to Las Vegas and Varna would like to have her leading Désirs de Paris, his new review. The show, which also includes the participation of the group What's new, will last three years. Songs of the show: Désirs de Paris, Mon magicien, Driving Wheels.

In 1970, Zizi Jeanmaire becomes the star of La Revue directed by her boyfriend, the choreographer Roland Petit, and then in Zizi, I love you in 1972. An exceptional review, as Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Jacques Standing, Michel Legrand, Jean Ferrat and Guy Béart composed the songs and Yves Saint-Laurent, Erte, Victor Vasarely and Caesar created the sets and costumes. Songs of the show: La Grande Vie, Ami Amour.

Jean Bauchet, the former director of Moulin Rouge, bought the hall before bankruptcy in 1976, at the request of Line Renaud and her husband Louie Gasté. The condition of the takeover by Mr. Bauchet is that not only Mr. and Mrs. Gasté develop a review for the Casino, but also that Line is the leader. Paris-Line is a huge success, and remains today a monument of its kind. Last perfomance occured in in 1979 as far as Line Renaud is concerned, she is replaced by another leader, Lisette Malidor until 1980.

But the time for reviews - too expensive - has passed. On January 5, 1980, the Casino closed its doors due to new financial worries. We are indebted to Annie Girardot to have managed to save the Casino de Paris, that was planned to become a parking lot. She invests a big chunk of her fortune, and part of her credibility in regards of the actors profession that will turn its back on her for years, following among others, the fiasco of her musical review, co-written with Bob Decout.

The casino reopened in 1982 with the farewell of Tino Rossi. The Casino de Paris then converted into a theater of all kinds, jazz, rock, classical music, ballets, operas, concerts. Jérôme Savary in 1983 produces the Superdupont Show with, among others, Alice Sapritch.

But it was Jacques Higelin who, during the Fall / Winter 1983 (4 months in a row) opens the show and announces a new period that will see a succession of singers and comedians of the French scene. Among them, Serge Gainsbourg in 1985, Jacques Dutronc in 1992, Alain Souchon, Maxime Le Forestier, Muriel Robin, Elijah Semoun, Jean-Marie Bigard, Gad Elmaleh, Jamel Debbouze and May 25, 2010 Muse at a private concert.

Musicals like Starmania, Chicago, The Little Prince and most recently Private rose are perfomed.

Considerable restoration work began in 2008, making the room a flexible space. The restaurant Le Perroquet, originally installed on the mezzanine floor of the fireplace under the large window, is also restored.

Some recent musical productions

1 October 2002 to January 30, 2003: The Little Prince

February 13 to June 30, 2004: Chicago

February 28 to April 6, 2008: The Pink Soldier

July 21 to September 4, 2010: Fame

April 26 to May 29, 2011: Hairspray