Jean Michel Jarre

17 Mar 2003

At a recent gig in one of the Beijing punk venues, a head-banging fan gave a thumbs-up sign to the two white faces in the crowd and roared: 'I love Western rock 'n' roll, especially the Carpenters...

Clubs

2 Feb 2001

For a man who played to more than one million people at Berlin's Love Parade last summer, you might think German techno pioneer Sven Vath (left) would shy away from the prospect of a gig at the...

Jean-Michel Jarre

27 Apr 1994

IT appears that Jean-Michel Jarre's bold decision to go ahead with his recent concert at the troubled new Hong Kong Stadium, despite the problems he faced, hasn't gone unnoticed at the Elysee...

Unfortunate

11 Apr 1994

YOUR correspondent Simon Wild (South China Morning Post, April 6), has unfortunately been misled by a partial quote attributed to the Director of Urban Services during a press conference on March...

Public safety had to be major consideration

30 Mar 1994

I REFER to your Keeping Posted column published on March 14, concerning the Jean-Michel Jarre concert.

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YOUR correspondent described Jean-Michel Jarre's performance as a ''fizzler'' (South China Morning Post, March 12). I can assure you ''sparks were flying'' in the so-called Premium seats for most...

Jarre explodes as fuse snuffed out of fireworks

JEAN-MICHEL Jarre flew back to Paris yesterday having absorbed the painful lesson that the Hong Kong bureaucracy, like God, moves in a mysterious way.

Neighbours warn they will take action if 'noisy' concerts become an everyday

WITH the refurbished and expanded Hong Kong Stadium little more than a day old, police have received more than 40 complaints from nearby residents about the noise from celebratory activities.

Razzle dazzle: what a fizzle

THOUSANDS of disappointed people voted Jean-Michel Jarre's promised laser, light, firework and musical spectacular a fizzler last night and many walked out on the French star.

Final frenzy before stadium's opening

TRYING to enter the new Hong Kong Stadium at So Kon Po yesterday was akin to gaining access to Aladdin's Cave. Everything within seemed full of Eastern promise, but getting inside was another...

Nice-guy Jarre to cross new frontiers

THERE can be no nicer person in the upper rungs of the music industry than Jean-Michel Jarre who headlines the opening celebrations of the new Hong Kong Stadium on Friday.