- The estimated starting time is 22.30 but the JMJ has already indicated that he has the last word about it, to ensure that the lighting situation is appropriate. Some delay would be possible because it is getting dark so early, so do not be surprising to see the start of the concert from 23.00h.

- The capacity of the venue  is 8,000 people.

- Plaza de la Quintana, just behind the Cathedral of Santiago, have installed a giant screen for the event to follow it also in that place. This square fit 5,000 people. The screen is 7 × 13 m.

- The TVG / Galicia TV will broadcast the event. In principle, it is a false direct from 23.30.

- The project on Saturday has been designed by JMJ and his team. Already made a visit to Santiago for weeks now, and the team is working since Thursday morning to prepare everything.

- The stage will be placed in the same cathedral, particularly in the upper reaches of the entrance stairs of the main facade. It is not usual for artists to play there, because the scenarios are often placed in other areas of the square.

- The public controls to access into Plaza del Obradoiro will begin officially at 20.30.

- The platform on which the stage will be built occupy about 100 square meters.

-  500.000 W will be used for the concert lighting.

The concert that Jean Michel Jarre will offer on Saturday July 31 at Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela, will be broadcasted live by the Galician regional television, TVG.

Jarre’s show is expected to start at about 22:30.

The French producer Francis Dreyfus died late yesterday. Dreyfus was an important figure for Jean Michel Jarre as he was the first who trusted in his works and gave it a commercial outlet. They met in 1972 through Dreyfus’s wife, Helene, and under the seal of his company would take to light Jarre’s early works such as Les Granges Brulees or Deserted Palace, in addition to various singles and collaborations with various French artists.

The highlight of the collaboration come in 1976/1977, at which time Oxygene was released first in France and then in the rest of the world, becoming a bestseller.

The artistic relationship between Jarre and Dreyfus was broken in 2002 for reasons not too clear;  as a curiosity, Jarre, after several years of fightings, recalled, in the acknowledgments when he earned  a MOJO award a few days ago, Francis Dreyfus as his true discoverer.

Rest in peace, Francis Dreyfus.

Next March 1st, Francis Dreyfus Music will release a box, only on digital format, with three classic Jean Michel Jarre live albums: The Concerts in China, Houston/Lyon and Jarre Live, with the same tracklist of the remastered version of 1997. You can buy this digital release in the following website:

http://www.emusic.com/charts/ch/b/-dbm/a/0-0/556+1400187525/0.html

Thank you very much to Víctor Manuel (from Fairlight Jarre) and Danielle Feuilerat (from Francis Dreyfus Music) for this information.

New dates have been added to the World Tour 2010 for next October:

- 08/10/10 Birmingham, UK. NIA Academy

- 09/10/10 Manchester, UK. Arena

- 10/10/10 London, UK. The O2

New dates for the 2010 Tour have been added to the already known dates in March. These are the new concerts of the tour, although new dates will be announced soon:

- 24/05/10 Budapest, Hungary. Papp Laszlo Sports Arena
- 26/05/10 Liberec, Czech Republic. Tip Sports Arena
- 27/05/10 Bratislava, Slovakia. Sibamac Arena
- 28/05/10 Kosice, Slovakia. Steel Arena
- 30/05/10 Thessaloniki, Greece. Earth Theatre
- 01/06/10 Athens, Greece. Faliro Pavillion
- 03/06/10 Bucarest, Romania. Sala Polivalenta

Here you are the current confirmed dates for the tour “2010″:

- 27/02/2010 Liberec, Czech Republic. Tipsport Arena. UPDATE: CONCERT RESCHEDULED 26/05/2010.

- 01/03/2010 Katowice, Poland. Spodek Arena

- 03/03/2010 Braunschweig, Germany.VW-H alle
- 04/03/2010 Hamburg, Germany. Colorline Arena
- 05/03/2010 Berlin, Germany. Max-Schmeling-Halle
- 06/03/2010 Oberhausen, Germany. König-Pilsener Arena
- 09/03/2010 Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche-Arena
- 11/03/2010 Leipzig, Germany. Arena
- 12/03/2010 Bamberg, Germany. Jako-Arena
- 13/03/2010 Munich, Germany. Olympiahalle
- 14/03/2010 Mannheim, Germany. SAP-Arena

- 17/03/2010 Bourdeaux, France. Patinoire Meriadeck
- 18/03/2010 Nantes, Francia. Zenith
- 20/03/2010 Marseille, France. Le Dome
- 21/03/2010 Nice, France. Palais Nikaia
- 23/03/2010 Tolouse, France. Zenith
- 24/03/2010 Lyon, France. La Halle Tony Garnier
- 25/03/2010 Paris, France. Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
- 26/03/2010 Strasbourg, France. Zenith

- 28/03/2010 Lièje, Belgium. Country Hall Ethias Liege

Two new dates have been added to the “2010″ tour: This time the events will be held in Liège, Belgium, next Mars 28, 2010 and in Liberec, Czech Republic, next February 27, 2010.

- 27/02/2010 Liberec, Czech Republic. Tipsport Arena

- 28/03/2010 Liège, Belgium. Country Hall Ethias Liege

Like every year, the members of the Forum of Fairlight Jarre will join the Rendez Vous, the annual meeting of Jean Michel Jarre spanish fans.

This XII Rendez Vous will take place in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain,  the 18, 19, and 20 of September, and will have visitors from all the country and from South America aswell.

As always, the main event of the Rendez Vous will be the concert that will take place in the San Fernando Plaza Center, with performances of the musicians of the Forum: Raúl Gonzalo, Paco Dreaming, Mr. Electropop, Los Sauces, Xethis, Mr. Roboto, Complexystems and Cyborgdrive.

A new concert for the next tour of Jean Michel Jarre will be held, again, in Poland, in the Spodek Arena of Katowice (where Jarre played in 1997 as part of his Oxygene Tour) on March 1, 2010.

- 01/03/2010 Katowice, Poland.  Spodek Arena