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Francis Dreyfus Dies

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.

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France Pejot

France Pejot was a key person in the French Resistance, lived the horrors of a deportation camp and experienced a hard life during II World War. She was not as famous as his ex-husband but she, undoubtely, was a major influence in the caracter and in the career of one of the most important musicians born in the XX century: Her son, Jean Michel Jarre.

Rest in peace, France Pejot.

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Tour 2010: Dates (Updated 11/07/10)

May

– 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

– 30/05/10 Thessaloniki, Greece. Earth Theatre

June

– 01/06/10 Athens, Greece. Faliro Pavillion

– 03/06/10 Bucharest, Romania. Sala Polivalenta

– 15/06/10 Istambul, Turkey. Turkcell Kurucesme Arena

July

– 31/07/10 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Plaza del Obradoiro

August

– 28/08/10 Oslo, Norway. Akershus

September

– 30/09/10 Tours, France. Grand Hall

October

– 03/10/10 Glasgow, UK. Braehead Arena

– 04/10/10 Dublin, Ireland. The O2

– 06/10/10 Cardiff, UK. CIA

– 08/10/10 Birmingham, UK. NIA

– 09/10/10 Manchester, UK. MEN Arena

– 10/10/10 London, UK. The O2

– 13/10/10 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Zenith D’Auvergne

– 14/10/10 Limoges, France. Zenith

– 15/10/10 Rouen, France. Zenith

– 16/10/10 Lille, France. Zenith Grand Palais

November

– 04/11/10 Lyon, France. Halle Tony Garnier

– 05/11/10, Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva Arena

– 06/11/10 Amneville, France. Galaxie

– 07/11/10 Dijon, France. Zenith

– 11/11/10 Gdansk, Poland. Hala Gdansk-Sopot

– 13/11/10 Plock, Poland. Orlen Arena

– 14/11/10 Wroclaw, Poland. Hala Stulecia

– 15/11/10 Rzeszow, Poland. Hala Podpromie

– 16/11/10 Kosice, Slovakia. Steel Arena

– 24/11/10 Brest, France. Parc de Penfeld

– 25/11/10 Caen, France. Zenith

– 26/11/10 Amiens, France. Zenith

– 27/11/10 Rotterdam, Holland. Ahoy

December

– 01/12/10 Epernay, France. Millesium

– 02/12/10 Orleans, France. Zenith

– 03/12/10 Antwerpen, Belgium. Sportpaleis

– 08/12/10 Saint-Ettiene, France. Zenith

– 09/12/10 Toulon, France. Zenith

– 10/12/10 Montpellier, France. Zenith

– 11/12/10 Pau, France. Zenith

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Festningen 2010

An outdoor concert by Jean Michel Jarre will be held next August 28th in Oslo, with the Arkeshus fortress as backdrop for the show, a medieval construction.

This concert will be part of a festival of electronic music with the participation, apart of Jarre,  of Röyksopp, The Very Best and The New Wine.

– 28/08/2010 Oslo, Norway. Arkeshus

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Tour 2010: France, Autumn

Jean Michel Jarre will return to France, for more concerts of his 2010 Tour, next autumn. These are the new dates:

– 30/09/2010 Tours, France. Grand Hall

– 13/10/2010 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Zenith D’Auvergne

– 14/10/2010 Limoges, France. Zenith

– 15/10/2010 Rouen, France. Zenith

– 16/10/2010 Lille, France. Zenith Grand Palais

– 04/11/2010 Lyon, France. Halle Tony Garnier

– 06/11/2010 Amneville, France. Galaxie

– 07/11/2010 Dijon, France. Zenith

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Marseille Concert: Twitter Chronicle

Next saturday 20th March, Jean Michel Jarre will be performing in Marseille and Fairlight Jarre will be there, by courtesy of Aero Productions, with Juan Gomis and Miguel Ángel Esteban as representatives of the web. For this occasion, we have created a Twitter account to tell you, in real time, whatever happens in the concert.