Jean Michel Jarre in Lebanon July 14-15

[Robi83]

Jarre twitter:

Doing interviews in Beirut for the opening of the Souks Central

http://twitter.com/JMJofficial

[ziz00_909]

so how was it?

[Raneem]

18/9: Beirut souks, Lebanon


After having been postponed twice because of logistics issues and then the Ramadan, the concert finally took place yesterday night at the Beirut souks in a totally crazy atmosphere..

Extraordinary city, being rebuilt so quickly by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and Solidere, Beirut is so full of energy. The new generation who used to go to school under constant bombing have learnt the value of being alive and they hardly sleep, working during the day and having fun every night... Clubs such as the Sky bar or the White are full all the time with probably amongst the best sound systems on the planet.

At 37 degrees, the sound check was hot and hectic with a lot of technical problems due to the heat. The lebanese audience was definitely hot and we had great time in spite of a few problems on my side. The digisequencer refused to work (probably overheating too!), meaning we had no sequence in Oxygene 2 and Oxygene 5. Patrick came behind me to reset it while we were desperately improvising to give him enough time to reload the sequence.. Risks and magic of live performance..

Apart from this glitch, we had great time and finished the night at the Sky bar... This morning I visited my friend Bahia Hariri ( Rafik Hariri's sister), Unesco ambassador and President of the Rafik Hariri Fundation for Education, cultural development and for Women. We had an interesting conversation about the future of Beirut, Lebanon and the all Middle East. She talked me through all the activities of the fundation.. She is an extraordinary person and a luck for Lebanon and all Middle East..

We decided that we should get together more often to promote her projects.

PUBLISHED BY JEAN MICHEL JARRE ON 9/19/2010

[TranceFusion]

The Ramadan was an obstacle for the event?

Great resume by JMJ! Glad that he had fun

[samer]

the most regretful event that i failed to attend to

[maDJam]

Watched the firework show from the Terrace... it has got to be WITHOUT A DOUBT the most amazing firework show I have ever seen-

the sequence it played out in from 11:15-11:35... lighter, thinner, then bigger then louder... then the glitter FX.. then the white stems that turned green... spectacular firework show!!

(didn't hear any music cause my place is about 2km away- but had a super clear view of the whole show... wish I had my camera!!)