List of Jean Michel Jarre concerts

This is a list of major concerts and concert tours held by Jean Michel Jarre.

Place de la Concorde

:"Main article: Place De La Concorde (concert)"
*July 14 1979
*Paris, France
*Audience: 1 million

The Concerts in China

:"Main article: The Concerts in China (concert)"
*October 21 and 22, 1981 Beijing
*October 26 thru 28, 1981 Shanghai
*Total audience: 120,000

Rendez-vous Houston

:"Main article: Rendez-vous Houston"
*April 5 1986
*Houston, U.S.
*Audience: 1.5 million

Rendez-Vous Lyon

A VHS video of this concert was released in 1987.

The visit of Pope John Paul II to Jarre's hometown of Lyon was celebrated by this event held on October 5, 1986, gathering over 800,000 spectators. A concert VHS of the concert was released later, and many of the concert's tracks were used in the "In Concert" live album.

Track listing

*"Ethnicolor"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Wooloomooloo"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Equinoxe 5"
*"Rendez-Vous 3"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Rendez-Vous 6"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Rendez-Vous 2" (encore)

Destination Docklands

:"Main article: Destination Docklands"
*October 8 and 9, 1988
*London, England
*Audience: 200,000 paid tickets

Paris La Defense

:"Main article: Paris la Defense"
*July 14 1990
*Paris, France
*Audience: 2.5 million

watch the World

To celebrate the sale of 100 million Swatches, Jarre held two concerts in the Swiss village of Zermatt on September 25 and 26 1992. 200,000 people attended the concerts. The new track "Une Alarme Qui Swingue" evolved and was released as Chronologie 4.

Track listing

*"Swatch Countdown"
*"Une Alarme Qui Swingue Overture"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Revolutions"
*"Zoolookologie"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Une Alarme Qui Swingue"

Legends of the Lost City

Jarre was invited to the inaugural celebrations of the Palace of the Lost City, a hotel located within the Sun City resort in South Africa. Three concerts were held on December 1, 2 and 3 1992. Each concert was attended by 15,000 people.

Track listing

*"Lost City"
*"Eldorado"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Volcanic Dance"
*"Wooloomooloo"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"

Europe in Concert

Jarre held a tour of huge outdoor concerts throughout Europe in 1993 after the release of the Chronologie album, starting in Mt. Saint Michel, France and ending in Tours, France. In total 700,000 people attended the venues, and a VHS of the Barcelona concert was released. Tracks recorded on several concerts of the tour were used for the Hong Kong album.

Tour dates
* Mt. Saint Michel, France, July 28
* Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1
* Budapest, August 19
* Brussels, Belgium, August 24
* London, England, August 28
* Manchester, England, September 1
* Marseilles, France, September 5
* Berlin, Germany, September 11 and 12
* Montauban, France, September 21
* Versailles, France, September 24
* Santiago, Spain, September 29
* Sevilla, Spain, October 2
* Barcelona, Spain, October 6
* Tours, France, October 16

Track listing(The track listing varied depending on concert, but these were the tracks played)

*"Chronologie 1"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Chronologie 2"
*"Chronologie 3"
*"Chronologie 4"
*"Chronologie 5"
*"Digisequencer"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Chronologie 7"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Chronologie 8"
*"Band in the Rain"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Chronologie 4" (encore)

Hong Kong

Jarre was invited to the opening of a new stadium in Hong Kong on March 11 1994, attended by 40,000 people. A live album called Hong Kong was released later in the year, even though most of the tracks were taken from the Europe in Concert tour.

Track listing

*"Chronologie 2"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Chronologie 4"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Chronologie 3"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Chronologie 8"
*"Digisequencer"
*"Band in the Rain"
*"Fishing Junks at Sunset"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Chronologie 4" (encore)

Concert pour la Tolérance

On July 14 1995, Jarre held a concert in front of the Eiffel Tower, celebrating the Bastille Day, UNESCO's 50th birthday and UNESCO'S proclaimed year of tolerance. One million people attended this concert, from which a laserdisc was released.

Track listing

*"Chronologie 6"
*"Revolutions"
*"Chronologie 3"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Chronologie 4"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Ethnicolor"
*"Vivaldi Tribute"
*"Industrial Revolution"
*"Band in the Rain"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Digisequencer"
*"Eldorado"
*"Calypso"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"

Oxygène Tour

In 1997, Jarre held an indoor tour in Europe dedicated to his continuation of the Oxygène album, Oxygène 7-13, starting in Toulon, France and ending in Orléans, France. In total, 230,000 people attended the concerts.

Tour dates

* Toulon, May 3
* Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7
* Stockholm, Sweden, May 9
* Oslo, Norway, May 10
* Gothenberg, Sweden, May 11
* Leipzig, Germany, May 13
* Berlin, Germany, May 14
* Hamburg, Germany, May 16
* Hamburg, Germany, May 17
* Stuggart, Germany, May 18
* Zurich, Switzerland, May 20
* Vienna, Austria, May 22
* Munich, Germany, May 23
* Oberhausen, Germany, May 24
* Frankfurt, Germany, May 25
* Geneva, Switzerland, May 27
* Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 30
* Brussels, Belgium, May 31
* Glasgow, Scotland, June 4
* Birmingham, England, June 6
* Manchester, England, June 7
* London (Wembley), England, June 8 and 9
* Copenhagen, Denmark, June 12
* Oslo, Norway, June 14
* Helsinki, Finland, June 16
* Katowice, Poland, June 21
* Prague, Czech Republic, June 22
* Budapest, Hungary, June 24
* Milan, Italy, June 24
* Moscow, Russia, September 6
* Grenoble, France, October 11
* Strasburg, France, October 14
* Amneville, France, October 15
* Paris, France, October 16
* Lille, France, October 17
* Caen, France, October 18
* Orleans, France, October 20

Track listing(The track listing varied depending on concert, but these were the tracks played)

*"Oxygène 7"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Oxygène 6"
*"Oxygène 10"
*"Oxygène 4"
*"Oxygène 11"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Oxygène 2"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Oxygène 5"
*"Oxygène 8"
*"Oxygène 12"
*"Revolutions"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Oxygène 13"

Oxygen in Moscow

Jarre was invited for a concert celebrating the 850th birthday of Moscow. His largest concert up-to-date, with 3.5 million people attending, was held on September 6 1997. A VHS tape was released in the USA in 1998 and NTSC DVDs were released in Brazil and USA in 2000.

Track listing

*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Ethnicolor"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Oxygene 11"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Oxygene 7"
*"Oxygene 10"
*"Oxygene 2"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Chronologie 4"
*"Oxygene 8"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Revolutions"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Oxygene 13"

Nuit Électronique

Jarre returned to the Eiffel Tower on Bastille Day 1998, exactly 3 years after Concert For Tolerance, accompanied by various dance artists like Apollo 440 and Tetsuya "TK" Komoro. The event marked the end of the soccer world cup, which happened to have hosted and won by France. 600,000 people attended the concert, A VHS concert video titled "Paris Live "Rendez-Vous 98 Electronic Night" was released in Japan as part of the "TK 1998 Latest Works Tetsuya Komoro" boxset.

The show proved controversial among Jarre fans, due its heavy bias towards dance and techno style reworkings of existing Jarre tracks.

Track listing

*"Rendez-Vous 98" (@440 Remix)
*"Together Now Instrumental"
*"Together Now Parlez-Vous Français Mix"
*"Oxygene 7 DJ Cam remix"
*"Oxygene in the Ghetto"
*"Eldorado / UNESCO Theme Japan"
*"Oxygene 8 Hani's Oxygene 303"
*"Paris Underground"
*"Oxygene 13 TK Remix"
*"Oxygene 10" (@440 remix dub)
*"Oxygene 10 Resistance D Treatment"
*"Oxygene 8 Sunday Club"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Revolutions"

Jarre@apple Expo

Jarre participated in the iMac night/Apple Expo in September 18 1998 with a small concert attended by 6,000 people.

Track listing

*"Oxygene 10 Trancengenics 1"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Oxygene 8 Hani's Oxygene 303"
*"Paris Underground"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Oxygene 10 Resistance D Treatment"
*"Oxygene 8 Sunday Club"
*"Oxygene 2"
*"Oxygene 11"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Revolutions"
*"Oxygene 13"

The Twelve Dreams of the Sun

:"Main article: The Twelve Dreams of the Sun"
*From December 31 1999 to January 1 2000
*Giza, Egypt
*Audience: 120,000

Metamorphoses Showcase

On the release date of his new album, Jarre played a showcase concert at dance club Man Ray, in Paris, on January 31 2000, attended by 300-400 people.

Track listing

*"Je me Souviens"
*"Hey Gagarin"
*"Millions of Stars"
*"C'Est la Vie"
*"Miss Moon"
*"Bells"
*"Rendez-vous à Paris"
*"Tout Est Bleu"
*"Give Me a Sign"
*"Gloria, Lonely Boy"

Rendez-Vous in Space

For the 1st day of 2001, Jarre teamed up with Tetsuya "TK" Komuro and writer Arthur C. Clarke to celebrate the beginning of the 21st Century on Okinawa, Japan, with 20,000 attending. A purported intention to release the new compositions didn't come to fruition, as the band formed by Jarre and Komuro became short-lived. Some of those themes were incorporated by Jarre in other releases and also by Pierre Palmade.

Track listing

*"Overture Part 1 - Theme of 2001"
*"Overture Part 2"
*"The Voyage"
*"My Name is Arthur" (this track was later used by Pierra Palmade, with vocals)
*"Children of Space" (this track was used for "Velvet Road" from Jarre's album "Geometry of Love", without vocals)
*"Nobody"
*"Rendez-Vous in Space"
*"Race in Space"

Hymn to the Akropolis

On June 19 and 20 2001, Jarre played two concerts at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus to raise money for the Greek organization Elpida, with 15,000 people attending in total. A new composition, Akropolis, was later used at the Beijing & Poland concerts under new titles. The second concert was broadcast live on French radio NRJ and on French TV channel M6, for which one track had to be dropped due to time constraints, and is available for rebroadcast.

Track listing

*"Oxygene 4"
*"Oxygene 2"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Je Me Souviens"
*"Chronologie 3"
*"Oxygene 8"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Ethnicolor" (first concert only)
*"Four Seasons" Vivaldi Tribute
*"Gloria Lonely Boy"
*"Oxygene 13"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Revolutions"
*"Akropolis"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"

Le Printemps de Bourges

The organizers of this annual festival invited Jarre to take part in one of their events in 2002. 100 people attended the event where Jarre performed totally new tracks as well as revisiting an old track. In 2006, music from the concert was released as an online album sold exclusively through iTunes.

Track listing

*"AOR Bleu"
*"Metamorphoses"
*"Bourges 1"
*"Bourges 2"

Aero - Tribute to the Wind

Jarre held a very muddy concert at the outskirts near the city of Aalborg in Denmark, on September 7 2002, with 35,000 spectators. Danish band Safri Duo featured on the track "Aero", which in fact was Bourges 2 from the performance earlier that year and Rendez-Vous 4. The concert was broadcast live on various TV stations around the world and a shortened one-hour version was made available for rebroadcast.

Track listing

*"AERO Introduction"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Oxygene 2"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Magnetic Fields 2"
*"Millions of Stars"
*"Equinoxe 7"
*"Magnetic Fields 1"
*"Oxygene 8"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Light My Sky"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Aero"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Oxygene 13"

Live in Beijing

Kicking off the Year of France celebrations in China, Jarre performed two back-to-back concerts in Beijing, China, first at the Forbidden City and then at Tiananmen Square, on October 10 2004. 15,000 selected people plus some who bought tickets attended the concerts which featured local Chinese musicians and marked the first 5.1 concert by Jarre. A DVD set called Jarre in China was released in 2005 including the full concerts and various extras. The concerts were broadcast by Chinese TV station CCTV for the whole world by HDTV satellite. A shortened one-hour version was made available for rebroadcast.

Track listing

*"Forbidden City"
*"Aero"
*"Oxygene 2"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Geometry of Love"
*"Band in the Rain"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Voyage à Pékin"
*"Chronologie 6"
*"Zoolookologie"
*"Aerozone"
*"Aerology"
*"Chronologie 3"
*Vivaldi "Summer"
*"Fishing Junks at Sunset"
*"Rendez-Vous 4"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Aerology Neimo Remix"
*"La Foule"
*"Tiananmen"
*"Oxygene 13"

alle des Étoiles

Jarre held two mini-concerts on August 6 and 7 2005 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo Casino, Monaco as part of the Casino's Summer Festival. 1,500 and 1,100 people attended the concerts.

Track listing

*"Oxygene 2"
*"Aero"
*"Band in the Rain"
*"Oxygene 4"
*"Souvenir of China"
*"Aerology"
*"Equinoxe 3"
*"Equinoxe 4"
*"Geometry of Love"
*"Zoolookologie"
*"Aerozone"
*"Chronologie 6"
*Vivaldi Tribute
*"Rendez-Vous 2"
*"Oxygene 12"
*"Oxygene 13"

pace of Freedom

:"Main article: Space of Freedom"
*August 26 2005
*Gdańsk, Poland
*Audience: 170,000

Water for Life

:"Main article: Water for Life"

*December 16 2006
*Merzouga (Sahara desert), Morocco
*Audience: est. 10-15,000 people

Oxygene 30th Anniversary Tour

Jarre performed 10 concerts in Paris, from December 12th 2007 to December 26th 2007. The concerts took place inside the Theatre Marigny, a small, 1000 seats theatre located in the Champs-Élysées.

In 2008 the tour continued in theaters across Europe:

* March 1st Milan, Palazzo Del Ghiaccio "(invites-only concert for jewellery expo)" [http://216.70.103.199/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3083&start=30]
* March 16th Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
* March 18th and 19th: Dublin, National Concert Hall
* March 22th: Munich, Philharmonie
* March 24th: Brussels, Royal Theatre
* March 25th: Amsterdam, Carré
* March 27th: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
* March 28th: Manchester, Opera House
* March 30th: London, Royal Albert Hall
* April 1st and 2nd: Copenhagen, Falconer Salen
* April 4th: Stockholm, Circus
* April 6th: Hamburg, CCH1
* April 7th: Berlin, Friedrichstadtplast
* April 9th: Aarhus, Musikhuset
* April 10th: Skive, Kulturcenter Limfjord
* April 12th: Oslo, Oslo konserthus
* April 15th: Frankfurt, Alte Oper
* April 17th: Luxembourg, Rockhal Esch/Alzette
* April 21th: Barcelona, Liceu
* April 22th: Madrid, Campo Naciones
* April 23th: Valladolid, Theatre Miguel Delibes
* April 25th: Lisbon, Coliseu
* April 27th: Porto, Coliseu
* April 29th: Salamanca, Gamerco
* May 3th: Zürich, Hallenstadion

The second part of tour was anounced in July 2008, and includes:
* November 5th: Rome, Italy, Gran Teatro [http://www.dalessandroegalli.com/]
* November 6th: Milan, Italy, Teatro Arcimboldi [http://www.dalessandroegalli.com/]
* November 7th: Ljubljana, Slovenia, Hala Tivoli 2 [http://www.eventim.si/]
* November 8th: Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrado Arena [http://www.arena.co.yu/]
* November 10th: Bucharest, Romania, Sala Polivalenta Hall [http://www.salapolivalenta.ro/]
* November 12th: Budapest, Hungary, Papp Laszlo Sports Arena [http://www.budapestarena.hu/]
* November 13th: Prague, Czech Republic, O2 Arena [http://www.o2arena.cz/]
* November 17h: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin Palace [http://www.gkd.ru/]
* November 19h: Saint Petersburg, Russia, BKZ Oktyabrsky [http://www.bkz.sp.ru/]
* November 21h: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin Palace [http://www.gkd.ru/]
* November 23h: Riga, Latvia, Arena Riga [http://www.arenariga.com/]
* November 25h: Vilnius, Lithuania, Seimens Arena [http://www.siemens-arena.com/]
* November 28h: Bratislava, Slovakia, Pasienky Sports Hall [http://www.ticketportal.sk/]
* November 29h: Kosice, Slovakia, Steel Arena [http://www.steelarena.sk/]
* December 1st: Warschau, Poland, Torwar [http://www.livenation.pl/]

References

External links

* [http://damien.cohas.free.fr/Jean_Michel_Jarre/ List of Jean Michel Jarre concerts]