UPCOMING CONCERTS IN PARIS!

August sees the annual return of Paris’s greatest rock festival, Rock En Seine (See Special).

Other great artists to see in Paris this August include classical violinist Andre Rieu (Aug 29, Stade De France), Arctic Monkeys side project The Last Shadows Puppets (Aug 26, Olympia), New York Gypsy punk band Balkan Beat Box (Aug 10 ,Parc De La Villette), Canadian electronica musician Peaches (Aug 12, Elysee Montmartre), and the king of Funkadelic George Clinton (Aug 27, Bataclan).

Artists that have just announced dates for later in the year include; Queen (with Paul Rodgers), James Blunt, Elton John, Birdy Nam Nam, She And Him, Fleet Foxes, Mgmt, Alela Diane, Leonard Cohen, Sigur Ros, Simple Plan, Billy Paul, The Subways, The Streets, Midnight Juggernauts, and Asian Dub Foundation.

• This month's listings.
  • Stade De France
    Saint Denis La Plaine. Tel: 0892 700 900
    Aug 29 - Andre Rieu
    Sep 20/21 - Madonna (Extended)
    Sep 27 - Nabucco
    Oct 4 - Urban Peace 2
    May 29-31 09 - Johnny Hallyday
  • Bercy
    Omnisports Paris-Bercy 75012. Tel: 0892 390 100
    Sep 9 - Coldplay
    Sep 18-22 - NTM
    Sep 24 - Queen / Paul Rodgers
    Sep 28 - Stevie Wonder
    Oct 1 - James Blunt
    Nov 18 - Matt Pokora
    Dec 9 - Elton John
    Dec 12 - Raphael
    Mar 16/17 - Tina Turner
    May 20 - Lenny Kravitz
  • Parc de la Villette
    211, ave Jean Jaurès 75019 . Tel: 01 40 03 75 75
    Aug 3 - Dobet Gnahore, Lura
    Aug 10 - Speed Caravan (Mehdi Haddab), Balkan Beat Box
    Aug 17 - Zen Zila, Karim Ziad
    Aug 24 - Fanga, Ramiro Musotto
    Dec 19-31 - Hello And Goodbye
  • Elysee Montmartre
    72 bd Rochechouart 75018. Tel: 01 44 92 45 36
    Aug 12 - Peaches, Hearts Revolution,
    Aug 13 - Ed Rush, Bryan Gee, Mc Ryme Tyme
    Sep 20 - Billy Paul
    Sep 26 - Vicarious Bliss, Dead Kids, The Whip, Autokratz & more
    Sep 28 - Elephant Man
    Oct 7 - Anthony B
    Oct 15 - Of Montreal
    Oct 16 - Nneka
    Oct 17 - South Central
    Oct 18 - Dj Zebra
    Oct 25 - Burning Heads, La Souris Deglinguee
    Oct 26 - Alain Bashung
    Sep 28 - Heather Nova
    Sep 29 - The Subways
    Oct 31 - Eths
    Nov 2 - Alain Bashung
    Nov 5 - Sonata Arctica
    Nov 6 - Section
    Nov 16 - Alain Bashung
  • Zenith De Paris
    211 ave Jean Jaurès75019. Tel: 08 90 71 02 07
    Sep 4 - Stray Cats
    Sep 15 - Snoop Dog
    Sep 22 - Bryan Adams
    Oct 8 - In Flames, Gojira, Volbeat
    Oct 11 - Patrice
    Oct 14 - Trust
    Oct 17-18 - Lorie
    Oct 20 - Katie Melua
    Nov 3 - Dionysos
    Nov 5 - Celtic Legends
    Nov 6 - BB Brunes
    Nov 11 - Mastodon, Trivium , Slayer
    Nov 12 - Fat Freddy ‘s Drop
    Nov 14 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard
    Nov 15 - Sigur Ros
    Nov 17 - The Kooks, Cansei De Ser Sexy
    Nov 21 - Children Of Bodom, Machine Head, Slipknot
    Nov 24 - Deus
    Nov 25 - Camille
    Nov 26 - Motorhead
    Mar 11-14 - Benabar
  • L’Olympia
    128 bd des Capucines 75009. Tel: 08 92 68 33 68
    Aug 26 - Last Shadows Puppets
    Sep 10 - Birdy Nam Nam
    Sep 13 - Tex / Tex In The City
    Sep 20 - Eusebe Jaojoby
    Sep 21 - Les Bodin’s (Bienvenue A La Capitale)
    Sep 26 - Volo
    Sep 30 - Sebastien Tellier
    Oct 5 - Stephen Stills
    Oct 7 - Nada Surf
    Oct 8-11 - Elie Semoun
    Oct 12 - Robin Mckelle
    Oct 13 - Moriarty
    Oct 14 - Barbara Hendricks
    Oct 15-18 - Elie Semoun
    Oct 19 - Eric Charden
    Oct 26 - Lounis Ait Menguellet
    Oct 31 - Nicolas Canteloup
    Nov 4 - Soha
    Nov 8-9 - Nicolas Canteloup
    Nov 11 - Svinkels
    Nov 12 - She And Him, Fleet Foxes, Mgmt, Alela Diane
    Nov 13 - Keziah Jones
    Nov 14-15 - Bernard Lavilliers
    Nov 18 - Micky Green
    Nov 19-21 - Thomas Dutronc
    Nov 22-23 - Helene Segara
    Nov 24-26 - Leonard Cohen
    Nov 27 - Stanislas
    Nov 29-30 - Sirella - La Petite Sirene
    Dec 1 - Gonzales
    Dec 3 - Sirella - La Petite Sirene
    Dec 5 - Celtic Dances
    Dec 6-7 - Sirella - La Petite Sirene
    Dec 8-10 - Veronique Sanson
    Dec 14 - Fred Mela
  • Grand Rex
    1, Blvd Poissonnière, 75002. Tel: 08 92 68 05 96
    Jul 24-25 - Tom Waits
    Oct 9 - Elvis 2008
    Oct 10-31 - Franklin Et Ses Amis
  • Bataclan
    50, Boulevard Voltaire. 75011. Tél: 01 43 14 00 30
    Aug 27 - George Clinton, Les Grements De Fortune
    Aug 30 - Primary 1
    Sep 5 - Midnight Juggernauts
    Sep 18 - Paradise Lost, Anathema, My Dying Bride
    Sep 23-24 - Asa
    Sep 28 - Killerpilze
    Oct 9 - Gage
    Oct 10 - Cinema Bizarre
    Oct 11 - Alex Catherine
    Oct 12 - Emil Zrihan
    Oct 15 - John Mayall
    Oct 16 - Avishai Cohen
    Oct 17 - The Herbaliser
    Oct 18 - Buika
    Oct 20 - Cindy Lauper
    Oct 21 - Claire Diterzi, The Delano Orchestra, Narrow Terence, Chinese Man
    Oct 22 - Empyr
    Oct 23 - Asian Dub Foundation
    Oct 31 - I’m From Barcelona
    Nov 1 - Justine, Guerilla Poubelle
  • Guinness Tavern
    31 rue des Lombards, 75001. Tel: 01 42 33 26 45
    Fri 1 - In Extremis
    Sat 2 - Traffic Jam
    Sun 3 - The Drags
    Mon 4 - F’com
    Tue 5 - Dog Town
    Wed 6 - I Z I
    Thu 7 - In Extremis
    Fri 8 - Archimed
    Sat 9 - F’com
    Sun 10 - Traffic Jam
    Mon 11 - In Extremis
    Tue 12 - I Z I
    Wed 13 - F’com
    Thu 14 - Archimed
    Fri 15 - Jesters
    Sat 16 - Traffic Jam
    Sun 17 - Archimed
    Mon 18 - Pump
    Tue 19 - Stage One
    Wed 20 - The Drags
    Thu 21 - Jesters
    Fri 22 - Hodakan
    Sat 23 - Dog Town
    Sun 24 - Traffic Jam
    Mon 25 - Flâg
    Tue 26 - Ambre 9
    Wed 27 - Hodakan
    Thu 28 - Traffic Jam
    Fri 29 - Stage One
    Sat 30 - Pump
    Sun 31 - Dog Town