La vie après World Tour partie 1 - Français

Merci à tous et à toutes pour votre soutien et vos excellentes réactions aux concerts partout en Europe qui m'ont beaucoup touché. C'est un réel encouragement pour moi à continuer et à améliorer la prochaine étape.

De retour chez moi et en studio, j'ai été occupé ces derniers jours par le débriefing de la première partie de la tournée.

Si je suis plutôt satisfait de certains aspects des concerts, le son incroyable d'Alain Courieux, les K1 de Heil Acoustics, les lasers de Hugo, l'organisation et la Production, je voudrai néanmoins faire évoluer la tracklist, les parties complètement improvisées comme «Variation 3», des nouveaux morceaux, certains effets visuels, etc.

Je considère de toute façon depuis le départ ce World Tour comme un terrain d'expériences et comme un projet qui devrait constamment évoluer, tout au long des deux années qui viennent. J'ai beaucoup d'idées à ce sujet...

La prochaine partie du World Tour sera bien sûr un prolongement de la première mais sera définitivement différente, avec peut-être même un nouveau titre!

J'ai aussi travaillé sur mon nouveau site Web. Là aussi, il y a encore beaucoup à améliorer. Mon ambition est de faire de ce site une vraie plate forme de communication interactive entre nous.. J'ai d'ailleurs enregistré aujourd'hui deux vidéos, une en français et une en anglais, commentant l'ouverture de ce nouveau jeanmicheljarre.com.

Cette semaine, j'ai prévu différentes projections des films des concerts tournés à Wembley, Manchester, Bruxelles et Zurich pour me rendre compte du son et de l'enchaînement de la scénographie.

Après avoir discuté avec notre agent à Londres, très enthousiaste après avoir assisté au concert de Wembley, de nombreuses dates de concerts vont être annoncées dans un avenir proche, à commencer par les dates françaises.

On travaille aussi sur une nouvelle affiche..

A très bientôt.

Life after LEG 1 - English

Back home and in the studio, I have been busy debriefing the first part of the tour.

Although I have been really pleased by your feedback and some aspects of the concerts, I really would like to improve
a few things both in the visual and in the tracklisting. I like to see this World Tour project as a work in progress. I have a lot of new ideas, which I am going to develop this summer, bringing new songs and new visual effects...

LEG 2 will be inspired by LEG 1 but will also be definitely different...

I have worked also on my new web site. Again there is a lot I want to improve. Today I recorded two videos, one in french and one in english, to explain how I envision this new website and my expectations regarding it..

This week l have scheduled screenings of the Wembley, Manchester, Brussels and Zurich gigs in order to check the sound and the visuals. Afterwards l'll have various meetings with Ignace, Alain Courieux, Chris, James, Fiona, Louis and Pierre to discuss ways to improve everything...

After having discussed with the agent, a lot of dates are about to be announced in the near future, starting by the french dates. We are working also on a different poster..

Zurich, the last of leg One

Zurich, one of my favourite hall. The black one! Such great vibes.. Sunny everywhere outside and inside... This one was the last one of In-Doors part 1. We were all very excited.

First of all, I would like to thank all the Fans. I feel very lucky having you as fans, you've been great all along. It is a true feeling of warmth and an encouragement to try to do better for you in the first place. You are giving me strength and energy to go on...

This concert was special. I really wanted it to be a tribute also to all the crew:
The sound team with Alain Courieux and all his delightful family, the fifth member of the band did a wonderful job, with his son Cedric and Arno, who is part of the belgium crew as well!!
Thanks to Vincent the sixth member of the band, doing the mix in our ears.. to Alex and co....
As usual my dear Patrick did a fantastic job with "Alex 2" at the backline and so much more.

The laser team became part of the gang as well with Hugo Bunk, Peter and Co.. They did such a brilliant work.
Thanks to our tour manager Chris Rowley who organised this tour in a perfect way. Thanks Chris for the good vibes, cups of sake, smiles, energy making our life so easy in an invisible and magical way.
Thanks to our production manager James Monkman for taking care day after day of everything on site with such elegance.
Thanks to my friend Pierre "Herr Garnier", for his eye and his ears..
Thanks to Fiona, my little sister, for being such a good manager.
Thanks to Louis being so reliable and to Thomas for so many different reasons.
Thank you again Ignace, Glenn (with two "n"!) and all the EML team for the unique lighting....
Thanks to Arpege for giving me the opportunity to get such an incredible sound.

Thank you to Christian Heil for your amazing K-1 PA system.
Thanks to Digico for their support.

Thanks Jeroen and everybody at Roland Central Europe and Roland Japan for your trust in my work.

Thanks to Jemma and all the catering team for such a great food, an important ingredient to a successful tour. Thank you to all the truck and bus drivers who drove us across Europe. Thank you Paul Charles for what you did and thank you Neil Warnock for what you are doing and will achieve....

Thanks to Edith for taking care of me.
Thanks to everybody at LD publicity for their great job.

At last, thank you Dominique, Claude and Francis sharing the stage with me with such talent.

See you soon...



With Fiona



With Pierre



With Glennnn



Jemma, Queen of Catering



Two Dominique, One Fiona



Cool Francis in our elegant dressing room



Egyptian sound check in Zurich



The venue in Zurich



In-doors Mafia



Enjoying the catering