PAUL DI ANNO
L'Orange Bleue - Vitry Le François, France
May 2, 2010

Paul DiAnno making a French Tour? That was something really exceptionnal! An ooportunity not to be missed but he didn't play in Paris... So we decided with some friends to go to the 3 shows close to Paris!

This was my first time in Vitry Le François, which is a couple of hours by car from Paris.
We arrived about half and hour before the show.

L'Orange Bleue is a nice venue, with very friendly staff and reasonably priced beer and drinks.

There was people coming from Paris and other nearby cities for the gig. But there were also families with their kids, people on their sunday day out that were just curious about the event.

The day before, Paul DiAnno played Santeny. The concert was at a lousy pub restaurant and the atmosphere was strange (but unique! A night to remember!).

So, today it was a real show at a normal concert hall!

The concert started with The Ides of March and Wratchild. Right after that, Paul told us that the day before he played in a restaurant, for the first time in his life, and it was his worst concert ever!

The sound was good, but not well balanced: the guitar was louder than the other instruments.

This wasn't really an issue, the whole band played wiith great energy today.

A nice gesture from Paul was that dedicated Remember Tomorrow to "his brother" Clive Burr, the former Iron Maiden drummer who's been dealing with healt issues for several years.

Paul DiAnno's backing band is called The Stars, and they're Maiden fans.
Playing on stage with one of your idols must have been a dream come true to them, so you can imagine they were giving it all!

Iron Maiden songs are not easy to play, so it wasn't always perfect. But it was good! I remember the first time I saw Paul DiAnno, in Wacken 2001: his backing band was a complete mess!
I think the guys of The Stars did a good job. Unfortunately, I think the band split a few months after this tour.

Only half of the songs on the setlist were Iron Maiden covers. It was great to hear tunes like Children of Madness or Marshall Lockjaw.
There was also a song by The Stars (cowritten with Paul DiAnno) called F**k You All.
That's a song we will probably never hear again, so it was an exclusive privilege for this French Tour!
He dedicated the song to all the California plastic faces he hates!

After the show, Paul allowed the fans to come backstage and signed everything they wanted.

People just had to stay on the line, and little by little he saw everyone.
This meet & greet session lasted for about an hour.

This is an artist that respects his fans!

Of the 3 Paul DiAnno shows I saw on this tour, this one was the best from the performance point of view.

Five days later, we went to see Paul DiAnno again, in the town of Vauréal.
Click here for some pics of Paul DiAnno in Vauréal.

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Setlist Paul Di Anno – L'Orange Bleue, Vitry Le François, France – May 2, 2010

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