JEAN MICHEL JARRE ~ The Royal Vctoria Docks. Newham (London). England.

*** CONCERT RESCHEDULED on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9 October 1988 --  to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions. The concerts were attended by 100,000 people on each night. ***

 

*** CONCERT DAY 1 # 2 -- OCTOBER 8 - 9, 1988 ***

 

*** ON THE RAIN ***

 

*** The concert was divided into four moments, each one evoking a revolution : the industrial revolution, the sexual revolution, the digital revolution and the finale, consisting into two songs: The Emigrant and September. In addition to the music, lights and firexworks ***

 

Support Act: ---

 

 

~ DESTINATION DOCKLANDS - REVOLUTIONS - TOUR 1988 ~

 

(Destination Docklands was an event consisting of two MEGA concerts by musician Jean-Michel Jarreon the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9 October 1988, to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions)

 

 

Revolutions is the ninth studio album by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in August 5, 1988. The album spans several genres, including symphonic industrial, Arabian inspired, light guitar pop and ethnic electro jazz. The album reached number #2 in the UK charts, Jarre's best chart position since Oxygène. The Destination Docklands concert in London coincided with the release of the album. Produced by Jean-Michel Jarre.

 

The Saturday performance was broadcast live on BBC Radio One while the Sunday show was recorded for a live album (Jarre Live!, released in 1989 and re-issued in 1996 as Destination Docklands (The London Concert)).  The Sunday show was also filmed and shown on Christmas Day 1988 on Channel 4 before being released on VHS in 1989.

 

 JEAN MICHEL JARRE (Band)
 
Jean-Michel Jarre — Synthesizers, harpe laser, guitar synthe (1968-present)
Michel Geiss — Synthesizers
Dominique Perrier — Synthesizers
Francis Rimbert — Synthesizers
Guy Delacroix — Bass
Jo Hammer — Drums
Dino Lumbroso — Percussions
Sylvain Durand — Synthesizers
Christine Durand — Soprano
Hank Marvin (The Shadows) — Guitar on London Kid and Fourth Rendez-Vous
Mireille Pombo — Vocals on September
Sori Bamba — Conductor of Mali Choir on September
Kudsi Erguner — Turkish Flute on Revolutions
Bruno Rossignol — Choir Conductor
Xavier Bellenger — Ethnical Music Advisor
Setsuko Yamada — Solo Dance Performance

The Setlist 
JEAN MICHEL JARRE 

 
Part 1:Industrial Revolution

1. Industrial Revolution, Overture (Revolutions - 1988)
2. Industrial Revolution (part 1 3) (Revolutions - 1988)
3. Equinoxe 5 (Equinoxe - 1978)
4. Ethnicolor (Zoolook - 1984)

Part 2: Swinging 60’s

5. Computer Weekend (Revolutions - 1988
6. Magnetic Fields 2 (Les Chants magnétiques - 1981)
7. Oxygene 4 (Oxygène - 1976)
8. Equinoxe 7 (Equinoxe - 1978)
9. London Kid (Revolutions - 1988) (with Hank Marvin « The Shadows’s guitar »)

Part 3: The 90’s

10. Rendez-Vous 3 (Rendez-vous - 1986)
11. Tokyo Kid (Revolutions - 1988)
12. Revolutions (Revolutions - 1988) (with the Turkish flute and the whirling dervishes)
13. Souvenir of China (Les Concerts en Chine - 1982)
14. Rendez-Vous 2 (Rendez-vous - 1986)
15. Rendez-Vous 4 (Rendez-vous - 1986) (with Hank Marvin « The Shadows’s guitar »)

Part 4: The Finale

16. September (Revolutions - 1988) (with Mali Choir)
17. Revolutions, révolutions (Revolutions - 1988)
18. The Emigrant (Revolutions - 1988)

Encore

Revolutions (Revolutions - 1988)
 

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 Time Set: 1h25