Mega-concert planner seeks J'lem show
French mega-concert planner and electronica superstar Jean Michel Jarre arrived in Jerusalem Sunday for a two-day search of the city. The goal of the search: a location for a massive concert next year in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary.
Though still in the early stages of planning, the concert would likely be among the biggest and most technically demanding ever staged in Israel. Jarre, who's sold tens of millions of electronica and New Age records, has gained a second following for staging concerts of record-setting size. The performer entered The Guinness Book of World Records in 1978 with a concert before an estimated one million spectators at Paris' Place de la Concorde, and has since performed even larger shows honoring occasions such as NASA's 25th anniversary and a papal visit to his hometown, Lyon. Often accompanied by lasers and other special effects, Jarre ushered in the year 2000 at one of the world's biggest Y2K celebrations - this one staged at the Giza Pyramids of Egypt.
This week's trip served purely as a scouting tour of Jerusalem, Jarre's manager said, and the artist has not yet initiated formal discussions with city officials about the proposed Jerusalem show. His visit was arranged by Benny Boret, a French-Israeli producer.
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Sounds exciting. Hope this happens. That's all folks.