A fan convention will be held at the Hotel Fazenda Green Gold in Itatbia, Brazil during the weekend of 25th and 26th August. JarreCon Brazil 2001, will include events such as a Jarre video show, a special 'maquette' of Jarre album covers presented in 3D (made by Brazilian students) and some fans will perform some of Jarre's most famous tracks. More information about the weekend can be found o .... [MORE]

The new issue of French magazine VSD (N°1247 - 19-25 July 2001) features a 6 page article with Jean Michel Jarre, entitled 'Athènes, au rythme de Jean Michel Jarre'. Jean Michel Jarre offers a touristic tour of Athens, with his favourite pubs, locations and shops, which he visited after the concerts he has given in Athens on 19 & 20 June. Thanks to mla for the info. [MORE]

A small article featuring the Money for Something auction (in which Jean Michel Jarre is involved with Creative Labs Europe by auctioning exclusive DAP jukeboxes for UNESCO) is featured in today's issue of free newspaper Metro (available at train stations in London and other major cities on the rail network). The feature also includes a small photo of Jean Michel at Egypt during The Twelve Dreams .... [MORE]

Bidding has started on the QXL UK website for the limited edition Jean Michel Jarre DAP jukebox (click here to read the earlier news article and to follow the thread). The opening bid is just £1 (we think it will eventually go for something a little higher than that) :-) The auction concludes at 17:00 (BST) on Monday 30th July, with only one jukebox up for auction on the UK site. Clic .... [MORE]

A six page Jean Michel Jarre interview (with five unique photos of Jean Michel) is included in the latest issue (no. 9) of Greek magazine L'Officiel Hellas (feature not online). The same issue also includes four pages of photos of personalities who attended the show. Thanks to Stratos Koufos for the information. [MORE]

French royalty magazine Point De Vue has another feature on Jean Michel Jarre's Athens concerts, with photos of the celebrities who attended the concerts (one page article). Point De Vue N°2764 of 11/07/2001 [MORE]

Jean Michel Jarre and Danish hi-fi company Bang & Olufsen signed a deal back in 2000 for Jean Michel Jarre to promote products in the B&O range (more background information about this agreement to follow on here). One of the spin-offs of this agreement is that a 40 second commercial for BeoSound 1 (one of B&O's many products) uses a Jarre soundtrack made up of several compositions. The most ex .... [MORE]

The French magazine Madame Figaro (no 880, 7-12 juillet) has a two page feature on Jean Michel Jarre's concerts in Athens (three photos on one page and one page of text). [MORE]

An article in the latest issue of French magazine VSD (issue 1425, 5-11 July) looking at Internet websites for famous French musicians features one photo of Jean Michel Jarre (taken in 1995 when launching his first official website A Space for Tolerance), with some accompanying text. However the URL for the official website is strangely not listed. [MORE]

A small photo of Jean Michel Jarre with Elisabeth Sandanger is featured in the latest issue of French magazine Voici (Issue 712, 2nd-8th July), with some text concerning the recent shows in Athens. Thanks to Sophie Jehaes for the information. [MORE]