The range of more expensive tickets for the concert (50,000Dr, 60,000Dr, 80,000Dr and 100,000Dr) are still available in limited supplies for both nights. For fans who still have not ordered any tickets for the show, these are now your only options. To make reservation, contact: Mrs. Helen Stemitsioti or Ms. Christiana Giannakopoulou Friends Association of Children with Cancer (Elpida) M. As .... [MORE]

The cheaper 15,000Dr tickets for both nights (19th and 20th June) for the Akropolis shows have now sold out. Fans from outside Greece have faced a torid week in which to pay for tickets which had been reserved a week earlier, having to call countless times to Athens to pay for them. Even on occasions when some fans got through initially, they were told to call at another time! The organisatio .... [MORE]

BBC Media Alert! The BBC News website now has an article on the forthcoming concerts - BBC News Report. [MORE]

As the run-up to the concerts continues, more news from yesterday's press conference continues to be reported by the world's press. French Musician Plans A Tribute to Acropolis - Report from International Herald Tribune ATHENS (AP) - The Acropolis in Athens will get a modern tribute later this month when the French musician Jean-Michel Jarre performs a tailor-made concert at the foot of the .... [MORE]

Following on from yesterday's post of Nathalie Gallois from jarre.net who was offering 50 fans to attend the full dress rehearsal of Acropolis on Monday 18th June, we have now been told by Nathalie that all places have now gone and went in less than two hours! The lucky people have been contacted already by email by Nathalie. [MORE]

Cheaper tickets - As reported earlier, the cheaper tickets finally went on sale last week in Greece, with local people able to purchase tickets at the box office for 15,000Dr (or 10,000Dr if you are a student). Below is a scan of the 15,000Dr ticket for the first night. Many thanks to Elias Hantzakos for providing the scan of the ticket. For fans outside Greece, from Friday 1st June, in .... [MORE]

The official Jean Michel Jarre website www.jarre.net went back on-line on Monday 4th June, just a little over a month after it's self-imposed closure. Hopefully the site will not face any more difficulties which made it close in the first place and the site will continue to evolve and develop all the time. [MORE]

Some hyperlinks of interest regarding the Acropolis show and Athens: Concert Greek Festival official site Media News report on news.yahoo.com News report on uk.news.yahoo.com (will be off line within one week - save the picture quickly :-) People Marianna Vardinoyannis Athens and Greece Athens Guide - best city guide on the web for Athens Greek National Tourism Organ .... [MORE]

A TV commercial for both Acropolis shows is now being shown on Greek TV and you are able to download the commercial in DivX;-) or AVI formats. For all of us who do not speak Greek, this is what is said during the commercial, "After a magical audiovisual trip to the symbols of the world culture, Jean Michel Jarre leads his steps to the centre of the world, for the world's first of the Hymn to Ac .... [MORE]

Great news for all French fans (and those who can receive French TV), channel M6 will broadcast the complete show from Athens on Tuesday 20th June, starting at 23:30 (CET). Duration of the broadcast is two hours. More info (in French) can be seen on the M6 website, which states it will be a live broadcast. We will let you know if there are plans for any more tv broadcasts of the show in dif .... [MORE]