A protest was held today at Centre Pompidou, in Paris, with famous French stars and students declaring to 'defend the republic' against Jean-Marie Le Pen, referring to the forthcoming second round of the French Presidental Election this Sunday. Since the result of the first round of the election on Sunday 21st April, the effect of the high vote that Le Pen received has been felt worldwide, and .... [MORE]

The new issue of the French magazine Gala features a small photo of David Jarre and Charlotte Rampling at a party in Paris (N°460, 3-10 avril) [MORE]

Jean Michel Jarre will be featured on French satellite/cable TV channel Match TV this week, on a special concerning his native city of Lyon. The broadcast, J'y Étais, will be shown several times during the week, with other famous 'Lyonnais' also featured such as Franck Dubosc and Paul Bocuse on their own shows. The weekend will have a 'Best Of' show featuring the highlights from the respective s .... [MORE]

Jean Michel Jarre has recently spoken out about problems in releasing past concerts on DVD. At the premiere of the new French film Asterix et Obélix - Mission Cléopâtre, he has been reported to have said that there are problems with the rights for past concerts being released on DVD. The news is reported in the latest issue of French magazine Les Années Laser, issue 79, March 2002. Whether th .... [MORE]

The reunion of Jean Michel and Maurice Jarre is featured as well in the French gossip magazine France Dimanche. The issue N°2895 (22/02 to 28/02/2002) includes a one page article about the reunion of the Jarre family in Saint-Moritz, with 3 photos of the party. [MORE]

Jean Michel Jarre and his father, composer Maurice Jarre, feature in two of the best selling French magazines this week, Oh La! and Gala. Both magazines concentrate on Father and Son, and a recent meeting in St. Moritz in Switzerland. Jean Michel has seen relatively little of his father, when his parents divorced while Jean Michel was five years old. The Oh La! article is the larger feature .... [MORE]

The Danish news programme 19Direkte on channel DR1 will feature Jean Michel Jarre on Thursday 31st January, naturally relating to the Windmill Concert. 19Direkte is archived for approximately one week on the DR1 website, we will let you know once the video is online Thanks to Signe Zacchi. [MORE]

The French TV show Faut pas Rêver on France 3, Saturday 19th January at 22:30 (CET), will feature a profile on the Baschet Brothers, who have developed some of Jean Michel Jarre's instruments in the 1980's, including the infamous Crystal Baschet (used during Tokyo Kid at Destination Docklands). Thanks to Jarreweb for the information. [MORE]

Tout le Monde en Parle, which Jean Michel appeared on last week on France 2, will be shown again on TV5 tomorrow, Saturday 19th January 2002 at 01:15 (CET). [MORE]

Following on from our article yesterday that Jean Michel Jarre was to be interviewed this morning on French radio station Europe 2, on the programme Cauet, a multimedia archive is now online for fans to discover. The archive includes behind the scenes pictures and videos, as well as an audio stream of the show. Of course it is all in French, enjoy! Thanks to Aurélien 'Jarreweb' Forest for the .... [MORE]