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Jean-Michel Jarre: La Cage
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Following the release of his next album, "Chronologie", Jean-Michel Jarre set off on his extensive European tour. This tour, which would last from July right through until October of 93, included dates in 15 different towns. Choosing the most unusual sites for his mammoth sound-and-light shows, Jarre travelled across Europe attracting huge crowds wherever he performed. Indeed, when Jarre kicked off the tour at the Mont Saint Michel in July 1993 a gigantic traffic jam blocked the roads for several miles in each direction.
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On September 6, 1997, Jarre played in Moscow to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the city. The Moscow State University was used as the backdrop for a spectacular display of image projections, skytrackers and fireworks, with an audience of 3.5 million. This was Jarre's fourth record and entry into the Guinness record book for the largest free concert audience ever. The concert was ... the same day that the Princess Diana funeral took place. Jarre spoke of his friendship with her and requested a moment of silence and then dedicated a song in her memory called "Souvenirs" (aka "Souvenir of China").
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[I]t was that on 5 April 1986 Jean-Michel Jarre appeared on a gigantic stage erected in the centre of Houston. Lit by a spectacular laser display with an array of brightly-coloured fireworks exploding above his head, Jarre launched into a rendition of his greatest hits, while behind him a series of surreal images were projected onto a giant 120x65 metre screen. The crowd, made up of over 1 and a half million American fans, went wild as the strains of "Oxygène" floated out through the electric blue laser beams.
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One aspect of the show was during the transportation of several large mirror balls (some 4m diameter), which Jarre had commissioned for the show to be hung from the large dockside cranes. Whilst en route to the docks, one of the lorries had lost one of the balls on the roadside. On the same night a satellite was due to enter the Earth's atmosphere from space. A member of the public reported the sighting of a sphere like spacecraft rolling on the road, and hence caused major panic as police feared it was the satellite.
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