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Capacity of The Stade de France is 80,000 which could be extended to 90,000. Already 75,000 tx have been sold by the agencies. If you go to the Stade de France or Fnac or Carrefour, thèse at least 3 sites are registering in case new tix are released. This means that a few thousands more tickets will be on sale in the few coming weeks.

If you're talking about the grey seats sure, there's more which can be added.

HMN

I have Tickets for the grey section already. H5 for 70€. They sold some tickets also for R15 i saw some minutes after all others were gone
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Stop your paranoia.
In every big city, you have to be careful, Paris included

Being carefull is always good regardless where you are and a little more if in a place unfamiliar, but to be overcautious and carefull can ruin your entire experience. Just Enjoy and have a good time and just be on top of your belongings and information.

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I have Tickets for the grey section already. H5 for 70€. They sold some tickets also for R15 i saw some minutes after all others were gone
chris

Yes they popped up when the rest were sold out, hope it's not too frustrating to be there...on the bright side you'll have a nice view of the crowd, should be pretty impressive ;-)

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After reading all the bad rap about Saint-Denis (some of which I knew already based on my trip last year to see Bruce Springsteen) I decided to book the last available room at the Ibis Saint-Denis Stade Ouest hotel. At least it's close to the stadium. About the closest you can get.

Had to act fast and I will end up paying 100 € more for the two nights than I would pay at the other Ibis (De la Plaine) but that was in the (even) dodgier area southbound from the venue.



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Don´t think of a frustating concert. Had a place like this in Bercy 2003. And a great view of the work behind the scenes... and saw the stones entering the stage before the hole crowd :-) After Berlin standing and before Düsseldorf FOS a relaxing concert with a good overlook of the crowded SDF :-)

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I have Tickets for the grey section already. H5 for 70€. They sold some tickets also for R15 i saw some minutes after all others were gone
chris

Yes they popped up when the rest were sold out, hope it's not too frustrating to be there...on the bright side you'll have a nice view of the crowd, should be pretty impressive ;-)

Don´t think of a frustating concert. Had a place like this in Bercy 2003. And a great view of the work behind the scenes... and saw the stones entering the stage before the hole crowd :-) After Berlin standing and before Düsseldorf FOS a relaxing concert with a good overlook of the crowded SDF :-)

There you go, a good mix with these other shows and you'll have the cheapest seat in the house ;-)

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Man, you guys make Paris sound like Rio. It's not. You have to be a little careful, but mostly for pickpockets (hold on to your wallet and watch out for groups of kids) and "scams", not violent crime. If you are approached by someone you don't know, the best thing to do is just ignore them. I was once approached by someone who said "Paris Metropolitan police, I need to speak to you"; I just kept walking and he said "Halt", and then gave up. I have no idea what his scam might have been.

If anyone has info, it would be greatly appreciated.

Clubs for dance/techno and rock n' roll?

Offbeat places to see/things to do. For example, if you really want to get a tase of Paris...?

Record stores for Stones vinyl?

Did you know that Jim Morrison is buried in Paris at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, lots of people pay a visit.

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Capacity of The Stade de France is 80,000 which could be extended to 90,000. Already 75,000 tx have been sold by the agencies. If you go to the Stade de France or Fnac or Carrefour, thèse at least 3 sites are registering in case new tix are released. This means that a few thousands more tickets will be on sale in the few coming weeks.

If you're talking about the grey seats sure, there's more which can be added.

This set up looks basically the same as Springsteen's last summer in terms of where the stage is set up. I believe he was pretty close to a sell out and the attendance was given at 61,867 so I would be surprised if 75,000 have been sold.

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Man, you guys make Paris sound like Rio. It's not. You have to be a little careful, but mostly for pickpockets (hold on to your wallet and watch out for groups of kids) and "scams", not violent crime. If you are approached by someone you don't know, the best thing to do is just ignore them. I was once approached by someone who said "Paris Metropolitan police, I need to speak to you"; I just kept walking and he said "Halt", and then gave up. I have no idea what his scam might have been.

Thanks. After spending a couple of days last year around SDF (lining up for Springsteen), using the metro from Saint-Denis to downtown and back on many occasions I never felt unsafe. It's just that now that I am familiar with the stadium surroundings I did not want to stay in another block. That's why I switched hotels. Still have an option of choosing between them as the Ibis Ouest did not take any money up front and offers cancellation until the check-in date.

Anybody that feels unsafe going or coming from a Stones show shouldn't be attending in the first place! It is NOT family entertainment!

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Anybody that feels unsafe going or coming from a Stones show shouldn't be attending in the first place! It is NOT family entertainment!

True, but I was making the point that Paris is not Rio or other similar true "high crime" cities. You need to be a little careful, but it shouldn't stop you from going.

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Anybody that feels unsafe going or coming from a Stones show shouldn't be attending in the first place! It is NOT family entertainment!

Its more than OK to be a Stones fan AND, at the same time, worry about hanging around the wrong area around midnight. I'm going to a Stones concert, not to some 2nd league football match in north England. I can fight if needed, certainly can run very fast (would choose option #2 if I can in a foreign city) AND am accompanied by the Mrs. - whom is not a Stones fan, but rather a Wroclaw fan . I did'nt suffer much bad experience with my VERY intensive visits to many European (and Turkish) cities, but sometimes you take the parallel street than the one where the sea of people walk, and can meet uncomfortable situations. I think this had changed alot since my last visit, but back in the mid 1990's even in central Amsterdam you could have met type of junky petty drug dealers who could act in a threatening way if while ignoring them they thought you were "disrespectful". Thats kind of an experience you would rather avoid by booking for a hotel a block away, if you can know in advance about a place being "uncomfortable".



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Actually now the latest reviews from Tripadvisor regarding the Ibis La Plaine hotel are not that bad =)

I guess will keep both of my options open until the day I really have to decide. The Plaine hotel is closer to the RER station which will help with dragging along luggage. However the Ouest hotel is just 5 mins from the stadium itself, which will be a help on show day (I can go to the washroom at my hotel if need be!)

So it will be one of the Ibises. Will also depend on how big a bag I will need for my Berlin-Paris-Vienna trip.

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Anybody that feels unsafe going or coming from a Stones show shouldn't be attending in the first place! It is NOT family entertainment!

The Stones these days is family entertainment.
It's as dangerous as Disney on Ice...and they have ice!

As far as soccer fans go: In Oslo I got strange looks when wearing my Liverpool scarf. The Norwegians seem to take their UK soccer pretty seriously...

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Did you know that Jim Morrison is buried in Paris at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, lots of people pay a visit.

Nate

Not a fan of the Doors, but thank you for the idea! Anyone else?

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Did you know that Jim Morrison is buried in Paris at the Pere Lachaise cemetery, lots of people pay a visit.

Nate

Not a fan of the Doors, but thank you for the idea! Anyone else?

Even more impressive: the great Oscar Wilde.

Edith Piaf, Chopin, Rossini, Proust and hundreds of other famous people.

They are in the same place as Morrison?

Thanks BowieStone and Nate!

You can find a map at the entrance of Pere Lachaise Cimetery showing you where are the graves of famous people.

But the indication given for Morrison is wrong and nobody's would tell you where is the grave of Jim. The reason is that many excesses where made around his grave and the family of Jim Morisson wants to put an end to this. I went in this cemetery but I could not find the grave of Jim Morrison.

Near one an entrance there is a small shop enterely devoted to Jim Morrison where to buy souvenirs.

The grave of Oscar Wild is easy to find and very popular and very interesting (as it can be for a grave, even if Oscar Wilde was a genious).

And I desesperely looks for a pelouse VIP ticket at 250 euros.

Morisson rests in the 6th division of the cemetary. And behave cos there's a CCTV camera filming the premises

While you're there don't miss the "Victor Noir" tombstone (quite funny but shhh...) and Allan Kardec's (a famous psychic)... His grave is a like a small Stonehenge.



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Morisson rests in the 6th division of the cemetary. And behave cos there's a CCTV camera filming the premises

While you're there don't miss the "Victor Noir" tombstone (quite funny but shhh...) and Allan Kardec's (a famous psychic)... His grave is a like a small Stonehenge.

Hail google maps...

Just put in the search field:

Père Lachaise jim

You will get the exact location + pictures from satellite view. Print it / take GPS direction and voila..

Opening act for Paris is announced, it's Vanessa Paradis & Band. There is a new album coming in May. I expect a nice "Wild 'orses" duet during the Stones' set.

I hope you're wrong about your duet....

I hope so, too. I don't like those Wild Horses duets, in fact I don't like most duets at all. "Nice" was irony.

No, it will be Little Bob:





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I hate all the duets with the Stones, they don't need that. The artists don't, and the Stones definitely don't, in my opinion.

But I think Mr Jagger would love to bring out a cd with all the duets : another new sales-market is born....