Élysée Montmartre (french: L'Élysée Montmartre) is a music venue located at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart,

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. It opened in 1807, burned down in 2011, reopened in 2016, and has a capacity of 1,380 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers.

Origins

The Élysée Montmartre was originally a ballroom inaugurated in 1807 :fr:Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris where the famous Can-Can was performed among others dances during the 19th century. In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire and re-decorated. After the Second World War, it started hosting boxing matches.

Notable productions

The piece ''The Mask'' by

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takes place in the venue.

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created several paintings here as well. From the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, a wide variety of French and international performers gained notoriety at the location, including

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, and

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. In 1992,

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released their first live album, '' Rastafari Centennial - Live in Paris'', which was recorded over three nights at the venue.

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's performance, during the

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, on 14 October 1999, was filmed and recorded, with three songs later appearing on the CD single of " Survive". A heavily edited recording was released to streaming services as a live album entitled "Something In The Air (Live Paris '99)" in 2020; and later in limited quantities on physical media on 12 March 2021. American metal band

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recorded their first live album, Live on the Edge of Forever, at the venue during a tour in 2000. In 2005, Cradle of Filth recorded their live DVD, '' Peace Through Superior Firepower'' at the venue. The performance was filmed on 2 April 2005. In 2007,

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re-released their debut album, ''

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'', as a two-disc deluxe edition. The second disc is a recording of a performance at the theatre on 9 December 1994. The venue is mentioned in The Roots' song, " You Got Me", as a place where the subject saw the band and narrator perform, even though they both lived in the same building in Philadelphia.

Recent history

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The room returned to its original vocation in 1995 with dancing evenings animated by the Grand Orchestre de L’Élysée Montmartre and it is now one of the most famous music venues in the city. Finnish Metal band

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were the last band to perform at "Élysée" before it caught fire on 16 March 2011. On 22 March 2011 in the morning, the building caught fire.The Associated Press
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, it reopened in September 2016 with a concert of

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References

External links

Élysée Montmartre official site
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