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I have come across some amazing pics lately and I was planning on posting them individually, but I thought why not make it a festive December pics round up post.

First up we have the talented Chantel with some very impressive Umlaut pics taken at the recent Umlaut and Les Claypool show at the Enmore, Sydney:

Check out the full set here or hit her website: chantelbann.com

Next up is a couple of sets from the recent Melvins Euro tour, bramdauw’s Geneva Set:

and Shinji’s Melvins (and Porn) Paris Set:

And lastly (thanks to cv), an awesome Faith No More set from isrtinez

UPDATE 2: Ipecac now have official word on this:

“It has come to our attention that tickets are being sold for Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane in Paris on February 19 & 20. Unfortunately these dates are not correct. Mike did not agree to these dates. If you bought tickets, please get a refund. We are working on getting the correct dates. (http://www.ipecac.com/news/426)”

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UPDATE: Mike’s manager Greg Werckman has stated that Mike will not be playing these shows. He says Mike was approached to play the shows but stated he was not available until March.

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Tickets have just gone on sale for two Mike Patton dates with Ochestre Nationale d’Ile de France. February 18th and 20th, 2010. The concerts will be held at Cité de la Musique and are expected to be the first Mondo Cane shows since the highly successful Amsterdam concert of 2008.

A double album of Mondo Cane (Mike Patton and The Metropole Orchestra) is expected for release in November this year, though a later date to coincide with the Paris shows, is likely.

The event is already selling quickly. Get your tickets HERE!

Our French friends strike again, gotta love em. Check out this recent interview of Buzz done while the Melvins were recently touring Paris, and some pics from their Paris gig. Nice work Shinji.

Lot’s O’ bootleg downloads from John Zorn’s week in gay Pari.

photo credit: febbrile

Definitely a gig on but not sure of the lineup. Possibly Six Litanies in Paris on the 23rd of June, 2008.John Zorn’s Six Litanies For Heliogabalus Lineup:

Fred Frith guitar
John Zorn saxophone
Bill Laswell bass
Terry Bozio drums
special guest: Mike Patton voice

More info and tickets

Gig info on Last.fm with conflicting lineup

EDIT – Thanks to a commenter we have clarification:

“No, actually, Six Litanies was programmed and announced (with Dunn, Baron,Mori, Patton, Saft and a choir), but was cancelled last week to be replaced with a two-part show: Frith/Zorn then Painkiller (with Bozzio on drums and Patton as guest-star)”