Extreme — Gary Cherone (vocals),Nuno Bettencourt (guitar),Pat Badger (bass) and Kevin Figueiredo (drums) — has announced Paris Rising, a live album containing songs that span the group’s entire career, from Extreme‘s 1989 debut to its latest album, Six.
Recorded on December 7, 2023 at the historic Salle Pleyel in Paris during Extreme‘s Six world tour, it will be released on February 5th through earMUSIC.
The LP’s first single is a band favorite, Get the Funk Out, originally featured on Extreme‘s double-platinum album Pornograffitti. Watch the video below.
“Whenever a band decides to record a live album/DVD in a particular city or country, it means only one thing: That place is special,” says Bettencourt. “It means something to the band. And when it comes to Paris, for over 40 years, it has always been a second home to us. One of the greatest audiences in the world and that’s why we chose it.”
Paris Rising captures Extreme at the height of the Six”era. Their 2023 album reached the Top 10 in Germany (No. 8),Switzerland (No. 4) and Austria (No. 6) — the band’s first ever Top 10 albums in three countries — and No. 2 on both Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums and the U.K. Rock and Metal Albums chart. Rock Hard named it the “Rock Album Of The Year”. Its opener Rise (listen here) drew millions of views — and comments from guitar legends such as Brian May, Tom Morello and Steve Lukather. Total Guitar ranked its solo No. 1 among the “Greatest Guitar Solos Of The 21st Century.”
22 tracks, more than 100 minutes, Paris Rising runs from a medley of the band’s 1989 debut to seven songs from Six, among them Rise, #Rebel and Banshee (both tracks here). In between are Decadence Dance, Play With Me, Hole Hearted, Bettencourt‘s Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee and the Billboard No. 1 More Than Words, sung by the entire hall.
“The people of France always rise to the occasion! A night we will not soon forget! Forever in our hearts…Merci” says Cherone.
Paris Rising track listing:
1. It (‘s A) Monster
2. Decadence Dance
3. #Rebel
4. Rest In Peace
5. Hip Today
6. Teacher’s Pet / Flesh ‘N’ Blood / Wind Me Up / Kid Ego
7. Play With Me
8. Other Side Of The Rainbow
9. Hole Hearted
10. Cupid’s Dead
11. Am I Ever Gonna Change
12. Thicker Than Blood
13. Midnight Express
14. Hurricane
15. More Than Words
16. Banshee
17. Take Us Alive
18. Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee
19. Get The Funk Out
20. Small Town Beautiful
21. Song For Love
22. Rise
You can pre-order Paris Rising at this location.
