Multi-platinum hard rockers EXTREME, featuring Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Pat Badger (bass) and Kevin Figueiredo (drums), have announced the release of “Paris Rising”, a new live album featuring tracks from across the band’s entire career, spanning their 1989 self-titled debut through to their most recent studio album, “Six”.
Recorded on December 7, 2023, at the historic Salle Pleyel in Paris during the band’s “Six” world tour, “Paris Rising” is set to arrive on February 5 via earMUSIC.
The album’s first single is “Get the Funk Out”, a longtime band favorite originally featured on EXTREME’s double-platinum album “Pornograffitti”. Check out the official 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 in the midst of the highly successful “Six” era. Released in 2023, the album broke into the Top 10 in Germany (No. 8), Switzerland (No. 4) and Austria (No. 6), marking the band’s first-ever Top 10 entries in all three countries. It also reached No. 2 on both Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart and the U.K. Rock and Metal Albums chart, while Rock Hard magazine named it “Rock Album Of The Year”.
The album’s opening track, “Rise”, attracted millions of views and praise from guitar legends including Brian May, Tom Morello and Steve Lukather. Its guitar solo also received major recognition, with Total Guitar ranking it No. 1 on its list of the “Greatest Guitar Solos Of The 21st Century”.
Featuring 22 tracks and running for more than 100 minutes, “Paris Rising” takes listeners on a journey through EXTREME’s entire catalogue. The set opens with a medley of songs from the band’s 1989 debut and includes seven tracks from “Six”, among them “Rise”, “#Rebel” and “Banshee”. The setlist also features fan favorites such as “Decadence Dance”, “Play With Me” and “Hole Hearted”, alongside Nuno Bettencourt’s instrumental showcase “Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee” and the Billboard No. 1 hit “More Than Words”, performed with the entire audience singing along.
“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:
01. It (‘s A) Monster
02. Decadence Dance
03. #Rebel
04. Rest In Peace
05. Hip Today
06. Teacher’s Pet / Flesh ‘N’ Blood / Wind Me Up / Kid Ego
07. Play With Me
08. Other Side Of The Rainbow
09. 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
