In Pictures: Jean-Michel Jarre back on stage in the UK for first time in 5 years

Jean-Michel Jarre returned to the UK stage at the weekend as he performed  at the BlueDot ‘Festival of Discovery’…

Described as “an intergalactic festival of music, science, arts, culture and the exploration of space” by the organisers – the BlueDot Festival is at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire and it lasted for three days.

The line-up featured a wealth of talented artists, including the similarly electronic (and similarly French) band Air and Beth Orton (not French).

Jarre played on the spectacular Lovell Stage, situated in the shadow of the mighty Lovell telescope, and as can be seen from these pictures by Raph Pour-Hashemi, it looked like an amazing evening’s entertainment (scroll down for more photos below).

Jean Michel-Jarre recently issued his Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise album, which includes collaborations with the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Primal Scream, Gary Numan and Hans Zimmer and Air‘s Twentyears box came out last week.