The Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house. The closest métro/RER stations are Liège

Liège (Paris Metro)

Liège is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro on the border of the 8th and 9th arrondissements.It was built as part of the Nord-Sud Company's Line B from Saint-Lazare to Porte de Saint-Ouen and opened on 26 February 1911 as Berlin, named after the nearby Rue Berlin...

, Trinité – d'Estienne d'Orves, and Haussmann – Saint-Lazare.

The first building at this location where shows could be mounted was erected by the Duc de Richelieu

Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

Armand de Vignerot du Plessis was a French soldier, diplomat and statesman. Joining the army, he participated in three major wars and eventually rose to the rank of Marshal of France....

 around 1730, while after the Revolution

French Revolution

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 the site was renamed Jardin de Tivoli and was the venue for fireworks displays. In 1880 it became the Palace Theatre, which housed shows of different types, including wrestling.

It was at the beginning of the First World War, however, that the modern Casino de Paris began to take shape, when the venue was converted into a cinema and music hall. The bombardments of the First World War caused performances to be interrupted, and it is when they resumed that the revue format which lasted through a good part of the twentieth century was established.

Over the decades, performers who have played the Casino de Paris have included Paramore

Paramore

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, Mistinguett

Mistinguett

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, Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

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, Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

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, Tino Rossi

Tino Rossi

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, Line Renaud

Line Renaud

- Early life :Line Renaud was born in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father was a truck driver during the week, but he played trumpet at the weekends, in a local brass band...

, Violetta Villas

Violetta Villas

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, and Zizi Jeanmaire

Zizi Jeanmaire

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; writers who have contributed work have included Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

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 and Jean Ferrat

Jean Ferrat

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; Yves Saint Laurent designed for the Casino in the 70s, and poster artists have included Erté and Jules Chéret

Jules Chéret

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