Happy official 50th to the Rolling Stones!

[remphish1]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of their first gig!

 

http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/64864

 

[LouieB]

Seems like only yesterday.

 

LouieB

[The High Heat]

Seems like only yesterday.

 

LouieB

 

For you

[calvino]

I am watching the Live in Texas Blu-Ray - 1978 show from Dallas/Fort Worth. Great show. Ronnie plays very well. Plus, Some Girls is perhaps my favorite Stones record.

 

Though I swore off buying tickets for Stones shows, I probably will attend one if they go on tour next year, which I am sure they will. Hopefully, Richards can still play decent enough. From the few snippets I saw of Keith's playing recently, I think it was wise to take the year off. I am sure arthritis has a lot to do with it - plus I am sure his past lifestyle has caught up with him, too.

[suites]

On the eve (or maybe 2 days) that they will be announcing 2013 tour dates (18 in the US) I thought I would make my dream setlist (all with Mick Taylor and Ronnie):

 

Start Me Up

Let's spend the night together

Under My Thumb (Altamont version)

Beast of Burden

Some Girls

When the Whip Comes Down

Sway

Doo Doo Doo Doo

Cant you Hear me Knocking

Midnight Rambler

Waiting on a Friend

Let it Loose

Wild Horses (Keith)

Before they make me Run (Keith)

Little T & A (Keith)

Happy (Keith)

Waiting on a friend

Winter

Shelter

Sympathy (Ya Ya's)

 

encore

YCAGWYW

JJF

Brown Sugar

Street Fighting

Satisfaction

 

encore 2

Salt of the Earth

[suites]

Some dates announced....get ready for some second mortgages.....

 

Rolling Stones North American Tour Dates:

Early May Los Angeles Staples Center
May 5 Oakland Oracle Arena
May 8 San Jose HP Pavilion
May 11 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 15 Anaheim Honda Center
May 25 Toronto Air Canada Centre
May 28 Chicago United Center
June 12 Boston TD North Garden
June 18 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center

  

SEE THE TOUR DATES / '50 AND COUNTING' PHOTOS

The U.S. dates, which were first reported by Billboard last month, will begin early next month on the West Coast, with announced markets including a stop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, (date TBD, depending on NHL playoffs); May 5 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.; May 8 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose; May 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas; May 15 at the Honda Center in Anaheim; May 25 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto; May 28 at the United Center in Chicago; June 12 at the TD North Garden in Boston; and June 18 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. CitiCard members will have access to presale tickets beginning Friday through Citi’s Private Pass program, with details at citiprivatepass.com.

As reported earlier, AEG Live will promote the North American shows. A source confirmed to Billboard that AEG Live has 18 shows to work with; only nine shows have been announced thus far, so multiples are a given. Essentially, the Stones are treating these shows as “destination” events, which -- given the international appeal of the five 50th anniversary shows last December in London and the New York area -- is an approach they can undertake with confidence.

A New York play is notably absent from this year's route, but that metro market was covered in December with shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. At this point, though, it looks like Texas and the Southeastern U.S. will get no satisfaction, at least in this first part of the band's "50 and Counting" tour. As always with the Stones, there could be more to come; for updates, exclusive content and other Stones goodness, fans should check out the Official Rolling Stones App Presented by Citi, a deal that, along with the presale with Citi, was brokered by New York City-based agency MAC Presents, on behalf of the Stones.

The "And Counting" part of the tour’s title is no accident, as the Stones will not end their 2013 touring in Philadelphia. The band will move its touring machine overseas, first back to the U.K. for the Glastonbury Festival on June 29, and then AEG Live will promote two dates at London’s Hyde Park on July 6 and 13. If those shows blow up as expected, more dates could well follow in global markets, and sources tell Billboard that Australian promoter Paul Dainty will probably be involved in international shows.

That should be some consolation for Dainty. As reported in March, a deal was initially struck for Dainty and Virgin Music to promote the North American tour, but that plan fell through for financial reasons. AEG Live, a bidder to work with the Stones dating back to well before the December dates, got their shot with an (unconfirmed) guarantee of about $80 million. It was Dainty and Virgin that ponied up an estimated $25 million to present the band’s 50th Anniversary shows late last year, which grossed a total of $38,687,010 and sold 73,702 tickets, according to Boxscore.

[LouieB]

This is why they made records.  Save your money and fire up the stereo.

 

LouieB

[Analogman]

According to Billboard, Mick Taylor is going to be playing with the band on the new tour. That should be interesting.

[suites]

According to Billboard, Mick Taylor is going to be playing with the band on the new tour. That should be interesting.

 

Yeah it is only going to be guest spot for a few songs during the show...don't think it is for whole shows...or they would turn into Lynyrd Skynyrd