Month: June 2019

June 20 – officialKeef shares a little snip with us

His Twitter-team did a little video showing him getting out of the car in the basement of Soldier Field and entering his Camp, called “X-Ray”.
Quote:

Countdown to the first concert of the @rollingstones No Filter Tour at Soldier Field on June 21st! Great to be back on the road! #StonesNoFilter

June 20 – Recommended Read

(Just 1 day to go! Yeeehaaaaw!)

• The bizjournals.com has this headline: Give it up for The Rolling Stones! Also, does your retirement plan include annuities?

It’s interesting to read about this tour’s sponsor, which is, unlikely as it seems, a non-profit organisation!
Quote:

[…] The unlikely subject matter marriage of the talents behind “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Paint It Black” and a relatively small but growing financial insurance product comes courtesy of the D.C.-based annuities education and advocacy nonprofit group the Alliance for Lifetime Income. The group of insurance and annuities providers is, somewhat remarkably, the sole sponsor of The Rolling Stone’s No Filter tour of North America. […]

June 19 – The band rehearses the stage in Chicago

UPDATE: Thanks to “Fan Club Patagónico Rolling Stones“, we have a setlist for today’s rehearsal:

1. Let’s spend the night together
2. Street Fighting Man
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Sad Sad Sad
5. Ride ’em On Down
6. Out Of Control
7. YCAGWYW
8. Play With Fire
9. Sweet Virginia
10. Sympathy For The Devil
11. Happy
12. Miss You
13. Paint It Black
14. Gimme Shelter
15. Satisfaction

Mary T. Foxgrover shares with us some minutes outside of Soldier Field stadium and catches the sound of the Stones for us as they play Let’s Spend The Night Together… Thank you Mary!

June 19 – short column in the Daily Herald

Sound check: Rolling Stones resume rescheduled tour with Chicago launch

by Brian Shamie

Can’t stop the Stones

Mere months after the Rolling Stones announced the postponement of the band’s “No Filter Tour” due to frontman Mick Jagger’s heart surgery, the seemingly unstoppable musical legends are back in action. The band launches the rescheduled tour dates with two performances at Chicago’s Soldier Field Friday, June 21, and Tuesday, June 25.

7:30 p.m. (gates open at 5:30) Friday, June 21, and Tuesday, June 25, at Soldier Field, 1410 Museum Campus Drive, Chicago. Tickets start at $65.50. (312) 235-7000 or soldierfield.net.

https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190619/sound-check-rolling-stones-resume-rescheduled-tour-with-chicago-launch

June 19 – Production rehearsal: that’s what Ronnie calls it:

2120Joe [iorr] posted the list of songs they rehearsed so far yesterday:

• Tumbling Dice
• Street Fighting Man
• Under My Thumb
• Sad Sad Sad (2x)
• Video testing
• YCAGWYW (just short, no guitars)
• Angie
• Dead Flowers
• Sympathy – just short
  – about a quater of an hour pause –
• Keith set: You Got The Silver, Bevore They Make Me Run
• Out Of Control
• Ride’em On Down
• Mercy Mercy (2 times, short)
• Harlem Shuffle

Another of our friends, swimtothemoon, posted that Mick was not holding back and that his vocals as well as his harmonica playing “were both spot-on and full of energy” – well, that indeed sounds very promising and is very welcomed!

June 19 – Again, we can vote for one song out of four which the band will play in Chicago!

This time, you can choos from among these:

1. Out of control
2. When the whip comes down
3. Respectable
4. You got me rocking

Go and vote: [RollingStones.com] · [Twitter.com] · [www.Facebook.com] · [www.Instagram.com]

June 18 – The stage is being set up

UPDATE (about 4:30 pm): according to the man on the scene, 2020Joe, they also played Street Fighting Man, Under My Thumb, 2 times Sad Sad Sad, a short YCAGWYW without guitar and Angie … the opening video was also played/tested ..

UPDATE (about 4pm and later, Chicago time): apparently, the band is on styge right now, rehearsing Tumbling Dice (thx 2120Joe, iorr) and (I’m sure) other songs – they usually do this before gigs, so that the crew has a test for all the lightning and video features which have to work perfectly at showtime! Today it might just be a loose soundcheck, tomorrow or the day after they will do the ‘dress rehearsal’ and will play an extended set – er, I mean, they usually do … 🙂

erbissell [iorr] sent us this b/w update – thx! – check out the huge PIT… it’s definitely bigger than in EU

Oh what a sight! I so much wish to be there!

The construction is well developed, it seems. It’s the same set-up we have seen in Europe lately – it’s fantastic! Those screens are just huge and wonderful – and the crew nicely uses it throughout the concert. You will love it! 🙂

Thx for the pic erbissell [iorr]

June 18 – Good ol’ Bill German will tell anecdotes of his years with the band!

He’ll be in Chicago, June 24, at Transamobia Studio, 7 pm.
Tickets: 20 bucks ($21.99 w/service fee)

Here’s the official note:

Author and Rolling Stones insider Bill German discusses his ups and downs with “the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world.”  His book, Under Their Thumb, chronicles his unlikely friendships with Mick and Keith, and how he went from being a teenage fan (who approached them in New York City) to being hired as their official historian.  He traveled the world with them, stayed at their homes, and witnessed their private jam sessions, decadent parties, and vicious in-fights.  He’ll share his humorous anecdotes and never-before-seen photos at Transamobia Studio on Monday, June 24, at 7 pm.

THX for the tip, LuvGlimmerTwins [sdb]

June 18 – Ronnie greets us from Chicago!

He tweets: “Sweet Home Chicago! Can’t wait for the #StonesNoFilter tour to start this Friday in Chicago! Who’s coming to the shows?!”

June 17 – RollingStones.com released Satisfaction and LARS from the new Bridges To Bremen DVD

Check them out and enjoy… 🙂

And here we have the official 30 seconds-trailer: