Month: July 2019

Chuck Leavell Performs 3 songs at Paste Studio, NYC

Tuesday, July 30, Chuck had a few days off before their next Stones show, and so visited NYC’s Paste Studio where he offered up a three-song performance for his own Paste session. He played “Tumbling Dice”, then “Living A Dream” by Sea Level, the jazz fusion band he became a founding member of following his tenure in the Allman Brothers Band and finally closing it with Blind Willie McTell‘s “Statesboro Blues”.

At liveforlivemusic.com, you can read more of the details of his performance as well as see the videos of him playing …

Much to our joy, many fans have contributed their videos of the great show in Philadelphia to YouTube. So here we go!

Remember, these videos can never come near to the experience and sound you have if you were there in person. But then – it’s still very good and great fun! So just enjoy! 🙂

Ladies and Gentlemen – The Rolling Stones!

Thx to YouTube and many friends, here are the videos so far known to and selected by me about the show in Jacksonville, July 19, 2019.

1) Street Fighting Man

2) It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll

3) Tumbling Dice

4) Monkey Man (vote song)

5) You Can’t Always Get What You Want

6) Play With Fire

7) Sweet Virginia

8) Sympathy For The Devil
9) Honky Tonk Women

~ Introductions ~

10) Slipping Away

11) Before They Make Me Run

12) Miss You

13) Paint It Black

14) Midnight Rambler

15) Gimme Shelter

16) Start Me Up

17) Jumping Jack Flash

18) Brown Sugar

19) Satisfaction

The band again gives us a tough choice:

• Emotional Rescue
• She’s A Rainbow
• Just My Imagination
• Respectable

Go to the band’s website and decide…

Meanwhile, Ronnie visited NASA in Houston … nice pics! 🙂

Yours truly Bill German performs a monologue about (and presents never-before-seen images from) the two decades he spent hangin’ with the Stones.

Cool! Go there, highly recommended!

Saturday afternoon, August 3, at 2 o’clock
New York Public Library
18 West 53rd Street
New York City, New York

Free admission. No tickets required. 

More infos for this: billgerman.com/events

What a great show it was, again! The band is rolling mighty fine!

You were there? Got some review or story to tell? Well, SEND IT TO ME! 🙂

The Press:

=> chron.com – Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones visit The Menil Collection after Houston show

The Austin Chronicle – The Rolling Stones Storm Houston in Only Texas Date – UK legends haven’t lost a step after frontman’s heart surgery

houston.culturemap.com – The Rolling Stones rock Houston with unforgettable, satisfaction-filled show

houstonpress.com – It’s Genuinely Thrilling to Still Be Able to See The Rolling Stones Live

jambase.com – The Rolling Stones Perform ‘Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)’ In Houston

Ronnie twets after the show:

Here’s Out Of Control:

Interesting: a pro-shot from the first 2 songs, JJF and LSTNT, taken from the soundboard, so there’s almost no audience to be heared; this is what the news agencies use for their reports…

Yes folks, again we can enjoy a show together tonight!

As before, we can expect enough live streams to follow the proceedings! 🙂

LIVESTREAMS: List of Facebook streams // Facebook (Miss You until the bows – Missi did a great job!) //  Periscope (SELINE!) // Periscope ()
Facebook (Paul – until Dead Flowers)

SETLIST:

1. Jumping Jack Flash
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
   ~ Audience sings Happy Birthday, Mick! ~
   
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Out Of Control
5. Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker (vote song)
6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   ~ to the b-stage ~
   
7. Sweet Virginia
8. Dead Flowers
   ~ back to main-stage ~
   
9. Sympathy For The Devil
10. Honky Tonk Woman
    ~ introductions ~
    
11. Slipping Away
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Miss You
14. Midnight Rambler
15. Paint It Black
16. Start Me Up
17. Brown Sugar
    ~ encores ~
18. Gimme Shelter
19. Satisfaction

Nice: The Houston Chronicle recalls an article about the Stones from July 12, 1966. Enjoy reading!

The Houston Chronicle: Bernard Fowler turns Rolling Stones’ songs ‘Inside Out’

The Houston Chronicle: The Rolling Stones’ 13 best moments

General Stones articles:

Esquire.com: Mick Jagger’s Life in Photos – 40 Rare Photos of Mick Jagger’s Effortless Cool
(thx for pointing that out JZ [UC])

Yes folks, vote for the song the band’s gonna play:

• Rock Off
• When The Whip Comes Down
• All Down The Line
• Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker

Thx to YouTube and many friends, here are the videos so far known to and selected by me about the show in New Orleans, July 15, 2019.

Hope you enjoy! 🙂

1) Jumping Jack Flash

2) Let’s Spend The Night Together

3) Tumbling Dice

4) Sad Sad Sad

5) Under My Thumb (vote song)

6) You Can’t Always Get What You Want

~ over to b-stage, acoustic set ~

7) Angie

8) Dead Flowers

~ back to main stage ~

9) Sympathy For The Devil

10) Honky Tonk Woman

~ introductions ~

11) Slipping Away

12) Before They Make Me Run

13) Miss You

14) Paint It Black

15) Midnight Rambler

16) Start Me Up

17) Brown Sugar

~ encores ~

18) Gimme Shelter

19) Satisfaction

There was some rain – but much more excitement! (Update)

You were there? Got some review or story to tell? Well, SEND IT TO ME! 🙂

The show starts:

The Press:

TAPinto – The Rolling Stones concert tour gives satisfaction to fans

The Morning Call  (mcall.com) – REVIEW: The Rolling Stones at Philly’s Lincoln Financial Field seems to show time is on their side
Short quote:

But all The Stones needed to assuage those doubts was to what they ultimately did: Play a show that blasted out of the gate at full bore, its energy rarely flagging over two hours of 19 of some of the best songs ever written, to finish with the band seeming to have given its all.

It was a stunning display of not only how The Rolling Stones remain The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band, but of how no one else really is even very close.

Mick Jagger’s performance skills, even as he prepares to turn 76 on Friday, remain unparalleled.

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Review – Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, still vital in South Philly – Nice review with 10 picture gallery

Action News 6abc.com: The Rolling Stones rock Lincoln Financial Field – 2 minutes report

The band thanks the fans for staying out in the rain:

Aaahh isn’t it great? Again we have a show to enjoy tonight!

LIVESTREAMS:  // Jennifer – encores + the bows
Facebook (Jennifer: YCAGWYW – Slipping Away) // Facebook (Jennifer: Miss You – Midnight Rambler (part)) // Facebook (Steven – still going strong – until end of JJF!)
Check for current Facebook live-streams on this page

Setlist:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. You Got Me Rocking
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Bitch (vote song)
5. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   ~ Over to b-stage ~
   
6. Angie
7. Dead Flowers
   ~ Back to main stage ~
   
8. Sympathy For The Devil
9. Honky Tonk Woman
   ~ Introductions ~
   
10. Slipping Away
11. Before They Make Me Run
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Paint It Black
15. Gimme Shelter
16. Start Me Up
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    ~ encores ~
    
18. Brown Sugar
19. Satisfaction

To get into the groove, listen to Radio station 102.9 M-C-K – all stoned tonight!

From the band: “no umbrellas” allowed at the venue …

It’s online, so go there and cast your vote for

• Respectable
• Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
• Bitch
• Have Mercy

Woah, I can’t wait!

=> 2 days ago, The Philadelphia Inquirer had this headline for a long article: “Could this be the last time? Once more with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones in South Philly.“

Woah, that was a great show – even by judging from only the streams we got yesterday

You were there? Got some review or story to tell? Well, SEND IT TO ME! 🙂

As one fan put it: it was an “absolute blast“.

The Press:

=> Ponte Vedra Recorder: The forgotten Rolling Stones show
=> firstcoastnews.com: Video and photos from the Rolling Stones concert in Jacksonville – Let’s rock.
=> jacksonville.com: Spotted: Rolling Stones perform in Jacksonville
=> jacksonville.com: Rolling Stones roar through two hour show

During the band introductions midway through the show, Jagger joked about how long it’s been since the Stones last played Jacksonville. “We’ve been sharing a room at the Seahorse Motel, drinking at Pete’s Bar, went to see a Jumbo Shrimp game and had two camel riders washed down with a cherry lime-ade.” He mentioned how much he loved the stadium, because he could put his dog in the dog park.

So far, so good, But he tripped up when he introduced drummer Charlie Watts, “fresh from a residency at the Jacksonville Landing.” It’s been 30 years since the Stones have been here, so maybe he hadn’t heard that they’re planning to tear the place down this summer.
[…]
The show peaked with “Midnight Rambler,” …

=> saragosapost.com: The Rolling Stones Rock Big in Jacksonville at TIAA Bank Field
=> jacksonville.com: Here’s how Rolling Stones transformed stadium for their No Filter Tour

And here’s the pro-shot start and a bit of IORR, a video by First Coast News:

And here’s the Monkey Man himself:

According to list.co.uk and thesun.co.uk, Ronnie is gonna release a new solo album!

WITH a world tour to finish and twin toddlers running around, you would think Ronnie Wood has enough on his plate right now.
But the Rolling Stones rocker has found time to make his first studio album in nine years.

It’s planned to be released in October and along with it, a documentary about Ronnie and his life can be expected.

=> thesun.co.uk / list.co.uk

The show’s going on and it’s a really  god one!

LIVE streams: Facebook  (Lisa encored) // Periscope () // Facebook (Jeff still going strong!) //  (Facebook) // Daniel Facebook
Plenty of streams on Facebook: check these!

Setlist:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Monkey Man (vote song)
5. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   ~ over to the b-stage ~
   
6. Play With Fire
7. Sweet Virginia
   ~ back to main stage ~
   
8. Sympathy For The Devil
9. Honky Tonk Women
   ~ Introductions ~
   
10. Slipping Away
11. Before They Make Me Run
12. Miss You
13. Paint It Black
14. Midnight Rambler
15. Gimme Shelter
16. Start Me Up
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    ~ encores ~
    
18. Brown Sugar
19. Satisfaction

At Instagram, we already have a pro-shot from SFM:

Yikes! The Mayor said it – and so be it! 🙂 Stones Day in Jacksonville!

According to our friend GAFF (iorr), at the sound check, All Down The Line and Monkey Man were played…

Reports before the gig:

theadvocate.com: Our Views: After long delay, Louisiana Rolling Stones fans finally get some satisfaction

And here’s the Jacksonville poster/lithograph as well as other pics from Jacksonville:

So tonight we’ll have another gig! Hope you join me here for updates, live-streams, the setlist and general mayhem, hehehe … updates coming soon!

Late, though from NOLA.com:

Just one day and a few hours away, the city is buzzing with excitement…

UPDATE: The stage is almost ready … the Stones are in town … Jacksonville’s mayer declared  tomorrow as “Stones Day”, yeeehaaw!

As for tomorrow’s weather conditions – according to wokv.com:

Friday looks like more widespread rain and storm coverage, possibly all the way to the beaches. Action News Jax Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh says storms may threaten the pre-show festivities at TIAA Bank Field ahead of The Rolling Stones concert.  ‘Prime-time’ for storms will be between 1 and 5pm.  The concert starts at 7:30pm and it will be really muggy with temps falling through the 80’s.

news4jax.com: Fans anxiously await Rolling Stones arrival in Jacksonville – very recomended: nice video-reports!

actionnewsjax.com: Local businesses prepare for Rolling Stones Concert

2 articles about the New Orleans gig:

nola.com: Ivan Neville on opening for the Rolling Stones in New Orleans — again: ‘Cool as you could imagine’
wwltv.com: Dumpstaphunk talks opening for The Rolling Stones – With New Orleans funk and classic rock and roll, it was a big night of music in the city. This has a vice video with Dumpstaphunk:

Right on – tough choice as always – the Jacksonville song vote is online!

Which one would you choose??

• Monkey Man
• Emotional Rescue
• Doo Doo Heartbreaker
• Get Off My Cloud

Go ahead and cast your vote

And then, there’s a quiz about Stones lyrics at jacksonville.com – go there and answer all questions correct – it’s easy for us professional fans, hehehe …

Thx to YouTube and many friends, here are the YouTubes so far known to and selected by me about the show in Foxboro, July 7, 2019.

Usually I rate the completeness and the quality of sound higher than that of the picture when there are different videos to choose from. Hope you agree.

Ok, here comes the show – it really was a great show! Enjoy!

Setlist:

1) Street Fighting Man
2) It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll

3) Tumblin Dice

4) She’s So Cold (vote song)

5) Ride ’em On Down (with Gary Clarke Junior)

~ over to b-stage ~

6) Play With Fire
7) Dead Flowers

~ back to main stage ~

8) Sympathy For The Devil

9) You Can’t Always Get What You Want

10) Honky Tonk Woman

~ Introductions ~

11) Slipping Away

12) Before They Make Me Run

13) Miss You

14) Paint It Black

15) Midnight Rambler

16) Start Me Up

17) Jumping Jack Flash

18) Brown Sugar

~ encores ~

19) Gimme Shelter

20) Satisfaction

~ fireworks, the bows ~

The Stones rumbled and rolled through New Orleans last night!

You were there? Got some review or story to tell? Well, SEND IT TO ME! 🙂

=> UPDATE July 19: great pic from backstage meeting:

=> UPDATE July 17: Official Keef tweeted:

=> At NOLA.com, they have a nice page with equally nice pictures from the show. “Photos: The Rolling Stones rock Superdome in long-waited, Barry-delayed New Orleans show”

=> NOLA.com – “Review: Rolling Stones’ return to New Orleans after 25 years, heart surgery, hurricane worth the wait”

The Stones are grizzled, yes. But still great.

=> NOLA.com – “Here’s what Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones bandmates did in New Orleans during Hurricane Barry”

=> Here’s a report by WWLTV:

And here they are, painting it black:

LIVE strams: Facebook (Rusty – the whole fucking gig! THANK YOU!) / Facebook ()

Setlist:

1. Jumping Jack Flash
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Sad Sad Sad
5. Under My Thumb (vote song)
6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   ~ over to b-stage, acoustic set ~
   
7. Angie
   
8. Dead Flowers
   ~ back to main stage ~
   
9. Sympathy For The Devil
10. Honky Tonk Woman
    ~ introductions ~
    
11. Slipping Away
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Miss You
14. Paint It Black
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Start Me Up
17. Brown Sugar
    ~ encores ~
    
18. Gimme Shelter
19. Satisfaction

NOLA.com: Looking for Rolling Stones tickets? Many remain for New Orleans’ rescheduled Superdome show

Ronnie greets:

Fox8live.com: The Rolling Stones set to rock the Superdome (with video report)

If you need a ticket for the show tomorrow and you’re quick, just get a LUCKY DIP ticket for just $25.50

News from New Orleads…

The latest about weather conditions can be found at accuweather.com:

Following a brief stint as a Category 1 hurricane, Barry weakened once again to a tropical storm on Saturday after making landfall along the central Louisiana coast. 

So it looks like the weather situation is relaxing and tomorrow’s show can take place. Here is the latest about Barry’s landfall and ecpected rain fall conditions…

Keith twittered just an hour ago: “Sitting it out. See you tomorrow at the Dome”

Mick tweeted already last Friday:

=> The Rolling Stones No Filter US/Canada Tour has entered the Pollstar Top-10! Have a look …

While moved to Monday, here we have the song vote for the New Orleans show!

Choose from among these:

– Harlem Shuffle

– Live With Me

– Under My Thumb

– Bitch

UPDATE: CNN.com – storm tracker

nola.com – The dual threat in New Orleans: How high river, Tropical Storm Barry mix for dire potential

Woah, folks! It’s official:

UPDATE FROM NEW ORLEANS: Due to the weather we’re moving Sunday’s Superdome show to Monday. Hang onto your tickets, they will be honored on July 15. We’re here with you — we’ll get through this together.

accuweather.com: LIVE: Flood gates closed, homes boarded up in New Orleans as Barry approaches Louisiana

UPDATE 2: Keith tweets about the song Hurricane (2005) and replies to this ask (among myany other comments) whether there be an official announcement hopefully soon about what hapens with the New Orleans show …

UPDATE: “Barry” to hit Lousiana! I think, the show is in danger …

CNN.com: Tropical Storm Barry presents New Orleans with an unprecedented problem, according to the National Weather Service

newsy.com: Flooded New Orleans braces for tropical storm – video:

AP: Mayor: New Orleans can’t pump its way out of storm – video:

Just 3 days left … and then it’s time for another show. Let’s hope the weather clears aup for Sunday evening and nobody gets into trouble.

The band tweeted a short while ago (yes, Twitter is online again!):

Hi there, folks,

it has been serverely raining in New Orleans during the past day, streets have been flooded. By now, the situation is getting better, but the forecast predicts a tropical storm approaching the area. CNN reports:

The National Hurricane Center predicts that it will become Tropical Storm Barry by Thursday. It is then expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Saturday, when it likely makes landfall in Louisiana.

Here’s a look at its projected path:

See lso the Washington Post: New Orleans just faced a flash flood emergency, and Barry could bring more severe flooding Saturday, testing levees

So if this situation stays that severe, the show on Sunday is in danger to be cancelled… but much more in danger are the people living in town, so let’s hope that we have already passed the worst things to come.

What a show and what a band!

You were there? Got some review or story to tell? Well, SEND IT TO ME! 🙂

Here we have a pic of Keith and Gary backstage, very nice!

Ronnie’s Setlist

The Press

He (Mick) said he hoped everyone had a great July 4th weekend — and added that the Fourth had always been a “touchy holiday for us Brits.” “In fact, the President made a very good point in his speech the other night,” Jagger deadpanned. “He said, ‘If only the British had held on to the airports, the whole thing might have gone differently for us.’”

nme.com – Mick Jagger trolls Donald Trump during Rolling Stones show for “airports” gaffe
rollingstone.com – The Rolling Stones Let It Loose, Troll Trump at Massachusetts Gig / The band’s wonderfully ragged stadium show featured “Play With Fire,” “She’s So Cold” and a cameo from opener Gary Clark Jr.
boston.com – This Rolling Stone spent Monday relaxing at Boston’s Frog Pond / The band put on a show at Gillette Stadium the night before.
associationsnow.com – Why a Trade Group Is Sponsoring the Rolling Stones’ Latest Tour / The Alliance for Lifetime Income is the exclusive sponsor for the band’s latest tour, in part because the band’s aging fan base perfectly matched the annuity trade group’s key demographics.
thenonprofittimes.com – Nonprofit Is Sole Sponsor of Rolling Stones’ U.S. Tour
bostonglobe.com – At Gillette, there’s no stopping the Rolling Stones

Ride ’em On Down with Gary Clark Jr.:

Thx to YouTube and many friends, here are the YouTubes so far known to me about the show in Ontario, Canada, June 29, 2019.

The show is almost complete – only 1 song is missing, Keith’s Before They Make Me Run – if anyone knows the URL, please sent it to me!

Usually I rate the completeness and the quality of sound higher than that of the picture when there are different videos to choose from. Hope you agree.

Ok, here comes the show – enjoy!

1) Street Fighting Man

2) Let’s Spend the Night Together

3) Tumbling Dice

4) Sad Sad Sad

5) She’s A Rainbow (vote song)

6) You Can’t Always Get What You Want

7) Angie (b-stage)

8) Dead Flowers (b-stage)

9) Sympathy For The Devil

10) Honky Tonk Woman

– Introductions –

11) Slipping Away

12) Before They Make Me Run

13) Miss You

14) Paint It Black

15) Midnight Rambler

16) Start Me Up

17) Jumping Jack Flash

18) Brown Sugar

– encores –

19) 20) Gimme Shelter, Satisfaction

Tonight we have the 5th show of this tour!

LIVE-Streams: Periscope (Selene – new stream) | Periscope (Rich) | Facebook (Tony) | Facebook ()

Setist:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll
3. Tumblin Dice
4. She’s So Cold (vote song)
5. Ride ’em On Down (with Gary Clarke Junior)
   ~ over to b-stage ~
6. Play With Fire
7. Dead Flowers
   ~ back to main stage ~
   
8. Sympathy For The Devil
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10. Honky Tonk Woman
    ~ Introductions ~
    
11. Slipping Away
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Miss You
14. Paint It Black
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Start Me Up
17. Jumping Jack Flash
18. Brown Sugar
    ~ encores ~
19. Gimme Shelter
20. Satisfaction