Month: June 2022

Too sad, but this date is cancelled, too

Ok, we have seen it coming, but … all the best wishes to Mick! The good news is, that the gig in Milan probably is going to happen!

Here’s the official statement:

Mick was prooven positive of Covid19 – and the show is cancelled!

Hi folks! Just cam in from office work, prepared for a long, hot Stones night… Just heard the news … this is crazy!
I’m gathering the news, so reload this page every once in a while!

So sorry for you folks headed for the show in Amsterdam!! This is really hard. In any case, stay well, take care of each other!

And, for chrissakes, Mick, get well soon and swiftly!! Ronnie, Keith, Daryl, Sasha, Chuck, Bernard, Karl, Tim, Matt and all you members of the touring crew: stay save and take care!!

Well, shit happens. Fuck, Covid19 is not yet done – I know why I’m still running around with a mask on me face…

With Amsterdam cancelled, we all know that Bern this Friday is in danger, too. Nothing official as of now. Let’s hop for the best…

Today, the band has done the usual sound check, but after that, Mick was tested positive:

The Press: Het Parool / Reuters / Washington Post / Business Standard / New York Post / Belfast Telegraph / The Mirror

What’s your story? ==> Leave a comment!!

Just on more night and then it’s time again to welcome The Rolling Stones on stage in Amsterdam!

After that well done gig in Liverpool we can expect another great show with a stimulated crowd for tomorrow!

Meanwhile, the song vote is up again!

Choose one of these: Wild Horses / Fool To Cry / Angie / She’s A Rainbow

Mick greets us:

In case you need some infos about the vernue and the event, go here to mojo.nl for infos – in English.

bluesmagazine.nl – Article about the upcoming gig in dutch

Time schedule for tomorrow:
17.00h – Doors open
19.30h – Ghost Hounds
20.15h – Change-over
20.45h – The Rolling Stones
23.00h – Expected end time

Folks, what can I say. Dynamite show in Liverpool, really!

It’s just wonderful, insane, crazy, far out, hilarious and jaw-dropping: The Rolling Stones delivered in Liverpool one of the best shows, people have seen. That’s what folks say who have been there and who have seen many shows of this band. And even I (and you), following the streams as they came and were, could tell that this show was right on the spot. The band is in a fine mood and really playing tight, rocking for 2 hours straight. Again: wonderful. How proud we can be, to be fans for 60 years of such an extraordinary phenomenon like The Rolling Stones, fuck yeah.

Let’s see, what the press has to say. And below you’ll find the setlist with videos, as far as I could find ’em.

The Press: liverpoolecho.co.uk / theguardian.co.uk / liverpoolecho.co.uk / liverpoolecho.co.uk / liverpoolecho.co.uk / people.com / rollingstone.com / mirror.co.uk / music-news.com / guitar.com

Here is the show in videos (as of now)

1 Street Fighting Men

2 19th Nervous Breakdown

3 Get Off Of My Cloud

4 Tumblin’ Dice

5 I Want To Be Your Man

6 Out Of Time

7 You Can’t Always Get What You Want

8 Living In A Ghost Town – only 1:33 – sorry

9 Honky Tonk Women

Introductions

10 You Got The Silver

11 Connection – at the start, Keith had problems with his guitar. So he turns towards Steve, signalling him he has troubles and they should stop and restart the song. But Stve just kept on drumming. Meanwhile, Ronnie realised that there was some things going on. As the drumming kept on, Keith gave in and started to sing the song without playing his guitar while Ronnie covered his ass by trying to play both of their parts at once. Really cute. And one of the essential moments where you see the band staying tight, holding ground while the shit hits the fan. Wonderful. That’s why Keith says after thanking the crows that “Shit happens”…

12 Miss You

13 Midnight Rambler

14 Start Me Up

15 Paint It Black

16 Sympathy For The Devil

17 Jumping Jack Flash

I chose this video although it has only meagre sound quality. But the thing is: you can hear Keith hitting his Fender Tele ‘pada-baaaah, pada-baaahhh’ after the chorus in such a manner that you can get the idea how it hits you when you’re at the gig. I just love that power of JJF, really a true highlight at this place just before the encores …

encores
You Never Walk Alone

18 Gimme Shelter

19 Satisfaction

final bows

The Rolling Stones will rock the Merseyside tonight!

Kinda funny: the song vote is still entitled for Munich… well, I wonder how Mick will announce that part of tonight’s show, hehehe …

Echo and the Bunnymen have finished their set by now.

Support: 19:00 / The Rolling Stones: 20:45 – 22:30 / Curfew: 23:00

LIVEstreams:

Jared with GS, Satisfactio, final bows

Tony live with Sympathy – not complete

Tom is back with PIB! – stopped

Suzie’s back with Ghost Town, HTW, Introductions, YGTS, Connection, MY, MR (MR not complete, she hat trouble with signal and sound)

Tom 3:28 of Connection

Karen: most part of YCAGWYW then stopped (Facebook)

Suzie (Facebook): TD, IWBYM, OOT – then stopped

TOM GOLD – 19NB, GOOMC, stopped after TD

VARTAN: Intro, SFM (5:24)   Facebook

Karen – 19 seconds of SFM

SETLIST:

1. Street Fighting Men
2. 19th Nervous Breakdow
3. Get Off Of My Cloud
4. Tumblin’ Dice
5. I Want To Be Your Man
6. Out Of Time
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
8. Living In A Ghost Town
9. Honky Tonk Women
   Introductions
10. You Got The Silver
11. Connection
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Start Me Up
15. Paint It Black
16. Sympathy For The Devil
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    encores
18. Gimme Shelter
19. Satisfaction
    

First pics from the gig in the press: the dailymail.co.uk has 26 of ’em …

Here, we have the band’s greetings for tonight:

And here’s Keith: “Hello Liverpool! Was last here in 1971 and looking forward to Anfield Stadium tonight!“

The Stones are in Liverpool, oviously!

Funny enough: less than a day until showtime and the song vote for Munich is still online. Liverpool’s choices nevertheless will appear at the same adress soon, I guess…

Mick strolled around town like he has done since the last tour. Here’s his take on the Beatles’ Liverpool:

Here’s the schedule:

Doors open at 16:00
Support: 19:00
The Rolling Stones: 20:45 – 22:30
Curfew: 23:00

And some more infos by the liverpoolecho.co.uk: Set list, support act and stage times / Start time and weather forecast / Important update for every single ticket holder / Full list of banned items / Parking, road closures and getting to the stadium

The Rolling Stones play the Olympiastadium in Munich tonight.

Sure enough, we are going to follow this show as much as possible, although we’re not actually there. According to tweets, it has stopped raining! Reef rocked nicely, so now all are waiting for the Stones! Still some people are in cue for the LD tickets… curfew is 11PM.

!! First videos from Munich on YT: Out Of Time 🙂

LIVEstreams:

Lalega Stones back with Satisfaction + the bows…

Lalega Stones was online with Sympathy for some seconds, then lost the signal again.

Short snippet of Midnight Rambler with Ago (Facebook)

Lalega Stones has had some sound problems, now he has stopped…  (Facebook) stopped after Miss You
(until TD, singing along …) he just stopped  – searching for streams … people enjoying the show, rather than stream the gig.  So far, I can’t find any streams. But that could change at any moment …

SETLIST: (after song #5 it’s taken from the spoilers…)

1. Street Fighting Man
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Rocks Off
4. Tumblin’ Dice
5. Out Of Time
6. Ruby Tuesday (vote song)
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
8. Living In A Ghost Town
9. Honky Tonk Women
   Introductions
   
10. Connection
11. Slipping Away
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Start Me Up
15. Paint It Black
16. Sympathy For The Devil
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    encores
18. Gimme Shelter
19. Satisfaction

Sympathy:

Out Of Time:

In the gallery below you can see Jesse Wood meeting his father backstage; it’s also partly kind of a setlist spoiler, so if you still want to keep the secret, then you should not click for the bigger version… 😉

Weather forecast predicts better conditions for the evening:

Concert promoters PGM tell this about changed opening times and the schedule:

Today’s greetings from Ronnie:

Nice pie! Never without on gig days. Don’t break the crust for chrissakes!!!! 🙂

Karl:

The band: