Month: July 2022

Hell there, fans, folks and all,

I’ll update this page later today, because I’m heading north, about 400km, for a holiday visit. I’ll be back in time to check what’s goin on in Sweden. I still hope for good conditions for pictures, streams and, of course, a nice setlist.

LIVESTREAMS: Fedrik: SFTD, Satisfaction, Final Bows
Freddy: PIB! – 5:10
FREDDY: Midhnight Ramber! (6:05)
I don’t know what they’re playing right now, but OOC was great!!!
Arno (Insta) – 4:20 Ghost Town
Freddy again: Angie
FREDDY – OOC – 5:37
CARL – TD
SVEN – LSTNT ,  3:15 – better signal
SUZIE B – 2:10 Intro, SFM

Katharina: 3:18 of support act Thastom

SETLIST: (partly guessed – will clarify and update asap)

1. Street Fighting Man
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Out Of Time
5. Out Of Control
6. Angie
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. Paint It Black
15. Start Me Up
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    Encores
    
18. Sympathy For The Devil
19. Satisfaction

Here we go::::

Out Of Control!

Ronnie’s solo on YVAGWYN:

Street Fighting Men

Pictures

Happy birthday, Mick! We love you!

Today, we celebrate Mick Jagger’s 79th birthday!

The Stones will play the Veltins Arena or Schalke for short and I’ll be there!

I have tickets for seats just opposite the stage (Nordkurve), Block N5. And as I will attend the show there, naturally, I won’t be able to post the links to live-streams, the setlist and pics here!

BUT, I will try to stream that show for you! I have an old Facebook profile which I didn’t care very much about through the years. But as it allows me to stream the show on Wednesday, I hope very much that this will work out and you and me can enjoy a nice (and hopefully steady) stream like we did so often during the last tours.

The view from Nordkurve to the stage should be unobstructed, hopefully, and have a decent sound without too many echoes.

So when it’s about showtime, have a look at my Facebook profile for any live video!

In case shit happens and this doesn’t work, just try the Facebook search for live videos with “Rolling Stones” as a search pattern. Hopefully, others, too, will stream from there. Once there, you can narrow down the search by selecting ‘today’ or ‘sort by – newest’. Don’t be surprised about the results… there’s some weired stuff flying around sometimes…

So then, let’s wish us luck and let’s have a blast on Wednesday with the greatest Rock’nRoll band ever to walk the surface of this planet! 😉

Shattered in Paris! The Stones rock Paris and will roll the dice tonight!!

This time, weather conditions are perfect: about 26° Celsius (about 78,8° Fahrenheit) is about as convenient as it could get. All the ‘boys’ in the band are in their late 70ies, approacung 80 and I really don’t know anymore how to express my sheer wonder and amazement about this band!

What an incredible lucky bunch of fans are we to STILL enjoy evenings like these??

We MUST cherish this and don’t take anything for granted here: this is a very rare and precious exception and mother nature doesn’t have plenty of these to share.
Ok, ’nuff said. (God, I love this band!)

Soundcheck: they played Tumblin’ Dice and Like A Rolling Stone

=> I guess, as for the venue, which is a bit out of the city and on open field, it’s not so well connected as other venues are. That’s why there are few streams and/or they loose contact easily…

LIVESTREAMS:searching …
Stacy #3 – 19:23 – Miss You, MR, PIB
Stacy was back– WH, YCAGWYW, LIAGT, HTW
Jahweh 3:35 OOT from afar, but good!
Tinot#2 – 7:43 LARS, OOT
Stacey (from Shidoobee-Group*) is back now in Paris! – TD, LARS 13:47
Tinot – 19th, TD, LARS – 9:44
Fabrice: SFM, 19.NB – 5:14

*If you can’t access this, just join the Shidoobee-Group on Facebook – no problem I can see.

SETLIST:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5. Out Of Time
6. Wild Horses
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. Happy
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Paint It Black
15. Start Me Up
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    Encores
18. Sympathy For The Devil
19. Satisfaction

PICs:

In between the shows of this great Stones Tour, I got into contact with something really special by some really nice person! Let me tell you about this…

With beginning of this month, I came across Erwin Hoetjes book “Tourbook ’72”. After reading about this, I contacted him, ordered this sepcial book and I am deeply in awe before the amount of work and diligence, he had put into this project. He was working for 23 years on this!
Here’s what he wrote about Tourbook ’72:

Here it is, a 1,5 kilo manuscript full with 1972 STP Info, spread over 332 pages in 32 chapters. Now for the first time in its full glory. So far I have not been able to find a publisher yet. Most important is that I sincerely hope the Stones will do something valuable with their 1972 legacy. Especially now that for the first time they have released the complete live show from El Mocambo! They start to learn.
I made a few test prints. For those who might be interested please contact me privately for further details.

I contacted him and asked for his permission to tell you about this and write a review. He was kind enough to agree. Now let me tell you some more about this: This book is wonderful, a real gem for anyone interested into The Rolling Stones and their history. It is literally PACKED with information and pictures. It will take quite some time to read through this! He added:

You get a 1425 gram book full with 1972 STP Info, spread over 332 pages in 32 chapters, covering each visit to each city. The shows are described, all Jaggers outings are scrutinized. All pictures are placed with the right show. It’s a manuscript about the greatest tour ever. Now for the first time in its full glory. Have been working 23 years on this project and have a number of dissapointing reactions from publishers. I decided to make some test prints.

If you are interested into getting your hands on one more of the few test prints, you just need to send him a note and you can clear all the details needed.

As Erwin only charges the postage, and you get the book for free I would humbly suggest that you add some little extra to the postage and packaging if you like – in apprechiation of his labour!

BTW, you can read his review of the Amsterdam show right here…

OK, weather conditions are still serious – so take care, folks!

LIVESTREAMS: Stacey: JJF, Satisfaction
Stacey: Miss You, Midnight Rambler, PIB (27:47) // Amstudio – PIB
Miss You (5:06)
You Got The Silver (2:42)
the Introductions (3:34)
Cherchour #2 – 4:25 of HTW!! Ghost Town … 
Stacey: 20:14 of LSTNT, TD, OOT, DF, Angie, (fb, Shidoobe-Group membership needed but easy to get – just join)

KADER was back  DF / KADER: 1:58 of Angie
streatozone (Twitter) 16:01 – SFM, LSTNT, TD
KADER was back!
KADER (fb) – 6:54 waiting for the show …
Maryline (fb) – some seconds ‘Nothing But Thieves’

SETLIST:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Out Of Time
5. Dead Flowers
6. Angie
   
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   
8. Living In A Ghost Town
   
9. Honky Tonk Women
   
10. You Got The Silver
    
11. Happy
    
12. Miss You
    
13. Midnight Rambler
    
14. Paint It Black
    
15. Start Me Up
16. Sympathy For The Devil
    
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    (? Gimme Shelter ?)
    
18. Satisfaction
    

PICS:

Mick’s strolling around Lyons has got plenty of coverage: 20minutes.fr // leprogres.fr // lebonbon.fr // gala.fr  … for example.

Ronnie seems to be sound and fit – greeting fans and asking them to keep it safe:

Doors open at 18:00 hours, opening act will be “Nothing But Thieves” – they will start their set approximately at 20:00. The Stones will be on some minutes past 21:00…

Groupama Stadion informed us before about times and facts:

Lyonmag.com, too, has plenty of informations: “Heat wave, access and schedule: what you need to know for the Rolling Stones concert at Groupama Stadium“

There are several reviews in austrian papers which have Fridays show as subject.

The article of Der Standart “Rolling Stones in Wien – Sex, Drugs und Apfelstrudel” you know already – here are some more (thx to Dietmar!)

Kurier.at - "Rolling Stones inspire Vienna: Mick and his Hawara"

Kleinezeitung.at - "More than two hours of pure "satisfaction" at the concert in the Ernst Happel Stadium"

Krona.at - "Rolling Stones: Timeless rock with a message of peace"

Vol.at - "The Rolling Stones concert in Vienna was a triumph"

Tonight, it’s our pleasure to follow The Rolling Stones play King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels!

Again, we hope for nice pics, a hot setlist and lots of live-steams – or only a few as long as they last, hehehe…

LIVE STREAMS:

==>  searching …
Some of Bitch (Instagram)
3:32 of Out Of Time! (Fb.)

yes, we hear about really weak internet connection there at Brussels. Ok this is 2022, but … well, guess we have to wait for the YT’s from tonight’s show…

maybe it’s a weak signal there at the stadium, maybe – streams don’t come through (?)
Sabine – 35 sec. of Beast Of Burden (vote song)
Sabine (Fb): 2:41 of Kaleo
45 seconds of waiting for The Rolling Stones …

Setlist:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Bitch
5. Out Of Time
6. Beast Of Burden (vote song)
7. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
8. Ghost Town
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Slipping Away
11. Connection
    
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler

Meanwhile, Mick has been around in Brussels… have a look at the gallery… and have a look at that backstage pic – it’s quite telling … ^^

Brussels is the next stop of The Rolling Stones SIXTY Europetour

Schedule for tomorrow:

DOORS: 16:00
SPECIAL GUEST KALEO: 19:30
THE ROLLING STONES: 20:45
EXPECTED ENDING: 22:45

More useful infos at stib-mivb.be and brussels.be. And if you want to know what combines Manneken-Pis with the Stones, have a look! 😉

The song vote for Brussels is up, too: so go there and cast your vote:

Ok, it’s the 2nd take: tonight, The Rolling Stones will get their rocks off in Amsterdam!

After rescheduling the gig to today and with the impression we have gathered on this tour so far, it’s going to be a GREAT night of Rock’n’Roll tonight for all those lucky folks with ticktes for this show at the Johan Cruijff Arena!

LIVE STREAMS:

==> Gio: Satisfaction
3:09 of Sympathy!
Start Me Up already at YT: see below in the setlist!
Kees – 51 sec. of PIB
THOMAS is back: Happy, MY, MR
Bertus: YGTS

THOMAS live with SFM, LSTNT, TD, OOT, SV, YCAGWYW,LIAGT,CYHMK,HTW
Bertus – OOT
Patrick – SFM
seems like Thomas wants to share with us: “Rolling Stones in Amsterdam. Stay tuned. 20:45“

SETLIST:

1. Street Fighting Man
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Out Of Time
5. Sweet Virginia
6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
7. Living In A Ghost Town
8. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
9. Honky Tonk Women
   Introductions
10. You Got The Silver
11. Happy
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Paint It Black
15. Start Me Up
    
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    Encores
    
18. Sympathy For The Devil
19. Satisfaction
    

SMU:

Pictures:

Here again is the schedule for tonight:

17.00h – Doors open
19.30h – Support act
20.15h – Change-over
20.45h – The Rolling Stones
23.00h – Expected end time

Again, of course, we folks looking on from afar will check out pictures, news and – hopefully – o lot of nice live streams from the show. So let’s keep our fingers crossed…

Until showstart …

… here’s a video of Ansterdam sound check – Mick jamming chords on his Fender, checking the sound, sounds a bit like Miss You, Steve joins in on the drums… nice seeing him noodling away … ^^

… and here’s Keith (in Hyde Park), playing his Gibson Korina Flying V with the riff of MR …

… here’s a nice view on the soundboard while the band plays Ghost Town:

Yes, folks, tomorrow, The Stones will play the Johann Cruijf Arena in beautiful Amsterdam!

All we hear from folks at the gigs is praise and respect for the boys, especially Mick, for delivering such lively, powerful shows. As an example, Mark sent in these thoughts about Hyde Park II:

Some thoughts from the show:

It was amazing, the 7th time I have seen them and they haven’t lost a beat. Steve Jordan has given them a new lease of life whilst respecting Charlie Watts and his presence is felt at all times with a touching tribute to start the show.

I’m surprised more people are not talking about Jagger, he still moves like his 40, its incredible, do they put him in carbon freeze in between shows!

Keith and Ronnie were firing on all cylinders and seemed to have more oomph since the last UK shows.

The queues for the merchandise were longer than the beer queues!

Great to see some changes to the set list since Hyde Park show 1 the previous week. I hadn’t heard You Got Me Rocking for a while and Tumbling Dice is always welcome.

I loved Jagger’s welcome to the American Express Rolling Stones Covid super spreader event! Still controversial after all this time!

My friend said at the end if this is the end then they have gone out on a high.
I don’t think it is, as long as the almighty doesnt want them I think they will be back in a couple of years. Maybe promoting a new album, fingers crossed.

By now, the band has revived the song vote again. So go here and cast your vote for tomorrow night by choosing one of these:

• Sweet Virginia
• Wild Horses
• Fool To Cry
• Ruby Tuesday

mojo.nl has all the details about the show tomorrow, like door policy, time schedule, transport, etc.

Time schedule:
17.00h – Doors open
19.30h – Support act
20.15h – Change-over
20.45h – The Rolling Stones
23.00h – Expected end time

The Press:

radioveronica.nl – The Rolling Stones vragen Nederlandse fans om track toe te voegen aan hun setlist (The Rolling Stones ask Dutch fans to add track to their set list)
radioveronica.nl – 5x memorabele optredens van The Rolling Stones (5x memorable performances by The Rolling Stones)

Let’s have another blast, everyone! It’s showtime tonight and it’s a sunny evening at Hyde Park!

Again, we’ll try our best to keep up with news, pics and live streams as much as possible tonight, as we can’t be there in person…
Eric Clapton was seen there – maybe a surprise guest?

Livestreams:

Miss You (Facebook)
48 Seconds of LARS!
Facebook – Angie, YCAGWYW
Can’t access Instagram – but here’s// end of SFTD, Satsfaction // Gabriel again // Lorena again //  Gabriel // Lorena once again // Start Me Up // Keith’s Set // Lorena is back again II  // Lorena is back / here’s a link!

Setlist:

1. Get Off Of My Cloud
2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Out Of Time
5. Angie
6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
7. Like A Rolling Stone – here’s a first YT video
   
8. You Got Me Rocking
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. You Got The Silver
11. Happy
12. Miss You
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Paint It Black
15. Start Me Up
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Jumping Jack Flash
    Encores
18. Sympathy For The Devil
19. Satisfaction

Pics:

Still some minutes left until the Stones go on stage. Why not have a critical read about Mick’s part of ‘My Life as a Rolling Stone at theguardian.com

Here’s Ronnie on his way to the gig:

Having arrived backstage, he has to do his job:

This week went by so quick! Hyde Park II is coming up. And an official Bio of Charlie!

Tomorrow, the second show at Hyde Park will take place. The first show there was a blast already, so we look forward to another great evening!

Then, with the agreement of the band and the Watts family, we hear that the official biography on the life of Charlie Watts, “Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts” will be released on October 11. It was written by Paul Sexton, who followed and covered The Rolling Stones for over 30 years.

Here’s what Seraphina has to say about it:

“My father was an intensely humble and private person off the stage, who relished and protected his private time at home with us. [ … ] We were so very touched by the outpouring of love and support from all his fans when he died. We’re very happy and grateful that Paul, who interviewed my father many times over many years, and whom my father liked and respected, is the one writing this very special book about this very special man.”