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The best singer, songwriter and entertainer of the greates Rock’n’Roll band of this planet is celebrating his birthday today!

All the best we can think of to you, Mick! We can’t thank you enough for all the music, excitement and joy you have given us during all thos long years.

Stay well and sound!

UPDATE!

Just off from touring the US and back in the EU, he is in Paris, supporting the English olympic team. Pictures below are from X, and from Gelsenkirchen, 2022

After the tour is before the next tour, I hope! Let’s see what the band does after taking a well earned holiday!

What’s possible is another album – for which there is enough material, as Mick, Keith and Ronnie have confirmed several times. That would imply rehearsals and studio bookings somewhere, maybe in the fall? And when spring 2025 comes, we can enjoy another european tour, hopefully! The possibility of some shows in South america is off the list, I’m afraid. That’s sad for all the fans there, especially the Rolingas.  But let’s see, what the band is planning next; we just have to wait for news and the things to come. And there will be some, I think! That’s what I see on the list so far.

Let’s look back at the last show again: Here we have that last gig of this tour in 1 video – nicely edited and from a back perspective by ‘Hobo Daisy Chain‘ – great job, thanks a lot! Enjoy:

bransontrilakesnews.com – “Rolling Stones rock the Ridge“

ky3.com – “PICTURES: Rolling Stones play Thunder Ridge Nature Arena“

rollingstone.com – “Watch the Rolling Stones Wrap Up 2024 Tour at a Remote Amphitheater in the Ozarks – The final show of the ‘Hackney Diamonds’ tour was held at the New Thunder Ridge Nature Arena at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri“

americansongwriter.com – “Watch The Rolling Stones Wrap Up 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Tour; Band Members Hint at More Shows to Come“

eu.news-leader.com – “Miss The Rolling Stones at Thunder Ridge? Here are 5 things to know from the concert“

cbc.ca – “People from across the N.W.T. sent a Rolling Stones fan from Inuvik to an unforgettable concert“

eu.news-leader.com – “New Jersey woman celebrates 269th time seeing Rolling Stones at Thunder Ridge concert“

noise11.com – “The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds Tour Stats“

boingboing.net – “At 81, Mick Jagger runs and moves like a 20-year-old (video)“

Mick, apparently, has no interest to look back. Even if he would get a truck load of money (£20 million) for it. ““To spend 18 months or more working with an editor is not anything he is interested in. So it’s now a definite, ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’“

1news.co.nz – “Sir Mick Jagger will never write an autobiography.” // radaronline.com – “Mick Jagger to ‘Take Secrets to Grave’: Rocker Snubs $26M Book Deal — ‘He’s Not Interested In Reviewing the Past’” // metro.co.uk – “Rock legend, 80, ‘rejects £20,000,000 payday’ after vowing to never write a memoir” //

Rock legend, 80, ‘rejects £20,000,000 payday’ after vowing to never write a memoir

Yes and here we go – the Hackney Diamonds tour it over and it went by so fast!

Nevertheless is was one triumphal, over-successful and awe inspiring piece of Rock-‘N’-Roll history in the making! To be honest, I can not imagine anyone or any band to top this display of rocking, in-your-face hand-made music – loud, raw and dangerous, but very joyful at the same time: we all could see it by ourselfes: grinning and smiles all over the stage! So whatever the band is about to cook next: as long as there’s no serious health issue, the Stones will roll on – no doubt! Keith himself said it best: “They’re so damn good, they couldn’t afford to stop.”

Before we discuss what’s coming up next for the band, let’s see what we have online about the last stop of this tour at Thunder Ridge:

THE SHOW IN VIDEOS:

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

Tumbling Dice

Angry

Let It Bleed (vote song)

Street Fighting Man – woah!

Whole Wide World

Mess It Up

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

Keith’s set – all 3 of ’em:

You Got The Silver

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler – yesss!

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumping Jack Flash

encore

Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

The New Thunder Ridge Nature Arena at Big Cedar Lodge is the site of the last stop of this tour today.

Sadly, we have reached the final show of the Hackney Diamonds US Tour 2024. So for the last time until the next time, it’s about time for

“Ladies and Gentlemen – The Rolling Stones!”

SOUNDCECK: these songs were heard or recognized: Let It Bleed, Angry, Street Fighting Man, Whole Wide World …

There’s of course a traffic jam around Ridgedale and the Arena, so lots of people are in late for their seats – maybe that’s why we start a little later today?

LIVESTREAMS:

searching … Joes Basement – LIB … encores // Tom Hall – 51:51 – FB // Ken Tipping – 13:03 – FB // Joseph – 21:06 Fb – LIB … // Candice – Fb – TD // Ken – Pit-view! // James Lee – 3:56 – SMU, GOOMC,  // Shonna – FB – 2:40 SMU//

TK Armstrong with a 0:18 look around

SETLIST:

1. Start Me Up
2. Get Off Of My Cloud
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Angry
5. Let It Bleed (vote song)
6. Street Fighting Man – woah!
7. Whole Wide World
8. Mess It Up
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. You Got The Silver
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler – yesss!
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black (keith waiting for his guitar while Ronnie plays some stuff)
18. Jumping Jack Flash
    encore
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction
    

Tomorrow, the Rolling Stones will perform the final show of their North American Hackney Diamonds Tour

So far, the shows of this tour were high-energy, fast-paced shows that had fans on their feet all night long. What are the plans of the Stones for the time after this tour? We still have no clue what these plans are, if there are any. Nothing is official. But one fact is as clear as the shows of this tour: They are so damn good, they can’t afford to stop now!

A nice read is to be found at ultimateclassicrock.com, where they list 10 highlights from this tour:

ultimateclassicrock.com – “10 Highlights From the Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Tour“: 1. New Music From ‘Hackney Diamonds’ / 2. Surprise Songs and Tour Debuts / 3. Fan-Voted Songs / 4. Mick Jagger’s Plea to American Fans: Vote / 5. Guest Appearances / 6. Opening Acts / 7. Lucky Dip Tickets / 8. Steve Jordan on the Drums / 9. Chanel Haynes in ‘Gimme Shelter’ / 10. Keith Richard’s on Extra Lead Vocals /

Introducing: Hang Fire, the Stones podcast

“A podcast about The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band! I like it, like it–yes I do!”

If you haven’t seen the videos of this podast already, that’s no problem, because at it’s YouTube page, all 136 videos from this podcast are accessible at any time. With this amount of videos, it is clear, that this podcast is not that old (not as old as most of us or the Stones, even…). As far as I can see, it must have started around June 2023.

Hosted by Justin, you can enjoy many high class videos – nicely told, full of facts, infos and stories. Some even are presenting guests such as Bill German (that episode I really enjoy very much) or Scott Galupo or with Paul Natkin on photographing The Rolling Stones and so on…

Here are 2 examples. First, he talks about his first Stones show:

And here he is with a review of the second LA show:

Here are the links for Hang Fire:

You Tube // Instagram // Facebook // Spotify

That Thunder Ridge Arena is going to host The Rolling stones while in full swing and ready to rock’n’roll!

Can it be? Is this the last stop of this tour, after we and the band climbed that mountain up to the heights of performance that are delivered right now? How can they stop once they are so good?

About that, please read  ultimateclassicrock.com – “Will the Rolling Stones Continue to Tour?“

It’s just one more stop to go, to Missouri. Here are the latest infos you need for ths location:

thunderridgenaturearena.com:

“KNOW BEFORE YOU GO – The Rolling Stones
We look forward to welcoming you to Thunder Ridge Nature Arena! Proceeds from our venue benefit conservation in the Ozarks and around the world. Thank you for joining in our efforts to conserve the natural beauty of our region while enjoying world-class talent and first-class service.“

What a show – the longer this tour gets, the better the shows become – What A Band!

The press: abc7news.com – “Music legends The Rolling Stones rock the stage at Levi’s Stadium” // ktvu.com – “The Rolling Stones take over Levi’s Stadium as stadium celebrates 10th Anniversary” // sfchronicle.com – “Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger jokes about robotaxis and crime at Bay Area concert […] “It’s quite a hard place to get to sometimes, isn’t it?” the svelte 80-year-old singer quipped, referring to the notorious backups around the stadium. “I booked a Waymo to come here, but it got hit by an aircraft wheel, and then someone slashed the tires.”” // ksenam.com, ultimateclassicrock.com – “Rolling Stones Deliver Two Tour Debuts at Penultimate Show” // drgnews.com – “Rolling Stones Deliver Two Tour Debuts at Penultimate Show” //

The show in videos!

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

Tumbling Dice

Angry

Far Away Eyes (vote song)

Like A Rolling Stone

Bite My Head Off

Mess It Up

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

You Got The Silver

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

Gimme Shelter

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

The bows

Levis Station in Santa Clara, CA will see the band playing the second last gig of the Hackney Diamonds US Tour 2024, tonight.

Let’s have a blast again, folks! Can’t wait for the streams and the setlist!

SOUNDCHECK: Like A Rolling Stone, Bite My Head Off, Tumbling Dice, Far Away Eyes

LIVESTREAMS:

searching … // Ryan Lee is back – our straming hero of this show! 1:13:46 From the intros, YGTS, until Satisfaction // Ryan Lee – 36:49 from SMU to YCAGWYW // Dennis va der Woude – 3:21 BMHO // Dennis -FB- 15:00 showstart // Ryan – FB – SMU // //

Ryan – FB- with 2:06 of The Beaches

SETLIST:

1. Start Me Up
2. Get Off Of My Cloud
3. Tumbling Dice (that early!)
4. Angry
5. Far Away Eyes (vote song)
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Bite My Head Off
8. Mess It Up
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. You Got The Silver
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler (woah! what a setlist tonight!)
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encores
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction

Some pics:

Riding the VTA is recommended…

TV channel KRON4 gave reports about traffic jams caused by the event:

They are no longer selling danger.
They’re selling rock and roll. A lost art. If you want to experience it in its original form, go to see the Stones.

That’s how the recommended read starts and it’s a pleasure to read ahead. This was published at The Lefsetz Letter, yesterday and while slowly Santa Clara ome nearer, why not grab that text and have a fine read?

 => The Stones at SoFi

Oh and, btw, the song vote for Santa Clara is up with these fine songs to choose from:

• Dead Flowers
• Far Away Eyes
• Let It Bleed
• Sweet Virginia

Who’s opening that night at Levi’s Stadium? Well: The Beaches!

Here’s some more on them from CBC.ca: “‘Girls can rock just as hard as the boys’: The Beaches on opening for the Stones and reinvigorating rock – All-female Toronto band merges classic rock influences with modern feminist lyrics […] At the time the members of The Beaches were born, the late 1990s, Mick Jagger was already a grandfather and the Rolling Stones were on their 23rd studio album. But when the Toronto band found out they were opening for The Stones during their June 29 concert, they could not have been more excited. […] “

The high energy and qualitiy of the shows of this tour contuned with the second gig at SoFi in Los Angeles, yesterday!

They played 4 songs from the new album, that’s really good, IMHO! And then, there’s plenty of song changes in the setlists, which adds to the enjoyment-scale. So most reviews by the fans tell of an incredible show, band played well and tight, had a blast, the sound was great and the setlist was really cool…

The show in videos

The complete show in 1 go: DJ Gerry again

Another one: Concerts XYZ

Some pics

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

Tumbling Dice

Angry

Doo Doo Doo, Heartbreaker

Fool To Cry

Whole Wide World

Monkey Man

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

You Got The Silver

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Miss You

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones – live – SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles – USA – Planet Earth: tonight!!

Yeehaw! Here we go again! The second last show of this tour. As we have all noticed, that the band is now in full swing, stage ready and playing tight – this can’t stop on July 21! Mick, Keith, Ronnie: do you hear us? Why not visit South America for some wild shows and visit the beach at Copacabana again? Then have some rest and get back on the road for some european dates! How about that, huh? 😆 

While waiting: here’s another nice read: mensjournal.com – “59 Years of Satisfaction: Rolling Stones’ First No. 1 Hit Triumph – A nostalgic journey through The Rolling Stones’ chart-topping history, starting with their groundbreaking song ‘Satisfaction.’“

LIVESTREAMS:

Aleksander is back (better sound) – MY, GS, PIB, JJF, SSOH, Satisfaction // Marilyn – 10:46 SFTD, HTW //  Paul – fb – LT&A // Gina is back – 11:04 – MM, YCAGWYW // Marco – 46:16 – TD, Angry, Heartbreaker, FTC, WWW, MM, YCAGWYW // Aleksander – 10:17 – FTC – Fb // Gina – 7:48 – Angry, Heartbreaker – Fb  // Linda – 16:29 SMU, GOOMC, TD, Angry // Scott – 13:32 SMU, TD (good sound) //   Biju Joseph – 5:30 – SMU

SETLIST:

1. Start Me Up
2. Get Off Of My Cloud
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Angry
5. Doo Doo Doo, Heartbreaker
6. Fool To Cry
7. Whole Wide World
8. Monkey Man
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. You Got The Silver
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Miss You
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
    
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encores
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction
    

… woah – great setlist again and a steaming show! THX to the streamers!!!
What – a – band!

And again, The Rolling stones gave us a great show!

As I was looking for reviews of the press, I have not yet found lots ’em but will add any I can get hold of!  

latimes.com – “The Rolling Stones, still as dangerous and vital as ever at SoFi Stadium” – “[…] No memory lanes to traverse. Just guitars and the devil, battling it out in the incandescent late years of the best rock band we’ll probably ever get. […]”
variety.com – “Rolling Stones Bring Back Octogenarian Pride, Rocking as Vigorously as Ever at SoFi Stadium Show: Concert Review” – ” […] Time remains on the Stones’ side, in every improbable, impossible sense, at least when it comes to Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, who continue to deliver the goods in a way that makes this outing a must-catch tour, even if you have heard them start a show up with “Start Me Up” a dozen times already. […]“
citizentribune.com (subscription only) – “The Rolling Stones in Concert – Los Angeles“
licenseglobal.com – “The Rolling Stones Take Over Los Angeles Shops – Bravado partners with two LA shops to host special events and debut limited-edition merch“

And here’s the show in videos

2 times the whole show in 1 go: DJ Gerry and rjrj8

another one:

Start Me Up

You Got Me Rockin’

It’s Only Rock’n’Roll

Angry

Beast Of Burden

another one:

Wild Horses

another one:

Mess It Up

Tumbling Dice

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions + Tell Me Straight

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

Gimme Shelter

another one

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Ladies and Gentlemen, would wou welcome please, for the first of two nights in LA – The Rolling Stones!

While waiting…

lamag.com – “Rolling Stones’ Longtime Backup Singer on Three Decades of Rocking With Mick and Keith – As Bernard Fowler prepares to take the stage with the Stones at SoFi Stadium this week, he shares some special moments and memories” // usatoday.com – “What’s it like to guide the Rolling Stones on stage? Chuck Leavell spills his secrets” (With pictures of pages and notes of his Rolling Stones Songbook I and II)

SOUNDCHECK: Tumbling Dice, You Got Me Rocking, Wild Horses, Beast Of Burden, Fool To Cry, Midnight Rambler

LIVESTREAMS:
Rideshare Professor Live YouTube – 1:45:30 – SMU until JJF // Monica – 57:03 – TMS, LT&A, BTMMR, SFTD, HTW, MR, GS, PIB, JJF – Fb // das187 (X) – 11:44 YCAGWYW //  Chantalynn – 5:09 – YGMR, IORR // George – 3:07 of SMU, YGMR // Monica – 12:40 SMU, IORR

George – a look around – he’ll be back later!

Setlist:

1. Start Me Up
2. You Got Me Rockin
3. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
4. Angry
5. Beast Of Burden
6. Wild Horses
7. Mess It Up
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encores
    
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
    
20. Satisfaction

Some pics:

So I will go to bed really early today in order to be up, awake and fit at around 5 AM, because then it’s 8 PM in LA and the greatest Rock’nRoll band of this fucking planet is going to hit the stage at SoFi stadium a little later…

The Stones are back in LA

After that great gig in Vancouver – Mick dined in VIJ’s indian restaurant – the band has arrived in LA and gets ready for the two shows at SoFi Stadium.

All nescessary infos you’ll need for getting there, parking and transportation, WiFi access etc.  you can check out at the stadium’s site sofistadium.com. The NYPost, too, has tipps as to where you can find tickets if don’t have already.

LA #1 song Vote!
1) Beast Of Burden
2) Out Of Time
3) Emotional Rescue
4) Sad Sad Sad

So if you are there or you can get there, should you go and see the Stones? Well, I’m biased in this respect, hehehe. Let’s put it this way: OF COURSE, for Chrissakes! But you need not trust me, just check out Keith LeLachour’s comment and report of his Vancouver experience…

Once again, the band gave proof for delivering a great show.

vancouversun.com – “Review: The Rolling Stones blow the roof off B.C. Place with their first concert in Vancouver in ages“

Fans described the gig  with words like “Man were they ever on fire tonight” or “a superhuman band” etc. For us here at the screens at home or wherever, we can only judge from the videos of that show – but we must not forget that to be there is a completely different experience compared to what the videos taken from differnet devices show us later. I think we all have already noticed the great differences in the sound of these videos – so that, too, adds to the limited experience we get from them. But even if that is so, you can tell by the examples below, that it was one hell of a show again. Really crazy, this band is almost too good to be real, but they are!

Funny thing on the sidelines: As there were almost no streams to be found during the gig coming from inside the venue, we later still could switch to Dwains stream (part 1 – 20:33, part 2 – 1:25:24) from outside the venue. He streamed from SFM on for the complete show. After a while, he found a place where the sound was much better than at the beginning and he then stayed there and let us witness the complete rest of the show. That was very kind of him. I particularly liked the way he spoke to some of the folks there outside, as he was always very gently, friendly and he even gave one chap some coins when he left the place after the ecores. He also introduced and explained to us the artwork of the Terry Fox Memorial close by. In the chat he was offered a ticket for LA if he could manage to get there and I scincerely hope that this should come true for him because he really deserves it!

The show in videos

Start Me Up

Let’s Spend The Night Together

Bitch

Angry

Street Fighting Man

Wild Horses

Mess It Up

Tumbling Dice

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

Tell Me Straight

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

another one with focus on Mick

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

Video may have no picture, but runs all the nice 12:36 of MR

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Some pics:

Well alright! It’s one of those wonderful evenings we will witness The Rolling Stones play another gig!

We’ll have a blast again, thanks to this incredible band!

vancouver.citynews.ca – “A portion of the Canada Line SkyTrain route downtown closed Friday evening due to a mechanical issue near Yaletown-Roundhouse Station. TransLink says a “Bus Bridge” is assisting usual service between Broadway City Hall and Waterfront stations, and a shuttle train is in effect between Waterfront and Olympic Village stations. To continue on the line, TransLink says you must transfer trains at Olympic Village Station. The transit provider has not announced a timeline for when the issues will be resolved.
Listen live to CityNews 1130 every 10 minutes on the ones for traffic updates. You can also follow us on X @CityNewsTraffic“

SOUNDCHECK:  Street Fighting Man, Bite My Head Off, Bitch, Mess It Up, Wild Horses

LIVESTREAMS:

searching … // Dwain is back – 1:25:24 – YCAGWYW, Intros, TMS, BTMMR, SFTD, HTW, MR, GS, PIB, JJF, SSOH, Satisfaction // Mario – 6:02 MR // Rosalind – 3:59 of SFTD //  Dwain – 20:36 – WH, MIU, TD – outside (!) // Rosalind – 4:20 of WH // Mario – 2:11 of WH // Rosalind – 2:01 SFM // Rosalind – Angry  // Mario – Bitch // Bo – LSTNT – Fb // Rosalind – SMU

Rick – 0:19 of one look around BC Place – Fb

Setlist:

1. Start Me Up
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Bitch
4. Angry
5. Street Fighting Man
6. Wild Horses
7. Mess It Up
   
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encores
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction

PICS:

All the while the excitement for tomorrow’s gig in Vancouver grows, there are other news popping up which are quite interesting and keep us entertained while waiting for the show…

First, we check out the Copacabana-news, then switch to other finds…

neoskosmos.com – “The Rolling Stones have been offered another concert at Copacabana Beach – meaning they could take back their concert attendance record Madonna surpassed. […] ” See also thesun.co.uk for this

Well, if it’s only for the race of new attendance records, just leave it, I’ld say. On the other hand – at this state of their legend, after a successful tour of the US and Canada, it would be a nice gesture, a horific event and an absolute treat for the Stones fans of South America! I’m really curious how the band will decide in this matter.

In any case, Daniel Grinbank, who organised the concert 19 years ago, has approached the band and asked them to ‘come back for some shows’ and ‘another concert at Copacabana’ – but this will only be decided after the end of this US tour…

Vancouver

vancouversun.com – “5 songs the Rolling Stones should play in Vancouver this Friday – The Rolling Stones tour set list averages 20 tunes per show and fans vote on one song per night. Here are five possibles for B.C. Place this week” – Those 5 suggested songs really meet my approval, I must say. Mick, do you read me?

California

dailybreeze.com – “After 60 years of Rolling Stones concerts in Southern California, the fans tell all – Hear stories from the Rolling Stones’ biggest Southern California fans.” – 24 nice stories (if I counted well) from fellow fans through the years from early sixties up to 2015

Darryl looks back

guitarworld.com – bassplayer – ““I said, ‘This is what Bill played’ and Mick said, ‘No no, don’t play that!’” When he joined the Rolling Stones, Darryl Jones had to change the way he approached classic Bill Wyman basslines“

The band travels to Canada again and plays Vancouver this Friday night!

Still searching for tickets? The NY Post has some tipps with a complete breakdown of all the best prices on Rolling Stones tickets at BC Place Stadium by section – so check this out. buzzer.translink.ca too, suggests: “Take transit to The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds Tour concert at BC Place on July 5“.

Then, the Vancouver’s particularly tough song vote for the show is online:

• Heartbreaker
• Street Fighting Man
• Out Of Control
• All Down The Line

If you’ld ask me, they should play all of them, but I could narrow it down to OOC or SFM – the first because that came great live before and the second because to have JJF and SFM in one show – woah – both are real loud rockers I particularly like because I just love the ear-shattering noise of Keith’s green Tele, hehehe …

Here’s the official lithograph for Vancouver – It got mixed reviews by some fans – what do you think?

At vernonnow.com, we find this one – maybe an alternative?

Some other Stones news:

[Update July 7] See americansongwriter.com – “Watch Archival Footage of The Rolling Stones During the Making of Their Soon-to-Be-Reissued 1994 Album ‘Voodoo Lounge’” adding to this subject.

The limited 30th anniversary vinyl edition of Voodoo Lounge will be out next week; here’s a reminder:

And Bill’s new album is coming next month – here’s a notice plus some sounds from it’s title track:

Again a great show in Chicago and the band is in full swing and ‘on fire’!

Alas, there’s only 5 shows left for this tour and we will witness them all either at the gig or here together looking for live streams. Then again, let’s not forget that another tour in on schedule… ^^

THE PRESS:
ultimateclassicrock.com – “Watch the Rolling Stones Debut a ‘Some Girls’ Classic in Chicago – The Rolling Stones proved they weren’t out of surprises yet as they delivered their second Hackney Diamonds tour show in Chicago Sunday night.” // rollingstone.com – “The Rolling Stones Recruit Lainey Wilson for ‘Dead Flowers’ Performance in Chicago – The band has only performed “Dead Flowers” once before on their ongoing 2024 stadium tour, when they welcomed Tyler Childers to the stage in Orlando” // americansongwriter.com – “Ronnie Wood and His Twin Daughters Make Adorable One-of-a-Kind Setlist for Rolling Stones Chicago Show” // forbes.com [review] – “Rolling Stones Laud Blues Heroes As ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Tour Hits Chicago – the Stones were on fire over the course of two hours on stage at Soldier Field” // whiskeyriff.com – “Lainey Wilson Joins The Rolling Stones For Performance Of “Dead Flowers” During Chicago Stadium Show“

The show in videos:

Start Me Up

Let’s Spend The Night Together

Rocks Off

Angry

Shattered

Dead Flowers (w. Lainey Wilson)

Whole Wide World

Tumbling Dice

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

Tell Me Straight

Little T&A

Before They Make Me Run

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Miss You

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

another one, with focus on Mick:

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Tonight it’s again time for Rock’n’Roll at it’s best in Chicagos’s Soldier Field: The Rolling Stones are on stage again!

Meanwhile:
chicagotribune.com – “Photos: The Rolling Stones at Soldier Field” // chicago.suntimes.com – “What was your most memorable experience seeing a Rolling Stones concert? Sun-Times readers tell us theirs.“

LIVESTREAMS:

// Marilyn was back – YCAGWYW  // Joes Basement – RO, Angry, Shattered, DF, WWW, TD, YCAGWYW, Intros, TMS, LT&A, BTMMR, SFTD, HTW, MY, GS, PIB, JJF // Timmy – 11:23 – SMU, LSTNT, RO – Fb // Marilyn – 8:57 – SMU, LSTNT // Lisa 4:59 – SMU – Fb –

Marilyn – 0:55 of L. Wilson – tries ‘to be back later on…‘ // Steven – 0:16 of Lainey Wilson – Fb – // 

SETLIST:

1. Start Me Up
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together
3. Rocks Off
4. Angry
5. Shattered
6. Dead Flowers (w. Lainey Wilson)
   woah! Great show so far! Mick and Lainey both wear hats
7. Whole Wide World
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introduction
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Little T&A
12. Before They Make Me Run
    
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Miss You
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encore
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction

SOUNDCHECK-Info: the band played Shattered, Rocks Off, Dead Flowers, Before They Make Me Run (!) and Whole Wide World

PICS:

The song-vote page is still up so go there and cast your vote as long as it is possible – if you haven’t already from among these four:

• Out Of Control
• Like A Rolling Stone
• Shattered
• Live With Me

Tonight, we’ll share pics, streams and news again here – party time!  – let’s have a blast again!

The tour rolls on and the band is in fine spirits – Chicago, after all, is one of their most beloved places.

And again the reviews only tell of a good show, great performance – ‘AARP, the tour sponsor, couldn’t have dreamt up a better advertisement‘ – [Mick] ‘strutted, waggled, pointed, shimmied, shuffled, summoned, pouted, preened and vogued‘ – ‘If the question is, “How much longer can the Stones keeping doing this?,” the answer is, “Who cares?” More power to Jagger, Richards, Wood, et al. for putting on a show few can top and smiling and strutting their way through it like they’re still having the time of their lives.‘

THE PRESS

chicagotribune.com – “Review: Has Mick Jagger slowed down? Are the Rolling Stones past it? Not yet” // chicago.suntimes.com – “The Rolling Stones are timeless — and ageless — as Soldier Field show proves – Like many of their previous visits to Chicago, it’s a homecoming celebration every time the iconic band returns.” // cbsnews.com – “The Rolling Stones take stage at Soldier Field for first time since 2019” // dailymail.co.uk – “Mick Jagger puts on a typically energetic display as The Rolling Stones delight fans with an incredible performance in Chicago during their Hackney Diamonds Tour” //  A look back – wttw.com – “The Rolling Stones Played Chicago’s Checkerboard Lounge With Muddy Waters in 1981. Here’s How WTTW Crew Members Remember the Night” //

 CBS Chicago TV:

THE SHOW IN VIDEOS

The complete show in 1 go including 11:45 Bettye Lavette:

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

It’s Only Rock’n’Roll

Angry

She’s A Rainbow (vote song)

Wild Horses

Mess It Up + Tumbling Dice

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

Tell Me Straight – see full show above

Little T&A

Happy

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

‘… and it hurts!’

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encores
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Tonight’s the night for all Stones fans from and all around Chicago, Illinois!

Some news: news.wttw.com – “The Rolling Stones and Chicago: 20 Memorable Moments From the Band’s Rich History With the Blues Capital of the World” 

A little strange: the vote page of The Rolling Stones is not active for tonight anymore. It’s already closed. It says: “VOTE IS NOW CLOSED. SEE YOU ON THE ROAD!”
These were the choices before: She’s A Rainbow / Bite My Head Off / Fool To Cry / She’s So Cold

LIVESTREAMS:

OK, tonight, we were kind of lost after the first half of this show streamwise … sorry for that, but, well, you never know… anyways: we got 3 songs by Keith and 2 encores again, MR was played as well as SSOH! I’m definitely looking forward to tomorrow’s ‘show in videos‘!!
// martinon_am – MR-clip // Aldo – 1:30 of HTW// Frank back with SFTD // And Frank was back again – YCAGWYW // Frank was back with WH, MIU, TD // Rick – 20,56 – GOOMC, IORR, Angry, SAR // Frank was back! IORR, Angry // Frank – SMU, GOOMC  //

Mary – 0:43 Fb – look around Soldier Field // Rick – 2:56 Fb – Stones setup just before doors open

Setlist:

1. Start Me Up (woah: Ronnie great solo!)
2. Get Off Of My Cloud
3. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
4. Angry
5. She’s A Rainbow (vote song)
6. Wild Horses
7. Mess It Up
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Wan
   Introductions
   
10. Tell Me Straight
    
11. Little T&A
12. Happy
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Gimme Shelter
    
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encores
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
    
20. Satisfaction
    

PICS:

Mick greeting fans when entering Soldier Field:

Ok, some days to relax and stroll around, now it’s time again to get our rocks off!

The song vote is just up again (this morning, it was not yet ready). There are 4 songs you can vote for to be played at Soldier Field on June 27 – and this one is a tough one again (and as always, my whish-vote is “Play ’em all, motherfuckers“:

• She’s A Rainbow
• Bite My Head Off
• Fool To Cry
• She’s So Cold

mlive.com – “Last chance to get Rolling Stones tickets in Chicago” // localspins.com – “Chuck Leavell on The Rolling Stones’ U.S. tour: ‘Confident’ and rocking balanced sets” // musically.com (and many others!) – “Rolling Stones take over UMG’s Beat Galaxy Roblox experience” – The Rolling Stones are taking over Universal Music Group’s ‘Beat Galaxy’ Roblox experience, with a track-runner game featuring their hits, as well as other social and competition features.

One of the best ways to keep the waiting until showtime as well worthwhile as well as awesome, is to watch the interview doku by Chris Evans from 1999!

I’m so fond of it, by now, I know it by heart! 🙂

Ronnie greets las rolingas!

We have some days until the next gig, so here is some mixed news around this band:

ehextra.com – “Greg Schwem: The Rolling Stones prove this summer’s Hackney Diamonds Tour is really the ‘Happy Tour’“
(Greg Schwem is a corporate stand-up comedian and author of two books: “Text Me If You’re Breathing: Observations, Frustrations and Life Lessons From a Low-Tech Dad” and the recently released “The Road To Success Goes Through the Salad Bar: A Pile of BS From a Corporate Comedian,” available at Amazon.com. Visit Greg on the web at www.gregschwem.com.)

westword.com – “Rolling Stones and Widespread Panic Review: The Legendary Rockers Prove Age Is Irrelevant – Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards tore up the stage after Widespread Panic fans flooded the stadium during “Chilly Water.”“

chicagostarmedia.com – “The Rolling Stones coming to Soldier Field!“

liveforlivemusic.com – “Widespread Panic Opens For The Rolling Stones In Denver [Photos/Videos]” (+ Stones content)

Great find – Chuck Leavell: On Piano With the Rolling Stones – from Talking Guitar: Jas Obrecht’s Music Magazine – “This interview took place on July 14, 1994, while the Rolling Stones were rehearsing at Toronto’s Crescent School for their upcoming Voodoo Lounge tour. By then Chuck Leavell had already spent a dozen years playing keyboards with the Rolling Stones. He’d also been a member of the Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level, and had worked as a session musician for Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, the Black Crowes, and many others. Thirty years later, Chuck is still manning the 88s for the Rolling Stones onstage and in the studio…“

So now we are back to 20 songs, three of them by Keith, and two encores, including Sweet Sounds Of Heaven – the band really delivers a great show – amazing!

Lucky folks in Denver really were in for a treat. Sadly, we here at the screens at home, who couldn’t make it to the show, had trouble to find shared live streams – there were some, though, and I’m always very thankful to the folks who stream. Same holds true for the setlist in videos – as you can see below, some songs are still missing by now, even those crowd pleasers like JJF or even Satisfaction. If you stumble upon some that are missing, sent me a note, please!

=> So is here anybody planing to go to the shows in Chicago and who could imagine to stream the gig? If so, then PLEASE drop me a note for us here, ok?

THE PRESS:
clutchpoints.com – “Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds hit makes triumphant return to setlist” // denvergazette.com – “PHOTOS: The Rolling Stones electrify Empower Field at Mile High” //

Widespread Panic: Tall Boy

Widespread Panic: All Time Low

The show in videos:

Start Me Up

It’s Only Rock’n’Roll

Bitch

Angry

Let It Bleed (vote song)

(Thx. Dietmar!) Better sound:

Wild Horses

Mess It Up

Tumbling Dice

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

Tell Me Straight

Little T&A

Happy

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

encore
Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Yea alright – everthing alright in the critics section? Got plenty of drinks ‘ave you?

So tonight we’re in for another blast, powered by The Rolling Stones! Hopefully, folks down in Denver will stream from the gig so we’ll catch ’em up here and join the fun!

LIVESTREAMS

still searching … Steven was back with PIB -Fb- // Stone Bland was back! 10:32 – SFTD, HTW -Fb- // TOP HAT’s was back – TMS – better connection now// Nikki – 10:30 WH, MIU  -Fb- // Stone Bland – 5:43 LIB -Fb- // Top Hat’s (on and off) -Fb- // STEVEN 4:04 Angry -Fb- // Audra – 8:30 IORR, Bitch, Fb- || sorry, folks, Denver is not that stream-enthusiastic, it seems … well, tomorrow by this time, we should have the show in videos… 😉

SETLIST

1. Start Me Up
2. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
3. Bitch
4. Angry
5. Let It Bleed (vote song)
6. Wild Horses
7. Mess It Up
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Little T&A
12. Happy
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honky Tonk Women
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    encore
19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
20. Satisfaction

At cpr.org, you can read the story about ‘Blucifer’, the mustang you see on Denver’s lithograph…

denvergazette.com: “Now or never: Rolling Stones, Denver to spend the night together one last time | John Moore – Let it Bleed: Mick Jagger, at 80, brings the Rolling Stones, considered the greatest rock band of all time back to Colorado on Thursday“

While waiting … updates coming …

… before the plunge! The 13th show of this tour and the band has had some rest – so it’s just 1 day and then open the cage, hehehe…

KDVR.com writes: “The British Invasion is coming to Denver on Thursday as thousands are expected to fill Empower Field at Mile High” and has many tipps for Rail and Bus Service options as well as park-n-rides options.

Apropos taking a deep breath: here’s a REALLY NICE recommended read for you: at pastemagazine.com, Matt Mitchell tells us the story about “5 Years After the Rolling Stones Saved My Life, I Finally Saw Them Live“

And faroutmagazine.co.uk has yet another nice read for us: “Lyrically Speaking: The Rolling Stones’ homage to São Paulo in ‘Honky Tonk Women’” by Kelly Scanlon

And the Denver vote is up, cast your vote:

• Far Away Eyes
• Let It Bleed
• Dead Flowers
• Sweet Virginia

9news.com has some 6:58 videoreport about “Empower Field prepares to host The Rolling Stones in Denver“

Oh, and yes, the band has just released Out of Tears as an Official Lyric Video ahead of the 30th anniversary edition of the Stones ‘Voodoo Lounge’ album due July 12, 2024 – have a look:

(Executive Producer: Alice Webb / Executive Producer: Dan Borrelli / Head of Production: Kelly Sweeney / Creative Producer: Oisin Bickley / Producer: Michael Fatukasi-Richards / Post Production Manager: Claire Rhodes)

Two days left until we see the next Stones gig in Denver!

Old chaps might well relax a bit in between the two shows these days – it allows them a little breather…

clutchpoints.com discusses the ‘permanent setlist change‘ due to that ‘Mick Jagger scared fans‘ – I don’t know, whether we as fans were scared, but the discussions exist, that’s true – “Rolling Stones seemingly make permanent setlist change after Mick Jagger scare“. I cite:

It is unclear why the song has been dropped and Richards’ role has increased. Perhaps this is being done to preserve Jagger’s voice. Or, it is possible that they grew tired of it.

As for the Denver show, the NY Post has some tipps for those planing the trip or who still search for tix, like floor tix start at $274 and cheapest are from Vivid Seats (New York Post’s official ticketing partner) at 500-level at $122 – both before fees. Opening act will be bluesy jam band Widespread Panic.

Nice pictures from East Rutherford can be seen at 987theshark.com – “2024 Front Row Rolling Stones Concert Photos“

The Philadelphia Inquirer cought Mick visiting Fairmount Park – “Mick Jagger spotted in Fairmount Park during the Rolling Stones’ Philly tour stop” – here the pics, Mick posted (Insta, X):

clevescene.com confirms complaints from fans who had to face difficulties upon entering the floor seats, because they needed wrist bands and at least at one gate only 4 people were there to handle this. Fans had to cue in long lines and wait for more than one hour: “Cleveland Browns Admit Wristband Process for Floor Access to Rolling Stones Concert Was a Fiasco“

The 12th stop of this tour had the band playing Browns Stadium in Cleveland with a six deacdes spanning setlist of hits!

Again we got 3 songs from Keith – and across the net it is discussed whether the reason for this might be some issue with Mick’s voice. But if you listen to Miss You from last night and hear Mick’s falsetto sounding so easy, it is doubtful that this is the reason for this remarcable change in the setlist compared to the last tours. True – before, it was a sign for some voice problem Mick has had, but by now, as this is becoming a regular on this tour, I would not be surised if this would be carried on to the setlists of next year’s Europe tour! What do you think?

Here is what the press reports about yesterdays gig: cleveland.com – “The Rolling Stones perform hit-filled set at Cleveland Browns Stadium” // clevescene.com – “Concert Photos: The Rolling Stones at Cleveland Browns Stadium” // clevescene.com – “The Rolling Stones Show How to Age Wonderfully Ungracefully at Cleveland Browns Stadium Show” (review!) // cleveland.com – “Rolling Stones in CLE: If this is ‘The Last Time’ no one could ask for anything more (photos)” // cleveland.com – “Rolling Stones perform at Cleveland Browns Stadium during their Hackney Diamonds Tour, June 15, 2024” – (gallery of 35 pics) //

The show in videos

1. Start Me Up

2. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll

3. Let’s Spend The Night Together

4. Angry

5. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

6. Monkey Man

7. Whole Wide World

8. Tumbling Dice

9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Introductions

10. Tell Me Straight

11. Little T&A

12. Happy

13. Sympathy for the Devil

14. Honky Tonk Women

15. Miss You

16. Gimme Shelter

17. Paint It Black

18. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Encore
19. Satisfaction

Tonight, The Rolling Stones are taking the stage in Cleveland, Browns Stadium!

The weather seems right for tonight! So let’s have a blast again tonight, may this tour never end! Wherever you are, at the gig or somewehere else on this planet: we’ll try to get as much as possible from tonights news, pics and streams!

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According to reports, floor tickets need wristbands and the progress is rather slow, so that the line of folks is really long… maybe the show starts some minutes later because of that?

LIVESTREAMS:

still searching … // Pam back again – PIB // Kristina – MY // Pam was back for Sympathy, HTW // Joes Basement – LT&A, Happy, Sympathy, HTW, MY, GS – Fb – // Pam – 53:43 IORR, LSTNT, A, H, MM, WWW, TD, YCAGWYW, – Fb – // Kristina 4:51 – Fb –

Denny – Fb – 0:18 – site is filling up! // Lorna – 3:20 of Ghost Hounds

SETLIST

1. Start Me Up
2. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
3. Let’s Spend The Night Together
4. Angry
5. Heartbreaker (vote song)
6. Monkey Man
7. Whole Wide World
8. Tumbling Dice
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
   Introductions
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Little T&A
12. Happy
13. Sympathy For The Devil
14. Honly Tonk Women
15. Miss You
16. Gimme Shelter
17. Paint It Black
18. Jumping Jack Flash
    encore
19. Satisfaction

Soundcheck:

The band played Whole Wide World, Heartbreaker, 2 x Monkey Man, Angry (without voice), Miss You

One look around the press:

cleveland.com – “Rolling Stones in CLE: If this is ‘The Last Time’ no one could ask for anything more (photos)” // cleveland.com – “Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones dine at popular Cleveland restaurant“// cleveland19.com – “Heading to The Rolling Stones tonight? Here’s what you need to know to make sure you get “Satisfaction”“ // msm.com – “Rolling Stones 2024 ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Tour Debut Roundup” // nique.net – “Ghost Hounds lead singer talks touring with Rolling Stones” // msn.com – “Rolling Stones set to take over Cleveland“