Rolling Stones

loveboat captain

The Rolling Stones have called a press conference for 1pm today to announce a tour which will commence this year and continue well into next. The Guardian are covering the press conference live

blastman

Mick Jagger rang in to Chris Evans' Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 this morning and confirmed they were touring and the tour would start before the end of this year.

magherakid

The Rolling Stones 50 & Counting Live in the capital,
The O2 arena, London Sun 25th Nov 2012
The O2 arena, London Thu 29th Nov 2012

Tickets, priced at £106.00 – £406.00 (Inc Fees) onsale Friday at 9am from Ticketmaster – PRESALE at 12.30 today

The Nal

Insane prices. Even for them.

magherakid

Yeah shocking price................ presale link for anyone
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-tickets/artist/806216?camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT_79378

comet

need an Amex card to avail of that presale

aka accounts 2010

That's a absolute disgrace of a price in fairness!!

PTH2009

is Jesus chrsit playing support or something ??. £406 for a 2 hour concert crazy prices.

alastair

Makes the Glastonbury ticket seem like something of a bargain - assuming they play.

magherakid

The Rolling Stones announce tour dates at London's O2 Arena
After weeks of speculation, The Rolling Stones to confirm they are to perform at London's O2 Arena in November.

After weeks of speculation and rumours, The Rolling Stones have announced details of their latest tour.

Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood confirmed their long-awaited return to the stage via this video.

The veteran band, who this year celebrate 50 years together, are set to play two shows in London on November 25 & 29, as well as two at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey on December 13 & 15.

Mick Jagger said: “Everybody loves a celebration, and London and New York are two good places to do it in!”

Keith Richards added: ”Sorry to keep you all hanging around but the waiting is over. I've always said the best place for rock and roll is on the stage and the same is true for the Stones. I'm here with Mick, Charlie and Ronnie and everything is rocking. See you very soon!"

The concerts will be promoted by Sir Richard Branson's new venture Virgin Live and Paul Dainty, whose Dainty Group is the fifth largest concert promoter in the world.
According to the unnamed source, Billboard said that the band will be paid £15.7 million ($25 million) for the four shows.
The live dates, called 50 & Counting: The Rolling Stones Live, would be the first concerts that the band have played since their A Bigger Bang world tour, which ended in 2007.
Any tickets are sure to be snapped up in minutes. Although the O2 in East London is a large venue with a capacity of around 20,000 people, it is far smaller than outdoor venues such as Wembley Stadium and Hyde Park, both of which the band have played in the past.

The Stonesnews.com website reports that the set lists will be:

Set list one:
Miss You
It's Only Rock'n'Roll
Tumbling Dice
You Got Me Rocking
Let It Bleed
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Respectable
Far Away Eyes
Doom and Gloom
Paint It Black
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not Fade Away
Brown Sugar
If You Can't Rock Me
Some Girls

Set list two:
Bitch
All Down the Line
Rocks Off
Dead Flowers
The Last Time
Honky Tonk Women
Going to a Gogo
Lady Jane
Down and Gloom
One More Shot
Shine a Light
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Happy

Last week The Rolling Stones' new single Doom and Gloomreceived its first play on Radio 2.
Pictures were also released showing the four members of the band emerging from the recording studio in the centre of the Paris.
Speaking at the opening of The Rolling Stones: 50 Photography exhibition at London's Somerset House last month, Sir Mick said: “You will definitely be seeing us all together soon. It's been great fun being back together and there are a lot of memories in here. I can't believe it's been 50 years. We've been hanging out together, seeing quite a bit of each other and we want to do some gigs.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9608806/The-Rolling-Stones-announce-tour-dates-at-Londons-O2-Arena.html

The Nal

PTH2009 wrote: »

is Jesus chrsit playing support or something ??. £406 for a 2 hour concert crazy prices.

Jesus didnt' exist. Hes completely made up.

Captain Danger

PTH2009 wrote: »

is Jesus chrsit playing support or something ??. £406 for a 2 hour concert crazy prices.

Sure Jesus has sold out with his new dubstep direction.

CiaranK

406 :O I'd love to get them to justify 406 quid for a ticket. I hope they play here and the tickets are at least a quarter of that price. I hope nobody buys them tickets so there will be an empty section. Would show them how deluded that ticket price is. Sure it's the Stones, one of the best Rock n Roll bands ever, But come on. No band is worth that kinda money.

CiaranK

Here's the video with the announcement

Royale with Cheese

Are those setlists posted above supposed to be for two separate gigs? Because a) they're very short for the money you're paying and b) the second set list is a bit shíte

PTH2009

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is not included. Flip that

DaveyCakes

No Gimmie Shelter or Sympathy for the Devil either.

cometogether

F ucking greedy bastards. Can people really justify paying that much to go see a group of pensioners? Although having said that, at those prices this is surely their last tour, trying to milk it for all its worth.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

even if you wanted to pay those shocking prices, imagine the crowd who'd be going. who can afford those prices but 50+ city bankers. the atmosphere would be dire.

DaveyCakes

georgiecasey wrote: »

even if you wanted to pay those shocking prices, imagine the crowd who'd be going. who can afford those prices but 50+ city bankers. the atmosphere would be dire.

*cliche alert*

You're right. Not a single person in London who's under 50 and doesn't workl in a bank has 2 pennies to rub together!

Ludicrous prices, mind.

old gregg

The part that gets me is that even if you are rolling in money and can afford the tickets, the Stones will likely deliver the usual type of phoned in performance that they've been peddling for years.

Morrison J

1st show of the tour in London is tonight. Looking forward to seeing the setlist and hopefully a few decent quality videos surfacing.

corm500

Gig tonight should be class. They will be joined on stage by ex Stones Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor as well as Mary J Blige and Jeff Beck. So Jelous of anyone going to this.

Morrison J

Unbelievable setlist:

I Wanna Be Your Man (The Beatles cover) (First time played since 1964)
Get Off of My Cloud
It's All Over Now (The Valentinos cover)
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter (with Mary J. Blige)
Wild Horses
All Down the Line
I'm Going Down (with Jeff Beck) (Live Debut)
Out of Control
One More Shot
Doom and Gloom
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (with Bill Wyman)
Honky Tonk Women (with Grrregory)
Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Start Me Up
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Sympathy for the Devil
Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want (With full choir for the first time)
Jumpin' Jack Flash

Strumms

Jeez that IS one amazing set.

Treehorn

Was front row at their gig in the point on the licks tour. Setlist that night was even better. Best concert I've ever been to. Raging I am missing these.

rubadub

Good setlist, though strange satisfaction wasn't on it. They obviously were going to play more than what was on those released setlists as there were so many blatantly obvious ones left out that they nearly always do.

Treehorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5E6mwcoefE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uw9St3MGeY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR3QW3JKWGY

old gregg

rubadub wrote: »

Good setlist, though strange satisfaction wasn't on it. They obviously were going to play more than what was on those released setlists as there were so many blatantly obvious ones left out that they nearly always do.

BBC news this morning said that the venue strict curfew time of 23:00 meant Satisfaction had to be dropped.

old gregg

Treehorn wrote: »

Was front row at their gig in the point on the licks tour. Setlist that night was even better. Best concert I've ever been to. Raging I am missing these.

I saw them 4 times that year including the HBO gig at MSG and the 2 Point gigs were the best of the year imo.

PTH2009

Croke Park June 2013.

Please :D:D:D

Treehorn

Croke Park would be amazing.

Furious-Red

Yea if there is gonna be any croke park shows id say Stones are in for it . Id say there will only be 1 croker gig

karaokeman

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea if there is gonna be any croke park shows id say Stones are in for it . Id say there will only be 1 croker gig

Unless U2 are touring next summer, but if that happens they will be the only artist playing as the GAA only allows 3 gigs a year there now. Though I have a hunch the Stones are lined up for the 2nd Slane date.

poundhound

I love all this "My guess....I'd say...I have a hunch...".

Hannibal

they're finally confirmed for the headlining slot at Glastonbury on the Saturday night.
http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
Arctic Monkeys and strangley Mumford and Sons are the other headliners. Interestingly Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings are also playing the acoustic tent so there could be a full Stones reunion at Glasto.
Hopefully they're lined up for Croker, seen them at Slane a few years ago so would like to see them in another venue. The O2 would be mega but they'd sell that out for a hundred nights so highly unlikely

rubadub

Dotsey wrote: »

The O2 would be mega but they'd sell that out for a hundred nights so highly unlikely

Well the did play the old point which had less capacity.