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There were around 50 people waiting to see the Stones outside their hotel in Boston today. Bobby Keys signed some autographs. Then people went home. But the band had not left yet... Then they arrived to Fenway quite late for rehearsals. A lot of press waited at Fenway. Five live TV cameras, plus 5-6 professional photographers. A couple of helicopters were in the air for news as well. Boston seems to love the Stones. But some of the reporters did not know the names or faces of the four Stones, whick is kind of bad when you are trying to make a story...
The actual rehearsals, or soundcheck,
did not start until 7:43pm.
First they did 10 minutes of blues instrumental warmup.
Then a short set of several songs with lots of
space between each song. They played
Aint To Proud To Beg,
Tumbling Dice,
Shattered,
She's So Cold,
Blues with Lisa on lots of vocals,
Rough Justice,
Oh No, Not You Again,
Streets Of Love.
Keith did The Worst, two takes,
with something that sounds like a great pedal steel,
and then Infamy.
They finished long time before 10pm.
For those who are worried about the guitar sound and mix...
You could clearly hear the guitars outside Fenway.
So inside you should be even more happy.
They play the guitars loud!
There will probably be a few more songs on Sunday.
They will be taken from the list of the most rehearsed
songs in Toronto. This list will be available here
on Saturday, including more details of the final week
of rehearsals in Toronto, songs they might bring on etc.
Stay tuned.
Friday Aug. 19 - The dress rehearsals
Today was the final dress reheasals, as the plan is the band will
rest tomorrow Saturday. Lots of VIP's coming in to the party at
the Fenway Park venue tonight. Just like last night they started off
with some warm-up, a "Miss You" medley. Then they started up the
real set list for tonight, which probably is containing most of
the songs you will hear on the opening night of the tour in
Boston on Sunday August 21.
--- Intro
--- Break
Start : 7:49pm
Intro : 8:27pm
Finish : 10:03pm
Fireworks : 10:14pm
Saturday Aug. 20
No rehearsals today.
The band and the crew is resting.
The big show and tour start is tomorrow.
See the IORR
news
and
2005 tour list
for reviews and reports from every show on this tour.
Newbury Fine Arts, 29 Newbury St., Boston. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 617-536-0210.
See
links
below for more details about Newbury Fine Arts and the Ronnie Wood Art Exhibition in Boston.
Ronnie Wood Art Exhibition
Ronnie Wood's newest gallery exhibit opened in Boston on Saturday August 13
at Newbury Fine Arts on Newbury Street.
The show runs through Aug. 29, but Ronnie will show up for a special party Friday night Aug. 19 at the gallery,
which has been modified to make room for the expected packed crowds and a ``Glow Bar.''
Everyone is welcome to the party, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday,
but only Wood's art collectors will get to meet the Stones guitarist.
Game On! Main meeting place for IORR fans!The primary place to meet will be Game On!. Adress is 82 Lansdowne Street, right on Fenway. See picture on the right. Game On is a great bar and restaurant on the corner of the Fenway Park building itself, corner of Lansdowne St and Brookline Ave. Take the Green Underground to Kenmore Station. Turn left out of the underground and keep left outside. You will soon see Fenway, and Game On! is easy to spot once you arrive to Fenway.The Rolling Stones will probably be on stage around 8pm, and the warm-up probably by 6:30, so the recommended meeting time at Game On! is on the show days Sunday 21 and Tuesday 23 from 4pm to 6pm. They do not take bookings but if you tell you are coming and give your name and where you come from then at least we can try to arrange for space for people who are coming at 4pm. Please send e-mail to [email protected] - See you at Game On! PS. Game On! is open until 2am so there should be no problems having a beer or a bite even after the concerts! |
Other nice places to meet, drink and eat in Boston:
It takes 25 minutes to walk from the Theater District to Copley. These areas are the two with the most large hotels in central Boston. For the Theater District places above use the underground station Boylston. Then it takes another 20 minutes walk from Copley to Fenway. Or just a few minutes by underground to the station Kenmore right close by Fenway. All these underground stations on the green line. And the locations of these places? Well, they are all hot spots, simple as that.
Any suggestions or comments? Please send e-mail to [email protected] - Thanks!
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