The Rolling Stones Fan Club of Europe It's Only Rock'n Roll

Review by Rich and Karen Kaczmarek

Mick seemed inspired tonight, however the birth of his child was not mentioned at any time tonight.

No Expectations sounded great. Mick introduced the song similar to the other shows, saying that Ron will teach the song if they don't know it.

The center stage is always a highlight with the crowd. Something was wrong with the sound from there though, it sounded muffled, and Mick's microphone wasn't turned on at the beginning of The Last Time. Like the previous few shows, the bridge stays extended and the center stage remains up during the first center stage song.

Saint of Me sounded especially good tonight, and all the new songs seem to be clicking very well live. We've heard people make positive comments about various new songs.

You Can't Always Get What You Want works great as an encore.

Start time:  9:05
End time:   11:20

The set list:

1. Satisfaction
2. Let's Spend The Night Together
3. Flip The Switch
4. Gimme Shelter
5. Anybody Seen My Baby
6. Saint Of Me
7. Bitch
8. Out Of Control
9. No Expectations (web choice)
10. Miss You
    -- Introductions --
11. All About You (Keith)
12. I Wanna Hold You (Keith)
13. It's Only Rock'n Roll (center stage)
14. The Last Time (center stage)
15. Like a Rolling Stone (center stage)
16. Sympathy For The Devil
17. Tumbling Dice
18. Honky Tonk Women
19. Start Me Up
20. Jumping Jack Flash
21. You Can't Always Get What You Want (encore)
22. Brown Sugar (encore)

Read all about the Bridges To Babylon tour in the It's Only Rock'n Roll magazine issue IORR 31 out Jan, 1998.

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