I just got back from East Troy, Wisconsin.
I drove past Alpine Valley Music Theater....the site of three '89 Steel Wheels shows
(and where Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed in a helicopter crash).

Other than the ampitheater, East Troy is practically ALL farmland. Very rural.
Literally in the middle of nowhere (sort of)....but all within driving
distance of Milwaukee, Chicago and Madison. Very unique.

What other remote/rural venues have the STONES played?


(Alpine was also where Stone Phillips interviewed the Stones in '89.)


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Altamont Speedway.

Werchter...

Slane in the Republic of Ireland



Population has rocketed to the dizzy heights of 1,500 in the last couple of years. It was about half that when the Stones first played there in 1982 to a crowd of over 70,000.



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Clemson, SC 1989

budva, montenegro july 07. not rural, but very hard to get to. well worth the effort.

i missed the stones at alpine valley but saw many dead shows there in the 80s. would like to have seen the stones- a relatively small venue compared to a stadium.

Zilker

but zilker is in the middle of the city - in a park, but not far from down town.

Auburn, Alabama. Anything in Alabama is remote, and Auburn is remote by their standards.

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Werchter...

Lol, nothing looks more rock 'n roll than this :-)

Cheers,
Wuudy

Cedar Falls, Iowa in 1981.

Waldbühne, Berlin



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Budva 2007

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Waldbühne, Berlin

It's not remote nor rural. It's in Berlin, right next to the Olympic Stadium.

Just as Austin's concert, but when you see the view, it's pretty rural, no ?

The most definitive rural places are Werchter, and probably Regina.

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Schüttorf 95, Imst 99, Moncton 05, Dübendorf 06...

Knebworth

They played some tiny tin-pot towns on their very early UK tours.

Roundhay Park, Leeds.

Imst 99
Montpellier 95

Excellent contributions!! Anymore?

I love the pix that juxtapose the cows & goats with the stage.

Wasn't there also a "bigger bang" show in which the nearby
horses had to be drugged or moved so that they didn't freak out (noise)??


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They played some tiny tin-pot towns on their very early UK tours.

I hope you are not referring to my home town of Bradford, West Yorkshire, my good chap.

Best choice of curry restaurants in the land.

Altamont.

Altamont is far away from everything.

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Wasn't there also a "bigger bang" show in which the nearby
horses had to be drugged or moved so that they didn't freak out (noise)??

That was the Kentucky Derby
Sorry, no pictures

MJ: "Welcome to this place in the middle of nowhere!" - Schüttorf, Germany '95. And yes, Erik, Imst and Dübendorf where "strange" locations, too.

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Imst 99
Montpellier 95

I'll try to find a pic from the "Espace Grammont" Montpellier 95.
I was there too and I remember we had to walk through "rural roads"



I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .

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