the way that Mick handles the stage is incredible...you got to love those moves...

mick seems to be able to freeze time
looks like he could be performing like this up until 100 years and on
he also sounds good

.....here's the other performance...

ahh it is good to see that cat doing his inimitable thing -
and oh MAN do i love the Rolling Stones! miss you babies yeah

That Mick Jagger is AWESOME!!!!! Neuk everyone else....

JumpingKentFlash

Mick did a lot more than just sing great, he made a very loud statement!!

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MKjan
Mick did a lot more than just sing great, he made a very loud statement!!

Like what? I don't follow...

JumpingKentFlash

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Give Me Shelter....Ahhh,give me a break. It's always Gimmie. But other than that. Yeah Mick looks good. I liked the U2 song he did. Too bad he did'nt get a little more time. Or even better,too bad the Stones did'nt headline and have Bono as a guest.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

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Mick did a lot more than just sing great, he made a very loud statement!!

Like what? I don't follow...

Like, ''Yup, I'm still ace, this is how you f***ing do it!''

Ron Wood as well:

Thats not from this week's 25th anniversary shows....its from the annual HoF show back in April.



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Oh my god, that gave me goose bumps. So happy to see Mick doing what he does best, and still as great as always. I must say it looks as if he stole the show from U2 even during their own song. Hope I'm not premature when I say The Stones are ready to roll !!!

well,we havent heard Keith play yet and Ronnie's done one brief performance which has only circulated as an audience cellphone clip on you tube, so I would say it IS a bit premature.

Ahhhhhhhhh great ta see Mick doin' his thing .... he's like a rubber band runnin' on nitro ... KaBOOM Twang!!!!



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well,we havent heard Keith play yet and Ronnie's done one brief performance which has only circulated as an audience cellphone clip on you tube, so I would say it IS a bit premature.

Well we have proof that they are actually still breathing.That's a good start LOL. Here is last night's entire setlist:
Jerry Lee Lewis:
“Great Balls of Fire”

Aretha Franklin:
“Baby, I Love You”
“Don’t Play That Song”
“Make Them Hear You”

Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox:
“Chain of Fools”

Aretha Franklin:
“New York, New York”

Aretha Franklin and Lenny Kravitz:
“Think”

Aretha Franklin:
“Respect”

Jeff Beck:
“Drown in My Own Tears”

Jeff Beck and Sting:
“People Get Ready”

Jeff Beck:
“Freeway Boogie”
“Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers”

Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck:
“Let Me Love You”

Jeff Beck:
“Big Block”
“Rice Pudding”

Billy Gibbons and Jeff Beck:
“Rough Boy”

Jeff Beck and Billy Gibbons:
“Foxy Lady”

Jeff Beck:
“A Day in the Life”

Metallica:
“For Whom the Bell Tolls”
“One”
“Turn the Page”

Metallica and Lou Reed:
“Sweet Jane”
“White Light/ White Heat”

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne:
“Iron Man”
“Paranoid”

Metallica and Ray Davies:
“You Really Got Me”
“All Day and All of the Night”

Metallica:
“Stone Cold Crazy”
“Enter Sandman”

U2
“Vertigo”
“Magnificent”

U2, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith with Roy Bittan:
“Because the Night”

U2 and Bruce Springsteen with Roy Bittan:
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

U2 and Black Eyed Peas:
“Mysterious Ways”/”Where Is the Love”/”One”

U2, Mick Jagger, Fergie and Will.i.am:
“Gimme Shelter”

U2 and Mick Jagger:
“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”

U2:
“Beautiful Day”

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Thats not from this week's 25th anniversary shows....its from the annual HoF show back in April.

Ah, thanks for the correction.

Mick is an incredible physical specimen, so the rumors of a 2010 tour may not be far off the mark. The Stones will NOT go away quietly, and Mick's health is the key. Ronnie has been active, and Charlie keeps up his chops. As for Keith, well, only HE knows if he can still do it. I think that the shocking truth will be a resounding YES.

Great pictures, great videos, thanks all

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Keep On Rolling

Had to laugh during Shelter when Mick got the band back together after the female vocal part when nobody knew where they were in the song. Just like he always does with the Stones



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A fantastic night all round with hardly a minute wasted throughout the entire four-hours-plus show, and with the exception of the U2/Springsteen/Patti Smith "Because the Night" @#$%&-up, which had to be performed a second time due to an entire catalogue of errors, everything ran as smooth as clockwork with some incredibly stunning performances.

Following a regal, though somewhat subdued solo performance from the Killer, Aretha Franklin's set served us a timely reminder of how sweet and beautiful this lady can still deliver a song. Respect went down well with the crowd, as did some her of her comments about how great it was for her to be in New York. She said playfully, that she was going home, "loaded down with bags of shopping".

Jeff Beck's set was the evening's first venture into hard rock, although it was perhaps Sting's "People Get Ready" that actually brought out the best in him. That said, "A Day In The Life" was absolutely fantastic, to the point of making his forthcoming gigs with Clapton as must-see events for the near future. I'd forgotten just how good he was/is having heard so much dross over recent years from other so-called guitarists.

The biggest surprise of the night was Metallica, who delivered a truly stunning head-banging volley to the ecstatic audience, many of whom, had come along especially to see these guys. They were rewarded, not only with the best sound of the night (by far), but additionally, with some incredible duets with Lou Reed, Ray Davies and Ozzy Osbourne. "Sweet Jane" was simply breathtaking.

By contrast to Metallica's crisp, loud, blistering volume, U2's sound was surprisingly poor. I say surprisingly, because having seen them on their recent tour, they had a sound system to kill for. Bereft of such sonic benefits to their delivery, their performance was flat and at times almost lifeless, exposing the limitations of their guitar sound that many of their harshest critics have often lambasted them for. Springsteen's appearance with Patti Smith was a train-wreck from start to finish with the latter clearly unable to hear anything that was going on around her. It needed a second take, and of course it gone one, though without Nils Lofgren's guitar work, it was memorable more as a nostalgia piece than anything else. "Still Haven't Found" was superb however, and Bruce interacted superbly with Bono and the Edge.

Jagger's appearance (from the right side of the stage as you looked on), was actually a surprise to many in the audience, though this might have been because the opening chords of "Gimme Shelter" had already began to ring around the arena. It was a wonderful rock n' roll moment, seeing Mick appear in such a setting, to such a classic song, that it really DID take the breath away. I thought Mick and Fergie's delivery was absolutely stunning, as was the rendition of "Stuck In A Moment", one of U2's more soulful renditions of late.

It would, of course, be unfair to criticise U2 for their sound, especially when they provided such a great "house band" for guests as distinguished as Jagger and Springsteen, so it was quite fitting that the final performance of the night was a superb rendition of "Beautiful Day'; so apt for what was a truly wonderful and uplifting evening.

Hats off too, to the wonderful New York crowd and their generous appreciation of the artists and everything they stand for.

The city that never sleeps....I now know what they mean!

It truly was a privilege to be here on a night as wonderful as this.

Lucky bastard.

Now if you'd had the foresight to arrive a day earlier and seen both nights, I'd have hated you even more for it.





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Lucky bastard.

Hi Logie,

+1 for being a jammy t**t,hah-hah!
Thanks for the great write-up...you won't forget that evening anytime soon.The Pacific Road Arts Centre may possibly struggle in comparison to M.S.G. from now on though!
Have a good one.

Cheers,

Simon.

Here´s a very short pro-shot snippet of Gimme Shelter

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Thank you so much for posting Mick´s contribution...so great to watch him
performing again.

Here´s "Stuck" again...different angle,different sound.

Because that night...




...a tribute to Jimi.

Metallica with Lou Reed & Ray Davies

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MKjan
Mick did a lot more than just sing great, he made a very loud statement!!

Like what? I don't follow...

Like, ''Yup, I'm still ace, this is how you f***ing do it!''

Yep, that was my point.
thanks His Majesty

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Metallica with Lou Reed & Ray Davies

Nice job by the Metallica boys there. Considering they played Sweet Jane at about a quarter speed of their usual style. But they seemed to actually wake up Lou about halfway through and he attempted to sing for a change instead of talking his way through a song. The Ray Davies set was much better. Ray looked like really enjoyed having a lively band behind him. Best All Day and All of the Night I've seen in years.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"



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Thanks Logie for the great review. What a wonderful evening it was, and Jagger's appearance, in top of all that, must've been like an orgasm... Huh!

- Doxa