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Dear Stones Fans,

Can't TOUR WITH THE STONES? We've got you covered! You can Listen Live Now to the Rolling Stones as A Bigger Bang Tour makes its way across Europe and on to North America. Listen to Rolling Stones concerts in France, Scotland, Norway or any tour stop with a simple phone call and bring the LIVE Rolling Stones experience directly to your phone!

On Friday, July 28th at approximately 3:00PM EDT, the Rolling Stones are broadcasting their concert from Paris straight to your telephone. Call in from anywhere on any phone and Listen Live for 7 minutes for $1.99 USD.

Customers on ANY mobile or land line phone can reserve a spot for the concert by going to [listenlive.singletouch.net] or by calling to purchase a PIN # (See numbers below).

Cingular customers simply dial #106 from your Cingular phone NOW to reserve a spot for the concert.

WITHIN NORTH AMERICA
From the US: 1-877-784-2777 Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT
From Canada: 1-760-438-0100 Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT

When the show is ready to start you will receive a callback from the Listen Live Now System and you will immediately begin listening to the concert. Once your 7 minutes expires, or at any time during the show, you can call in again for another 7 minutes. Your Caller ID must NOT be blocked to receive the callback. If your Caller ID is blocked dial 1-714-489-2316 and enter your PIN # at the appropriate time.

FROM ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
Dial 1-760-438-0100 Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT

Countries outside of North America will not receive a callback and must dial
1-714-489-2316 during the show, starting at approximately 3:00pm and ending at approximately 5:15pm EDT.

All major credit cards and Pay Pal are accepted.

For a complete listing of concert dates and times, visit Listen Live Now.

Dial in to hear history in the making.


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Woooooohooo! I know someone's phone bill will rocket to the sky like a veichle from a Steven Spielberg movie...

That's quite a clever idea, I have to admit. I might even try it...
You can even check the setlist for the shows already )

Setlist:
JJ Flash
It's Only Rock And Roll
Oh No Not You Again
Let's Spend The Night Together
She's So Cold
As Tears Go By
Streets Of Love
Tumblin' Dice
Night Time Is The Right Time
Before They Make Me Run
Slipping Away
Miss You
Rough Justice
Get Off My Cloud
Honky Tonk Woman
Sympathy
Start Me Up
Brown Sugar
Can't Always Get What You Want
Satisfaction
Note: Setlist is subject to change


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Nice gimmick, although its hardly going to be like hearing a pristine recording tht you can listen to again and again - although according to the Stones 'management', the idea is to 'avoid bootlegging'..


yeah, THAT'll work!!

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Gazza Wrote:
Nice gimmick, although its hardly going to be like
hearing a pristine recording tht you can listen to
again and again - although according to the Stones
management', the idea is to 'avoid
bootlegging'..

Where did you read that Gazza?

You gotta be kidding me! Anyone that wastes their money on this , I'm sorry to say, is a fool...

Lorenz Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
> Nice gimmick, although its hardly going to be
> like
> hearing a pristine recording tht you can listen
> to
> again and again - although according to the
> Stones
> management', the idea is to 'avoid
> bootlegging'..
>
> Where did you read that Gazza?

[news.bbc.co.uk]

If the show runs for 120 mins the the whole gig will cost around $34 to listen on a dodgy phone line.

Can`t see how this will deter bootleggers

Although they are stopping the webcasts it cost me $20 to see 3 songs each gig from the Who tour and 3 FULL shows.

Excellent sound that I grabbed and,, after some EQ correction, burned to CD....can`t see that happening via a phone.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-07-28 13:50 by GuessWho.

so Midnight Rambler would cost about $4?

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keefstheman Wrote:
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> You gotta be kidding me! Anyone that wastes their
> money on this , I'm sorry to say, is a fool...

Well, we get the setlist almost in real time, it could be nice to hear them playing a rare song live - that would be my motivation to try it. I hope that he feed comes from the soundboard, so the quality would be good too


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

A crackly phonecast for $17 per show doesnt quite compare with the Who's CD/DVD "Encore series" when it comes to 'avoiding bootlegging', eh?

Can't believe someone is so naive and really believes it could avoid bootlegging...

Lorenz Wrote:
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> keefstheman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > You gotta be kidding me! Anyone that wastes
> their
> > money on this , I'm sorry to say, is a fool...
>
> Well, we get the setlist almost in real time, it
> could be nice to hear them playing a rare song
> live - that would be my motivation to try it. I
> hope that he feed comes from the soundboard, so
> the quality would be good too

Good quality over a telephone? You're WASTING your money, man...

It will most certainly be better than most of the cracked bootlegs we've had from the tour untill now. You know how you can actually talk to someone on the other side of the world as if he were standing next to you. The quality is not necessarily bad.

But indeed this should be bootlegger's imperium.

You can actually cut the cost per person by having multiple people dial in. Have recording equipment installed and you record directly from soundboard. And then some 20 7-minutes fragments need to be recomposed to one show of course... Let's make a callers rotation list....

This is not 'avoiding' bootlegging, it's making money of it. Very clever actually.

Although I think something will be done to block plans, like skipping two seconds every halve minutes "due to bad connection"...

They just posted the Cologne setlist, btw. I.e. the most recent one I presume.

Limbostone Wrote:
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> It will most certainly be better than most of the
> cracked bootlegs we've had from the tour untill
> now. You know how you can actually talk to someone
> on the other side of the world as if he were
> standing next to you. The quality is not
> necessarily bad.
>

have you ever listened to a concert down a phone line?

Yes I almost got strangled in wire.

You should either use a wireless, or not jump.

It will not be like if someone holds up the phone and lets you listen to it, no?
I guess it will be a controlled soundboard feed.
Anyway, another way for them to get some money.


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Am I the only one who sees this a low point in the Stones credibility (if they keep any)??? Am I the only one who will feel embarrased if any of my friends manage to know this whole affair, as I'm going to be laughed at because my band are selling themselves through @#$%& mobile phones??? Am I the only one who finds this whole phone affair very sad??

Sad indeed...

[There'll be no wedding today...]

Honesty, what is so sad or surprising about it?
They let you listen to some music on the phone and charge for it.
If they think they can make money they will always do it...


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

I find sad the fact of my friends being laughing at me if they find that the Stones are selling music by phone just as another @#$%& Crazy Frog, LOL!!

[There'll be no wedding today...]

Worst idea ever. Sound should be terrible, but do I want to experience the "Geatest R&R Band in the World" with this little distorted gizmo attached to my ear?

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

This is really kind of pathetic. $2 a song? Over the phone? $2 for the entire show, maybe.

No, thank you!

I think the Who European tour webcast was something like $18. Which included all the backstage, pre-show stuff for free, plus access to about 15-20 minutes live broadcast of each show - and they webcasted about 3 or 4 of the shows in their entirety

Ok. We all know the Stones are a @#$%& rip-off. Stop acting surprised.

Gazza Wrote:
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> I think the Who European tour webcast was
> something like $18. Which included all the
> backstage, pre-show stuff for free, plus access to
> about 15-20 minutes live broadcast of each show -
> and they webcasted about 3 or 4 of the shows in
> their entirety


Although they are stopping the webcasts it cost me $20 to see 3 songs each gig from the Who tour and 3 FULL shows.

...unf'ucking beleivable...talk about pushing the limits...

So that's their answer to the critics that they're in it for the money! "You're tired of getting ripped off??...ok...wait ...here we go...we're gonna rip you off so more then...see...we can always do better!!"

Now that's taking the concept of cynicism to a whole new level!!

But hey, why not? A lot of you here are usually complaining about ticket prices, memberships prices and so on, but the boy just come up with a new trick to milk you for some more cash, and you jump right in!! I really can't understand that! Just how low do you have to be dragged before you say stop??

erm...I dont see any of the people who complain about the things youre talking about "jumping right in" to sign up for this

Well Mr. Cohl kept right on saying that all I have to do is send 2 dollars to
the Bank of the sacred bleeding Rolling Stones.com
located in I-dunno-where and next week they'd play my song on the phone
and all my dreams would come true
so I did....

open-g Wrote:
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> Well Mr. Cohl kept right on saying that all I have
> to do is send 2 dollars to
> the Bank of the sacred bleeding Rolling
> Stones.com
> located in I-dunno-where and next week they'd play
> my song on the phone
> and all my dreams would come true
> so I did....


and you heard . . . some faraway sounds!