great show sloppy but still good come people lets see the pics from that day.........

this one is actually from 26/9/81 but its still a nice one :

You're a HOOT, Gazza! I was THERE!!! In that sea of humanity!! A hot day and the Stones were pretty good too!

yes..I can see you, Debra. Youre the young chick over to the right with her top off. Wow. They look great!

Gazza Wrote:
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> this one is actually from 26/9/81 but its still a
> nice one :
>
> [www.neilclifford.com]
> Sept26th.jpg

I was there as well. It was my first stones show (there would be many more to come). They opened the tour there that year & we went to show 2. I remember it was very hot. The show started at 11am with George Thorogood,then Journey went on. The crowd was merciless to them & they didn't even do their full set. The stones went on around 4pm with Under my thumb. I would see them again in Philly at the vet 8 years later when they again opened the tour in Philly & again I went to the 2nd show.

This wednesday, 25 years later I'll be at giants stadium still seeing the Stones. I love it.

Than was my first ever Stones show!

I was 18 when that tour started. In the pre-internet and pre-fanzine era (I didnt start buying IORR until a year or so later), we had to rely on the UK music press such as the NME, Melody Maker and Sounds for news. I remember keeping a scrapbook of press cuttings from that tour (I might even still have them somewhere). I remember the Melody Maker especially giving that tour opener blanket coverage. Their review of Journey was priceless and I still remember the quote to this day. "One word about Journey - and that word is awful. Steve Perry sang like a mortally wounded dog.."

Gazza Wrote:
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> I was 18 when that tour started. In the
> pre-internet and pre-fanzine era (I didnt start
> buying IORR until a year or so later), we had to
> rely on the UK music press such as the NME, Melody
> Maker and Sounds for news. I remember keeping a
> scrapbook of press cuttings from that tour (I
> might even still have them somewhere). I remember
> the Melody Maker especially giving that tour
> opener blanket coverage. Their review of Journey
> was priceless and I still remember the quote to
> this day. "One word about Journey - and that word
> is awful. Steve Perry sang like a mortally wounded
> dog.."

I was 19 when that tour started. I went on to see them 3 more times on the tattoo you tour.. MSG, Meadowlands Arena & Syracuse Carrier Dome. I still remember the balloons that fell from the ceiling during the encore of satisfaction at the indoor shows on that tour.

Gazza Wrote:
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> I was 18 when that tour started. In the
> pre-internet and pre-fanzine era (I didnt start
> buying IORR until a year or so later), we had to
> rely on the UK music press such as the NME, Melody
> Maker and Sounds for news. I remember keeping a
> scrapbook of press cuttings from that tour (I
> might even still have them somewhere). I remember
> the Melody Maker especially giving that tour
> opener blanket coverage. Their review of Journey
> was priceless and I still remember the quote to
> this day. "One word about Journey - and that word
> is awful. Steve Perry sang like a mortally wounded
> dog.."
GAZZA ...i was there it was my 17 th bday and the journey thing was crazy..they where booed off the stage and people where throwing shoes and bottles at em!!!!G Throgood was well received , Stones show was good i remember allot of feedback..but was fun my first SHOW...going for 40 at GS...wens

4 people here at that show + chippy and melillo, that's 6. I almost went, but I couldn't afford the flight...short on cash that year.

setlist sucked

my mon paid for tix...$17.50 .....took a bus to phily for $25 dollars and my bro took me to the show.....

was 18 at the time and going to my first stones show....Buffalo on 9/27/81 with George Thorogood and Journey then off to Detroit on 11/30/81...great shows..100+ later, their still mixing it up...looking forward to Giants Stadium...

heck of a rain storm in buafflo......ehhh

That brings back memories! Hitchhiked all the way from North Carolina to those shows....

JR

StonesTod Wrote:
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> setlist sucked


LOL

tat2you Wrote:
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> Gazza Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I was 18 when that tour started. In the
> > pre-internet and pre-fanzine era (I didnt start
> > buying IORR until a year or so later), we had
> to
> > rely on the UK music press such as the NME,
> Melody
> > Maker and Sounds for news. I remember keeping a
> > scrapbook of press cuttings from that tour (I
> > might even still have them somewhere). I
> remember
> > the Melody Maker especially giving that tour
> > opener blanket coverage. Their review of
> Journey
> > was priceless and I still remember the quote to
> > this day. "One word about Journey - and that
> word
> > is awful. Steve Perry sang like a mortally
> wounded
> > dog.."
> GAZZA ...i was there it was my 17 th bday
> and the journey thing was crazy..they where
> booed off the stage and people where
> throwing shoes and bottles at em!!!!G
> Throgood was well received , Stones show was
> good i remember allot of feedback..but was
> fun my first SHOW...going for 40 at
> GS...wens


Happy birthday and have fun at "Gnats" (as a friend of mine calls it, due to the fact that from the nosebleeds, thats what the band look like)

They kept Thorogood and J Geils Band for the European shows (and I think Black Uhuru were added for Wembley). My first and only show of the tour was the penultimate one of the tour, at Slane Castle. An unforgettable day and a life changing experience

it also m -bday 42 Ouchy.......

With hindsight yeah the setlist did suck & I wasn't thrilled with them going on at 4 in the afternoon. But it WAS my 1st stones show so that made it special. I remember taking the long island railroad to penn station the night before to catch the amtrak to philly. I got a ticket for drinking a beer in public before I even got on the train! The train ride from NYC to Philly was a major party. It had started in boston & was filled with stones fans. JFK stadium was a toilet (I saw live aid there in 1985). Thank God by the time steel wheels came around in '89 they had condemned the place & the stones the vet.

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> 4 people here at that show + chippy and melillo,
> that's 6. I almost went, but I couldn't afford the
> flight...short on cash that year.

What, short on cash?
Didn't you have to work as a kid?

open-g Wrote:
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> Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> > 4 people here at that show + chippy and
> melillo,
> > that's 6. I almost went, but I couldn't afford
> the
> > flight...short on cash that year.
>
> What, short on cash?
> Didn't you have to work as a kid?


I just couldn't get a proper job before I learned to walk in 83. What a society!

erik thats very weak bro....

lot's of rain until thorogood opened up the sky....

yep ...i think it really stoped when the stones played UMT

rlngstns Wrote:
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> lot's of rain until thorogood opened up the
> sky....

The show on the 26th had no rain, plenty of sun & very hot!!

Journey would be the perfect opener for the Stones in 2006.

Dan Wrote:
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> Journey would be the perfect opener for the Stones
> in 2006.


ROTFLMAO...