Re: Floorseats for all London Shows available
Date: July 31, 2007 18:23
buffalo7478 Wrote:
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> I keep checking what's available and debating
> whether to fly over from the US for a show. I
> doubt we will see the Stones tour again in
> America.
>
> The O2 shows could be a last hurrah.
>
> My worry is the reports of Keith's playing from
> Europe. Do I want to invest a coule thousand $$$
> to hear him fumble his way thru a show. (Yes, I
> know I will be called 'not a true fan' or worse,
> but listening to boots from 2007 shows, I think
> I'd rather remember them from 2005, 2002, 1999,
> 1995, 1989, 1981, and 1978...than where they may
> be now).
<<< My worry is the reports of Keith's playing from Europe >>>
I will stick my neck out here and say that you need not have the slightest worry in this respect. I'm the first to say that among the crop of shows I personally have seen (nine so far) on the Europe 2007 leg of the tour there for sure HAVE been mistakes that have been plainly audible, but to be fair, they haven't been of a variety that for the most part you wouldn't have heard before - and that you're equally unlikely not to hear again. It's just "them" being "them", as we're all well used to by this time. IF you accept that, and of course you're at liberty not to if you feel so inclined, then for my money the Stones you'll hear in some 3 week time will sound to you every bit as good as they've sounded on the ABB tour so far, and indeed previous tours within the last say 10 years. Unless you really do judge them in their complete and utter entirety from an armchair in your living room listening to boots of (shall we say) partially dubious origin and quality ... I would suggest that it would be well worth your while jumping on that transatlantic flight and catching one of the few remaining European shows, in particular the London ones. I don't think you'll be disappointed.