This city had a huge Stones army...back in 78/81...i am hearing a dvd now from 2002...i like it....tell me everything about this city....they tell me its a hard town.....please share your memories...seeing the stones..in this town....should i go there?....i could drink a few pinta with chippy!!0hhhh philly freedom



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Whats happening there in Philly?

Well i know it was...always tense and kind of nervous...these shows..sloppy..but hell i even like the 78 show!..i know Debra was there

Who like this town?

I like chippy from our forum.....if i remember well...he doesnt live in the inner city.....cheers

All pictures are welcome by the by

I don't understand what the hell your going on about, what do you want?

were the big bulk of the crowd.....from the 78/81. shows.....from NY?

I mean you talk about a 100.000 people per show you know

Come go listen to the''miss you'' licks tour 02 version...jagger plays the harp!...aint that something!

Hey Rooster. I'm a Philly resident. I lived in Sacramento for a long time and before that in South Jersey. Philly is a big Stones town. More impact and a different kind of love for them here; sort of like they belong to us, but like a tremendously beautiful girl that you know is going to leave in the morning. Always on the radio, tribute bands (Glimmer Twins, Shattered) do well. Pierre Robert (WMMR dj)has had a long relationship with them.

An OK college town with the most obnoxious sports fans in the world. Stay away from Geno's if you don't speak the King's English.

Never saw the Stones play there, but its not easy walking around Philly wearing a Mets or Giants shirt!

originally from outside of the philly area but was always a stones town . the 2 major radio stations would play a bunch of stones tunes in what they called blocks and have rolling stones a-z weekends. philly was usually one of the first in the states to premier new songs as well. as for sports , philly fans are rough and hard to please but once they accept a player they'll stand by them no matter what.

Hey Rooster
Sadly, I'm not from Philly, and never have been there. But I'm glad to know that Philadelphia is a Stones city
I've been looked for the interview with Keith from ROLLING STONE Oct.1988.
You posted 1 page of it on your tread(the great one, thanks).
Can you post the rest of it, please?
It's the only interview with any Stone, they don't have on the RollingStone.com(Imean All access)

My Hometown...My Band

Yes, Rooster I was at that awful '78 show but my experiences after that one in Philly have all been wonderful. I prefer the arena shows ( First Union Center, now Watchovia Center) to the outside gigs anyway; Philly is a welcoming, friendly city, from my experiences and the truly love the Stones and show it. I walked around alone much of the time when I've been there to see the Stones and it always felt quite safe. The '78 gig was just a weird show and a crazy, drunken crowd and it happens. I survived, and still kept returning to Philly for some of the best Stones gigs, ones that I am so thankful to have experienced. The No Security shows were over the top awesome.

I'm from Philly area, 78 was my first show.. there have been other threads about that one. The day the tour opening 81 shows were announced, Mick came down to JFK to meet with the press and fans. I was there for the 2nd show. Yes, there was a special relationship with Philly and Stones back then, and Philly was, is and will always be a BIG rock and roll town. If you're ever there, go down to South Street and have a Margarita at Copabanana.

I'm in Philly. Tower Theatre in 2002 was one of the best shows I've seen.

Huge Stones city! Saw both the '97 and '99 shows there and the town was Stones crazy.

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rooster
This city had a huge Stones army...back in 78/81...i am hearing a dvd now from 2002...i like it....tell me everything about this city....they tell me its a hard town.....please share your memories...seeing the stones..in this town....should i go there?....i could drink a few pinta with chippy!!0hhhh philly freedom

'78/'81 thats the exact years when I lived there..went to the Philadelphia College of Art..Broad and Spruce, at the time. now its called University of the Arts, and I don't know where it is. Amazing city for art education. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art was down the street...Phila Museum of Art, world class...Moore College of Art..U of Penn downtown campus...Barnes Foundation nearby
all was cool in my world at that time, an art student...even got a band going at school.
Anyone else on the board here go to PCA?

I lived in Philly from college until about one year ago (I am 32 now) and I miss it immensely. I love hearing fan's association of the great city with the great band that we all love so much. I saw the trilogy in 2002 and became immersed in the Stones-mania that gripped the city at that time. Even got to meet Keith at the Four Seasons. I don't know if its Philly's roots in soul and blues that makes it click so well with the Stones, but the love for them there is undeniable!!!

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Huge Stones city! Saw both the '97 and '99 shows there and the town was Stones crazy.

I was there for the '99 show, and it was definitely a great crowd, among the very best I have seen in the USA.

a great town .my first stones show tour opener in 1981 .have been back for sixers games a few times and even caught the phillies at the old veterans stadium.lot's of fun .our first night in town ,the night before the stones opener in 1981 ,we were eating breakfast in some diner and there was some fight ,then the cops came dragged out this guy just outside the door and beat the piss out of him .we were all like dont mess with philly's finest or else !

Any other examples of PHILLY SOUL from Stones?






Elton&Bowie

There's a Philadelphia Chippy in Glasgow.

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The gritty sound of the Stones music was a perfect match for this gritty, blue- collar town. We drank quarts of beer on the street corners with the Stones blaring out of boom boxes. We may always lose with our sports teams, but we always WIN with the Stones.

Actually, 78 was a very rock n roll show. One of my favorites, with a great line up. 69 was my first Stones show in Phila, so very memorable. The 72 shows were wild, a crazy time. But the 75 shows were quite something, the way the crowd pushed up against the star stage at the Spectrum. Made it very intimate.