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walkingthedog
It says that there is a $10 million budget for expenses for concert stages, lightning, commercials and miscellaneous.
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walkingthedog
It says that there is a $10 million budget for expenses for concert stages, lightning, commercials and miscellaneous.
To me that is a giant amount of money, but in Stones terms that would be a rather small budget.
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VoodooLounge13
So what exactly does that mean they bought the rights to those 5 songs? I mean I know what it means, but does it mean only that they get a cut of the profits everytime that it's played, or are the Stones obligated now to play those songs? Some (OK all) of which I don't really care if I hear again.
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Rocky Dijon
"Plundered My Soul" and "Following the River" were both singles and, to judge by the vocals, were new songs as far as most people were concerned. Since the band isn't in the studio working on a new album now and since it's even less likely Dressman would be given an exclusive Rolling Stones single cut specially for Dressman in 2011, I suspect a single to promote SOME GIRLS DELUXE EDITION is the most likely scenario. It's good cross-marketing with a CD/DVD in stores (presumably packaged separately) this Autumn and as with "Plundered My Soul," there will certainly be at least one track considered commercial enough to help promote the release as new product rather than just another reissue with bonus tracks that are substandard tacked on for completists.
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Gazza
There is no 'upcoming tour'. Not in the next 12 months anyway.
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mickijaggeroo
Concerning a tour or record, Charlie said in Helsinki "We don´t play any longer" when asked. Don´t know what to think of that statement.
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VoodooLounge13
I think it is highly unlikely that the 5th song is an old outtake, which would have zero commercial value for Varner. A brand new single to be released in the autumn, on the other hand....
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crumbling_mice
I wouldn't read too much into Charlie's statement. If you think about it all logically, if they had in fact finished, then why would they not announce it officially? They would have nothing to lose by doing this and financially would gain as the publicity would be world wide and their back catalogue sales would soar. Personally, and this is just from following the band for 36 years, I think they are in limbo, as they have been many times before. They are not playing any longer (as Charlie says), but neither have they completley given up. There is no way the Stones would just fizzle out like this, there would be at least a handful of final shows in London and US, even if it was just for commercial reasons. They could put on just one final show in London and have Taylor and Wyman sit inand it would be the ultimate finale' both in terms of commercial value and as a fitting farewell to the band itself.
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bv
I have the paper in front of me. The Varner brothers are of course proud to be pictured next to Mick, Keith and Charlie, even if Petter Varner is stating he is more of a Coldplay fan... But this is business. They say they paid 6 million US dollars for royalties, the rest is advertising and staging up the Dressman stores to look like concert venues.
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sweetcharmedlifeThat sounds ominous.Quote
Gazza
There is no 'upcoming tour'. Not in the next 12 months anyway.
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sweetcharmedlifeThat sounds ominous.Quote
Gazza
There is no 'upcoming tour'. Not in the next 12 months anyway.
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sweetcharmedlifeThat sounds ominous.Quote
Gazza
There is no 'upcoming tour'. Not in the next 12 months anyway.
Wasnt meant to be. I just thought it was pretty much accepted by now by everyone (well, almost everyone - ) that they wont tour in 2011. And a 2012 tour would be unlikely to start earlier than April.