My sister has decided to go to one of the Newark shows. Two tix at a thousand
per. My sister does not like the Stones. She doesn't even like music of any
kind. Seriously. She says its a "happening".

Since these four shows were leaked, I've stated on IORR there has been only two
scenarios that have made sense to me, and nothing has changed. Either these
shows are 1) designed to be postponed, as part of an elaborate marketing scheme
for the real tour, the glorious farewell festival tour of 2013, or else
2) they are Jagger's way of destroying what little is left of the Stones, so
he can move on to other things that he finds more fun and fulfilling without
anyone blaming him in the least.

I mean, c'mon! Never ever in the history of show business has somebody put
a pay-per-view at the beginning of a tour. That is the most demand-destroying
move imaginable. Put a HQ version of your current show all over the internet and
take ALL the novelty out of any possible tour for everybody. Hugely shrink your
potential to make money next year.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Unless as I said Jagger just wants to put this puppy to sleep. This year and
next, do as many 6 million dollar shows as the market allows (not very many,
that's for sure) and then call it a day and have even the most dedicated fans
thankful that they don't have to pretend anymore that this is any longer a band.

Both scenarios are absolutely ridiculous.

I can't see it as anything more than a "mehh" moment.

They won't be hot.

The sound/mix will be keyboard oriented.

Take the money and run.

Oh heavens, BOTH scenarios are ludicrous.

The shows will happen (barring an ungodly event).

Did anyone ever think that PERHAPS the PPV is a warm-up event for the 2013 tour? (Yes, I KNOW - they have to really be bang on for the PPV!)

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I can't see it as anything more than a "mehh" moment.

They won't be hot.

The sound/mix will be keyboard oriented.

Take the money and run.

Will Billy Joe & Bobbie Sue be there?

LOL at the scenarios

Still with the farewell festival tour! Give it up already. The Stones will play a tour of festivals when hell freezes over.

All 4 of these shows are a fake-out-trial ballon. After these shows they will commence with a "world tour" and have more "final shows" in London AND New York. Ayone who goes to these shows thinking this will be the end are being horn-swaggled. As far as I'm cocerned if there's no Mick Taylor or Bill Wyman then it's just another miss-fire from the Stones camp. MAYBE, and that's a Big maybe, the Stones will curtail their greed enough to bring those two on board at some point but I wouldn't bet on it. They'll probanbly do 20 or 30 more shows and laugh all the way to the bank.