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Silver Dagger
Yup. 5 nights and then at knebworth. I only had tickets for 2 of the Earls Ct shows but crashed the doors twice and then offered to work for security on the last night and was given a t-shirt to do so. As soon as they came on off came the t-shirt and I was down the front taking photos.
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DandelionPowderman
He had a good gig in Paris, that's for sure.
Regarding the circumstances, he did amazingly well
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Silver Dagger
and then offered to work for security on the last night and was given a t-shirt to do so.
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Silver Dagger
Yup. 5 nights and then at knebworth. I only had tickets for 2 of the Earls Ct shows but crashed the doors twice and then offered to work for security on the last night and was given a t-shirt to do so. As soon as they came on off came the t-shirt and I was down the front taking photos.
All 5 nights and Knebworth? That's pretty cool!
Do any of the 5 Earls Court shows stand out as the best?
I know that these shows are not highly regarded but as you saw all 5 shows, maybe you could shed some light on things?
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Silver Dagger
Yup. 5 nights and then at knebworth. I only had tickets for 2 of the Earls Ct shows but crashed the doors twice and then offered to work for security on the last night and was given a t-shirt to do so. As soon as they came on off came the t-shirt and I was down the front taking photos.
All 5 nights and Knebworth? That's pretty cool!
Do any of the 5 Earls Court shows stand out as the best?
I know that these shows are not highly regarded but as you saw all 5 shows, maybe you could shed some light on things?
The last night was incredible and if memory serves me right, they might even have had elephants up on stage when they did Sympathy For The devil. They only played an encore a few nights.
The gigs at Earls Court were really magical. In fact that whole spring and summer of 76 in London was magical. There was a sense of something about to happen...or kids getting together to form bands or just stay up late through that hot hot summer to talk about music. Later on we found out that many did and that was how punk was born in London.
Patti Smith had played two shows at the Roundhouse earlier in May and then those 6 Stones shows put the icing on the cake. I must have been mad but I missed one show because of a secret Jeff Beck gig at the Roundhouse were he played material off his incredible Blow By Blow album. I figured that 5 shows was enough. Wouldn't do that now of course!
And as you walked into Earls Court the magic began. There was a carnival atmosphere with circus entertainers and dancers walking round the vast auditorium before the support act, The Meters, came on and then again during the interval. It was such a hot ticket too. I think there were something like a million ticket applications for the six shows.
When the shows were over we thought that would be it for ages until we saw the Stones again but during a cricket match, I believe, a bloke ran onto the pitch with a banner proclaiming "the Stones wiull play". I wonder who that was and what he is doing now. That was the first advert for Knebworth.
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MILKYWAY
Is MJ playing a mellotron?
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Silver Dagger
Yup. 5 nights and then at knebworth. I only had tickets for 2 of the Earls Ct shows but crashed the doors twice and then offered to work for security on the last night and was given a t-shirt to do so. As soon as they came on off came the t-shirt and I was down the front taking photos.
All 5 nights and Knebworth? That's pretty cool!
Do any of the 5 Earls Court shows stand out as the best?
I know that these shows are not highly regarded but as you saw all 5 shows, maybe you could shed some light on things?
The last night was incredible and if memory serves me right, they might even have had elephants up on stage when they did Sympathy For The devil. They only played an encore a few nights.
The gigs at Earls Court were really magical. In fact that whole spring and summer of 76 in London was magical. There was a sense of something about to happen...or kids getting together to form bands or just stay up late through that hot hot summer to talk about music. Later on we found out that many did and that was how punk was born in London.
Patti Smith had played two shows at the Roundhouse earlier in May and then those 6 Stones shows put the icing on the cake. I must have been mad but I missed one show because of a secret Jeff Beck gig at the Roundhouse were he played material off his incredible Blow By Blow album. I figured that 5 shows was enough. Wouldn't do that now of course!
And as you walked into Earls Court the magic began. There was a carnival atmosphere with circus entertainers and dancers walking round the vast auditorium before the support act, The Meters, came on and then again during the interval. It was such a hot ticket too. I think there were something like a million ticket applications for the six shows.
When the shows were over we thought that would be it for ages until we saw the Stones again but during a cricket match, I believe, a bloke ran onto the pitch with a banner proclaiming "the Stones wiull play". I wonder who that was and what he is doing now. That was the first advert for Knebworth.
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24FPS
Secondly, In '73 and '76, they played songs we never heard in America from GHS and Black and Blue. I'm not sure if Dancing With Mr. D, or Hot Stuff have ever been played on an American stage.
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tomk
I heard Earl's Court was to be demolished. Is that true?
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24FPS
Secondly, In '73 and '76, they played songs we never heard in America from GHS and Black and Blue. I'm not sure if Dancing With Mr. D, or Hot Stuff have ever been played on an American stage.
Hot Stuff was played in Washington D.C. on opening night of the 1994 tour and at the Tower Theater in PA in 2002.
I think that's it for the US.
It was played in Toronto in 1977 (El Mocambo) and 2002 (Palais Royale).
Dancing With Mr. D. has never been played in the U.S.
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