HTW was there.
Doom and Gloom was not played which I don't mind, and also Out of Control ,which is a shame,but we got some great others.

DP pointed it out further back.


Look at the setlist. ><



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Ok I guess the Paradiso 1995 was Mick and Keith co-lead vocals on Connection so i'll consider this the 2nd 3 song Keith set ever.

From the Instagram videos, Mick's voice sounds much much better in Syndey!!!! That is a good new.

Benjamin.

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Wow! My final show.
The best I have ever seen.
Plus Ronnies pick landed at my feet.
Thank you

Wow indeed! What a way to end - I am really happy for you. Just feel ever so slightly nervous that evidently problems with Mick's voice aren't entirely resolved and either it'll get stronger or - I won't say it! Am leaving the UK on Friday for Brisbane - invested everything in one show. Stupid? Maybe but I had neither the time nor money for anything more. Well whatever happens you won't hear me complaining but wish me luck!

Safe travels rebelrebel!! Hope (I know it will be!) it's worth it for ya!

Rod
Perth

Exciting stuff!
Thanks everyone!

The show tonight was so powerful. I don't think I will be able to sleep for a while, even if it is soon 2am in the night here now. Anyway, I will find the best picture from the show and get it online before I go to bed. Such a great show!!!!

Bjornulf

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Mick:

Sydney’s been very welcoming to us all, it feels amazing. I had 103 of my Sydney rellies for tea the other day, and they’re all here tonight and very welcome.

Here we go…

BITCH

Does that mean relatives? Mother was from Oz if I remember correctly

Somebody mentioned Micks mum came from Wooloomooloo, which is an inner city suburb of Sydney.



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Wow! My final show.
The best I have ever seen.
Plus Ronnies pick landed at my feet.
Thank you

Wow indeed! What a way to end - I am really happy for you. Just feel ever so slightly nervous that evidently problems with Mick's voice aren't entirely resolved and either it'll get stronger or - I won't say it! Am leaving the UK on Friday for Brisbane - invested everything in one show. Stupid? Maybe but I had neither the time nor money for anything more. Well whatever happens you won't hear me complaining but wish me luck!

Safe travels rebelrebel!! Hope (I know it will be!) it's worth it for ya!

Rod
Perth

Thanks, Rod! Yes, I'm sure it will be and those instagram clips have done the trick for me; brief as they are Mick sounds a lot better than in Melbourne so I'm sure everything will be fine for the rest of the tour.

Satisfaction


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Start Me Up (no scarf at all, perfect intro)

I took the recommended trip from Sydney via Wooloomooloo and the other nice seasite places on my way to Bondi Beach today, as a warmup for the show. Just wanted to see where Mick's mom was born, and where his family on her side still live. At the show in Sydney tonight Mick said he took all his 103 Sydney relatives to tea, "and they are all here tonight", he said.

The Stones were great tonight, powerful, with a set list that worked well, and Keith did an extra song so that Mick could get an extra five minutes rest. And "Paint It Black" rocked the house!

Reports and pictures here:

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Some samples:









Bjornulf

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Thanks for great pics

Sweet Virginia ><


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one of the best setlists in a long time , sweet virginia , bitch, respectable,and paint it black and let us not forget three keith songs . wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like the idea of the 3 song Richards lead vocal set but,they seem to have some obsession with playing "Sweet Virginia" in Sydney.

I think that "Respectable" was played in that early slot because the last time there they played all 3 of the other alternatives which have been "Let's Spend the Night Together" , "You Got Me Rocking" , and "Get Off of My Cloud" .

I would have gone with "Imagination" or "Waiting On a Friend" in the ballad slot instead of "Sweet Virginia" and with "Live With Me" instead of "Bitch" because of the Sydney Licks Tour set lists. Maybe "Can't Be Seen" instead of "Happy" again would have been nice. That would have made a nice new set list for Sydney.

It looks as though they only look back 1 show.

Otherwise,not too shabby.

Sounds like a fantastic show and a great return to form for the bpys><

Looks like another great concert.

Setlist has a nice variance probably due to Mick's voice problems, but with that kind of back catalogue one cannot fail, now do you? Seemingly all songs in which Mick needs to push extra hard are left out, so no room for emotional ballads a'la "Wild Horses" or "Angie", and maybe the hardest of them all, "Out of Control". The latter is a brief disappointment for Sydney crowd (even though most of them were happily ignorant), since it has been the musical highlight of the whole tour me thinks. The result is a rather 'rocking' set.

A funny little curiosity: the newest song in the set is 33 years old newbie called "Start Me Up". Is this a kind of record since 1981/82 tour?

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A funny little curiosity: the newest song in the set is 33 years old newbie called "Start Me Up". Is this a kind of record since 1981/82 tour?

- Doxa

That's sad.

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60 Years a Fan

Just logged in to see how it went....thanks again to all for the wonderful pics, videos and comments...next best thing to actually being there.... Here's hoping to see them back in the USA one more time!

...Santa Barbara, California, USA

Really hope final 2 shows go ahead! I'm getting more worried after reading some reports out of Sydney overnight

looks like a good time had by all...a shame MT not included on Bitch, Happy, etc, but it ain't happening.

As I posted after the Vancouver 2006 show:


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the newest song in the set is 33 years old newbie called "Start Me Up"

Wow. That is a telling observation. Imagine Mick's response if you would have told him in the early 70's that he would be performing ONLY his songs over 33 years old someday. I'm sure he would have said "Naw, I'd rather make films or be an accountant". It's rather sad and they seem to be just the sort of nostalgia act Mick has dreaded the Stones would become.

Not sure what this says about our culture and society but it's strange. Maybe the mass marketing done by radio and TV and record companies effected us more than we know and we are all products of the limited stuff (by today's standards) which was crammed down our collective throats when we were young and impressionable. I don't think any infatuation of this magnitude has happened before and it may not ever happen again.

But its good to see the excitement that this Sydney show has caused in the Rolling Stones community! peace

What a great, great show with a 3-song Keith set to boot! Sweet Virginia too, my song choice, I'm so jealous I missed this one! Can't wait for a video of SV.

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the newest song in the set is 33 years old newbie called "Start Me Up"

Wow. That is a telling observation. Imagine Mick's response if you would have told him in the early 70's that he would be performing ONLY his songs over 33 years old someday. I'm sure he would have said "Naw, I'd rather make films or be an accountant". It's rather sad and they seem to be just the sort of nostalgia act Mick has dreaded the Stones would become.

Not sure what this says about our culture and society but it's strange. Maybe the mass marketing done by radio and TV and record companies effected us more than we know and we are all products of the limited stuff (by today's standards) which was crammed down our collective throats when we were young and impressionable. I don't think any infatuation of this magnitude has happened before and it may not ever happen again.

But its good to see the excitement that this Sydney show has caused in the Rolling Stones community! peace

"...before 70 we are merely respected at best and we have to behave all the time. But after 70, we are respected, esteemed, admitted, revered and don't have to behave unless we want to." Mark Twain.

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the newest song in the set is 33 years old newbie called "Start Me Up"

Wow. That is a telling observation. Imagine Mick's response if you would have told him in the early 70's that he would be performing ONLY his songs over 33 years old someday. I'm sure he would have said "Naw, I'd rather make films or be an accountant". It's rather sad and they seem to be just the sort of nostalgia act Mick has dreaded the Stones would become.

Not sure what this says about our culture and society but it's strange. Maybe the mass marketing done by radio and TV and record companies effected us more than we know and we are all products of the limited stuff (by today's standards) which was crammed down our collective throats when we were young and impressionable. I don't think any infatuation of this magnitude has happened before and it may not ever happen again.

But its good to see the excitement that this Sydney show has caused in the Rolling Stones community! peace

Interesting thoughts. If we make some other observations, telling about the same point, is that a common response here is that of "great setlist!", and that no one seems to mind them not doing their recent 'hit', "Doom & Gloom", quite the contrary. If Jagger reads this thread, that surely would confirm his claim that 'no one wants to hear new stuff'. Is that good or bad doesn't really matter. It is how it is.

And we are expecting a new record... I guess we diehard fans fancy with that idea, but probably in deep in our hearts, if we are to be frank, do we really want or need that? The point of their albums or any new material seem to have gone a long time ago.

- Doxa

Review Sydney show:

I haven't seen them since 2007 and after the Hanging Rock Show being cancelled twice I got tickets for the Hunter Valley show but living in Sydney and having them play in my town and not go is of course not an option so I got a ticket yesterday. Allphones arena must be one of the cleanest and sterile places I've ever seen a concert at. I'm used to the Amsterdam arena where for the whole show a mist of weed smoke is hanging over the pit area
Everybody walked in, took their seats, lights went down and on with the show. No opening act, built up, all very sterile and civilised.

Jumping Jack Flash: Sounded great. Guitars were very clear and high in the mix and Keith was very loud. Yeeeaaaah!

IORR: Crowd liked it, good version. Keith solo was minimal.

Respectable: Love this song so very pleased with this little surprise. Ronnie was great on this and seemed in a great mood all night. Short, tight version.

Tumbling Dice: All good. Crowd enjoyed it.

Sweet Virginia: Voted for this one. Keith and Ronnie both played electric. Ronnie had some nice fills on this one. Very nice to hear it again.

Bitch: Another surprise and one of my favourites again! Nice version, horns were too low in the mix. Jagger messed up the second part of the song a bit which was very entertaining. He saved his voice on the end bit and Lisa and Bernard just did the "Heeeey Heey Heey". All good. I'd rather have him save his voice a bit and make the next gig.

Paint it Black: Another surprise! This was my first single I bought when I was about ten years old in 1990 in Holland. It was a big hit in Holland back then because it was the soundtrack of the tv show Tour of Duty.
Keith messed up the intro a bit and didn't play all the notes on the last bit of the intro but just the main ones. The crowd loved this one. They should keep it in the set list!

Honky Tonk Women: Another crowd favourite.I used to get bored with this song a little bit but I love the crowd participation. Great for the atmosphere.

You Got the Silver: Awesome version!!!! Keith sounded great and Ronnie played beautifully. Easily beats the Shine A Light version and hands down the best version of this song I've heard.

Before They Make Me Run: Again Keith was smoking!!!!! Never heard him sing so well. The guitars were killing it. Great solo by Ronnie, very tight version. Keith and Ronnie simultaneously solo'd at the end and it sounded great.

Happy: Keith "I'm on extra duty tonight" Another great tight version. Keith's voice was great tonight. I realised listening to this that I could easily listen to Keith sing for the rest of the night. He was very entertaining.

Midnight Rambler: The one I was waiting for for two years. My favourite live song and I couldn't wait to see it with Taylor. They rocked! I haven't heard all the other versions so I can't say where it ranked among them but, like all of them, it was just great. They joked around quite a bit with each other. Taylor was having some fun with Jagger during their guitar/harp solo. He kept pushing him and smiling to great amusement of the crowd. During the middle bit the crowd started clapping along and Jagger joined in and the clapping went faster and faster like crowds do before the show. This to great amusement of Jagget "that was different". Ronnies solo at the end bit rocked. Very clear sound from where I was sitting and they had great fun looking at each other waiting for the signal to go into the last bit that ends the song.

Miss You: Unlike a lot of people on this board, I love this song, especially on this tour with Darryl's solo. Crowd pleaser for sure! Jagger:"You know sometimes... Sometimes I lose my voice and sometimes.... I want to play the base like Darryl!!!!"

Gimme Shelter: Powerful version to say the least. Crowd loved it, Lisa was great, Keith's solo again was quite minimal but it didn't matter.

Start Me Up. This is usually the time in the show where my interest goes down a bit because I've heard the warhorse section too many times by now but I love how the whole momentum of the show goes up because the crowd loves those songs. Stellar version, Ronnie was running around the catwalk during his solo and Keith was joking around with Darryl.

Sympathy for the Devil: Not the best version I've seen and Keith had a very minimal solo whilst walking around the catwalk but he made up for it once he got back to the stage. They messed up the ending a bit which they all had a laugh about.

Brown Sugar: Stellar version. The saxophone solo was pretty much note for note but he made a couple minor mistakes to great delight of Keith who gave him a great smile at the end. Keith also was fooling around a bit with the rhythm at the end. he played the G chord a bit more like a blues shuffle which gave the song a different feel, a bit more 50's Buddy Holly sound. Everybody seemed to like and joined in. New to me but maybe he has been doing this at previous shows.

You Can't always Get What You Want: I love the choir and the way they play it now. Very beautiful. Jagger forgot to thank the choir at end which was funny because they clearly got told to wait before walking of until he thanks them. Ronnie reminded him, he laughed and thanked them.

Satisfaction: Crowd pleaser for sure. I thought the crowd was quite tame all evening but they definitely were loud at the end and kept cheering them on during the final bowl and after they left the stage.


All in all a great show. Nothing out of the ordinary other then a nice mix up on the set list and three terrific Keith songs. Jagger was obviously saving his voice but he still sounded great. Keith's solo's were minimal but I didn't mind because his rhythm playing was awesome and he was in a great mood all night. Ronnie was having a great time and playing so well. I've seen them since '98 and he is playing the best from what I've heard. Charlie is a machine, just perfect.
They all seemed in great spirits and I can't wait until the Hunter Valley show ion Saturday!!!

Cheers,
Wuudy