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bv
If their most recent plans of doing South America before Las Vegas and the short North America stunt comes through, then they might do London in the summer, theoretically, but don't count on it. I have said it for two years now - it is now or never. Prepare to travel.
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flacnvinyl
I wonder if it is outside the realm of possibility for the Stones to put on a final giant grand finale shows. I think it'd be a blast to end it in spectacular fashion with a new giant stage (in the round would be my preference) and simply put on one show for 250,000 people in each major market. The spread on tickets would make it far more affordable than the previous shows.
The Hyde Park model seemed to go over pretty well too..
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MileHigh
I know that we are fans, but sometimes I think the superlatives about their recent performances are a bit over the top. When Mick goes down to sing off at the sides of the stage, sometimes people are just walking by to go to the bathroom, they are indifferent. It's time catching up and taking over. The "Rock God" aura is only for the hard-core fans. The frenzy of continuously screaming girls is from two generations ago. It's nice to see them play, and I think that they found the right formula for today, but it is definitely not the same. I think the last true blast of "Oh my God it's the Rolling Stones!" was in 1973. I am talking about really _really_ feeling the excitement and the frenzy.
In this Internet age, there are very few surprises. It's a shame in a way, because in days long past, when you went to see a big group perform, you didn't know what the stage was going to look like, you didn't know what they were going to play, etc. I miss that. I had just one moment like that in the recent past. When I watched the late 2012 performance in New Jersey, I was shocked when the choir came out for YCAGWYW and I almost teared up. Imagine if they pulled off that surprise in 1973!
So, for 2015, if they do somewhere between 15 and 25 shows, more power to them. Even if they did five shows or less, more power to them. If they do play, chances are economics will dictate that they play at least 15 or so shows over a four month or less stretch. The staging and lighting and video wall are very expensive, and I am sure even now that they don't want to lose money.
Instead of making a big deal saying, "this is out last performance" I think they should just do a mini tour and keep people guessing. It would be the classy way to end it all.
A lot of people are saying that age doesn't matter, but in fact it does matter. We all know the old joke, "Steel Wheelchairs" and that was 25 years ago. I don't want to see them hobbling around on stage in front of a mixture of hard-core fans and indifferent viewers that stare at them passively. You can also clearly see that there is a fair amount of musicianship stress on the stage nowadays. They often mess up the structure of their songs, Mick often starts singing at the wrong time, or mixes up the words or the order of the verses. Ending a song is quite often a hit and miss affair and there are a lot of looks back and forth and Mick uses audio cues to get the ending pulled off with a semblance of order. I definitely sense "age induced rustiness" and that will likely get even worse as time goes on.
It really is not the same anymore. Please don't shoot the messenger. If they do something in 2015 then great, but then it should finally really and truly be all over.
Mick said that he didn't want to be singing Satisfaction by the time he hit 40. Well, 80 is in sight for Mick and the boys as we speak.
It was a great ride and they did some amazing things. I would only go to see them in 2015 if they did the ticket lottery stuff and I could get tickets for less than $100 each. That's how I got tickets in 2013. I would definitely not spend $500 a ticket to go see them in 2015. The "idea" of the Rolling Stones and their music will always be in my blood. They did some great things and I respect them immensely.
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bv
There will never be the final show or some sort of "grand finale". At some point we will know when they performed their last show, but that will be much later. It might be Auckland, it might be a city in America, or may be in London. Nobody knows, not even the Stones. It does not take much fantasy, just read the news, like the news this week. Time waits for no one. Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste.
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Thommie
Yeah, I can't understand how blasé people are. It seems to be needed something really really special for some people being excited.
There are many live acts I haven't seen but want to see before it's too late.
I might be crazy but despite that I rather see my 11th show with the Stones before my first with with some other. If I was forced to chose.
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bv
If their most recent plans of doing South America before Las Vegas and the short North America stunt comes through, then they might do London in the summer, theoretically, but don't count on it. I have said it for two years now - it is now or never. Prepare to travel.
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DandelionPowderman
<I think the last true blast of "Oh my God it's the Rolling Stones!" was in 1973. I am talking about really _really_ feeling the excitement and the frenzy.>
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<I think the last true blast of "Oh my God it's the Rolling Stones!" was in 1973. I am talking about really _really_ feeling the excitement and the frenzy.>
No, actually I think that the last such tour was in 1981/82. From 1989 on it was rather perfectionist ('Vegas years'), and the 'wow' feeling had gone even though there were some moments.
Nowadays I regard the Stones as an oldies band. Nothing against that, they would be crazy if they would not make huge profits from their many classics.
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saltoftheearth
Mind you, this wasn't my quote - as I was two years old in 1973...
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BowieStone
Mind you, it wasn't DandelionPowderman this time.
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duke richardson
I can't help but think that Bobby's death will alter their plans for next year. If there already were plans, contracts, commitments..
just on a personal level yes they continued after Ian Stewart died suddenly, but that was a long time ago. Now it seems to me that Bobby Keys' death could be a catalyst for reconsidering a bunch of shows in the next year.
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DandelionPowderman
It took them only a few months to head back on the road after Keith's brain surgery. Just saying...
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Naturalust
Yep. Let 'em play sitting on chairs with acoustics, messing up the chords and lyrics due to dementia and arthritis, telling stories of the old days, playing more ballads, country blues and blues, I'm still in. In fact that sounds like a pretty interesting show.
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Me too.
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DandelionPowderman
It took them only a few months to head back on the road after Keith's brain surgery. Just saying...
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DandelionPowderman
It took them only a few months to head back on the road after Keith's brain surgery. Just saying...
In Holland and Belgium, yes - judging by videos. Not in Denmark and Norway. In fact, the 2007 Oslo show was far better than the 2006 Bergen show.
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DandelionPowderman
It took them only a few months to head back on the road after Keith's brain surgery. Just saying...
In Holland and Belgium, yes - judging by videos. Not in Denmark and Norway. In fact, the 2007 Oslo show was far better than the 2006 Bergen show.
Well, Helsinki show wasn't among his best ones either, to say it mildly... Not that did anything wrong for the show, quite the contrary; there were people watching him struggling there and seemingly enjoying his act, since that Keith Richards supposed to be like, being drunk, playing sloppy and falling down... a part of traditional Rolling Stones show...
And most likely he wasn't even drunk then.
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DandelionPowderman
It took them only a few months to head back on the road after Keith's brain surgery. Just saying...
In Holland and Belgium, yes - judging by videos. Not in Denmark and Norway. In fact, the 2007 Oslo show was far better than the 2006 Bergen show.
Well, Helsinki show wasn't among his best ones either, to say it mildly... Not that did anything wrong for the show, quite the contrary; there were people watching him struggling there and seemingly enjoying his act, since that Keith Richards supposed to be like, being drunk, playing sloppy and falling down... a part of traditional Rolling Stones show...
And most likely he wasn't even drunk then.
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He was on medicine just after a brain surgery. Great that he was able, not everybody being over 60 would be able to that.