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If the $3 million sum was correct I'm sure it's a record for a privat gig.

I am afraid it isn't. As per the Huffington Post the Deutsche Bank gig in Barcelona 2007 cost USD 5.4 mn.

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Also a record bargain considering it's the Stones.

Agree, at about half of what Deutsche Bank paid, it is almost a steal.

BTW, if it was USD 5.4 mn for the Deutsche Bank: Is that the highest fee the Stones ever raked in for a private gig?

Wasn't the DB show a full show?

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If the $3 million sum was correct I'm sure it's a record for a privat gig.

I am afraid it isn't. As per the Huffington Post the Deutsche Bank gig in Barcelona 2007 cost USD 5.4 mn.

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Also a record bargain considering it's the Stones.

Agree, at about half of what Deutsche Bank paid, it is almost a steal.

BTW, if it was USD 5.4 mn for the Deutsche Bank: Is that the highest fee the Stones ever raked in for a private gig?

Wasn't the DB show a full show?

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If the $3 million sum was correct I'm sure it's a record for a privat gig.

I am afraid it isn't. As per the Huffington Post the Deutsche Bank gig in Barcelona 2007 cost USD 5.4 mn.

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Also a record bargain considering it's the Stones.

Agree, at about half of what Deutsche Bank paid, it is almost a steal.

BTW, if it was USD 5.4 mn for the Deutsche Bank: Is that the highest fee the Stones ever raked in for a private gig?

Wasn't the DB show a full show?

No, only 14 songs:

Start Me Up
You Got Me Rocking
It's Only Rock'n Roll
It's All Over Now
Ruby Tuesday
Miss You
I'll Go Crazy
Tumbling Dice
--- Introductions
You Got The Silver (Keith)
I Wanna Hold You (Keith)
Sympathy For The Devil
Jumping Jack Flash
Brown Sugar
Satisfaction (encore)

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No I'm here.

. Actually glad you still are. Any news on another show tonight? No need to defend yourself in any way but a few more show details for the sake of us who are truly interested would be welcome. Much Thanks.

peace

I think it would be nice if he defended himself.

I looked back over his posts. He says he's from Florida. He was at home there and heard about the Belly Up. At a post timed 5:11 a.m. PST on 5/27, or 8:11 a.m. on the east coast, he said he was going. Later that day at 2:01 p.m. PST or 5:01 east coast, he says he's on a plane.

Let's assume he hadn't taken off yet. We get to assume certain things here since he hasn't been forthcoming. We don't know where in Florida he is, but just about any nonstop flight from Florida is at least five hours. I checked Flight Aware, and the vast majorty of available flights from Miami and Orlando to San Diego are NOT nonstop. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt- let's say at the last miute he was able to find a nonstop flight to San Diego and he lives near an airport that has an airline that flies there.

Then, at 5:54 p.m. PST he's says he's "in". He doesn't say where that is but he says he's going to lose his phone soon so we have to assume he's at the Belly Up. It has been seven hours from plane to "in". This is where the truth gets really challenged. I know San Diego. I've been to the Belly Up dozens of time so I know where it is. From de-planing to the Belly Up in less than two hours ready to go as he led us to believe is nigh on impossible, timewise. Every single damn thing would have had to be in his favor, from nonstop at an airport near his house to no traffic onthe 5 and 805 freeways in San Diego to finding and meeting his contacts making the alleged transaction and then getting in unquestioned.


All in all, his story is highly suspect.


Edit- I adjusted the times because I resetmy settings to reflect California (Pacific) time. There's no way his timeline is can work. Moreover, I checked ALL planes landing from anywhere in Florida at Lindbergh field yesterday. A Southwest Airlines plane from Orlando landed at 2:29 p.m, Pacific time (no way he's on it) and an American Airlines plane from Miami land around 10:16 p.m. (too late). He either took a private, which would be listed on Flight Aware or he didn't do this.

This is hilarious. You actually took the time to do this? You care? I assume that a fair amount of the accounts I read like this are fantasy. Who knows whether onlystones's posts were just brilliant fiction and he is enjoying the results - - - people taking positions and arguing about whether the story was real or made up.

Besides, if he's not for real, I will be stuck at teterboro Monday afternoon waiting in vain for the private flight to the show at the Basement benefiting tourette's syndrome.

Yeah, I did, and I'm not sure why it bothers you. Maybe it's the professional investigator in me, or the facf that like others said, integrity matters. Checking the flights took all of a minute. I won't bill you for the time.

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I've been following onlystones posts the last few days and I think with his common sense and fairness like the great Gazza he's really to step up and carry the IORRian torch seems Gazza isn't here

Please, Gazza was(is) the real deal,this guy onlystones a poseur.....

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Cocaine eyes... do you by chance have any updates about possible London shows, or Europe for that matter, in 2016

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Forgive me for not remembering who posted this but DAMN - this is good:

Success is a State of Mind, not a cast of judgement....

CE

It sounds similar to something I heard years ago "You're as great as your experience" .... (I took that to mean internal experience of your own being / soul...sans drugs or booze of course...(that's cheating....

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No I'm here.

. Actually glad you still are. Any news on another show tonight? No need to defend yourself in any way but a few more show details for the sake of us who are truly interested would be welcome. Much Thanks.

peace

I think it would be nice if he defended himself.

I looked back over his posts. He says he's from Florida. He was at home there and heard about the Belly Up. At a post timed 5:11 a.m. PST on 5/27, or 8:11 a.m. on the east coast, he said he was going. Later that day at 2:01 p.m. PST or 5:01 east coast, he says he's on a plane.

Let's assume he hadn't taken off yet. We get to assume certain things here since he hasn't been forthcoming. We don't know where in Florida he is, but just about any nonstop flight from Florida is at least five hours. I checked Flight Aware, and the vast majorty of available flights from Miami and Orlando to San Diego are NOT nonstop. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt- let's say at the last miute he was able to find a nonstop flight to San Diego and he lives near an airport that has an airline that flies there.

Then, at 5:54 p.m. PST he's says he's "in". He doesn't say where that is but he says he's going to lose his phone soon so we have to assume he's at the Belly Up. It has been seven hours from plane to "in". This is where the truth gets really challenged. I know San Diego. I've been to the Belly Up dozens of time so I know where it is. From de-planing to the Belly Up in less than two hours ready to go as he led us to believe is nigh on impossible, timewise. Every single damn thing would have had to be in his favor, from nonstop at an airport near his house to no traffic onthe 5 and 805 freeways in San Diego to finding and meeting his contacts making the alleged transaction and then getting in unquestioned.


All in all, his story is highly suspect.


Edit- I adjusted the times because I resetmy settings to reflect California (Pacific) time. There's no way his timeline is can work. Moreover, I checked ALL planes landing from anywhere in Florida at Lindbergh field yesterday. A Southwest Airlines plane from Orlando landed at 2:29 p.m, Pacific time (no way he's on it) and an American Airlines plane from Miami land around 10:16 p.m. (too late). He either took a private, which would be listed on Flight Aware or he didn't do this.

This is hilarious. You actually took the time to do this? You care? I assume that a fair amount of the accounts I read like this are fantasy. Who knows whether onlystones's posts were just brilliant fiction and he is enjoying the results - - - people taking positions and arguing about whether the story was real or made up.

Besides, if he's not for real, I will be stuck at teterboro Monday afternoon waiting in vain for the private flight to the show at the Basement benefiting tourette's syndrome.

Yeah, I did, and I'm not sure why it bothers you. Maybe it's the professional investigator in me, or the facf that like others said, integrity matters. Checking the flights took all of a minute. I won't bill you for the time.

No, you misunderstood, it didn't bother me, I said it was hilarious. It is a great contribution to a classic thread! And the mystery continues . . .

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I finally got approval to join this group. Watching this thread was killing me the last few days. I live in San Diego and would have met OnlyStones there at the Belly Up but, I had no way to contact anyone. haha. I know of a few people that got into the show and they had a great time!!

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sssoul...not sure why you're coming at me...not a problem, but there are 26 pages of people you can jump on...
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Who is that woman, behind Mick when he is waving to the fans.....
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No I'm here.

. Actually glad you still are. Any news on another show tonight? No need to defend yourself in any way but a few more show details for the sake of us who are truly interested would be welcome. Much Thanks.

peace

I think it would be nice if he defended himself.

I looked back over his posts. He says he's from Florida. He was at home there and heard about the Belly Up. At a post timed 5:11 a.m. PST on 5/27, or 8:11 a.m. on the east coast, he said he was going. Later that day at 2:01 p.m. PST or 5:01 east coast, he says he's on a plane.

Let's assume he hadn't taken off yet. We get to assume certain things here since he hasn't been forthcoming. We don't know where in Florida he is, but just about any nonstop flight from Florida is at least five hours. I checked Flight Aware, and the vast majorty of available flights from Miami and Orlando to San Diego are NOT nonstop. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt- let's say at the last miute he was able to find a nonstop flight to San Diego and he lives near an airport that has an airline that flies there.

Then, at 5:54 p.m. PST he's says he's "in". He doesn't say where that is but he says he's going to lose his phone soon so we have to assume he's at the Belly Up. It has been seven hours from plane to "in". This is where the truth gets really challenged. I know San Diego. I've been to the Belly Up dozens of time so I know where it is. From de-planing to the Belly Up in less than two hours ready to go as he led us to believe is nigh on impossible, timewise. Every single damn thing would have had to be in his favor, from nonstop at an airport near his house to no traffic onthe 5 and 805 freeways in San Diego to finding and meeting his contacts making the alleged transaction and then getting in unquestioned.


All in all, his story is highly suspect.


Edit- I adjusted the times because I resetmy settings to reflect California (Pacific) time. There's no way his timeline is can work. Moreover, I checked ALL planes landing from anywhere in Florida at Lindbergh field yesterday. A Southwest Airlines plane from Orlando landed at 2:29 p.m, Pacific time (no way he's on it) and an American Airlines plane from Miami land around 10:16 p.m. (too late). He either took a private, which would be listed on Flight Aware or he didn't do this.

This is hilarious. You actually took the time to do this? You care? I assume that a fair amount of the accounts I read like this are fantasy. Who knows whether onlystones's posts were just brilliant fiction and he is enjoying the results - - - people taking positions and arguing about whether the story was real or made up.

Besides, if he's not for real, I will be stuck at teterboro Monday afternoon waiting in vain for the private flight to the show at the Basement benefiting tourette's syndrome.

Yeah, I did, and I'm not sure why it bothers you. Maybe it's the professional investigator in me, or the facf that like others said, integrity matters. Checking the flights took all of a minute. I won't bill you for the time.

No, you misunderstood, it didn't bother me, I said it was hilarious. It is a great contribution to a classic thread! And the mystery continues . . .

That's what I thought, this guy (Long John Stoner) is like Columbo, brilliant......

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Who is that woman, behind Mick when he is waving to the fans.....
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That woman behind Mick, in the photo, is obviously Kate Upton

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Please don't make offending jokes about Ralph Whitworth. ... He is more successful than you and me. ...

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No I'm here.

. Actually glad you still are. Any news on another show tonight? No need to defend yourself in any way but a few more show details for the sake of us who are truly interested would be welcome. Much Thanks.

peace

I think it would be nice if he defended himself.

I looked back over his posts. He says he's from Florida. He was at home there and heard about the Belly Up. At a post timed 16:11 on 5/27, or 4:11 p.m, to the rest of us, he said he was going. Later that night at 22:01, 0r 10:01 p.m. he says he's on a plane.

Let's assume he hadn't taken off yet. We get to assume certain things here since he hasn't been forthcoming. We don't know where in Florida he is, but just about any nonstop flight from Florida is at least five hours. I checked Flight Aware, and the vast majorty of available flights from Miami and Orlando to San Diego are NOT nonstop. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt- let's say at the last miute he was able to find a nonstop flight to San Diego and he lives near an airport that has an airline that flies there.

At 4:54 on 5/28 he's says he's "in". He doesn't say where that is but he says he's going to lose his phone soon do we have to assume he's at the Belly Up. Ithas been seven hours from plane to "in". This is where the truth gets really challenged. I know San Diego. I've been to the Belly Up dozens of time so I know where it is. From de-planing to the Belly Up in less than two hours ready to go as he led us to believe is nigh on impossible, timewise. Every single damn thing would have had to be in his favor, from nonstop at an airport near his house to no traffic onthe 5 and 805 freeways in San Diego to finding and meeting his contacts making the alleged transaction and then getting in unquestioned.


All in all, his story is highly suspect.

I used to live 2 blocks from the Belly Up. I've made it to the SD airport in well under an hour before. Google maps puts the trip at 27 minutes. it requires extremely good luck regarding traffic - unlikely at the time of day we are talking about. but it's not crazy for it to be done in under 2 hours.

As for the plane trip, it could have been on a private plane.

Well, as I infer, it's not completely impossible, but he'd have to have every single factor go in his favor. Every one.

Onlystones told me what happened, and I believe him. In his words:

I knew I didn't have much time, so I called a buddy, who told me that "a powerful friend" had chartered a private jet to San Diego and I was free to join if I could get to nearby Wayne Airfield in 15 minutes. I grabbed my briefcase, which I had filled with unmarked bills in small denominations, and jumped in my Lambo. I knew if I really pushed it, the airfield was still 20 minutes away - I made it in ten. I got on the jet, saw that there were only two passengers, so I picked a seat at the back of the 12-seat jet, placed my briefcase on the seat next to me and was soon sound asleep. I knew that a night of sex, drugs and rock and roll lay ahead, and I wanted to get some rest. I awoke just as we were touching ground in San Diego, and immediately started calling Hertz to get the best sports car they had, when the other passenger turned around and offered me a ride to the city. I looked at him and joked "my mother told me not to get in cars with strangers", and he smiled and replied "this isn't a car", as the hovercraft lifted off.

We were at the Belly Up in no time. I thanked my new friend, and headed for the catering department of the club. I walked in the door and knew things weren't good. My contact introduced himself, and said sheepishly "We need more money. There are these guys from LA, the Diaz brothers, who are offering twice what you offered. For some reason, I just lost it. I'm not a huge guy, but I do have a black belt in karate, and can be scary when I'm upset. I screamed 'I have the money, and we had a deal. F#%^* you, buddy, and f#%^* the f#^#%^g Diaz brothers; I bury those cockroaches!' He seemed to get the message, and suddenly I had an "Event Catering" lanyard around my neck and was being led backstage to a small room. Inside, there was a table with a dozen lines - a woman that looked suspiciously like Kate Upton, looked up at me and said "finally! I've been waiting for someone else to arrive so we could party!"

the club was small. I saw BV. Mick wore black and they played "Crazy Mama" and "I Got the Blues". I cried. The rest is history. I'll try to post more later.

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This thing gets weird. I saw this on another board. BV is that you in this video at :50 by the door--while the show is taking place inside? I don't any of y'all personally but this mystery is sucking me in!

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No I'm here.

. Actually glad you still are. Any news on another show tonight? No need to defend yourself in any way but a few more show details for the sake of us who are truly interested would be welcome. Much Thanks.

peace

I think it would be nice if he defended himself.

I looked back over his posts. He says he's from Florida. He was at home there and heard about the Belly Up. At a post timed 5:11 a.m. PST on 5/27, or 8:11 a.m. on the east coast, he said he was going. Later that day at 2:01 p.m. PST or 5:01 east coast, he says he's on a plane.

Let's assume he hadn't taken off yet. We get to assume certain things here since he hasn't been forthcoming. We don't know where in Florida he is, but just about any nonstop flight from Florida is at least five hours. I checked Flight Aware, and the vast majorty of available flights from Miami and Orlando to San Diego are NOT nonstop. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt- let's say at the last miute he was able to find a nonstop flight to San Diego and he lives near an airport that has an airline that flies there.

Then, at 5:54 p.m. PST he's says he's "in". He doesn't say where that is but he says he's going to lose his phone soon so we have to assume he's at the Belly Up. It has been seven hours from plane to "in". This is where the truth gets really challenged. I know San Diego. I've been to the Belly Up dozens of time so I know where it is. From de-planing to the Belly Up in less than two hours ready to go as he led us to believe is nigh on impossible, timewise. Every single damn thing would have had to be in his favor, from nonstop at an airport near his house to no traffic onthe 5 and 805 freeways in San Diego to finding and meeting his contacts making the alleged transaction and then getting in unquestioned.


All in all, his story is highly suspect.


Edit- I adjusted the times because I resetmy settings to reflect California (Pacific) time. There's no way his timeline is can work. Moreover, I checked ALL planes landing from anywhere in Florida at Lindbergh field yesterday. A Southwest Airlines plane from Orlando landed at 2:29 p.m, Pacific time (no way he's on it) and an American Airlines plane from Miami land around 10:16 p.m. (too late). He either took a private, which would be listed on Flight Aware or he didn't do this.

This is hilarious. You actually took the time to do this? You care? I assume that a fair amount of the accounts I read like this are fantasy. Who knows whether onlystones's posts were just brilliant fiction and he is enjoying the results - - - people taking positions and arguing about whether the story was real or made up.

Besides, if he's not for real, I will be stuck at teterboro Monday afternoon waiting in vain for the private flight to the show at the Basement benefiting tourette's syndrome.

Yeah, I did, and I'm not sure why it bothers you. Maybe it's the professional investigator in me, or the facf that like others said, integrity matters. Checking the flights took all of a minute. I won't bill you for the time.

No, you misunderstood, it didn't bother me, I said it was hilarious. It is a great contribution to a classic thread! And the mystery continues . . .

That's what I thought, this guy (Long John Stoner) is like Columbo, brilliant......

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Who is that woman, behind Mick when he is waving to the fans.....
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That woman behind Mick, in the photo, is obviously Kate Upton

She must be kneeling then ...

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Meantime, two members supposedly at the show. Plenty of posts from them in between, but not one truly descriptive observation.

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To 1969fan At least you are in the right city for the best treatment available. Did you grow up in LA? Hope you are well soon [i traveled to SAN show against dr. wishes with 4 broken vertebrae..just had to tip a lot of bellmen.]..

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah...I have plenty of options. A trip to SF to see them against doctor's orders? Sounds about right. I trust you came through it all OK.

I grew up a clueless white kid from Glendale and saw my first Stones concert Nov 8, 1969, LA Forum, 2nd show. BB King, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Stones. I wasn't a fan so I took an 8mm movie camera with me so I could get some footage for a student film. When I left the show (as the sun was rising) my jaw was on the ground. I had no idea what I had just seen, but was totally blown away. I had the good fortune of assisting Annie Leibovitz when she was the 1975 Stones tour photographer, and spent time with her during the Montauk rehearsals and again during the LA Forum shows. Those were times I treasure and will never forget.

Now I'm an old clueless white kid from Glendale. I can say that because after stops in Colorado and Connecticut, I'm back living in Glendale. And I'm still as much a fan now as I was when I walked out of the Forum around 5AM Nov 9 1969.

BTW...I have the 200' of 8mm Ektachrome I shot that night. It still looks great. I want to get it digitized so I can do something with it in Final Cut.

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And don't forget that just after Rokyfan posted the location he also had to arrange the deal by sending an email and waiting for the answer...which came miraculously fast of course!
Oh and in between all his arrangements to buy a ticket | grab the cash | get a cab | answer his mail | make the deal | get in the plane | book a room | get out of the plane | get a cab | check in the hotel | go to the gig...he also found the time to read and post on iorr. Without having it looked like a guy in an exciting hurry posting on his cellphone in a plane or a cab or walking out of a plane or getting out of a cab and walking on the street: this guys is in the amazing business!!
He even managed to post on iorr from the BU some 45 minutes after the gig saying to staff of BU he was texting his son...wow what a hero! Pity our hero wasn't capable of making a picture of the interior: he could do all those unbelievable things yet he couldn't do this very simple tric which can be done without anybody seeing it while texting your son...hmm. Or even take some pictures outside before you go in or when you come out. If he's the energetic daredevil he suggests he is that would not even be a piece of cake...

Like I said before: this is so yowsa yowsa yowsa we should send him to the Olympics and have him perform on all disciplines!

Frank Zappa once said:
“Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.”

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Who is that woman, behind Mick when he is waving to the fans.....
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That woman behind Mick, in the photo, is obviously Kate Upton

She must be kneeling then ...

who is Kate Upton..
Dont ring a bell to me.

im sorry

Jeroen