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Mosthigh- I am certainly not disagreeing with your assessment. It is spot on. What I was alluding too was that the greed factor became much greater (really high ticket prices for the time, sponsorship, merchandizing, etc) after the Stones reunited in 1989 when Cohl became involved, and in my estimation, rock solidified its grip with the corporate world.

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Roger Goodell forced Kraft to make the announcement. He's one powerful SOB.

oh for fcks sake...roger goodell works for kraft,his salary is paid by the 32 owners.they put out statements to the public that sort things out with the minimal amount of damage to the league as a whole,thus keeping the tv contracts safe and the ad dollars rolling in.

goodell is a puppet ..

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Roger Goodell forced Kraft to make the announcement. He's one powerful SOB.

oh for fcks sake...roger goodell works for kraft,his salary is paid by the 32 owners.they put out statements to the public that sort things out with the minimal amount of damage to the league as a whole,thus keeping the tv contracts safe and the ad dollars rolling in.

goodell is a puppet ..

My comment was dripping with sarcasm. Yes, it's usually the other way around. The NFL is really taking deserved hits and Goodell has made tons of dough for the owners.

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[www.bostonglobe.com]



By Dugan Arnett Globe Staff October 26, 2016

FOXBOROUGH — Shawn Patrick has seen the Rolling Stones a lot of places.

The 47-year-old Walpole resident has seen them in Toronto, and at the Orpheum Theater in Boston. When he was 11, back in 1981, he almost saw them in Hartford — until his mom found out and nixed the idea.
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But Tuesday night? Well, that was a little different.

As a couple hundred business associates and friends of Robert Kraft were treated to dinner and a private performance by none other than the Rolling Stones at Gillette Stadium, a small contingent of fans braved falling temperatures and biting winds for a chance to hear the band live — from outside the fenced-off stadium.
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These were the diehards. The kinds of people you’d want to watch — or at least hear — the Stones with. Some had driven considerable distances to be there. One had attended, by his estimation, 26 Stones shows over the years and proved his affinity for the band in the form of a Stones tattoo on his shoulder.
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Scenes from the Rolling Stones show at Gillette

If you weren’t invited to the soiree hosted by Robert Kraft, feel free to live vicariously through these videos and photos.

Rolling Stones and friends will rack up big bill at Four Seasons

Take Peter Hiltz of Carver, who, upon learning the band would be performing at Gillette on Tuesday, dialed up his wife, Jody, and told her he’d made plans.

“I called her and said, ‘We need to go see the Stones,’?” he said. “At least, to listen to them.”

And now, here they were.

It was something of a strange evening. A couple hours earlier, a line of sport utility vehicles and charter buses had rolled up to One Patriot Place, depositing small groups of casually dressed, mostly middle-age folks near the stadium entrance, where they were met by two women holding clipboards.

As the partygoers made their way into the stadium, their drivers waited in the parking lot, hands stuffed into pockets, huddled against the cold. They chatted casually, about sports, about the media, about Donald Trump — and, of course, about the event they’d been summoned to work that night.

“What a dinner this is gonna be,” one said, staring up at the massive stadium in front of him.

The others nodded in agreement.

It promised to be a high-profile crowd. Beside Robert, Jonathan, and the rest of the Kraft family, we heard that Tommy Hilfiger was in the house, along with an array of local boldfacers including salon guru Pini Swissa, Combined Jewish Philanthropies president Barry Shrage, restaurateur Steve DiFillippo, and Pats playmaker Julian Edelman. No sign of QB Tom Brady, though.

The real party, though, might have been going on around the corner, where by 8:30 p.m., a couple dozen fans had taken up residence near a gated-off stadium entrance.

As the party’s attendees finished dinner, a handful of onlookers traded stories of concerts past and took turns guessing which songs the band might perform on this night.

True, the conditions would not be optimal. In addition to the chilly weather, the concert would be performed inside a massive white event tent, which figured to diminish the music’s reach.

But this did not appear to dampen their spirit.

When the band finally began, at about a quarter past nine, the crowd reacted with requisite enthusiasm. Some cheered. Some pleaded for more (“Turn it up for the poor people!” shouted one man). Others bobbed their heads to the beat.

For the first 30 or so minutes, as the band rolled through performances of (from what we could hear) “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Tumbling Dice,” those who remained near the gate seemed, by all accounts, to be enjoying themselves.

In truth, it wasn’t always easy. The tent had indeed left the music muffled at best. A video board, which could have projected the performance to those standing outside the stadium, went unused. It took even the staunchest fans some time before they could determine which song the band was playing.

But there they were, listening to the Stones live and for some, at least, that was enough.

“Better than sitting at home, watching nothing on TV,” said Jody Hiltz. “When I go to work tomorrow, I got a story to tell.”

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Roger Goodell forced Kraft to make the announcement. He's one powerful SOB.

oh for fcks sake...roger goodell works for kraft,his salary is paid by the 32 owners.they put out statements to the public that sort things out with the minimal amount of damage to the league as a whole,thus keeping the tv contracts safe and the ad dollars rolling in.

goodell is a puppet ..

My comment was dripping with sarcasm. Yes, it's usually the other way around. The NFL is really taking deserved hits and Goodell has made tons of dough for the owners.

k,i was wondering about that.your posts normally make good sense.i do that too,put down sarcasm and people either get it or they don't,i missed that one.
remember when he gave the guy who punched his wife out and dragged her out of an elevator like a rag doll only 2 games.i just role my eyes at goodell,he's such a moron,he must run back to the owners like a puppy wagging his tale"did i do good,did i do good?.

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that visual of the fans standing out in the cold listening to the stones do a private gig says it all.i'm not mad at them for making money and not mad at the krafts for hiring them.the stones are a good band and the krafts are good people,no problem. but they don't cater to their fans and i see no reason to cater to them.

the days of jumping every time they play are over,i've seen them enough times.the "could be the last time " thing just gets a shrug from me at this point,when someone says "but it's the stones" i'm more likely to say "so what" .never felt like that before but i couldn't care less now.even if they made a great record,which is doubtful,we'd only get a song or two and then the usual set for a ridiculous price.no thanks-you get what you give.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

Hope they still do Europe next year.

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that visual of the fans standing out in the cold listening to the stones do a private gig says it all.i'm not mad at them for making money and not mad at the krafts for hiring them.the stones are a good band and the krafts are good people,no problem. but they don't cater to their fans and i see no reason to cater to them.

the days of jumping every time they play are over,i've seen them enough times.the "could be the last time " thing just gets a shrug from me at this point,when someone says "but it's the stones" i'm more likely to say "so what" .never felt like that before but i couldn't care less now.even if they made a great record,which is doubtful,we'd only get a song or two and then the usual set for a ridiculous price.no thanks-you get what you give.

Sorry you feel that way, and hope I never do.
The visual of the fans standing out in the cold listening to the band says it all to me as well, but in a completely different language.

I see fans that love their band enough to try to get in or even get close enough to hear them. Still. Just as I have stood outside the Fonda or rehearsals, and as many, many fans have stood outside club gigs or corporate gigs or rehearsals and since... Forever.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

Hope they still do Europe next year.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

Hope they still do Europe next year.

Don't know why they canceled the Easr Coast, s**t happens. There was a tour scheduled in 2014 (I think), got canceled too.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

Hope they still do Europe next year.

Don't know why they canceled the Easr Coast, s**t happens. There was a tour scheduled in 2014 (I think), got canceled too.

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I was told in March that The Stones were going to play out in the desert, and that there would be an east coast tour, and after that, a small European tour. "2016/2017 would be the end of touring because some members don't want to travel". Got some unknown reason, we got Vegas.

Hope they still do Europe next year.

Don't know why they canceled the Easr Coast, s**t happens. There was a tour scheduled in 2014 (I think), got canceled too.

Think it is the planned & booked European arena tour in fall 2013 what you meant. Or the Down Under leg in 2014 but it got postponed not canceled.

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I just checked. 2014. 35 cities. I have no idea how they could have pulled that many dates off, but it got shelved in favor of whatever else took place.

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Sure it was not the best booking P.R. wise contracting to a private show three days after the Las Vegas show on Nov 22. If they had asked me I would have adviced on a show at MSG or may be two instead. But they never call me before they sign contracts.

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Super great show! The shortest but probably the best private show I've ever been to... loads of energy, loads of interaction with the crowd. Everyone had a lot of fun. The catching practise paid off, I scored five picks, a personal best :-)

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HOW MANY TIMES have people here suggested that people on this form at iorr.org could raise enough money for a private show for iorr people.

... So that would be just as fair, right?
... Only it's very unlikely
... UNLE$$

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Final show they will ever do in this country? The Boston Herald quoting Kraft.

the mistake you guys are making is believing something you read in the print media.

don't worry,it's about a 99.9% chance that mr kraft said "you're at the final show the stones will do in america" meaning-THIS YEAR.

for you guys in europe you have to realise the news media in america is a complete joke, they just make things up or twist it around to sound the way they want.it's all about getting attention or being sensational,the truth has nothing to do with anything anymore.
if you read something about the stones most of the time they probably just clicked on this website for their info,they are that lazy and true reporting is a thing of the past.i wouldn't put any stock in this silly story AT ALL.

i hate to say it but the kraft family are really good people,there is no way he would try and start some controversy around the stones.

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Some have this romantic idea that Mick, Keith and the Stones are some sort of philanthropist group. Well read Keith's book "Life" again. Ever since their very first gig Keith counted the income in his notebooks. How much money they made on a gig. I do the same. You do the same. Money makes bread on the table. The more money you have the more money you want. If I or you had 100 million dollar to spend and we had everything, we could spend it for getting rid of malaria in Africa, or we could spend it on ourselves by hiring the Stones for a private show. Be honest. Really honest! Malaria aid, a private Stones show or unlimited beer for the rest of your life?