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Has anyone got any footage evidence of Keith sitting down.
This would be upsetting if true, i hope someone is taking care of Keith, hope he has his wife and family with him.
That's what I mean, it just has an upsetting tone about it. I'm sure Keith is fine, he looks good. Probably when you're his age, one or two extra drinks could change the complexion of your playing quite substantially. Because why was Zurich so great?
Yes that's right Socrates, i think if Keith is having a few too many drinks before going on stage some nights to calm his nerves, we will see varying levels of performance from him.
At 74 i just think he is too old to get away with it, playing and health wise.
There were flashes of brilliance from him yesterday on a few song's , Slipping Away was so emotionally charged after his standing ovation from the crowd that it nearly brought me to tears, it was like he was really slipping away, his voice so fragile and heartfelt, yet full of powerful emotion at the same time. Nonetheless i felt like he had gone backwards in effort and performance when compared to the two previous show's.
Knowing Keith he might come out firing on all cylinders at the Amsterdam gig.
I certainly hope so.
Keith drinking before the show to calm his nerves? Really??
What do you mean 'REALLY' ?
Of course a 74 year old man with arthritis will get nervous before facing 60 thousand people ?
Or ''Its Keith'', he don't get nerves ?
Or do you mean, hey its Keith !! of course he has had a few drinks ?
Or do you mean something else.
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It does appear like he’s sitting down there. But my God, players 20 years younger with bad backs sometimes need to get off their feet.
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I wonder why Mick looked pissed off when Keith kicked off Rocks Off.
Thought Keith nailed the intro, but then wobbled after Mick glared at him.
Mick was supposed to introduce the vote songs on the screen and Keith completely cut him off
Mick sure looks angry and pissed off with Keith. WW4 to start maybe??
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Kurt
@#$%& hell, people.
Quit over-analyzing and enjoy these shows.
They are like diamonds and great memories...rare and fleeting.
Cool down, people.
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Kurt
@#$%& hell, people.
Quit over-analyzing and enjoy these shows.
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sundevil
cellphone-wise this tour has been a nightmare. finally, a cellphone with decent sound. 2017 is not the tragedy that some cellphones appear to have captured, but keith could go back to what he did during the 2012 shows to appease mick. keith doesn't need to pose and mick doesn't need bum notes.
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Socrates1
We need to establish complaint free zones. Can we do that? It starts with one thread with no complaints.
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grzegorz67
I queued up all day and was in the mad scramble for early entry to Pista A. We were herded around like cattle for over an hour, continually moved from one holding pen to another with lots of running in between. Security was not particularly rigorous.
When finally inside, I couldn't decide between the end of the catwalk or at the sides and in the end opted for the end of the catwalk where I got 2nd row behind the early entry folks. I stood at the same spot at Oslo in May 2014 on 14OF with our very own DP, who I'd only met the night before at a Stones Tribute Band and I remember it being a great viewing spot. In fact I preferred it to bring in the pit as I was at Stockholm on the same tour as you can see the whole stage. Mick comes down the catwalk a lot and I got some great close up photos.
Excellent show with some great people all around to enjoy it with - my neighbours were Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Southern European Audiences are simply fantastic and create great excitement with all these Ole Ole chants. Ronnie' side of the pit seemed sparsely filled - did they fill the gaps with Lucky Dippers or people from Pista A does anyone know?
My lifetime 23rd Rolling Stones show and a great memory. Got speaking with loads of different nationalities in the queue all day - a lovely family from Stuttgart who's cycled to the show and French, Polish, Greek and Dutch fans too. I was interviewed by a Spanish TV company about how far I'd travelled etc
I too thought it was odd that they charged straight into Rocks Off without announcing that it was the Fan Vote winner, what was that all about?
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About Ronnie's side of the pit mentioned by grzegorz67, the procedure was chaotic and ended up causing a near riot. Entry to the pit was on Ronnie's side but security forced everyone over on to Keith's side and wouldn't allow anyone to stay on Ronnie's side. So Keith's side was full and they only let people into Ronnie's side after the warm-up band had started. This was after they had let us in twice, only for everyone to be sent back out again. People understandably got angry at the disorganised way in which it was being handled and things started to get ugly. Luckily no one got hurt in the end but it could easily have happened. So that's why Ronnie's side of the pit was relatively empty, for a while at least. Hope things will be better organised in Amsterdam.
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Sorry if it's been mentioned somewhere and I missed it but:
Did Mick or Keith mention anything about the Catalan situation -
the referendum controversy and related brouhaha?
Dedicating Street Fighting Man or anything like that?
Oh and: Keith sat down in mid-song at a show in 2006. I shall endeavor to look up which tune it was,
but it was a] unexpected and b] a harbinger of nothing, as it turned out.
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grzegorz67
No he didn't [say anything about the Catalan situation]. The Stones have largely steered well clear of Politics
throughout their career and, imho, they are very sensible to have done so
as the only thing it's ever likely to achieve is to lose them fans.
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grzegorz67
No he didn't [say anything about the Catalan situation]. The Stones have largely steered well clear of Politics
throughout their career and, imho, they are very sensible to have done so
as the only thing it's ever likely to achieve is to lose them fans.
A dedicated Street Fighting Man would have fit perfectly with the view you express here.
But in fact I think we've all seen/heard them acknowledge local situations quite regularly at shows,
and sometimes quite wittily. The Havana show comes to mind as one rather heavy-handed example,
and the fact that I can't think of any others right now doesn't stop me from feeling right :E
But anyway thanks for the information. Rock on!
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While they may occasionally acknowledge situations, they rarelyor nevertake sides
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grzegorz67
While they may occasionally acknowledge situations, they rarelyor nevertake sides
OK! I said nothing about taking sides. Let's argue elsewhere, okay? T
This thread is trying to be about the Barcelona show.
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Sorry if it's been mentioned somewhere and I missed it but:
Did Mick or Keith mention anything about the Catalan situation -
the referendum controversy and related brouhaha?
Dedicating Street Fighting Man or anything like that?