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DrPete
I see July 11th for Stl from ticket selling outlets
Do NOT trust dates coming from brokers. They just invent dates and try to sell tickets they do not have. The St. Louis show date is listed on the IORR pages, and the tour is over by the time this broker is saying the show is on...
Yeah I hope so too...Where is the tounge art in Dallas and who came up with Cotton Bowl(an awesome place to see Stones) Saw them 1st there in 81 last time they played there 94.Quote
jumpontopofmebaby
Sure looks like Dallas could be in a weekend. Any leaks there yet?
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bv
IORR news update this morning:
The Rolling Stones are expected to be announcing their US Tour 2020 tomorrow Thursday Feb 6. The tour will start in San Diego CA early May, taking The Rolling Stones through 15 cities, including one Canadian show in Vancouver B.C., ending early July. A total of 900,000 fans are expected to see the show this summer, mainly in large football stadiums, but also at a F1 race track in Austin.
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jheying
Inside source for San Diego yesterday says FRIDAY, MAY 8. Makes sense to get the gear up to Vancouver next and/or ability to add a second night before they head out on Sunday.
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JadedFaded
Do we know if there will be a pit on this tour? There was no pit for Zip Code last time.
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bv
The following are some advices on hotel booking and travel planning.
Quite a few of the first show dates circulating this month, and last month, are proving to be incorrect. A date might be right at one point, but then it might change. An example is the UK dates of the Southampton and Coventry shows, changed shortly before the announcement two years ago, also the Philly 2015 show number 3 that never happened, changed into Washington D.C. after tickets were on sale for Philly #1 and #2.
Monday morning we started to see the banners popping up in US cities. I spent all day checking hotel prices near venues, knowing the tour would run May-July. Same with yesterday, when more info arrived. The hotel room prices did not make any sense. I do not have any proof, it is just something I have experienced, the fact that as soon as a show date is signed off, some people talk, and many hotels in the area do increase their prices. May be there is an application that is sniffing number of requests, or may be some talk. If hotel prices are low, then something is strange.
I remember having the tour list from an insider in 2005. Then I booked a hotel room walking distance in Moncton at something like $50 per night. Later on they increased that price. When I checked in they insisted on a higher price, but I had my confirmation printout of the original lower price. I bet I was the only person booking a hotel room at that small hotel in May, for a stay in September that year. They gave me the lower price, but everybody else paid 200 or more per night, I think.
They have one show every four days. Then some times, when there is a large distance, for stage trucking, they add another day, which is happening a couple of places on this tour. Then they have a week or so break early in the tour, for various reasons. If you try to book 3-4 days around the date they are rumoured for, at a nearby hotel, close to the venue, they will ask for $150 or $200 on most dates, but then you will see double price on one date, as soon as they know it is a show date, which happens to be before the time the rest of us do know.
Then I would recommend making not one long, but rather two short (with flexibility) 2+2 days booking, i.e. two separate bookings, because if you are off by a day, you will never be allowed to change the booking; they want to force you into the full price. Some times I have bookings of 15-20 days at a hotel, but they are just a waste, because they will not allow you to change online, you have to call them, and it is just a hazzle. So with 15 shows I will typically have 30-40 reservations, then I can do an a la carte adjustment later on, when all dates are public. And... still things may change ... we do know all about that, last year ended up with new but also unchanged dates.
The cities on this tour are not as large as LA, NYC, Chicago and Boston, and the venues are still very large - 50,000 - 60,000 capacity, with more and more people staying in hotels, so make sure you have a flexible booking as soon as possible. These cities will be fully booked and quite overpriced hotel wise by the end of this week.
The IORR list of dates do have three solid dates already, confirmed by several separate sources. It is not rocket science to figure out more or less when they will show up in a city where you would like to see them. And if you have info, please e-mail me. Thank you.
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sarahunwin
Do you think it’s safe to say that the San Diego show will be between May 6 and May 9?
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Stonesfan2146
But didn't someone mention the possibility of a 16th date being added in a different city?
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bv
The following are some advices on hotel booking and travel planning.
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BV- do you book your hotel rooms via one of the aggregator sites like hotels.com and booking.com, or directly with the hotel or hotel chain?
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