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Send It To me
If you're abandoning every artist who made a comment about American politics in the last 5 years, that's going to be a very, very long list
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thecitadel
Several possibilities:
- No Stones Tour this year
- Stones Tour is on, but rehearsals start late September
- Bill Wyman is returning
- Darryl is hedging his bets, trying to ensure he gets some income
- ....
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thecitadel
Several possibilities:
- No Stones Tour this year
- Stones Tour is on, but rehearsals start late September
- Bill Wyman is returning
- Darryl is hedging his bets, trying to ensure he gets some income
- ....
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Hairball
From WHO Chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan today via CNN:
"Everyone should recognize that this pandemic is not over… It's not that we can’t travel or do anything, but this is really not the time for us to encourage a lot of social mixing, to encourage mass events,
especially without precautions, wherever you live in the world because these variants, you know, they travel around the world even before you recognize there’s a new variant.I think this is the time still
to be very cautious and we should remember that a large part of the world still doesn't have enough vaccines even to protect their most vulnerable people, and we need to be getting vaccines out to them.”
CNN
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Hairball
From WHO Chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan today via CNN:
"Everyone should recognize that this pandemic is not over… It's not that we can’t travel or do anything, but this is really not the time for us to encourage a lot of social mixing, to encourage mass events,
especially without precautions, wherever you live in the world because these variants, you know, they travel around the world even before you recognize there’s a new variant.I think this is the time still
to be very cautious and we should remember that a large part of the world still doesn't have enough vaccines even to protect their most vulnerable people, and we need to be getting vaccines out to them.”
CNN
Makes sense. We all want desperately for things to get back to normal or progress to whatever this new normal will be but the world just isn't there yet and the progress made is unequal and still very fragile. So while we may have hoped for a U.S. tour this fall, the reality is it's probably still too soon.
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timbernardis
How about a winter arena tour?
plexi
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timbernardis
How about a winter arena tour?
plexi
That'd be great Mate! It would sure put my mind at ease!
Hopefully with a sombre Sympathy as the opener as I feel it was really "where it's at".
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Hairball
From WHO Chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan today via CNN:
"Everyone should recognize that this pandemic is not over… It's not that we can’t travel or do anything, but this is really not the time for us to encourage a lot of social mixing, to encourage mass events,
especially without precautions, wherever you live in the world because these variants, you know, they travel around the world even before you recognize there’s a new variant.I think this is the time still
to be very cautious and we should remember that a large part of the world still doesn't have enough vaccines even to protect their most vulnerable people, and we need to be getting vaccines out to them.”
CNN
Makes sense. We all want desperately for things to get back to normal or progress to whatever this new normal will be but the world just isn't there yet and the progress made is unequal and still very fragile. So while we may have hoped for a U.S. tour this fall, the reality is it's probably still too soon.
Many bands are touring the US this fall. Not announcing makeup dates yet bodes well for a 2021 Fall tour. If not, why not announce 2022 makeup dates by now?
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timbernardis
How about a winter arena tour?
plexi
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Mr Jimmy
Just thinking out loud here, but based on comments (even from Mick?) that it may not be possible to do the exact tour as it was originally planned...
We already know that San Diego isn't happening unless they switch to Petco Park, which is a baseball stadium and would go against the other venues that are American Football stadiums.
Based on the weather / climate factor, they could switch the Buffalo show to the Carrier Dome is Syracuse, which is an indoor 'arena' that holds up to 40,000 people I think? So not quite as big as a regular stadium perhaps but certainly way bigger than your average indoor arena.
Then that only leaves Pittsburgh and Cleveland as potential issues with being outdoors in the fall. If the rumoured Pittsburgh date of October 3rd is true, then that could potentially be the tour start date. Cleveland could potentially be replaced with a show at the Rogers Center (SkyDome) in Toronto which again is domed and so the weather is not an issue. It's not ideal for Cleveland locals but with a continent the size of North America, replacing Cleveland and Buffalo with Toronto and Syracuse isn't that crazy. Syracuse is only a two hour drive from Buffalo.
Then, the rest of the venues for the tour would be pretty safe in terms of weather. Hit places like Louisville, Nashville and Charlotte first, as they are all 'open' stadiums and are not way down south, then do Vancouver, Detroit, St. Louis etc, finishing up with Atlanta, Tampa, and finally one or two shows on or near the west coast to replace San Diego, such as the new stadiums in Vegas and LA.
Maybe wishful thinking but I think this could work, and starting the tour in October gives them time to figure things out / wait a bit longer for restrictions to be lifted.
I think most people would like 'a tour' with some venue and city changes, rather than no tour at all. And getting it done this year frees up all of 2022 for 60th anniversary stuff.
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thecitadel
Several possibilities:
- No Stones Tour this year
- Stones Tour is on, but rehearsals start late September
- Bill Wyman is returning
- Darryl is hedging his bets, trying to ensure he gets some income
- ....
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buffalo7478
Most of the US is open and stadiums are getting the green light to have full crowds, state-by-state. Buffalo is hosting Billy Joel for a full capacity show in August. I think they hold up is whether Canada will be open and whether cross-border traffic will be back to normal. Buffalo, Detroit and Vancouver all have a chunk of their potential audiences coming across the border to fill the house. Other than for family and staff to travel with the band,
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Javadave
Hopefully, Canada can get with it. Meanwhile, in the U.S., all the NFL Football stadiums are back to full capacity:
[www.espn.com]