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deardoctor
12.12.12
You got me rocking
JJF
That's it. Thread closed. Thank you
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buffalo7478
The 1978 Tour had very short shows. The Some Girls songs were relatively short, and played fast. Miss You was not the extended (way too long IMO) thing it has been since. I believe the show in Buffalo was well under 90 minutes.
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Big Al
I was enquiring about the length of the shows’ duration; not the number of songs. Private gigs don’t count
I don't think people bring stop watches to Stones concerts. You're asking a lot.
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deardoctor
12.12.12
You got me rocking
JJF
That's it. Thread closed. Thank you
You beat me to it. That show made up for it with all the other great acts. I was lucky enough to be in the 26th rowg.
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tioms
In 1998 tour:
20 songs Den Haag 2.15hours
21 songs Werchter 2.10hours
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tioms
In 1998 tour:
20 songs Den Haag 2.15hours
21 songs Werchter 2.10hours
They could very well be the shortest in duration. Wasn't the average set-list around 23 songs during that tour?
It's interesting how it's gradually decreased since the Steel Wheels Tour: 27-28 songs; Urban Jungle was, what?, around 24 on average?
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tioms
In 1998 tour:
20 songs Den Haag 2.15hours
21 songs Werchter 2.10hours
They could very well be the shortest in duration. Wasn't the average set-list around 23 songs during that tour?
It's interesting how it's gradually decreased since the Steel Wheels Tour: 27-28 songs; Urban Jungle was, what?, around 24 on average?
The point tioms makes here is that more songs don’t necessarily mean a longer show, and also less songs don’t necessarily mean a shorter show.
A few experiences of mine:
1. I saw Edmonton first night, Canada, in 1994. They played 23 songs and the show duration was 2 hrs and 5 mins IIRC. Relatively short considering the number of the songs played.
2. I attended the Budokan in 2003. They played 19 songs over 2 hrs (can’t remember the exact length). Two days after, they played 20 songs at the Yokohama Arena — although I wasn’t there, it was reported that the show lasted less than 2 hrs.
I think, that Budokan is the only occasion of the above three where they played Midnight Rambler, usually the longest song of their live repertoire, made a difference, among other factors.
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Big Al
Wasn't the average set-list around 23 songs during that tour?
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RisingStone
One more thing: In 1998, they usually played 22 songs in North America, Japan and South America (as they did in North America in 1997), while they mostly played 21 songs in Europe — on the latter, they dropped You Can’t Always Get What You Want except for a few occasions, which was an encore staple previously.
I saw all but one of the 1998 Japanese shows, 5 out of 6. They played 22 songs every night (including the opening Tokyo show that I missed) and the show duration was invariably 2hrs and 20 mins.
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DandelionPowderman
Chicago, October 11 2006, must have been a short one. Freezing cold, apparently:
You Got Me Rocking
Live With Me
Monkey Man
Sway
She Was Hot
Streets Of Love
Midnight Rambler
Tumbling Dice
--- Introductions
You Got The Silver (Keith)
Little T&A (Keith)
Under My Thumb (to B-stage)
Rough Justice
Start Me Up
Honky Tonk Women (to main stage)
Sympathy For The Devil
Jumping Jack Flash
Satisfaction
Brown Sugar (encore)