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bakersfield
MY feeling in Manchester 2018 was that Keith had finally given up any attempt to compete with Mick for the spotlight. He simply stood and concentrated on his playing. As a result he played well of the time. Only a terribly s-l-o-w Shattered let the gig down.
Ronnie did all the heavy lifting until it came to the second hour. Keith was and probably still is capable of banging out the classics in open G.
The Stones have become very clever at managing a two hour stadium show full of episodes and interludes.
Having said that I would be keener to see them several gigs into this tour, than risk a rusty and clunky first night
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pftw04
THE ROLLING STONES are touring in this year. Great news. However with Mick Jagger being 78, Keith Richards 77,Ronnie Wood 75, and Charlie Watts 81, I feel it may not be a powerful concert as it was 2 years back. I maybe wrong butit is my feeling
Many of us fans are wondering about the state of Keith's health. We all know Mick will be great and Charlie and Ron, both solid and dependable. But Keith is the unknown factor. He was not very consistent on the past few tours and I don't think he's gotten any better sitting around the past 2 years.
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Bjorn
They will probably add three young guitarplayers on stage.
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Bjorn
They will probably add three young guitarplayers on stage.
I know that sounds sacrilegious, but think how much better it might sound with a top notch player on with them. And a decent bass player. Brian Wilson has that luxury, two or three Beach Boys mixed in with excellent musicians, and vocalists. The Stones simply can't do that. Or maybe they could. Current young fans know so little about their history (Who's Mick Taylor?) that they might not notice. It would reduce Keith's load.
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MisterDDDD
Very curious about what will be happening with the band on Aug 14th.
Not sure where the post w the link is, but Darryl has backed out of participating in a gig he was scheduled for on that day citing that "he had a commitment with The Rolling Stones".
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MisterDDDD
Guess it's safe to assume that's when rehearsals start, close to six weeks before the opener. Can't help but think it may be something else though, that day being a Saturday.
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emotionalbarbecue
There might be some fans who won't need to see an octogenarian Watts playing drums or other almost octogenarian band members on a big stage. Perhaps in a club...
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MisterDDDD
Guess it's safe to assume that's when rehearsals start, close to six weeks before the opener. Can't help but think it may be something else though, that day being a Saturday.
Since it's 6 weeks, I could imagine: 1 week general warm-up, two weeks Studio-work for the Album and 3 weeks rehearsals for the Tour. Just a guess.
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TiminIndy
Does anyone know if Sasha Allen will continue as lead back up? I've been looking around and can't find anything on it either way. Nothing on Sasha or Lisa Fischer's Twitter about the tour yet.
I thought Sasha did OK in 2019, but at least in Chicago, they didn't have her volume turned up enough.
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mickschix
The elephant in the room for me is the resurgence of Covid in most of the states they're going to ....
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mickschix
Do you think the shows will actually go on as scheduled?
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mickschix
Do you think the shows will actually go on as scheduled?
Maybe we have luck and the sharp increase in cases would only come from December, when the Tour is over.
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mickschix
The elephant in the room for me is the resurgence of Covid in most of the states they're going to ....the Delta Variant is no joke and has practically shut down Vegas...mask mandates will probably be in place by September because Covid is getting worse by the day in the USA...I'm surprised the Jazz Festival is happening in New Orleans on October 13, being the center of Covid activity.Look at their schedule-full of Southern states where folks are refusing the vaccine and Covid is spreading like a knife through soft butter! Maybe they're thinking the worst will be over by fall even though there's no medical expert saying that...in fact most experts expect fall/winter to be awful here in the States. Look, I'm not trying to be a downer but I am seriously worried for the bands' safety. After all they've been through, surviving so many medical issues, to not take Covid seriously seems wrong to me. This is not an invitation to fight because I'm bringing up something you may not want to face..I'm just wondering if anyone else has similar worries and concerns.
I'm really don't think this is true. The chance you die when you're double vaxed is very very very small. Numbers will go up very quickly just like they did in Ireland, UK, Netherlands and now the rest of Europe. But they are going down just as quick. With hospitalisations a lot (LOT) lower, and deaths even more. Add the fact that the most people who do require help or die are not vaxxed you need to ask yourself the question about how bad it really is that there is a virus going arround (assuming everybody had the chance to be vaxxed)Quote
PhillyFAN
You have named it. The variant Delta strain is killing people. Fully vaccinated people are dying.So many folks refusing to wear masks exacerbates COVID. It is a jarring thought to be in crowds of tens of thousands of people singing and shouting fans with a contagious virus hanging out. Unless everyone has proof of being vaccinated and mandatory face masks that seems almost impossible. I worry for the band as well.
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PhillyFAN
I worry for the band as well.
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PaintMonkeyManBlackI'm really don't think this is true. The chance you die when you're double vaxed is very very very small. Numbers will go up very quickly just like they did in Ireland, UK, Netherlands and now the rest of Europe. But they are going down just as quick. With hospitalisations a lot (LOT) lower, and deaths even more. Add the fact that the most people who do require help or die are not vaxxed you need to ask yourself the question about how bad it really is that there is a virus going arround (assuming everybody had the chance to be vaxxed)Quote
PhillyFAN
You have named it. The variant Delta strain is killing people. Fully vaccinated people are dying.So many folks refusing to wear masks exacerbates COVID. It is a jarring thought to be in crowds of tens of thousands of people singing and shouting fans with a contagious virus hanging out. Unless everyone has proof of being vaccinated and mandatory face masks that seems almost impossible. I worry for the band as well.