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PaintMonkeyManBlack
Van Morrison was 2007 right? 10 years earlier. However he only played 2 songs before hell broke loose.
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PaintMonkeyManBlack
don't get your hopes up. Maneskin, John Mayer are very big bands in Europe.
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RollingFreak
John Mayer seems SO big to open this tour, at least on a regular basis. I get that a lot of bands will sacrifice something to open for the Stones, and I could see John doing that too, but for a show or two, not for a whole tour. He's far too big.
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RollingFreak
John Mayer seems SO big to open this tour, at least on a regular basis. I get that a lot of bands will sacrifice something to open for the Stones, and I could see John doing that too, but for a show or two, not for a whole tour. He's far too big.
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bart-man
The support acts in The Netherlands are Dutch acts most of the time.
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TheBluesHadaBaby
Just don't be surprised if Tom Tull buys one or more opening slots in Europe, too. He's a movie industry billionaire. Legend Studios of Dark Knight Trilogy fame was his; he's sold it, cashed out, since. He assembled the late 2018-to-date Ghost Hounds, I believe, for his own ego gratification, specifically to open for the Rolling Stones. Like fantasy baseball camp, except much more exclusive and expensive. I expect his band to disappear again after there are no more Rolling Stones concerts to purchase the opening gigs for.
So I wonder if this year he's going to buy a slot, or more, in Europe, out from under more deserving, actual working bands that don't have a billionaire owner-guitarist.
I don't blame the musicians he hired, or frontman (who has a good voice and is a pretty solid performer). I'm sure Tull pays well. It's a job, and musicians need to work.
And I do applaud Tull's philanthropy.
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I just wish he wasn't pursuing his love of rock n roll in this way.
My very first Stones concert, Stevie Wonder opened, so I was thoroughly astounded even before the headliners came out.
Last year, though, I got Ghost Hounds. A vanity project band.
In 2019, I got Ghost Hounds.
I hope you folks across the water get something else. Maneskin, Fontaines D.C. (who I'll see in DC next month)... they'd both be great.
And I always plug my favorite young English band since 2018: Wolf Alice. (Seeing them again next week.)
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TheBluesHadaBaby
Just don't be surprised if Tom Tull buys one or more opening slots in Europe, too. He's a movie industry billionaire. Legend Studios of Dark Knight Trilogy fame was his; he's sold it, cashed out, since. He assembled the late 2018-to-date Ghost Hounds, I believe, for his own ego gratification, specifically to open for the Rolling Stones. Like fantasy baseball camp, except much more exclusive and expensive. I expect his band to disappear again after there are no more Rolling Stones concerts to purchase the opening gigs for.
So I wonder if this year he's going to buy a slot, or more, in Europe, out from under more deserving, actual working bands that don't have a billionaire owner-guitarist.
I don't blame the musicians he hired, or frontman (who has a good voice and is a pretty solid performer). I'm sure Tull pays well. It's a job, and musicians need to work.
And I do applaud Tull's philanthropy.
[en.wikipedia.org]
I just wish he wasn't pursuing his love of rock n roll in this way.
My very first Stones concert, Stevie Wonder opened, so I was thoroughly astounded even before the headliners came out.
Last year, though, I got Ghost Hounds. A vanity project band.
In 2019, I got Ghost Hounds.
I hope you folks across the water get something else. Maneskin, Fontaines D.C. (who I'll see in DC next month)... they'd both be great.
And I always plug my favorite young English band since 2018: Wolf Alice. (Seeing them again next week.)
Sorry but a rich guy with his own band, paying to warmup for the Stones doesnt really seem right?
I saw them in Florida and was not impressed.
There are many other hard-working bands that deserve this, more then some rich guy paying for the privilege.
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TheBluesHadaBaby
Just don't be surprised if Tom Tull buys one or more opening slots in Europe, too. He's a movie industry billionaire. Legend Studios of Dark Knight Trilogy fame was his; he's sold it, cashed out, since. He assembled the late 2018-to-date Ghost Hounds, I believe, for his own ego gratification, specifically to open for the Rolling Stones. Like fantasy baseball camp, except much more exclusive and expensive. I expect his band to disappear again after there are no more Rolling Stones concerts to purchase the opening gigs for.
So I wonder if this year he's going to buy a slot, or more, in Europe, out from under more deserving, actual working bands that don't have a billionaire owner-guitarist.
I don't blame the musicians he hired, or frontman (who has a good voice and is a pretty solid performer). I'm sure Tull pays well. It's a job, and musicians need to work.
And I do applaud Tull's philanthropy.
[en.wikipedia.org]
I just wish he wasn't pursuing his love of rock n roll in this way.
My very first Stones concert, Stevie Wonder opened, so I was thoroughly astounded even before the headliners came out.
Last year, though, I got Ghost Hounds. A vanity project band.
In 2019, I got Ghost Hounds.
I hope you folks across the water get something else. Maneskin, Fontaines D.C. (who I'll see in DC next month)... they'd both be great.
And I always plug my favorite young English band since 2018: Wolf Alice. (Seeing them again next week.)
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KeefFan2003
Liam Gallagher releases his new record this spring. So do Fontaines D.C. to support the stones is probably the best live promotion ever. Many great indie/rock bands are in europe in june and july as its the festival season, primavera Barcelona, countless festivals in the UK, Tempelhofer field in Berlin and so on. For their 60th anniversary they'll find good ones, I'm sure. They had the black keys, john mayer, tom waits and so many great others for their 50th anniversary.
Edit : those were special guests, my mistake. But I'm still sure they'll have great openers.