Just arrived in Athens, Creece. A bit tired, but very happy. Happy for the charming, energetic gig (no surprise, of course). Happy for the crowd and for the whole atmosphere. And happy, because a dream came true: Finally, I heard "Dead Flowers". live! I love this song, I consider it as one of the 3-4 best country - rock songs ever...

PS: The audience was clearly bigger and more passionate than the audience I "met" in 2006 Milan gig. And this time the passion was 100% for the Stones. In 2006 it was partly for the Italian victory in Football World Cup...

All these "best show/version since" talks crack me up but I think it's safe to say that the GS female vocals were the best in a very, very long time...possibly since Merry Clayton ! No "diva" acting or screeching around for a start.

Not sure what happened to Sasha but Chanel is a terrific singer, hope she sticks around !

EDIT - RS tell us that "Chanel Haynes, a veteran gospel singer that recently portrayed Tina Turner in the UK production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical." she did look the part yesterday.

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Love the sprint at 3:45

Unintentionally hilarious.

what

Just watching a 78 year old man doing his best to run, and that being a moment to cheer made me laugh is all.

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I can't get over how clumsily deliberate the beat on Tumbling Dice is. That's not a groove really. Since it's obviously what's happening you as a listener yourself start to feel like the odd one out. I couldn't imagine how to move to it.

Yea, hitting the bass drum on the 4th upbeat just gives the song a weird seasick vibe. Yikes, had to go back and watch an old version with Charlie now.







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You asked for better tics and they just gave you pit B?

No, I walked down the tower and looked for the entrance for GA.
When I found it, I saw that most of the tickets were printed on paper or shown on the smartphone. On the printed ones, the barcodes were torn off.
I also had something printed out - my Lucky Dip confirmation email. The barcode was on the LD tickets. I showed the LD ticket. The security person said, don't know it. I said, this is the way to GA?! Yes, I have to ask the colleague. He pulled up his shoulders: I don't know. I said again: isn't this the way to the GA?! Yes, wait - took the cards, tore off the barcode and let me in. I was in the GA, getting a beer and rejoicing. Then went to the Golden Circle entrance, showed my yellow LD wristband and went into the golden circle.
Wow, that was easy. I continued on to the Pit B entrance, my Heineken in hand. Walked through the entrance as a matter of course, they saw my yellow wristband and gave a friendly nod. I was in Pit B!!!

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I can't get over how clumsily deliberate the beat on Tumbling Dice is. That's not a groove really. Since it's obviously what's happening you as a listener yourself start to feel like the odd one out. I couldn't imagine how to move to it.

Yea, hitting the bass drum on the 4th upbeat just gives the song a weird seasick vibe. Yikes, had to go back and watch an old version with Charlie now.

Ahhhh that’s better

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You asked for better tics and they just gave you pit B?

No, I walked down the tower and looked for the entrance for GA.
When I found it, I saw that most of the tickets were printed on paper or shown on the smartphone. On the printed ones, the barcodes were torn off.
I also had something printed out - my Lucky Dip confirmation email. The barcode was on the LD tickets. I showed the LD ticket. The security person said, don't know it. I said, this is the way to GA?! Yes, I have to ask the colleague. He pulled up his shoulders: I don't know. I said again: isn't this the way to the GA?! Yes, wait - took the cards, tore off the barcode and let me in. I was in the GA, getting a beer and rejoicing. Then went to the Golden Circle entrance, showed my yellow LD wristband and went into the golden circle.
Wow, that was easy. I continued on to the Pit B entrance, my Heineken in hand. Walked through the entrance as a matter of course, they saw my yellow wristband and gave a friendly nod. I was in Pit B!!!

Amazing!

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You asked for better tics and they just gave you pit B?

No, I walked down the tower and looked for the entrance for GA.
When I found it, I saw that most of the tickets were printed on paper or shown on the smartphone. On the printed ones, the barcodes were torn off.
I also had something printed out - my Lucky Dip confirmation email. The barcode was on the LD tickets. I showed the LD ticket. The security person said, don't know it. I said, this is the way to GA?! Yes, I have to ask the colleague. He pulled up his shoulders: I don't know. I said again: isn't this the way to the GA?! Yes, wait - took the cards, tore off the barcode and let me in. I was in the GA, getting a beer and rejoicing. Then went to the Golden Circle entrance, showed my yellow LD wristband and went into the golden circle.
Wow, that was easy. I continued on to the Pit B entrance, my Heineken in hand. Walked through the entrance as a matter of course, they saw my yellow wristband and gave a friendly nod. I was in Pit B!!!

Nice work!!

What a show! I absolutely love Wild Horses and Dead Flowers live. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times…Mick is so amazing

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What a show! I absolutely love Wild Horses and Dead Flowers live. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times…Mick is so amazing

And you can say it again. He is a force but that's what's comes from working on his fitness for many, many years. I'm so glad he seems to have had a relatively easy time from Covid.

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And you can say it again. He is a force but that's what's comes from working on his fitness for many, many years. I'm so glad he seems to have had a relatively easy time from Covid.

I am so glad too. He really is a force and inspiration. I love him to pieces!!

Ronnie even with heavy stage makeup is looking like a man who isn't very well to me.

I hope he's Ok because he looks to be struggling, haven't seen him this low on energy for nearly 20 years.

Jeez Louise!!! He looked mighty fine and happy to me! The man is not 20 years old -in spirit yeah, but the body gets older, it's normal!

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All these "best show/version since talks crack me up but I think it's safe to say that the GS female vocals were the best in a very, very long time...possibly since Merry Clayton ! No "diva" acting or screeching around for a start.

Not sure what happened to Sasha but Chanel is a terrific singer, hope she sticks around !

EDIT - RS tell us that "Chanel Haynes, a veteran gospel singer that recently portrayed Tina Turner in the UK production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical." she did look the part yesterday.

I just saw for the first time this song with Chanel.
Very, very, very good; very very good!

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