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This was the better show of the tour so far.

Keith is back and I don't think it's due to the bandana.

You Got the Silver was great to hear again.

They are getting better on Angry and Mess It Up. Whole Wide World goes over with the crowd better I think.

Now, off to the east coast only to head to Seattle on Tuesday.

It's a real shame for the fans who attended the 3 previous shows of lesser quality. Tough luck!
I advise everyone to buy tickets for the last show of the tour !

you know if you have such a clear disdain for the band as it currently exists and the joy of others in that fact (and there expressing it at all) perhaps you shouldn't be posting in threads related to the current tour or shows

or if your able express your critical thoughts in a clear understandable way instead of passive agressive sarcastic swipes at other people

like an adult

Adult ?
But I totally am. And logical, no less.
If Vegas is the best show SO FAR of the Tour, that implies that the previous three weren't as good, and that the band's performance was sub-par. Keith in particular? No ?

I've never understood this herd mentality where we all have to agree somethings fantastic or crap.
It's all about how we perceive a performance, take for instance Keith, while we know he can't be the Keith he was in 1990 we can still appreciate that he has moments of brilliance like on Gimme Shelter a couple shows ago.

We aren't saying it was best ever, just that it was a magical moment.

He was also great on SMU last night not best ever but worth noting he was great.

Well said, keefriffhards.

I know we go back and forth about whatever, meaning, we do agree on ABC sometimes but usually it's... argumentative or... a 180 view on whatever, Usually Keith. You hear greatness, I hear cringe. You hear cringe, I hear brilliance.

Whatever.

Point on.

Yes we do go back and forth, it's fascinating, we love the same band but usually for different reasons, that's why you can learn a lot here, there i am enjoying Micks solo albums these days, i never thought that possible.

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You should start from the assumption that no one goes to an RS concert to listen to perfection, they never did, not even in the 70s. The Stones have always alternated great performances with mediocre performances, it is logical that today at the beautiful age of 80 this it's even more true... but do you know? The best concert will be the one where you will be there, because that energy, that emotion surpasses any type of musical performance and cannot be reproduced on YouTube. This is the greatness of the Stones!

Well said. Every band or sports figure has good days and bad days. In their prime the bad days are more infrequent but happen and as they age there are more bad days than in their prime but on those good days they are still the best.

For Lebron James at 40 he isn't the same player but on a good day he is still on of the goats, same with the Rolling Stones. On their bad days just being present is worth the memories. Much better to say I saw the Stones show and it had its moments than discussing that fantasized Led Zeppelin show that never happened last week.

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You should start from the assumption that no one goes to an RS concert to listen to perfection, they never did, not even in the 70s. The Stones have always alternated great performances with mediocre performances, it is logical that today at the beautiful age of 80 this it's even more true... but do you know? The best concert will be the one where you will be there, because that energy, that emotion surpasses any type of musical performance and cannot be reproduced on YouTube. This is the greatness of the Stones!

Well said. Every band or sports figure has good days and bad days. In their prime the bad days are more infrequent but happen and as they age there are more bad days than in their prime but on those good days they are still the best.

For Lebron James at 40 he isn't the same player but on a good day he is still on of the goats, same with the Rolling Stones. On their bad days just being present is worth the memories. Much better to say I saw the Stones show and it had its moments than discussing that fantasized Led Zeppelin show that never happened last week.

The difference is that in the 70s their output was fresh and vibrant. It's not anymore. Their core material is more than 50 years old and played more than thousand times live by now.
The main issue here is not really good or bad days or even flubbing intros.

At 80, Mick Jagger sprints through Rolling Stones’ return to Las Vegas

By John Katsilometes
May 12, 2024


Madeline Carter

Imagine venturing to the 1960s, and wondering how Mick Jagger would be described at age 80. “Fitness inspiration” wouldn’t likely be considered. “Active rock star” would have seemed a fantasy.

But the Rolling Stones’ front man, assuming a status shared by very few living rock stars, sprinted back to Allegiant Stadium on Saturday night. For real. He ran the runway extending from the stage, gyrating, stomping, preening and doing what Jagger does.

The man who ages ago sang, “Time is on my side,” proved it is, and “What a drag it is, getting old,” proved it doesn’t need to be.

Was he winded? Not during his lengthy harmonica solos, nor as he shouted out “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” or took a match to “Sympathy For The Devil,” the big screens ablaze in bedeviling scenery.

The Stones are making new music and touring in support of a current album, “Hackney Diamonds” even when no one would blame them for hanging it up. The band has been crushing it since “The Beverly Hillbillies” was a hit TV show.

Maybe it’s time to cede the playground to younger artists, which would cover nearly every artist, actually (and opener The Pretty Reckless were undaunted in their powerhouse opening set).

But Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are not interested in sailing into the sunset. They own their place in life, to the point where AARP is actually co-sponsoring the tour. The Stones have accurately identified and tapped into its core demographic, those who receive AARP material via USPS. Most in the crowd of more than 40,000 were obviously AARP-eligible.

How we start it

The show opened fittingly, with “Start Me Up,” and its call-to-action guitar intro, led it off. “Get Off My Cloud” and “Paint It Black” were natural sing-alongs. Jagger introduced a 60-year-old rock classic with, “We’ve got a song for ya, that was specially written for us by a Nobel Prize Laureate.”

The Bob Dylan-penned “Like a Rolling Stone” followed, to wild response, with the line, “Like a complete unknown,” reaching to the band’s infancy.

“Let’s Spend the Night Together” made its tour debut (this song’s live-performance history dates to an infamous lyrical adjustment on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1967). That led to the ripping “Angry,” from “Hackney Diamonds.” The new album kills, with contributions from Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.

A “must” for any Stones tour, “Gimme Shelter,” was revived with new backing singer Chanel Haynes belting out Merry Clayton’s original solo vocal. With Jagger grooving throughout, the band powered through “Miss You,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Tumbling Dice” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” It was rapid-fire Stones, clocking in two hours.

He feels ‘rowdy’

Jagger noted his Allegiant Stadium surroundings, where the band also headlined in November 2021. He said the Vegas, show he fourth on the tour, was “more rowdy” than any yet. He called out several cities, “Who’s from Reno? … San Francisco?”

“How many people from California are here? I love California people in the audience — I hear everyone from California is moving here. Is that right?”

The front man researches all of his tour stops. That’s how he wound up at Piero’s Cuisine on Friday night. He also naturally is aware of Las Vegas’ fertile entertainment scene.
“There is so much going on in Las Vegas. It’s always an amazing place to visit,” Jagger said. “I mean, tonight — just tonight — all of us could have gone, we could have seen Donny Osmond, who I’ve always liked. Carlos Santana, who I love. And Justin Timberlake!”

Osmond and Santana, especially, have also shown they can defy age, though Osmond was actually off from his show at Harrah’s this past weekend.

Santana is still leading his spiritual, rock revival at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay. Timberlake was finishing a two-night series at T-Mobile Arena. He’s 43. Or, about halfway to Mick.

Gambling past, and bowing it out

Jagger mentioned he and Richards visited Las Vegas in 1964, not on a tour but to visit and do some gambling. He said hey lost their money. “But tonight, we’re gonna win it back!” Jagger laughed. “We’ll see you at the bar, after the show!”

He introduced the full lineup. Wood strutted to the runway and did a spin. “He’s copping my moves, now?” Jagger cracked.

Along with Richards and Wood, the touring band is made up of drummer Steve Jordan (whom we first encountered with the Blues Brothers’ band), bassist Darryl Jones, keyboard player Chuck Leavell; backing singer and percussionist Bernard Fowler; keyboardist and (on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”) Matt Clifford, saxophonists Karl Denson and Tim Reis; and Haynes on backing vocals.

Following the requisite, extended turn of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” the entire on-stage roster draped their arms around each other and bowed. Then Jagger, Richards (80) and Wood (76) moved forward as the Stones’ core threesome, bowing once more.

It was a regal moment. We’ve been saying it for quite some time, but this could finally be the finale for the Stones in Vegas. Whenever it is, we’ll see you at the bar, after the show.

[www.reviewjournal.com]

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You should start from the assumption that no one goes to an RS concert to listen to perfection, they never did, not even in the 70s. The Stones have always alternated great performances with mediocre performances, it is logical that today at the beautiful age of 80 this it's even more true... but do you know? The best concert will be the one where you will be there, because that energy, that emotion surpasses any type of musical performance and cannot be reproduced on YouTube. This is the greatness of the Stones!

Well said. Every band or sports figure has good days and bad days. In their prime the bad days are more infrequent but happen and as they age there are more bad days than in their prime but on those good days they are still the best.

For Lebron James at 40 he isn't the same player but on a good day he is still on of the goats, same with the Rolling Stones. On their bad days just being present is worth the memories. Much better to say I saw the Stones show and it had its moments than discussing that fantasized Led Zeppelin show that never happened last week.

The difference is that in the 70s their output was fresh and vibrant. It's not anymore. Their core material is more than 50 years old and played more than thousand times live by now.
The main issue here is not really good or bad days or even flubbing intros.

But it is not possible to compare the Stones of the 70s with those of today, in the meantime the Stones have changed and aged, but above all the world has changed and the way of holding concerts and experiencing them has also changed on our part, we too we've grown old and become a bit of a pain in the ass and nothing ever goes well for us. Suffice it to say that even here someone complains that in the pit at the Las Vegas concert it was too noisy, but it's just us who have aged, in the 60s/70s it was the norm.
My comparison with that period was only to highlight the nature of RS concerts, not to make comparisons between periods.

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You should start from the assumption that no one goes to an RS concert to listen to perfection, they never did, not even in the 70s. The Stones have always alternated great performances with mediocre performances, it is logical that today at the beautiful age of 80 this it's even more true... but do you know? The best concert will be the one where you will be there, because that energy, that emotion surpasses any type of musical performance and cannot be reproduced on YouTube. This is the greatness of the Stones!

Well said. Every band or sports figure has good days and bad days. In their prime the bad days are more infrequent but happen and as they age there are more bad days than in their prime but on those good days they are still the best.

For Lebron James at 40 he isn't the same player but on a good day he is still on of the goats, same with the Rolling Stones. On their bad days just being present is worth the memories. Much better to say I saw the Stones show and it had its moments than discussing that fantasized Led Zeppelin show that never happened last week.

The difference is that in the 70s their output was fresh and vibrant. It's not anymore. Their core material is more than 50 years old and played more than thousand times live by now.
The main issue here is not really good or bad days or even flubbing intros.

If it sucks that bad then why go and why are you here? Not trying to provoke anything but when I am done with a band or topic I move on. I followed the Grateful Dead around the world but not into Dead & Company. I don't post on sites saying John Mayer sucks compared to Jerry Garcia. Those who know me know my feelings but I see no need going on sites saying it sucks.



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Testify, where did someone say it was too noisy in the pit? I missed that. I did say it was too crowded where I was.

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You should start from the assumption that no one goes to an RS concert to listen to perfection, they never did, not even in the 70s. The Stones have always alternated great performances with mediocre performances, it is logical that today at the beautiful age of 80 this it's even more true... but do you know? The best concert will be the one where you will be there, because that energy, that emotion surpasses any type of musical performance and cannot be reproduced on YouTube. This is the greatness of the Stones!

Well said. Every band or sports figure has good days and bad days. In their prime the bad days are more infrequent but happen and as they age there are more bad days than in their prime but on those good days they are still the best.

For Lebron James at 40 he isn't the same player but on a good day he is still on of the goats, same with the Rolling Stones. On their bad days just being present is worth the memories. Much better to say I saw the Stones show and it had its moments than discussing that fantasized Led Zeppelin show that never happened last week.

The difference is that in the 70s their output was fresh and vibrant. It's not anymore. Their core material is more than 50 years old and played more than thousand times live by now.
The main issue here is not really good or bad days or even flubbing intros.

If it sucks that bad then why go and why are you here? Not trying to provoke anything but when I am done with a band or topic I move on. I followed the Grateful Dead around the world but not into Dead & Company. I don't post on sites saying John Mayer sucks compared to Jerry Garcia. Those who know me know my feelings but I see no need going on sites saying it sucks.

I didn't say it sucks I simply suggest it has been played over and over for decades and is not that exciting anymore - which it still was in the 70s. To each their own though.

It's one thing to say we don't go to Stones shows to listen to perfection but you expect to not cringe yes.
There are moments I've flown, travelled, stayed in hotels and paid thousands in total to see them only to discover Ronnie's drunk and Keith's away with the fairies.

Did anyone noticed that Ronnie’s set list / lithograph for sale online lists just one Keith song? I just got the email, and the photo only includes little T&A, not You Got the Silver.

Both "You Got The Silver" and "Little T&A" are included.



[shop.ronniewood.com]

I have no other way except IORR to thank the 6'10" (2.08m) fellow who exchanged his two 4th row tickets with me so that he could sit in my 26th last-row seats. He said he pities people behind him and does this always. Thankfully the ushers let him and his partner stand closer in the left-most aisle. Appreciated.

I also bumped into BV and thanked him; I still have his $20 bill from San Diego (!).



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Both "You Got The Silver" and "Little T&A" are included.

You’re right, I wasn’t being careful and looked at Houston.

This is crazy, absolutely crazy arguments, it's like if anyone dare not support every bum note and mistake as normal then go away and don't comment here again. How many times have the Stones played these songs, what excuses can be made for not even making a recognisable solo or intro, it's been happening since the beginning.

Surely real fans of the Stones can comment on a negative aspect of their personal experience of a song or a solo, missed que, forgotten lyrics,
bad timming, poor sound, boring setlist or disappointing show.
It's life, opinions, do you guys want to cancel opinions unless they are yours.

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I didn't say it sucks I simply suggest it has been played over and over for decades and is not that exciting anymore - which it still was in the 70s. To each their own though.

So your point is that Beethoven’s 5th Symphony has been played over and over for two centuries and is not that exciting anymore - which it still was in the 1800s?

Excellent music remains excellent forever. People’s tastes may change over time, but The Rolling Stones wrote some of the best rock and roll songs in history, and we are fortunate enough to still get to hear them play those songs live.

Just my point of view.

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This is crazy, absolutely crazy arguments, it's like if anyone dare not support every bum note and mistake as normal then go away and don't comment here again. How many times have the Stones played these songs, what excuses can be made for not even making a recognisable solo or intro, it's been happening since the beginning.

Surely real fans of the Stones can comment on a negative aspect of their personal experience of a song or a solo, missed que, forgotten lyrics,
bad timming, poor sound, boring setlist or disappointing show.
It's life, opinions, do you guys want to cancel opinions unless they are yours.

No one is canceling anything. It's just we know your thoughts and to keep telling us the same thing that the Stones are a bunch of feeble old men gets old especially since you are not going to the shows. If you attended and posted something specific about the performance then go for it. Otherwise you sound like some old guy who is telling people to get off your lawn. I just saw Willie Nelson and he wasn't the same guy as 25 years ago but he was enjoying himself and the fans lived seeing him for what might be the last time. From the smiles and band interaction I feel the same thing from Mick, Keith, Ronnie and the rest of the band.

I see shows all the time, you must be confusing me with someone else.
Always catch the Stones in Europe since 1990.

I think Keith was fantastic two nights ago, Mick and Ronnie have been incredible since Houston,

It's going to be fantastic.

Just stop telling people to go away if they have the slightest criticism.



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I never been a big fan of following a tour based on YouTube clips - what else there actually is than comment setlists and count distinctive errors and flaws? - but I need to say that what I've seen so far on this tour has been been pretty impressive. Strong performances from all three principals. Probably Keith's been the most positive surprise, since I somehow take the greatness of Mick and even Ronnie as granted. But when Keith shines, the whole band shines. I can only dream what it is like actually being there.

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I didn't say it sucks I simply suggest it has been played over and over for decades and is not that exciting anymore - which it still was in the 70s. To each their own though.

So your point is that Beethoven’s 5th Symphony has been played over and over for two centuries and is not that exciting anymore - which it still was in the 1800s?

Excellent music remains excellent forever. People’s tastes may change over time, but The Rolling Stones wrote some of the best rock and roll songs in history, and we are fortunate enough to still get to hear them play those songs live.

Just my point of view.

Brilliantly said Jaded!

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I see shows all the time, you must be confusing me with someone else.
Always catch the Stones in Europe since 1990.

I think Keith was fantastic two nights ago, Mick and Ronnie have been incredible since Houston,

It's going to be fantastic.

Just stop telling people to go away if they have the slightest criticism.

My mistake, thought you were one of the minions watching the streams. If you were there you have a perspective.

Does anybody know, what was exchanged between Keith and Mick at the beginning of YGMR? See the video from 0:00 to 0:07

Go!

It's a rockin' great show.

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Does anybody know, what was exchanged between Keith and Mick at the beginning of YGMR? See the video from 0:00 to 0:07

Ha! I didn't notice that. Keith didn't let Mick introduce it as the song vote. Seems like Mick is like, "Again?" And Keith says, "I'm sorry..." *smile and shrug*

I love this version. [www.youtube.com]

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My mistake, thought you were one of the minions watching the streams. If you were there you have a perspective.

I'm one of those perspectiveless minions enjoying the streams! Actually beats many of the old school boots, from times long past. Excellent oportunity in this digital age. Some of the streams like FakeFans' have great audio, I understand you make recordings as well, do you post them on youtube or where are they available ?

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I see shows all the time, you must be confusing me with someone else.
Always catch the Stones in Europe since 1990.

I think Keith was fantastic two nights ago, Mick and Ronnie have been incredible since Houston,

It's going to be fantastic.

Just stop telling people to go away if they have the slightest criticism.

My mistake, thought you were one of the minions watching the streams. If you were there you have a perspective.

No sorry i wasn't there but very impressed with the footage of the Vegas show, hope you enjoy the shows you catch, i have a feeling something very special is about to happen.

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Does anybody know, what was exchanged between Keith and Mick at the beginning of YGMR? See the video from 0:00 to 0:07

Ha! I didn't notice that. Keith didn't let Mick introduce it as the song vote. Seems like Mick is like, "Again?" And Keith says, "I'm sorry..." *smile and shrug*

Ah, yes, that sounds credible, thanks, cyclist!

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I love this version. [www.youtube.com]

That's hot! Lots of energy!

The song works surprisingly well live.

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Did Mick sing again...with some Argentinians girls that's just dyin' to meet you"?

Mick has done this often in last tour as well. There were a bunch of folks from Argentina in pit B.

Thanks for the confirmation! And yes I noticed he did it in Glendale too!
Lucky of you you could attend these tow shows!
Greetings from Argentina!

Mess It Up is the best song on their new album , and the highlight of the Vegas concert.