Seatle was not a full house. It may look like that up front but not if you saw the back of the stadium.

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Looks like a full house in Seattle on that video!

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i thought everyone involved did a great job on wild horses

Nicholas Sandford Videos are great! Thanks for sharing

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Keefriffhards, on this:

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Admittedly i wasn't there but watched all available footage and that Seattle review isn't entirely accurate.
Mick looked, sounded and moved like a fit man of say 65 to 70, definitely not like an 80 year old but absolutely not like he was performing even 5 years ago.
He's still getting by but age has unfortunately caught up with him, it's caught up with all of them.
It's still incredible though on songs like GS, Chanel Haynes has the energy that's missing and steals Micks thunder. Shelter kind of saves the day, man they need Rambler back though and drop a couple of HD tracks that clearly don't work vocally.

Are you kidding? Following treaclefingers, I suggest that he is not acting, singing or moving that old. I mean, I don't know who you hang around, but I'm thinking a fit guy (in perfect shape, with voice and dance training) 50-55 might be more accurate, maybe 55-60 at worst. I was at the Las Vegas show, btw.

I had to stand 2 hours and then walked back to the hotel getting to bed around 1:30 am woke up at 8 exhausted the next day. People we knew got into the pit courtesy Ronnie and invited us to an afterparty where Ronnie was to be, and "possibly" Mick and Keith. They texted us around 1 am saying Ronnie had hit the shower and wasn't coming down, and Mick and Keith were already flying to New York.

Mick moved the entire time, pointing, gesticulating and SINGING and sounding great, for over 2 hours. This is a person in extremely good shape. Maybe not as good as someone in their late 50s that can swim for 30 minutes, or can continuously walk marathons (LOL), but awesome nonetheless.

Yes but Mick was there as were you and I. More accurate than watching phone clips, but then the phoney crowd must know best.

I wish I would have gotten a video of the guy dressed up as Captain America on a bicycle jamming to Tumbling Dice outside the stadium. He was actually shuttling people to and from the stadium.

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Keefriffhards, on this:

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Admittedly i wasn't there but watched all available footage and that Seattle review isn't entirely accurate.
Mick looked, sounded and moved like a fit man of say 65 to 70, definitely not like an 80 year old but absolutely not like he was performing even 5 years ago.
He's still getting by but age has unfortunately caught up with him, it's caught up with all of them.
It's still incredible though on songs like GS, Chanel Haynes has the energy that's missing and steals Micks thunder. Shelter kind of saves the day, man they need Rambler back though and drop a couple of HD tracks that clearly don't work vocally.

Are you kidding? Following treaclefingers, I suggest that he is not acting, singing or moving that old. I mean, I don't know who you hang around, but I'm thinking a fit guy (in perfect shape, with voice and dance training) 50-55 might be more accurate, maybe 55-60 at worst. I was at the Las Vegas show, btw.

I had to stand 2 hours and then walked back to the hotel getting to bed around 1:30 am woke up at 8 exhausted the next day. People we knew got into the pit courtesy Ronnie and invited us to an afterparty where Ronnie was to be, and "possibly" Mick and Keith. They texted us around 1 am saying Ronnie had hit the shower and wasn't coming down, and Mick and Keith were already flying to New York.

Mick moved the entire time, pointing, gesticulating and SINGING and sounding great, for over 2 hours. This is a person in extremely good shape. Maybe not as good as someone in their late 50s that can swim for 30 minutes, or can continuously walk marathons (LOL), but awesome nonetheless.

Yes but Mick was there as were you and I. More accurate than watching phone clips, but then the phoney crowd must know best.

As was I. There.

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Here he is 3 years ago, much better when he was jamming to Tumbling Dice and Miss You.

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Here he is 3 years ago, much better when he was jamming to Tumbling Dice and Miss You.

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Y'all, this is a bunk link. DO NOT CLICK ON IT.

What a joke, you idiot.

The link worked fine...

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Here he is 3 years ago, much better when he was jamming to Tumbling Dice and Miss You.

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Y'all, this is a bunk link. DO NOT CLICK ON IT.

What a joke, you idiot.

What are you talking about MORON?

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Here he is 3 years ago, much better when he was jamming to Tumbling Dice and Miss You.

[youtube.com]

Y'all, this is a bunk link. DO NOT CLICK ON IT.

What a joke, you idiot.

Do not listen to this guy’s opinion, this is proof Gasbag does not know what he is talking about.



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The Seattle reports pages have been updated with reports and pictures:

The Rolling Stones
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Thanks bv! It was a great night to remember.

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All this childlike school teacher vibe of well the boys and girls went home with happy smiling faces, casual fans went home happy like that's all that matters. I see happy smiling faces every week where cover band's play everything from ELO, Eagles, Stones, Simon and Garfuncle etc, but that's the whole point, they are cover bands charging £30, you expect just the hits, but the Stones themselves should deliver more new material ( if it was any good ) but certainly this late in the game delve deeper into their back catalogue.
Ask themselves are we playing at 80 years of age to satisfy casual fans to make big bucks, or shall we use this oppertunity to air some equally brilliant tracks that were not necessary hits in the charts.

Let It Loose
Coming Down Again
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Crazy Mama
Hand Of Fate
100 Years Ago
Time Waits For No One
Play With Fire
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Endless opportunities to play these songs and maybe 50 others just as good have been squandered, even if it was a few theatre shows that were recorded and filmed for the fans to watch at home on what ever format. . It's never gonna happen now.

Mick and the others know very well that all this is possible also thanks to occasional fans, without them they wouldn't be able to do tours, at least tours of this magnitude.
So yes, it's a question of money, but not so much for them (RS) but for all those who work on the tour and there are a lot of them!
This is why the setlists are full of classics, then in my opinion there is another aspect...some old songs that are beautiful, would not perform well live.
Having said that in the last tours they always play something from their repertoire that they have never played before or have rarely done OOT is just an example...we had ER, DWMD etc.

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All this childlike school teacher vibe of well the boys and girls went home with happy smiling faces, casual fans went home happy like that's all that matters. I see happy smiling faces every week where cover band's play everything from ELO, Eagles, Stones, Simon and Garfuncle etc, but that's the whole point, they are cover bands charging £30, you expect just the hits, but the Stones themselves should deliver more new material ( if it was any good ) but certainly this late in the game delve deeper into their back catalogue.
Ask themselves are we playing at 80 years of age to satisfy casual fans to make big bucks, or shall we use this oppertunity to air some equally brilliant tracks that were not necessary hits in the charts.

Let It Loose
Coming Down Again
TOPS
Crazy Mama
Hand Of Fate
100 Years Ago
Time Waits For No One
Play With Fire
Winter


Endless opportunities to play these songs and maybe 50 others just as good have been squandered, even if it was a few theatre shows that were recorded and filmed for the fans to watch at home on what ever format. . It's never gonna happen now.

Mick and the others know very well that all this is possible also thanks to occasional fans, without them they wouldn't be able to do tours, at least tours of this magnitude.
So yes, it's a question of money, but not so much for them (RS) but for all those who work on the tour and there are a lot of them!
This is why the setlists are full of classics, then in my opinion there is another aspect...some old songs that are beautiful, would not perform well live.
Having said that in the last tours they always play something from their repertoire that they have never played before or have rarely done OOT is just an example...we had ER, DWMD etc.

Look I'm happy with the setlist, I've expressed this, I'm just saying they could have played a few theatres for the die hards and performed some gems and recorded it so fans can see those rarities live.
I'm just dreaming, it's no big deal, just what might have happened along the way.

It goes without saying that the Stones’ biggest patrons are casual fans, and they are the customers the group caters for first and foremost of all. That being said, Mick & Co. have overvalued this clientele as the target market way too higher than necessary lately, especially in these ‘bonus years 2012–‘ IMHO. I don’t think dropping a few warhorses, Miss You for example, and exposing a stadium-full of crowd to a couple of lesser-known songs or deep cuts instead would noticeably affect the overall attendance of the audience or concert reputation. The Rolling Stones music is more than the warhorses and big hits.

It’s time to reconsider the ‘Casuals First’ & ‘Make The Stones Greatest Again’ campaigns. They are big, popular and great enough already, regardless of what tunes they may play.



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Stones audiences aren't renewed as much as they should be. They're aging. Particularly in the US. I've seen AC/DC's audience in 2024, so much younger and more energetic, like their music.

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Stones audiences aren't renewed as much as they should be. They're aging. Particularly in the US. I've seen AC/DC's audience in 2024, so much younger and more energetic, like their music.

yes well, some of the older artist have had an revival in later days, attracting younger fans. something Stones have been struggling with, at least when you look on streaming data. Dropping ticket prices of course could attract new fans from younger generations as well. But one need to remember that they get payed a price for playing and the arranger decide on the ticket prices. but if they were willing to lower their salary... well then...

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Look I'm happy with the setlist, I've expressed this, I'm just saying they could have played a few theatres for the die hards and performed some gems and recorded it so fans can see those rarities live.
I'm just dreaming, it's no big deal, just what might have happened along the way.

They could play smaller venues but either they need to play private gigs for the Krafts or other oligarchs to get their usual payday, charge thousands of dollars per ticket or play for free (everyone else is on salary and gets paid which includes the rest of band, crew and all the others involved) while the prices on secondary market goes to thousands of dollars per ticket. This is your college Econ 101 class supply and demand curves and indifference curves at its purest form.

Getting younger fans to shows is all about the price as well. I have seen quite a few younger people who are with parents and grandparents. Going into Seattle I ran into a couple who were about 20 who were happy they were able to grab GA tickets on the secondary market that fit their budget. They were so excited for the show but couldn't afford the "regular" price. No one is willing to drop their salary whether it is a band member, a crew member or the promoters unless it was a benefit show and then tickets would be more to support a cause.

And then there is Mick who in my opinion prefers to play in front of 50,000 over 5,000. I may be wrong on that but he sure seems like he is having fun at these stadium shows.

Jake Anderson from Deadliest Catch enjoying the Seattle show with the boys.

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Where I come from people run marathons, not walk them. But what the hell I know...

But yeah, the dick contest here is getting into a new level...

Who else wins Jagger in physical level?

- Doxa

Yeah but can you continuously walk marathons? I mean continuously...not sporadically.

I say that because i walked 20 marathons for 20 days across difficult terrain.

We bow down to your athletic prowess!

BTW, you suggested we don't engage. I'd like to continue that as it was a good idea.

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Where I come from people run marathons, not walk them. But what the hell I know...

But yeah, the dick contest here is getting into a new level...

Who else wins Jagger in physical level?

- Doxa

Yeah but can you continuously walk marathons? I mean continuously...not sporadically.

I say that because i walked 20 marathons for 20 days across difficult terrain.

We bow down to your athletic prowess!

BTW, you suggested we don't engage. I'd like to continue that as it was a good idea.

Treacle you have had a problem with me for 11 years, i don't know you, i have no animosity against you but you and Doxa have been trying to start an argument at every turn.
Yes please let's stay out of each others way.

By the way i don't want anyone to bow to me for any reason, it was for charity, i shouldn't have mentioned it but Angee asked me how i rate fitness to age.
I'm not all about fitness, i like eating too much and getting drunk at the weekend just like the next guy.

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Where I come from people run marathons, not walk them. But what the hell I know...

But yeah, the dick contest here is getting into a new level...

Who else wins Jagger in physical level?

- Doxa

Yeah but can you continuously walk marathons? I mean continuously...not sporadically.

I say that because i walked 20 marathons for 20 days across difficult terrain.

We bow down to your athletic prowess!

BTW, you suggested we don't engage. I'd like to continue that as it was a good idea.

Treacle you have had a problem with me for 11 years, i don't know you, i have no animosity against you but you and Doxa have been trying to start an argument at every turn.
Yes please let's stay out of each others way.

By the way i don't want anyone to bow to me for any reason, it was for charity, i shouldn't have mentioned it but Angee asked me how i rate fitness to age.
I'm not all about fitness, i like eating too much and getting drunk at the weekend just like the next guy.

Interesting, as I feel like I only became aware of you in the last 6-12 months or so. But we each come at it from different POV's and as this is the most genteel interaction we've had in the recent past, let's leave on a high note!

Some amazing pictures!
Big thanks to Daisy Willems!

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Where I come from people run marathons, not walk them. But what the hell I know...

But yeah, the dick contest here is getting into a new level...

Who else wins Jagger in physical level?

- Doxa

Yeah but can you continuously walk marathons? I mean continuously...not sporadically.

I say that because i walked 20 marathons for 20 days across difficult terrain.

We bow down to your athletic prowess!

BTW, you suggested we don't engage. I'd like to continue that as it was a good idea.

Treacle you have had a problem with me for 11 years, i don't know you, i have no animosity against you but you and Doxa have been trying to start an argument at every turn.
Yes please let's stay out of each others way.

By the way i don't want anyone to bow to me for any reason, it was for charity, i shouldn't have mentioned it but Angee asked me how i rate fitness to age.
I'm not all about fitness, i like eating too much and getting drunk at the weekend just like the next guy.

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funny moment during angry

mick couldn't get his jacket off and chanel had to pull it off him during keith's solo

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funny moment during angry

mick couldn't get his jacket off and chanel had to pull it off him during keith's solo

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That was so funny to watch there. I kept expecting a stage hand to run on and help.

Cuffs look a little tight on that jacket, she did a good job though. I don’t remember ever seeing Sasha or Lisa do that.



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Here he is 3 years ago, much better when he was jamming to Tumbling Dice and Miss You.

[youtube.com]

Y'all, this is a bunk link. DO NOT CLICK ON IT.

What a joke, you idiot.

Do not listen to this guy’s opinion, this is proof Gasbag does not know what he is talking about.

It doesn't show MUSIC you gasbag.

Angry is getting better each show.

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funny moment during angry

mick couldn't get his jacket off and chanel had to pull it off him during keith's solo

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That was so funny to watch there. I kept expecting a stage hand to run on and help.

on a sort of related note

during wild horses keith's trying to sing background vocals into a microphone that's either off or not working right and a stage hand runs out near the end of the song and replaces the microphone and now keith is very audible

but he and mick are singing different things at the same time and mick is noticeably annoyed and goes "alright" or "ok" (i can't remember which) after this causes him to mess up a lyric