I only saw them 12 times, but each of those concerts brings me back such good memories. Perhaps my favorite is a non-musical one: the night in La Plata (Argentina) when Keith felt so touched by the love he received from the audience that it took him some minutes to recover from it and get on with the show.

Enmore Licks show just for the sheer proximity to the band. Touched Mick’s shoe. High fived Keith. Keith playing the opening to Honky Tonk on one knee, one handed as he does, whilst being a couple of feet in front of me and saying “how @#$%& easy is this?” to me. Just unforgettable!

Rod

Midnight Rambler... Pontiac Silverdome, 1989... the "first" show, which was the second show of two.

Bizarrely close... YCAGWYW, New Orleans, 2019... "cherry red" and, possibly just as good, the time shift from Charlie with JJF... and the entire band took a millisecond side shift like a small yet big enough earthquake just happened.

Shattered 1994.

My first show is always going to be my favorite memory - Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, 1989.

Next most memorable is Mercy, Mercy in DC, 2019.

Lots of memories swirl around when I think about my Stones concerts.

22 shows from 1989-2019.

First show in '89 I knew very little about the band and was only familiar with a few songs, though I knew a lot about the opener, Living Colour. "Sympathy for the Devil" was "that pleased to meet you song" I remember the rapid fire lights in "Undercover of the Night", the inflatables in "Honky Tonk Women" and the fireworks after JJF. I was 15 and blown away. After the show as I stood watching the staging come down, I remember thinking I have a lot of listening to do.

By my 2nd show in 1994 I was obsessed and knew every word to every song.

Some standout moments over the years...being down in front at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago (2002), "Midnight Rambler" as an encore at Comiskey Park also in Chicago (2002), Mick Taylor on both "Midnight Rambler" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" at the United Center in Chicago (2013), and seeing two rounds of tour openers...the first two shows of the 'Bridges to Babylon' tour (1997) and the first two U.S. 'No Filter' shows on Charlie's last tour (2019).

What a run. I feel quite fortunate.

June 20th, 1995, Cologne, Mungersdorfer Stadion:

The lights went down; Charlie started drumming...

From the right side Mick J. entered the stage, dancing and prancing. Right at that moment, 70.000 were connected in a giant electric field.

When he reached his mike and bowed down, the crowd went nuts.

"I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me !"

My best Rolling Stones show memory has nothing to do with the band or their performance - but rather with a "friend" in the crowd.....

One actually can get some satisfaction!

Well if that's the case I would say all the shows since 1995. After the Voodoo lounge tour my wife told me "if you're going to another Rolling Stones concert I am divorcing you". I guess I loved the Stones more.

Having her out of my life has brought me much satisfaction.

After the two kids went to one of the shows they understand.

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My best Rolling Stones show memory has nothing to do with the band or their performance - but rather with a "friend" in the crowd.....

One actually can get some satisfaction!

My first Stones show at the Pontiac Silverdome 1981. We had to send a self-addressed envelope with a money order for tickets. I will never forget getting the mail with the tickets and how excited we all were. My dad let me use his station wagon and myself and four friends and I headed out to the Silverdome at around 2 am and parked across the street in a subdivision, listened to music, smoked weed until around 6 am then parked across from the Dome and ran to get in line. It was FREEZING! We made inside and it felt like we were in the Colosseum waiting for the gladiators to come out. What a learning curve! We were young teenagers, cold, tired, stoned and totally out of our element. I will never forget the magic and awe of that first show seeing Iggy Pop, Santana, and the greatest rock n roll band in the world. This was before the internet and setlistFM. We had a copy of the Detroit Free Press that had a double paged expo on the Stones, listing the songs they had done so far on the tour. What a great memory!

Midnight Rambler, June 12 1999 Wembley Stadium

Plus Lisa intro segment on Gimme Shelter when preformed on the Lick tour.
The DVD sound mix from Twickenham really do not make justice to that part compared to how it actually sounded in stadium.

I have several highlights, but it all traces back to 1969 and the Forum in Inglewood (L.A.). I was 15-1/2. Some friends got tickets for the late show. Yes, they did two shows that night. Ike and Tina Turner, BB King and Terry Reid opened. The show was supposed to start at 11:00. Things were not very well controlled at that point, so the show didn't start until around 2AM. We had lousy nosebleed seats. One of the guys suggested that we see if we can get down closer to the stage. Sure. Why not? Down we went. No one stopped us as we just kept walking until we were at the front rail right in from of where Keith would be. The guy who had driven us realized that people were hurrying in behind us. He said that he couldn't stay. But one of my friends and I stuck it out. The lights went down and my life changed. To say I was hooked is a massive understatement. As soon as I could save up the money, I bought one of those clear Ampeg/Dan Armstrong guitars that Keith played. I learned how to play JJF, SFTD and more.

I've been to about 30 shows since. And every time, I think back to that very first time when I got permanently infected with Stones fever. Fifty seven years later, I still smile a big shit eating grin every time I think about that night.

I think my best moment was here:

You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones) - 2014-06-10, Berlin
outside the theatre
Sici

video: [www.youtube.com]

Today was the last football game for the Buffalo Bills at the soon to be closed High Mark Stadium (also known as the Ralph) in Orchard Park, in western New York. It will be replaced by a newer facility adjacent to High Mark.

The stadium opened in 1973 as Rich Stadium and later became Ralph Wilson Stadium. It had a seating capacity of 70,000+ In addition to being the home of the Buffalo Bills, The Ralph hosted great concerts over the years besides just sporting events: The Jacksons, Elton John & Billy Joel, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, The Who, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead (multiple times), and certainly- the Rolling Stones who came to the stadium several different times over the years, beginning in 1975.

I saw the Stones pretty much every time they came to the Ralph (that was the closest they would come to where i lived-approximately 80 miles from Rochester, New York). The Stones put on some incredible, memorable shows over the years that I attended, beginning with their debut at the Ralph in August 1975 (which was their last stop on the tour of the Americas tour). I then caught them in 1978 for the Some Girls Tour, I missed their 1981 show, opting to see them in Syracuse instead. The Stones would come back to the stadium again two more times- in 1997 for the Bridges tour, and finally, their last date being in July 2015 for the Zip Code tour- which was the last Stones show i attended and arguably one of the best of the later era Stones concerts I've seen.

So here's to the Ralph- for hosting some great Rolling Stones concerts over the years! It was a great venue to catch the Greatest Rock and Roll band on the planet!



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1981 Seattle kingdom 1st live show
2019 Seattle Lumen field beautiful night & Charlie

Stones with Angus and Malcolm Young at the SARS / Toronto Rocks show, 2003. Charlie was having a ball. Such a great memory!

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I think you shouldn't be shy of telling your Stones-Tour-Stories more detailed including even small things making a great story.
I will do so later this afternoon.

2006 in Munich: the B-Stage set with Rough Justice, Start Me up & Honky Tonk Women. I was in front of the B-Stage and never heard the guitars so loud and powerful since 1976!

1982 in Munich: Mick introduced a song I can´t remember the exact title, but Keith started with YCAGWYW. And he played the intro over and over again until Mick started singing "I saw her today at the reception". I can still remember Mick`s angry look on his face and Keith`smile. And then Mick started smiling, too.

you always remember your 1ST, mine was June 11th 1975 Boston Garden, then 62 times, Canada, U.K., Europe, OZ, Japen,N.Z, and the U.S.

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you always remember your 1ST, mine was June 11th 1975 Boston Garden, then 62 times, Canada, U.K., Europe, OZ, Japen,N.Z, and the U.S.

June 22, 1975 Madison Square Garden.

After what seemed like an interminable steel drum performance, the house lights dimmed, Fanfare For The Common Man played, the lotus-petaled stage began to open, and the first chords of Honky Tonk Women blasted through the arena.

It took me until almost halfway through that opening number for me to convince myself I was really seeing and hearing The Rolling Stones.

My first Stones show was at the Royal Albert Hall in 1966, I'd saved for weeks, and when they took the stage I could hardly believe I was in the same room with them--then some girls got onto the stage and tried to grab hold of them (I remember Brian looked like he thought it was pretty funny) and they went off again. I will never forget the sheer panic of thinking they wouldn't return, and the sheer joy when they did.

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June 22, 1975 Madison Square Garden.

After what seemed like an interminable steel drum performance, the house lights dimmed, Fanfare For The Common Man played, the lotus-petaled stage began to open, and the first chords of Honky Tonk Women blasted through the arena.

There's a totally great photo somewhere - I suspect it's by Annie Liebowitz (sp?) - and that's of that moment. but there's a pair of hands (likely Mick's) holding on to a lotus petal from the inside as it opens. Stunning image of a moment.

Captain Corella



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My first Stones show was at the Royal Albert Hall in 1966, I'd saved for weeks, and when they took the stage I could hardly believe I was in the same room with them--then some girls got onto the stage and tried to grab hold of them (I remember Brian looked like he thought it was pretty funny) and they went off again. I will never forget the sheer panic of thinking they wouldn't return, and the sheer joy when they did.

See [www.youtube.com] , or better (see end) [www.youtube.com]

Captain Corella

I’m 44 years old. I’ve seen the Stones 40 times: the first time at Parc des Princes in Paris on July 23, 1990, the last time at Longchamp in 2022.

My greatest memory was at the Olympia in 1995, during Midnight Rambler, in the slow bluesy middle section, the interaction between Keith and Ronnie. In that moment, I had the feeling of living through a suspended moment, as if I were taking part in something historical, unique, something that would burn itself into my memory forever.
It felt like I was living Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! Looking back now, I know I was right. It was a @#$%& flash.

The other great moments were when we went into the studio with my friends in 2012 and 2014 — it was totally surreal.

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June 22, 1975 Madison Square Garden.

After what seemed like an interminable steel drum performance, the house lights dimmed, Fanfare For The Common Man played, the lotus-petaled stage began to open, and the first chords of Honky Tonk Women blasted through the arena.

There's a totally great photo somewhere - I suspect it's by Annie Liebowitz (sp?) - and that's of that moment. but there's a pair of hands (likely Mick's) holding on to a lotus petal from the inside as it opens. Stunning image of a moment.

Thanks! I think I know the photo you're talking about.

Closest I could find is this one:




MSG 1975

Miami 2002 - arena show.

I'd travelled from Scotland to hang out with my American pals in Tampa and we took a road trip down to Lauderdale to catch The Stones there and also in Miami the following night.

We didn't have tickets but were confident we could scalp some, which we did.
At Lauderdale we were in the nosebleeds (although a 20,000 arena is better than an 80,000 stadium). It was great but we were determined to get closer to the stage in Miami.

On the night, the only tickets we could get were in the balcony but managed to sneak into the front section when a security guard was distracted (I also did this in Glasgow the following year).

When the show started, everyone was on their feet immediately and the dudes next to us were cool about letting us into their row - 10-15 rows from the stage. What followed was a joy...

I've just checked the set list for that show and it's fantastic. I recall it being louder and more energetic than the previous evening.

The highlight was getting to the front of the B stage and standing on seats whilst Mick was doing the yeah, yeah, yeah bit of Brown Sugar. He was right in front of us - almost eye to eye, and thankfully security were very relaxed about it.
What a buzz!!

My favorite shows were at night at the Oakland coliseum. Halloween night for the voodoo lounge tour and then the bridges to Babylon tour. So much excitement over the tours then in the Bay Area. The newspaper had a front page headline “Stones rolling into town”.

It's fantastic that people can/do share these moments. That's what they are.

It's a part of being alive.

Take away the business aspect of the tours; the music and the experience for the fans based on the performance of the music... the artistry of humans.

A dog barks

A bird chirps

A turtle comes up for air

All part of life.

Just like The Rolling Stones.

Just like fans of...and of music.

Regardless of differences, y'all are magnificent. Thank you for being a part of it.

In very early 1989 The Rolling Stones had not toured for a long time. Gradually news leaked that they were recording together again, but little else.

Then a Tour was announced - Steel Wheels - due (in early drafts of dates) to start in Buffalo.

But living in the UK and never having visited the USA at that point I was frustrated beyond belief. I made my views know to several people at the time.

Unexpectedly, and by total chance, on 1st August a work colleague (who knew zero about The Rolling Stones) got a ball rolling (pun intended) for a work related trip to the USA, starting in Philadephia on 31st August. All accommodation and travel expenses paid for by my employer - the UK taxpayer (other than my side trip to see The Rolling Stones in Toronto).

Sounded good. Genuinely after a few days of working hard on the logistics of the trip I looked at the latest dates & venues, and was amazed to see that I could work things to be at the opening two nights in Philadephia.

I lucked into very good tickets, and was able to go with some Americans who were after our business but were really good company at the show.

So my "best show memories" are of that night. Simply being there to see their comeback after the hiatus without a Tour was good enough for me.

(I later found out that the colleague who got the ball rolling was keen to get to the USA because he wanted to meet up with (I think) his son who was at that point in time clerking for a member of SCOTUS - which impressed me greatly.)

Captain Corella

I wonder why this forum discusses rumored tours over a million pages and so, so many here went to hundreds of Stones concerts thru 6 decades but shockingly less like to share their memories of all those gigs. Wether they ar too old to remember or the vast majority went to 1000 of gigs but has no special memories, or posters here are simply not interested to write down their best live-memory. But saying all that i fear the lack of stories here is because many many think their memory is not intersting enough to be posted. Which would be a shame. Every memory every story is important!!! Don't hesitate, don't be shy!!