i've been to nyc a few times. my challenge stays.

Nothing compares to the Tower in Upper Darby (West Philadelphia)!

Circus Krone .. for the Stones

Budokan in Tokyo.
Stones' one and only gig at Budokan was in Licks tour.


"Budokan" means Japanese traditional marshall arts hall like JUDO or KENDO.
It is used for Japanese championship and big tornament even now.

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
Keith played there with Willie a couple of years back.
I didn't go to that, but have seen other shows there.
Acoustics are wonderful; plenty of history in those old church pews.

Rockingfan Wrote:
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> What about Cirkus Stockholm?
> I mean that was when the boys placed 20 songs and
> did an outstanding version of Sympathy and Ronnie
> asked Mick for another encore which Mick denied.
> You saw clearly the fire on stage and the fun they
> had to play.
> Stockholm seems to be a very special place for the
> Stones.
>



I was there my friend!

With all the sad news regarding Keith's head and concert cancellations,
it's a good time to reflect on good times from the past.

The experience and memory of the Stockholm Cirkus show keeps getting bigger and better since the day it happened. The venue itself was absolutely beautiful. I was lucky enough to be there front center next to some fine blonde Swedish babes, Mick hovering over us off the mini-catwalk. I was in shock at how close I was, it was phenomenal in every way you could imagine.
It's ranked at # 2 of my all-time best concert experiences.

If a band has a big sound (like the Stones), the Chicago United Center is hard to beat.

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

I fully support Stockholm Cirkus. The Licks-concert there in 2004 was incredible and the arena from the 1890's was so beautiful and the sound so clear and loud. You came so close to the stage. And we got Sympathy as the final encore.

Anybody mentioned Vredenburg? ;-)

Not just another sportpalace, or some kind of metal multi-eventcontainer. It is a music centre and not JUST a music centre, but a MUSIC centre. Built by the best (theatre-) architect in the Netherlands (Hertzberger). Home to professional philharmonic (radio-)orchestras, used a lot for professional orchestra recordings. There is a very small floor area, about 8 meters deep (usually filled with seets) followed by very very steep seet sections, 45 degrees up. The seets almost completely encircle the stage, probably somewhere around 270 degrees that night. The seets the furthest away from the stage, high up with a wonderful view, are 25 meters away, maximum.
Vredenburg is an icon of quality, a brand. Following the Stones, more and more pop-music is staged there.

Quotes:
"Maybe one of the best club shows I have seen, and I have seen a few." (BV) and:
"After one of the songs Ronnie did some extra riffs, and they made a lot of fun about it. Mick went to put his arm around Ronnie's shoulder, as they faced Charlie, talking about it. Then Keith came along and put his arm around Mick. They all three stood there arm in arm talking about the song, facing Charlie, with the back to us, and you could hear a sweet gently "aaaah" going through the crowd..." (BV)

"Vredenburg should be closed now forever. Not any band or artist in the world should get permission to play this temple again. From now on Vredenburg is a museum, a holy church of rock 'n roll, a forever lasting monument of four saints called the Rolling Stones!!" (Marco Peper)

"Utrecht, you're on the map now!... ... this is a great room, I'd like to wrap it up and take it with me." (Keith)

Royal Albert Hall

JJFlash88 Wrote:
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> Nothing compares to the Tower in Upper Darby (West
> Philadelphia)!

Nice theater but Upper Darby is a crappy neighborhood. I much prefer the Keswick Theater in Glenside (near Philly). Better neighborhood, and the theater is just as good as the Tower.

Outdoor -- Red Rocks is beautiful on a warm summer night.

Indoor -- MSG -- the mecca for all entertainment.

Lakewood Highschool Auditorium (Cleveland) now used as a theater for some national acts....

I have to agree 100% with Gertje!
Vredenburg was an awesome Venue! Small and steep! They were right in everyones face! Acoustics were incredible too! If I am not mistaken, it has been demolished and a newer better version is being built.
Fred Hardin
Pleased to meet you........

I was also at the Vredenburg show, and while it was excellent, the building itself is a very generic looking concrete slab. In comparison, Stockholm Cirkus is beautiful no matter which way you look at it. Similar floor and seat plan as Vredenburg, but with alot more history and beauty. Lots of ornate decorative elements. Keith even mentioned it, if I remember correctly..."a beautiful place you have here".

By the way Fredluvzstones, I was back in Utrecht last summer, and the building was still standing.



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Harm Wrote:
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> Ahoy (Rotterdam) was voted best venue in the world

I agree with that. I saw both the Stones and BB King there and I'm going to see Clapton and Cray there now. It has very, very good sound quality. The Stones concert there was magical..!

Vredenburg is still standing, and will stay there. Another building will be built on top of it. Information on that design can be found here: [www.hertzberger.nl]
Choose -cultural spaces- from the menu, you can find the Vredenburg design using the strip at the top of the page.
And for the architecture: it is indeed a lot of gray brick, more gray brick and off course some more. But that's just the way they built in the seventies. No nonsense, every guilder is put there, where it is most needed. Typical Dutch. Lack of historical value? Maybe, could be and probably. But technically, from the accoustic point of view, the building is excellent. Like I said: built for music, and for music only. In Ahoy, which is more like a huge metal candy-drum, they have to work SO hard to get an acceptable sound. Nowadays they have it pretty much worked out, but I think that Ahoy's value is more in its cultural importance, all the great musicians have played there. But hey, it is the ONLY 12/15000 seet venue in the Netherlands...

And now I really have to get my nose back in my books, otherwise I'll never finish my study architecture... ;-)

bercy is incredible

Brussels, ? , Stade Roi Baudouin

MSG - great accoustics. And I'm not even American,(Norwegian) but I've seen the Stones 17 times at the Garden. It's like home to them, and the fans. Olympia in Paris is also a great Stones venue. And Astoria, London. Afraid there are no great venues in Norway. So I hope the show in Bergen (20.000 people only - in a former cow field...) will be taken elsewhere. Like Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo or Molde Stadium. Trondheim is totally out of the question. Awfull city. Terrible football team. Just hillbillies whereever you look. Nothin' going on there!

of all of the places i have seen the stones in concert.....i would have to say i enjoyed them most at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL....not for content of the show...simply as a cool place to see the stones.

it was just a beautiful....historic setting....my seats were pretty close to the stage so for me at least the sound was excellent.

this thread is still going ???? still have to go w/ Red Rocks......
or my Shower!!
.....

I love MSG, but that last time I was there (last month), I went to see the Circus. For some reason, it just wasn't the same . . . .