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The first 15 shows on The Rolling Stones ‘A Bigger Bang’ European Tour from Barcelona, Spain on May 27 through to Zagreb, Croatia on July 5 have now been postponed.

The shows that are postponed are:

Sat May 27 Barcelona, ES Stadi Olimpic Montuic
Mon May 29 Madrid, ES Estadio Vicente Calderon
Thurs June 1 Brussels, BE King Bauduin Stadium
Sat June 3 Paris, FR Stade de France
Tues June 6 Bergen, NO Koengen
Thurs June 8 Horsens, DK Forum Horsens
Sat June 10 Gothenburg, SE Nya Ullevi
Tues June 13 St Petersburg, RU Kirov Stadium
Fri June 16 Brno, CZ Vystaviste
Sun June 18 Warsaw, PL Airport Bemowo
Tues June 20 Vienna, AT Ernst Happel Stadion
Thurs June 22 Milan, IT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Sun June 25 Athens GR Olympic Stadium
Fri July 2 Paris, FR Stade de France
Mon July 5 Zagreb, HR Maksimir Stadium

World tour concert promoters TNA/CPI ask all ticket holders for these shows to retain their tickets until the rescheduled dates are announced in the next few days.

The tour will now kick off at the beginning of July at a venue and city to be announced.

rs.com....3 hours later than every other news source, when it comes to vital news about the band they represent

no change there, then...shame on them.

There it is.

Thanks r.s. com just sent my paris tickets back to agency.

Anyway whats happaned to gazza, have not seen any postings lately.

seem to remember him and mrs Gazza were on their hols this week.

I thought that would be the case adrian.

well at the moment i'm keeping my tickets.. depends on what the money machine wants either they will have the shows at end of this year or go back to US and tour there again and come back for another full European tour next summer with these dates and a few more thrown in

RS.com and Stones.inc aren't as black as they're painted in this story.

I'm not saying their response has been ideal but...

1, They obviously have to advise the promoters and organisers before any public announcement is made... so that the machinery to deal with ticket returns etc is in place.
It's then bound to get leaked by somebody,somewhere !

2, If Keith had fallen out of tree and badly broken his arm [or any central band member had tripped on a kerb and badly broken anything !], there'd have been no extended uncertainty. Six weeks in plaster, a few more weeks physio/recovery... tour delayed till August ! End of.

The nature of Keith's injury was such that nobody could put any dates on anything until now. There wasn't much else they could do.
They couldn't make announcements based on speculation, hopes and guesses.

thanks Spud - that sounds about right to me too.
another point is that the different individual promoters have been reacting in different individual ways -
some blithely continuing with sales, others announcing postponements/cancellations ahead of Stones Inc -
it's not like all their actions have been dictated by the band.
maybe that's at least partly because of a lack of clear timely central direction,
but still, it's not like all the mixed signals and confusion have been a deliberate coordinated plot or something.

>> If Keith had fallen out of tree and badly broken his arm <<

have you ever seen a guitarist fall out of a tree? i have!
it's breathtaking how they instinctively protect their arms and hands.

Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2006-05-25 12:10 by with sssoul.

That is exactly right Spud. I believe they will play. Otherwise this is all a lie and to what end? Not to mention R.S.com lets out what they are told to let out. Good post.

They've only put it in the Press Release section. Not in the News and in the Tickets section not a word - in fact you can still buy tickets for all shows as far as that shows. It's a joke.

with sssoul Wrote:
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>
> have you ever seen a guitarist fall out of a tree?
> i have!
> it's breathtaking how they instinctively protect
> their arms and hands.
>
> Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way

Wonderful!

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"Music is the frozen tapioca in the ice chest of history."

"Shit!... No shit, awright!"

In the e-mail from RS.Com, informing me of the 15 postponements, there is not one word of apology.

They are a disgrace.

The email ??.

You got Mail from them....

Still waiting for me poster.

They promised it before the first date of the europian tour.

Now it looks like I may have to wait another month for it.

That is the real reason for the postponment of concerts.

They do not want to break their word , He He.

One of my membership accounts got it a few hours ago (the Hotmail address), but the other five are still waiting!

with sssoul Wrote:
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> thanks Spud - that sounds about right to me too.
> another point is that the different individual
> promoters have been reacting in different
> individual ways -
> some blithely continuing with sales, others
> announcing postponements/cancellations ahead of
> Stones Inc -
> it's not like all their actions have been dictated
> by the band.
> maybe that's at least partly because of a lack of
> clear timely central direction,
> but still, it's not like all the mixed signals and
> confusion have been a deliberate coordinated plot
> or something.
>
> have you ever seen a guitarist fall out of a tree?
> i have!
> it's breathtaking how they instinctively protect
> their arms and hands.
>
> Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way

If it's "Breathtaking" why are you still breathing? What a great comment....Hey, have you ever seen a sound technician stand next to a 747 JET engine when it starts up? I HAVE....It's spellbinding how they instictively protect their ears by sticking their fingers in them while screaming from the pain, just spellbinding...



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2006-05-25 09:39 by MicksBrain.

Just had e-mail from RS.com saying 15 shows postponed....a mere 18 hours before i was due to leave for Barcelona....tip top service...not!

just had the same email (sent at 12.09 GMT)

- these people are a very bad joke-
as you say 18 + hours, after the news broke.

amateurs.

i especially like the last sentence from they're, every so late statement:-

'The tour will now kick off at the beginning of July at a venue and city to be announced.'

..Nurnburg?- i wouldn't count on it.