the 1st show is only 16 days away,ronnies in rehab we hear,when are they gonna rehearse.i would think they should be getting together monday or tuesday at the latest,anyone hear anything.

john scialfa



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I don't think any of us know

If the past is any indication,they don't spend weeks rehearsing unless they are starting a brand new world tour.We should be able to expect three or four days of rehearsals right before July 11th.

May be it's a good idea to just go to Milan a few days before the tour opening. Just in case they wanna do a club show.

Hey YOU ITALIANS OUT THERE: Which club or venue in Milan is most likely to have a surprise show by the Stones on say7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th of July? Please search the local newspapers. Look for names of bands you've never heard of. Call the venues... Would you do that for us??? If it happened in Norway - I'd certainly provide the info for everyone on IORR... It's a promise.

Stonesdoug says the backing band are leaving for Europe next week.

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what do they need to rehearse ?

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> what do they need to rehearse ?


Well, the band leader, the riffmaster, has been on sick leave for a while. That's one reason. another reason: When did they play the last show? Early April... They could be a little rusty. Great thing they're rehearsing! That means they take us seriously.

And they don't have to rehearse 15 out of the 20 songs. Ci vediamo tutti a Milano!!!!

I suppose, there will only be warm-ups of their greatest hits section. That's what we can expect for Europe as always ....

But on the Licks tour we got songs like "The Nearness of You", "That's how Strong My love is", "Worried about you", "Going to a Go Go", Dance Part 1, Everybody needs somebody to love, Loving Cup, Rocks off, etc in Europe. If I remember correctly. So we can expect a few somewhat "braver" numbers than they give the Americans. Also Wild Horses, Dead Flowers, Sweet Virginia... PEARLS!

It's been a while since they did them. Rehearsals secure that we get to hear more than the hit parade. (I WANT RUBY!)

shidoobee Wrote:
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> But on the Licks tour we got songs like "The
> Nearness of You", "That's how Strong My love is",
> "Worried about you", "Going to a Go Go", Dance
> Part 1, Everybody needs somebody to love, Loving
> Cup, Rocks off, etc in Europe. If I remember
> correctly. So we can expect a few somewhat
> "braver" numbers than they give the Americans.
> Also Wild Horses, Dead Flowers, Sweet Virginia...
> PEARLS!
>
> It's been a while since they did them. Rehearsals
> secure that we get to hear more than the hit
> parade. (I WANT RUBY!)



I think they will rehearse 3-4 days before showday..and the first 2-3 gigs will be like the last April gigs setlistwise..no new songs till the first european gigs are on..

Salar

shidoobee Wrote:
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> andy js Wrote:
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> > what do they need to rehearse ?
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> Well, the band leader . . . has been on
> sick leave for a while.

Chuck's been sick? I hadn't heard.

After the 6 weeks off at Christmas 'The Boys" rehearsed in Montreal for one night before the opening show of 2006. Here is an excerp from Chuck's diary on how the rehearsal went:


I also wanted to get there early to finalize my suggestions to Mick for tunes to rehearse. So we took a cab from the hotel to the Belle Center around 5:30. They loved the experience of the "tour", and just seeing how things operate. I always enjoy seeing my friends look at all of it in wonder and answering all their questions. We took lots of pictures so they will be able to savor the memories. Finally I left them in our Rattlesnake Inn to relax while I wrote up a suggested list of songs to rehearse. I wrote up more than I knew that Mick would want to do, but it's best to have more to choose from.

I had: Gimmie Shelter
Waiting On A Friend
As Tears Go By
Undercover
Sway
The Last Time
Under My Thumb
Let's Spend The Night Together
Respectable
Saint Of Me
Memory Motel
19th Nervous Breakdown
Crazy Mama
Far Away Eyes
Let Me Go
@#$%&
Let It Bleed

Mick and I met about 15 minutes before the rehearsal and went over the list. He checked a few of the ones above and we also discussed changing the opening number. I was ahead of him on that and handed him a proposed set list for the Montreal show as well as the two Boston shows using Jumpin' Jack Flash as the opening song. We'd used that successfully on a hand full of shows during the first leg. He agreed, and we made up a short list of songs to rehearse.

He added a few to the list...again, knowing that we'd never get to all of them...but his additions were:

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Just My Imagination
Beast of Burden
Going to A Go-Go
Love Is Strong
Loving Cup
Shine A Light
All Over Now
Harlem Shuffle
Worried About You
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Heartbreaker

Then we made our way up to see all the guys and start the rehearsal. In the end, it was a very good rehearsal and we managed to go through Let's Spend The Night Together, As Tears Go By, Memory Motel, All Over Now, Love Is Strong, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Heartbreaker, Respectable, and Going To A Go-Go.

After Mick left, Keith wanted to keep working on some of his songs and we went through: This Place Is Empty, Little T and A, and Happy. I think that was all...but by then it had been a long night, and we all headed back to the hotel.