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Aerosmith is scheduled to play in Philadelphia the same evening (9/23), so highly doubt that they will be there

I r-e-a-l-l-y doubt that Stones would play anywhere at all, without any rehearsals after Keith's accident.



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uh..theyd have just played 21 dates in Europe by then, Erik...



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gazza....shhhhhhhhhhhh....don't tell anyone about those secret euro shows, it will make it more crowded FOS!

Oh.....I was thinking about the tuesday in 3 days.... :-/

will they also announce more morth american dates, because i dont see why they would just announce 1 date on tuesday the 4th, because we know its pretty much a done deal that they will tour in the us this fall

well we should know something later today or tomorrow..........apparently town hall meetings will decide if Stones concert is a go for September 23rd.....this is from Halifax newspaper:

TOP STORY


Tuesday, July 4, 2006


Too rich for our blood?: The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger performs at Magnetic Hill last year. The City of Moncton lost $671,000 on the event. (File photo)
Between the Stones and a hard place

Coun. Streatch is a Rolling Stones fan, but doesn’t think city should foot concert bill

By Stephane Massinon
The Daily News

CITY HALL – You can’t always get what you want.

That’s the message one councillor will take to promoters looking to bring the Rolling Stones to Halifax.

Eastern Shore-Musquodoboit Valley Coun. Steve Streatch said yesterday council shouldn’t make large financial guarantees to bring the Rolling Stones to town.

The City of Moncton lost $671,477 on a giant outdoor concert headlined by the Rolling Stones during last year’s Labour Day weekend.

Much of the budget overruns came in one-time infrastructure investments to the Magnetic Hill concert site, such as plumbing, fencing, lighting and paving. Policing and medical care at the site went over budget, too.

Having attended last year’s Moncton concert, Streatch worries about what Halifax could be in for. “I left the concert that night saying, ‘Gee whiz, I don’t know if they bargained for this type of damage,’” Streatch said yesterday.

Promoters want to make as much money as possible, said Streatch, but they shouldn’t depend on taxpayers making exorbitant financial guarantees to ensure the show’s profitability.

Because council is meeting today behind closed doors to discuss the concert, Streatch wouldn’t say if financial guarantees are being sought by promoters Donald K. Donald — the same promoters who brought the classic rockers to Moncton.

“We can get by these things — I don’t think these are show stoppers — I think that all we have to do is sharpen our pencil. We have to remember that the promoter is coming to us.”

He said council has to be very careful that hype and promoters don’t get the best of them.

Given the rumoured venue, the Mainland Common, Streatch also wondered what would happen if it rains.

“If the weather is bad and it rains two or three days leading up to this event and then you put 100,000 people on that field, you know that the costs are going to be enormous,” he said.

“We need to have some sort of guarantee or piece of mind that we’ll not be stuck with a huge repair bill to the grounds.”

Streatch said he is not against the concert, and that Halifax could do a great job. Normal concert measures, such as security, policing and grounds cleanup are fine with him.

Council has not officially said that the “Proposed Major Concert” it will discuss secretly today is the Rolling Stones, or that it will take place on the Mainland Common.

Downtown Halifax Coun. Dawn Sloane favours the concert, citing economic spinoffs, and says the city would be put on the world stage and it would make it easier to attract other top shows.

She wasn’t sure how council would go in tonight’s meeting.

“I’m not sure; I never gauge council.”

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keep raping and pillaging, boys! surely the Stones Vikings can appreciate that . . .



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It’s only rock ’n’ roll, but Mayor Kelly likes it
City to roll out $100,000 red carpet for rumoured Stones concert
By BILL POWER Staff Reporter


Many people were humming familiar rock tunes at Halifax city hall Tuesday as council agreed to pony up $100,000 to help open the door for what Mayor Peter Kelly described as the biggest entertainment event in the city’s history.

The wallet was out but lips were sealed as to what bands are expected to play at a massive concert on the Halifax Commons that is expected to draw more people than the memorable event that welcomed Pope John Paul II to the city in 1984.

"I do not want to say anything to fuel the already wild speculation that is underway about which acts are expected," the mayor said.

There have been widespread rumours that Mick and Keith and the boys will headline the show. But the phrase Rolling Stones was not heard officially at city hall on Tuesday.

All that is known is major acts and huge crowds are expected.

"Outlying hotels and motels will benefit," Mr. Kelly said.

He confirmed Sept. 23 is a date that has been mentioned in negotiations between the World Trade and Convention Centre and Donald K. Donald Promotions of Montreal, but logistics and the municipality’s expected liabilities have dominated the talks. The lineup of performers has not been finalized, he said.

Mr. Kelly said it is up to the promoter to announce the lineup. Officials with Donald K. Donald did not respond to inquiries Tuesday.

The mayor did confirm the concert will occur on the Halifax Commons and not on Citadel Hill, a smaller venue that has hosted several major rock shows.

He said the configuration of the concert site may resemble the arrangement for the pope’s visit, when a stage was erected near the intersection of Cogswell and North Park streets and an estimated 30,000 people turned out to hear him speak.

Mr. Kelly said the municipality will hold firm on its $100,000 share of the anticipated costs of hosting the concert. The money will go toward extra policing and cleanup expenses.

He defended holding closed-door talks on the concert contract at city hall. The talks went on for about two hours before a public session of regional council got underway.

"The contractual signoffs will be soon, within the next two weeks," he said. "And we had to understand the parameters that we would be engaged in this process."

But two councillors stormed out of the closed session, complaining the contract talks should be open to the public.

"The taxpayers are footing the bills, they should know what is happening," Coun. Gloria McCluskey (Dartmouth Centre) complained after she walked out.

She paced the hallway for some time and then headed to the councillors’ offices after council shot down her bid to discuss the contract in public.

Ms. McCluskey said a similar sort of "unnecessary" secrecy has surrounded talks relating to Halifax’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

"It’s a waste of time being in there until we find out what we’re voting on," said Coun. Andrew Younger (East Dartmouth-The Lakes), who also walked out.

He, too, favoured discussing the contract at a regular council meeting open to the public.

Mr. Kelly stood by the decision to discuss the contract in private and said details will be publicized in the coming weeks.

"It will be one of the largest events we’ve held," he said. "There were 30,000 people when the pope was here. This one is beyond that."

At Tuesday night’s regular council meeting, councillors formally agreed to the $100,000 commitment in a 17-4 vote with minimal debate.

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