Yes, still satisfied! For many reasons (i mean Stones performances and albums, not Stones managment- of course).
Some reasons- some questions to the "all time naggers"...
(A) Despite the moaning on this board, i really like the way they play nowadays. In my ears on this tour they sound better than on every round since 1995. I hear CLEARLY the best Ronnie since 1998- maybe there is just one exception: Ronnie in 2002 american leg of Licks Tour. Some fans want to "kill" Ronnie or Keith for two "boom" notes but the same guys are dying for 1978 "punky" tour, when the band made much more mistakes on stage than nowadays or for the "love You Live" years, during which Mick's singing was usualy very sloopy or just out of tune. How on earth can this happen?
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I love stadium shows, i believe the Stones are made for playing stadiums! And i hate the idea of "VIP tours". I know, a lot of fans believe that the band should perform only in smaller venues or just that the band sounds better in smaller venues which -supposely- are more about music and less about show. OK, that's a respectable opinion. But how on earth the folks who want to see the Stones in smaller venues can say that they "have lost their musical abilities", IF small venues truly mean "pure music"?
Also: some of the fans who are demanding "no more stadium shows" consider as disaster that the Stones this summer will play in Europe only to one million people! Do they think that the band could play to 1.5- 2 million people without stadium concerts? How? Doing 350 gigs?
(C) I appreciate the fact that their setlists have from night to night more variety than during 70s and early 80s. OK, you know the following question...