For me.....1.Rotterdam 82....2.Wembley 99..3.rotterdam ahoy 03..4.DH maliefield 98..5.Gelsenkirchen Germany 90....pfff this was not a easy one..and one have to get tired of all those list..but it seems to be nice to throw it in!I could add Why?..meself to tired to answer ..but later I might will..answer...oh..adam 06 is on number 10...even the latest Groningen 99..I liked..(that was a bad show for me)Cheers!

I'm too young to make an interesting answer, first concert in 1990.
Hey Rooster, why isn't Zuiderpark 1976 on your list?

Olympia 1995
Stuttgart 1999
Cirkus Krone 2003
MSG 2002
Marseille 2003

Follow ups : Olympia + Astoria 2003, MSG 2005 and Stade de France 2006

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1 Belle Vue, Manchester, 1973.
2 Empire Pool, Wembley, 1973 (the Sunday gig!).
3 Wembley Stadium, August, 1990.
4 Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 1995.
5 The Point, Dublin, 2003.

Wembley 26-6-82
Glasgow 1-9-03
Sheffield 27-8-06
Wembley 7-7-90
Wembley 12-6-99

runners up;

Glasgow 3-9-03
Wembley 16-7-95
Leeds 25-7-82
Twickenham 20-9-03
Twickenham 22-8-06

Because I was 12 Erik...and..listened from outside the stadium..that was a real riot show and I was a wild child!!!I want to put it on no1 ..but I was not inside so it doesnt count....funny show..have many recordings of it from inside and from the outside(you can hear the Angels raving hell)I did go and it was very ...and I mean very loud!!!I think..Nico was there!!!I was so exited...I cant tell...from that time on I was to love them forever...I took the tickets from the field ater the show..and told my little friends I was in!!Cheers Erik!!One day Lakeland 78...will be played loud all over the farm!!!Thanks!

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> I'm too young to make an interesting answer, first
> concert in 1990.
> Hey Rooster, why isn't Zuiderpark 1976 on your
> list?

Hell, mate one can always make a list...but yeah its not easy!!!



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1) Cow Palace San Francisco, CA July 1975
My first show!

2) Oakland Coliseum "Micks Birthday" 1978
Last show of the "Some Girls Tour"

3) Oakland Arena 1-25-1999
Opening Night of the "No Security Tour"
First performances of "Some Girls" "Moonlight Mile" & "You Got THe Silver"

4) Candlestick Park (Either Night) October 1981
with George Thorogood & J. Geils Band

5) San Jose Pavillion Feb. 2003
Heard "No Expectations" live for the first time.

Yea I get it Rooster, I'll bet you could hear it from the outside too.
THat was a great one, that Kentucky Rain! Thanks!

I think criteria is important, so I guess the answer "depends"....but off the top of my head:

1) Seattle 10-16-81
2) Boston Orpheum 9-8-02
3) LA Wiltern 11-4-02
4) Oakland 1-25-99
5) London 8-22-06

Earls Court in London 1963
Scheveningen Kurhaus 1964
Altamont Speedway 1969
Brussels 1973

I only saw 4 concerts sorry Rooster

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> 5) San Jose Pavillion Feb. 2003
> Heard "No Expectations" live for the first time.


yeah, but horrific sound!

The most horrific sound you can imagine is in the Amsterdam Arena, I still fighting for a refund of the 1998 concert!

The last part is a joke

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I will send ya more...sometimes I think you have it all!!It is stupid to say..but my fav Stones gig is Anaheim 78(thanks foo the second!!)I was not there I know Leonard was!!!I even dreamed so many times about that show!!Had the boot in 79..playing it to my sister and mother..asking..what means...Giving head to???Steve...that bootleg is really cool...and I still have it!I wish there was a time machine...all those shoes!!And ..almost all the SG songs!!Great version of Miss you(real haunting!)2 Berry tunes...Love in vain...and killer R&R-punk versions of war-horses...they also did play Street fighting Man On one date..in a very punky way!!!

Great description...all those shoes, isn't Leonard around? I wonder where he was standing, we should get more info.
I got JFK Stadium on CDR today, I only had an incomplete tape earlier.
It's actually a very cool show, very strange atmosphere, and such a great Satisfaction...and a great Ronnie on Far Away Eyes.

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> Great description...all those shoes, isn't Leonard
> around? I wonder where he was standing, we should
> get more info.
> I got JFK Stadium on CDR today, I only had an
> incomplete tape earlier.
> It's actually a very cool show, very strange
> atmosphere, and such a great Satisfaction...and a
> great Ronnie on Far Away Eyes.

That JFK thing..I m playing..for 21 years now...and the tape still works!!!What a punk show!!And strange indeed!!That version of Satifaction was so brutal!!To all the people who came to hear that song they said...fuc-you!!..And thats what the song is really about..(well,Rooster thinks so)...I still think it s one of the best frustation songs ever!!

best for me was Wembley Arena August 29th 2003

it was cookin'

StonesTod Wrote:
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> 1) Seattle 10-16-81

You mean Oct 15th, that's one of my favourites.



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> > Heard "No Expectations" live for the first
> time.
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> yeah, but horrific sound!

I thought the sound was excellent from where we were sitting in the lower section (5 rows up) back by the "B" stage.

really? were were right by the b-stage near Ronnie and the sound was atrocious from the get-go....guitars were non-existant in the mix!

I remember when I saw them there on the No Security Tour thinking how horrid the sound was and that it was 100 times better this time around. Guess it just depends on where your at on a given show.

Baltimore, 01 February 2006..where is the TAPE!

JR

Columbus 2002
Franfurt 1973
Chicago 2006
Columbus 1997
Cincinnati 1989

best out of 41 shows since 1982 :

1. Wembley Arena 29.8.03
2. Shepherds Bush 8.6.99
3. Astoria 27.8.03
4. Anaheim 2.11.02
5. Paris 1.7.95 ("Storm at Longchamps")

next 5

6. Rotterdam 30.8.95
7. MSG 26.9.02
8. Glasgow 3.9.03
9. Rotterdam 29.8.05
10.Hartford 29.3.99

No Slane Castle?

The sheer thrill of that show (my first) made it the most memorable, but I wouldnt put it in my top ten performance-wise, very good though it undoubtedly was.

LA FORUM, NOVEMBER 8th, 1969 (first REAL Rock Concert - very interesting to a super young lad)

LA FORUM, JUNE, 1972 (early show - 6th row center) Great to be THAT close. Filmed some of it on super 8 mm film movie camera with a great zoom. Mick wore the black tank top, silver jacket, and yellow pants - no jumpsuit (that was in San Diego a few days earlier - blue one)

LA FORUM, JANUARY 1973 - Earthquake benefit show, LOVED the set list (better than 1972 tour. MIDNIGHT RAMBLER was the encore - not included on the boot - at least the first boot to come out)

LA FORUM, JULY 1975, Last show of 5 night stand. Mick told us numerous times what a great audience we were. Talk was that this show WAS gonna be the live album for the 1975 tour - it should have been, a better show then the LOVE YOU LIVE collection. (EL MOCOMBO should have been a seperate live album with the entire show)

ANAHEIM STADIUM, SUMMER, 1978 Went to both shows. Saw the spontanious shoe throwing event, pretty bizarre.

TIE: LA 1989 Show/ANAHEIM 1999 No Security show. Both had great set lists.

Soundcheck, had to leave for a while. Check out my answer on page 2. MB



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micksbrain, with ya there, saw all those very close.. ill throw in altamont at the top, 66 bowl and LA stealwheels was impressive... forgot about the hollywood palidium, ya could walk right up to the stage, did you catch that one????

#1- July 9,1975 Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles, CA. Tour of The Americas. Unbeliveable. My 1st concert and was the envy of my high school teachers as I had tickets with my pal and they did not. Also a 1st time taking a toke. I swear I didn't inhale. I took my drivers exam the following month. A memorable time.

#2- 1994 Voodoo Lounge. Rose Bowl Pasadena CA.My brother and I sat front row right in front of Ronnie. If that doesn't give a you a boner, nothing will.

#3- 1981. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Prince,Thorogood, J Geils opened. Price was booed off of the stage after being peltered by food. He was clad in a jock strap and raincoat. Later that year, "Purple Rain" comes out. who would have thought it. The concert rocked.

#4- 1997 Babylon- Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA. 25 rows back, dead center. Awesome.

#5- 2002 Tacoma Dome, Tacoma ,WA. Awesome set list and excellent sound. Our seats were awesome.

What an enjoyable thread.

Sorry there are no more people who feel a gig on the ABB tour was high on their list. What about Paris? My English friends all raved about both shows at Twickers.

As a teenager I saw the Stones at Royal Albert Hall in 1966. The whole world changed as far as I was concerned. Saw them many times in great situations. But I do believe that the November 6, 2005 concert at the Hollywood Bowl was amazing and it filled me with pride for "The Boys." I felt the spirit, the roots of the band were still there with a hell of a lot of professionalism on top of that. Thought "Satisfaction" was brilliant! And, of course, this was the night they played my new fave, "Back of My Hand."