I am working my way through thousands of pictures and memories from May 2005 - August 2007. This is just a quick ones. I will do some more later on. Thanks to everyone I met during these two years. Lots of fun. Unforgettable memories. And remember - It's Only Rock'n'Roll!

























Bjornulf

Thanks!!! A Stones tour is not only about the music, it's about so much more. The other fans, the wonderful cities you visit, the travel, the waiting, the emotion, the dissapointments,the joy, the dreams, the rumours,the pleasure, the internet, the miles, the lack of sleep, the singalongs etc etc etc
Thank you all.
C U on tour soon!!!
Prince Rupert

Wow, this great. So many memories indeed

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Keep On Rolling

She looks great!

Wow! Give us some more impressions of the tour, BV, please...

thanks BV - what are we looking at?
NYC may 10th 2005
Toronto rehearsals july/august 2005?
Toronto club gig august 10th 2005
Ottawa circa august 28th 2005?
Rio february 18th 2006
ditto? or is this Buenos Aires?
??? a headful of snow :E
??? somewhere in 2006
Japan march/april 06 - but which city?
... is that Budva? circa july 9th 2007?
looks like the Budapest b-stage? july 20th 2007
and the last one ... Slane Castle? august 18th 2007?

Mick signing is taken August 6th 2005 in Toronto, when Clive was still around. The church sign is from Ottawa on show day indeed. The one after the Rio photo is from from River Plate Stadium Argentina - see Mick in the video screen wearing the Argentina national football team jersey with white and blue stripes, during the encore. Great event. I had an identical "Argentina" jersey at the Beacon shows. The snow picture is taken from my door at home the day I went to Japan for the shows there late March 2005. We had about three feet of snow then. The cherry blossoms are from the most popular park in Tokyo for cherry blossom walking and dining unter the trees. The guy behind the camera is Albert Maysles - director of the legendary Gimme Shelter. He did on site interviews with fans outside the Beacon Theatre, to be used for the Shine A Light movie by Scorsese, due out in April next year. The great blossom three is from the hillside above Alfama in Lisbon on the show day there. One of my favorite places in Lisbon with the Atlantic ocean seen behind and below the tree. The picture when Mick's assistant is removing his body microphone cables is from Budapest - hot show +42 C. And the last one is from Slane Castle B-stage. Notice the camera guy in the lower right. He is shooting for the video recording of the Slane show.

Bjornulf

thanks BV!

Very nice pictures and reports bv. Thanks so much.

Those blossoms sure are impressive!

No pics, no signed setlist, no autographs

b u t

26 shows of the greatest Rock'n'Roll band incl. the first and the last,

having met great people from Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, France, Brazil, the US, Canada, Ireland, Scotland and England,

having made some great friendships

having visited wonderful countries and cities,

having heard 518 songs - 61 different songs,

Thank you for two wonderful years!



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cool.very very nice photos i most say!

hi bv,
is this you on the 2 pics with mick??

After the Tokyo Dome shows I needed a cheap and quiet place to stay.
The Fuji Mountain was quite majestetic from photos,
and I wanted to see it. When looking for cheap places to stay
I found Hotel Kawaguchiko. This was a Ryokan hotel,
where you get a basic room, sleeping on the floor,
no luxury, and all the free green tea you can drink.
No internet, but by miracle I found internet weak but
still working some place through the window at night time
when nobody was working, so for a few days this was the IORR office:



The room was really cheap only like 30 dollars or so
and that was perfect for a rock bottom touring budget.
And guess what - when I opened the window this was my view:



Best thing with Japan and especially Kawaguchiko was
the great and cheap food. This was the great breakfast
I had, nothing like it, and sure I will go back one day
to enjoy Japan and especially Kawaguchiko more:



After a few days at this nice little Ryokan hotel
I told the landlord I had to go to Sapporo for two days,
but then I would be back. He kindly reserved the same room
for me, not the best room in the house, but a room I knew
I could use to get a connection to internet at night time.
When I went back to Tokyo on my way to Sapporo I enjoyed
the peaking cherry blossoms which were all over the city.
Everybody was enjoying the time, having picknick under
the cherry blossom trees:



Going north in Japan to Sapporo the temperature and weather
changed a lot. The white you see is snow, and the building
below is the Sappory Brewery. Wherever there is a brewery,
and whenever they have a tour, I try to do it:



Five great Sapporo flavours ready for tasting:



After the Saitama show there was time to go to Hiroshima.
Just outside the city there was this island wich I made it
to on the last ferry before sunset. When the Stones are
first priority you often end up coming too late or just
in time and this was one of the times I made it:



Time to say goodbye to Japan and hello China.
When the Stones played Brown Sugar in Nagoya
Mick said "this is for Shanghai".
What he ment to say we may not be able to
play this song at our next show so we will
play it with some extra energy tonight here in Nagoya.

... more to come ...

Bjornulf

with sssoul Wrote:
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> ... is that Budva? circa july 9th 2007?

it's gotta be rio. in budva, although the area was called jaz beach, the water was nowhere in sight - the stage was more in a valley surrounded by tree-filled hills.

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> Those blossoms sure are impressive!


not to mention the, er, blossoms on the girl at the rio (?) show!

Great photos and stories BV

nikki bong Wrote:
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> Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> > Those blossoms sure are impressive!
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> not to mention the, er, blossoms on the girl at
> the rio (?) show!


Yes indeed - thank God there wasn't enough IORR-shirts for everybody

Yes very nice Japanese photos and stories



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great photos and stories, thanks for sharing

"It wasn't my fault ... liquors drunkened me!" Homer Simpson

>> > ... is that Budva? circa july 9th 2007?
it's gotta be rio. <<

smile: i figured out the show-on-the-beach shot, thanks -
the one i thought might be Budva was the bright pink tree. it's Lisbon



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Memories....
do you remeber rumours when the Phoenix gig was supposed to be broadcasted - yikes!

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Very nice travelog. Thanks, bv
You must have thousands more nice shots.
More!

bv,What can i say? But Thank You! thank's for the site for the unbelievable,knowledge of the tour,and then some! Thank's for the whole dynamic of this site and the pictures that bring back so many memories for us the rest of our lives! What a concept i can tell my ancestors what i did theses two years and everything is documented. Other then that i love those cherrie trees that is the best thing since Van Goh, They were beautiful! WHAT A TOUR! THANX STONES AND EVERYONE INVOLVED!

Some stunning pictures there bv, I wasn't kidding when I said to you by the B-stage at the last O2 show that you must be looking forward to getting home and putting your feet up! (but not for too long obviously......!)
So, when is your book coming out?

Was just wondering...BV...the owner, the king of r'n'r (in here)....the master....how do you look like? Are there any pictures of you posted you in this forum?

Have a good day everyone.

very different cultures (including food) to what we are more used to..thats what makes it more special..
i bet the beer had a distinctive taste?...

the snow pics and the "purple tree" pic are particuarly nice..

thanks
Dog

Fantastic photos bv . Great to see the tour from a fans perspective.Just proves the Stones truly are a global phenomenon.
PS I've got a picture of you taken in the gold circle Stade de France pre-show.

I Love this site!!

Thanks for sharing, bv. Please keep the photos and stories coming. I'm sure I wasn't the only one kept thinking about where I was a week ago, last night at home.