10/10. Not particularly the best musical performance (although fine) but everything came together. The Charlatans as support were good, the crowd were up for it, the rain stopped, Keith flouted the smoking ban (O2 wasn't a first!) and the BBC captured the gig for posterity.
"I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon."
from the Why Do You Think They Call It Trivia Department: in fact it was determined that the smoking ban didn't apply at Hampden Park: there's no law against smoking outdoors, and the roof at Hampden isn't extensive enough to qualify it as a closed venue. whoever filed that complaint must've been on drugs :E
Milano 2006: 10/10 Porto 2006: 9.5/10 Paris 2007: 8/10 Barcelona 2007: 9/10 San Sebastian 2007: 8/10 Lisboa 2007: 9/10 Madrid 2007: 10/10 El Ejido 2007: 8/10
DandelionPowderman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- A friend of mine (not a Stones fan) attended the > show. He said it was the best concert he'd ever > been too.
I think if your unlucky with sound at a show it's very very hard to appreciate what is really happening. Maybe yr friend had a good spot and Adrian was surrounded by echoed mufflin splurge...? eg. of the o2 shows the 23rd was easily the lesser in my book due to my position and dire 'acoustics', whereas others insist it was the best!
gerrox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DandelionPowderman Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > A friend of mine (not a Stones fan) attended the > > show. He said it was the best concert he'd ever > > been too.
Good for him. for me, the worst Rolling Stones concert experience, i've ever had. Horrible upper tier seat, appaling acoustics, and a bunch of inbred pond-life, surrounding me, who, when they weren't filling they're guts with overpriced, weak lager, were shouting into mobile phones and munching on pizzas. The only time they stood up was to navigate they're sorry drunken arses to the bars/khazi's.
2005 NY (Giants stadium) 9 Highs: Shattered, Ruby Tuesday, Heartbraker; no lows except weather 2006 Zürich 8 Hi: Streets, All Down Line, Cloud; lows: lame crowd and some of Ronnie's guitar playing
2007 Paris 7.5 Hi: Waiting on Friend, YGMR, CYHMK lows: Keith in first set, small crowd in front of stage
Hershey Park , Hershey , Pa Fenway Park , Boston , MA (2nd show ) Gillette Stadium, Foxboro , MA TD Banknorth Garden Center , Boston , MA Giants Stadium , East Rutherford , NJ Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City , NJ Rentschler Field , Hartford , CT
Madison Sq - Sept 2005 9 out of 10 Berlin 2006 - 8 out of 10 Amsterdam 2006 - 8 out of 10 Both Twickenham shows 2006 - 6-7 out of 10 Nijmegen 2007 - 8 out of 10 despite the downpour. Great setlist. O2 1 2007 - 8 out of 10 02 2 2007 - 9 out of 10. Stunning versions of Midnight Rambler and PIB 02 3 2007 - 7 out of 10. Disappointing set list.
Enjoyed every show to varying degrees, but the only one I'd put in my top ten ever Stones shows was the 1st 02 gig. The show a couple of nights later ran it close, though. 3rd night was still a good show, but was somewhat anticlimactic.
Adrian-L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > gerrox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DandelionPowderman Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > A friend of mine (not a Stones fan) attended > the > > > show. He said it was the best concert he'd > ever > > > been too. > > Good for him. > for me, the worst Rolling Stones concert > experience, i've ever had. > Horrible upper tier seat, appaling acoustics, > and a bunch of inbred pond-life, surrounding me, > who, when they weren't filling they're guts with > overpriced, weak lager, were shouting into mobile > phones and munching on pizzas. > The only time they stood up was to navigate > they're sorry drunken arses to the bars/khazi's. > > awful, awful, awful.
I think like adrian we was up in the nose bleeds and i would have to say this was the worst show for me as well, more or less like adrian describes it.
2006
twickenham 2 9 cardiff 4
2007
02 2 10 02 3 8
Great seats for twickers 2 & only £60 crap seats cardiff <never again>
The seats at the 02 on the lower tier turned out to be really good, but the floor seats for the last concert was not good as i thought they would be.