Rock legends The Rolling Stones played to a crowd
of over 40,000 fans at Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon at their
first-ever performance in the Holy Land.Opening act Rami Fortis hit the stage at 8 p.m and the Stones followed at 9:15 p.m. The show's starting time was pushed back in order to leave enough time for religiously observant fans to attend the concert after the Shavuot holiday.The Stones meet The WallGuitarist Ronnie Wood, drummer Charlie Watts and touring keyboard player Chuck Leavell
were all at hand to witness Judaism’s most sacred spot; Leavell was even photographed wearing
a kipa and placing a note at the Kotel — as is customary.The Stones arrived in Israel on Monday night and band members visited the
Western Wall and the ancient ruins of Caesarea before their Wednesday night show.Charlie does selfies with fans at the wall.Chuck Leavell, keyboard player touring with the Rolling Stones, is photographed while
placing a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, a day before
the band's concert in Tel Aviv.
Photo by Hadas Parush(timesofisrael)
Mick Jagger evidently took a jaunt along Israel’s Mediterranean coast,
paying a visit to the Roman ruins at Caesarea. Jagger posted a photo standing
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Rolling Stones Rock Tel Aviv Despite Pink Floyd's PleasPink Floyd can't always get what it wants.The Rolling Stones got Tel Aviv rocking Wednesday night during the band's scheduled tour stop, ignoring Pink Floyd's request that they cancel the concert amid what that band described as "global struggle for Palestinian freedom and equal rights."
Front man Mick Jagger and bandmates — who began the show with "Start Me Up" — join a growing list of big-name acts who added Israel as part of their recent tours, including Justin Timberlake and Rihanna, despite efforts encouraging them to boycott performing there.
Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Roger Waters last month wrote a letter on Slate urging all musicians, specifically the Rolling Stones, to pull planned shows in Israel:
So, to the bands that intend to play Israel in 2014, we urge you to reconsider. Playing Israel now is the moral equivalent of playing Sun City at the height of South African apartheid; regardless of your intentions, crossing the picket line provides propaganda that the Israeli government will use in its attempts to whitewash the policies of its unjust and racist regime.Waters and Mason's efforts are part of the "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" movement, which launched in 2005. Its supporters want to end what they call "Israeli Apartheid."
But in the end, Jagger and company hopped on stage — 45 minutes later than scheduled, The Washington Post reports, to give people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Shavuot extra time to get to show at Hayarkon Park.
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Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood: Dylan told us to come to IsraelRonnie Wood, guitarist for The Rolling Stones, revealed Monday that Bob Dylan put the idea in the Stones' circle to include Israel as a tour stop.
In an interview with Channel 2 in response to written questions ahead of the Stones' Israel debut on June 4, Wood said that one time after seeing Dylan perform, the singer made the suggestion.
He was coming offstage and said "we're going to Tel Aviv." He had a big smile on his face, and he said he loved it there," said Wood. "I said, we've never been there, so we'll have to go play there one day, so there you go."
Tickets are running from NIS 700 ($200) for grass seating to NIS 2,855 ($820) for VIP level seating and service.
The legendary band’s arrival comes after Pink Floyd founding members Roger Waters and Nick Mason publicly called on the Stones not to play in Israel.
Keith Richards, when asked about the set list, promised “they’ll be all the hits in there, and a few little surprises…” possibly from songs pitched by Israeli fans via their website and mobile phone app, according to Israeli daily Haaretz.Mick singing Angie------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Rolling Stones in Tel Aviv: Nothing less than a natural phenomenonFor the 50,000 people attending the concert in Park Hayarkon, it was a singular event.For a group of long-time professionals like the Rolling Stones, their performance Wednesday evening in Tel Aviv was just another night among thousands - but for the 50,000 people attending the concert in Park Hayarkon, it was a singular event.
"Lead singer Mick Jagger greeted the crowd saying in Hebrew "Erev tov, hag Shavuot sameah," which means "Good evening, Happy Shavuot."The Stones alluded to the event's gravity relatively early in their concert, when a video projected on giant screens behind the performers combined archival clips from their concerts in the 1960s with live shots of the Tel Aviv concert audience in 2014.
The faces of the Tel Aviv audience - at least those in the front rows - were rather young-looking, even now. It’s only the Stones who have changed. But they are still performing, today in front of people some of whom could be the grandchildren of the hysterical girls from the original '60s clips.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of this week’s concert was how little time had taken its toll on the Stones’ talents. And that’s even if here and there it seemed that they were not quite as polished as in their performances in the 1970s or '80s. The Tel Aviv concert started absolutely on time and wrapped up two hours later, going from “Start Me Up” to “Satisfaction,” the absolute final encore. In between they did more of their most familiar pieces. “You make a grown man cry,” Mick Jagger sang in their first number, but contrary to the concerns, there was nothing geriatric about the show. The Stones radiated almost indescribable energy. They even seem to have become a bit nicer with the years, displaying considerable self-effacing humor.
Jagger’s vocal chords are almost unscathed and his leg muscles are even less the worse for wear. He and his partner-adversary Keith Richards kept an assured clear distance from one another. Jagger threw out expressions in Hebrew with a shocking accent, while Richards performed in green top that looked like something borrowed for the night from Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava. Ronnie Wood lit up cigarette after cigarette and Charlie Watts, the eldest of the foursome, stuck to his post behind his drums.
One of the more formulaic Stones hits, which they also performed Wednesday night, says it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it. And what rock ‘n roll it was. When Richards takes somewhat worn-out poses with his guitar, he’s entitled. He’s not only one of the greatest living guitarists - he apparently also invented most of the poses.
And when Mick Jagger introduces a song request from 1960-something, you can believe that he doesn’t remember exactly when he wrote “Get Off My Cloud.”
Contrary to some earlier predictions, the audience looked like it totally filled Park Hayarkon Park. And even the packed crowds, the heat, the mosquitoes and the thick clouds of marijuana smoke that seemed to envelope the entire park barely bothered anyone. In the middle of the concert, Jagger took a break. Richards sang “You Got the Silver.” Wood played the slide guitar and the two sounded like a pair of old blues singers.
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Before the Show – Stop at CaesareaFour members of the Rolling Stones, escorted by bodyguards, arrived in Ceaasaria for a visit, exciting onlookers as they stopped for lunch at the port. “We have never hosted such big stars, it is an honor to see them in my restaurant” said the owner. Security camera footage caught the exciting moments.One day before loyal fans flock to the Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, the four members of the Rolling Stones arrived in Caesaria for a tour. Following a tour, the band sat down to eat at a local restaurant, and caused excitement among onlookers, that was caught on camera.
“Their head of security told me that they are coming to eat, and we closed a private room for them,” Eldar Contenta told Channel 2 News Online, one of the owners of the Port Café. “They arrived with an entourage of 14 people, and had a bite to eat.”
“Everyone was very excited, it is an honor to have such figures come and eat here,” said Contenta, who had previously hosted Justin Beiber at his restaurant. “We have had all sorts of celebrities, but no one at the level of the Rolling Stones. I am coming to the concert tonight, I was raised on their music and you can imagine how excited I was to have them eat at my restaurant.”
Mick Jagger led the entourage, much like he does on the stage. The entourage had tapas, including white artichoke, salmon and sardines with lemon crème.
"They loved the food. The guide called to say that they had one of their best meals yet,” said an excited Contenta, who added that the band paid and left a generous tip.-------------------
Zurich Ronnie Wood has a softer side to his masculine guitarist persona - or at least that's what his latest fashion choice suggests. The 67
year-old was spotted on his hotel balcony.RONNIE was spotted on his hotel balcony in Zurich wearing a fetching pair of hot-pink pyjamas emblazoned with pictures of watermelons. The rocker clearly wasn't shy about his choice in comfort-wear as he relaxed in full view of fellow holiday-makers. The keen artist could be seen with a sketch pad under his arm, which he no doubt used to create new pieces for his London gallery.
Ronnie recently raised more eyebrows lately when a full-frontal nude portrait of his wife Sally Humphries went on display in Mayfair.
The work of art, simply titled Sally, bears a striking resemblance to 36-year-old theatre director Sally Humphreys, whom he wed in December 2012.
The dark-hair women is shown posing seductively on her knees and lifting her arms above her head.
The painting comes with a £200,000 price tag and is on display at the Castle Fine Art gallery in London’s Mayfair, where Wood is artist-in-residence.
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