Happy Birthday, Mick - the greatest frontman on Earth, to this day! I hope the 80th Anniversary party will match the occasion and that Mick will have at least as much joy as he gives us at a Rolling Stones show!
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Quotemaradona QuotePaintMonkeyManBlack QuoteParachuteMan The covered part is to the left of the stage. However, the echo can be terrible there (I am speaking from experience). It might depend on where exactly you are sitting, but I wouldn't go there again. I bought a standing ticket (Silver pit) - I've also been there and the sound was great. wonder where the sound and light towers wi
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The covered part is to the left of the stage. However, the echo can be terrible there (I am speaking from experience). It might depend on where exactly you are sitting, but I wouldn't go there again. I bought a standing ticket (Silver pit) - I've also been there and the sound was great.
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Prices by category: 1 (Stehplatz - Diamond Pit): € 526.13 2 (Sitzplatz - Innenraum): € 526.13 3 (Sitzplatz - Innenraum): € 422.63 4 (Sitzplatz - Innenraum): € 296.13 5 (Sitzplatz - Rang): € 238.63 6 (Sitzplatz - Rang): € 192.63 7 (Sitzplatz - Rang): € 146.63 8 (Stehplatz - Silver Pit): € 152.38 9 (Stehplatz - Innenraum): € 112.13 10 (Sitzplatz - Rang): € 112.13
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The heart of the world missed a beat today. I am torn between devastation and an immense gratitude to Charlie Watts for providing the rhythm to much of the soundtrack of my life. It has been a tremendous privilege to see him live on many occasions. I am listening to the Stones as I write this and although I have done this thousands of times before, I am still stunned by what an incredible drumm
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I was deeply saddened to learn about John le Carré’s passing. To me, he was by far the preeminent writer of our age – as much in a league of his own as man of letters as the Stones are as a rock band, if not more so. And this coming just a couple of weeks after the greatest football player of our time was laid to rest in the hands of God. A sad year indeed, this almost pushes COVID to the backgro
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Thanks a lot for posting the links here and for publishing the paper open access. I just downloaded the high resolution version, it looks great. Congratulations on the good work and the great tribute to the Stones!
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Quotetoorude The scientific contribution will hopefully be published by July 26th.... Was that meant as a birthday present for Mick? He may not be amused when he sees "his" fly, though I will be looking forward to the publication. I hope you enjoyed the fantastic show in Stuttgart as much as I did!
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Thanks for posting this information on IORR. I went to see the Rolling Stoneflies after the Stuttgart concert and indeed thought it was worth it. This interesting collection of fossils is also very nicely presented with good illumination and magnifying glasses over some of the smaller flies. It is placed in a prominent position close to the entrance, with a poster explaining the background and de
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The following post-1982 songs are among my all-time Stones favourites: Love Is Strong Like A Rolling Stone Streets Of Love Back Of My Hand Slipping Away Highwire Additionally, I definitely consider the songs on the following list „truly worthy of praise“: One Hit (To The Body) Harlem Shuffle Dirty Work Sleep Tonight Sad Sad Sad Mixed Emotions Rock and a Hard Place Can’t Be Se
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First, many many thanks to BV for this fantastic site! It does work great as it is! Still, I have a couple of suggestions, with apologies if those have already been mentioned. 1. Include somewhere, e.g. as a permanent link on the Tell Me Forum a "user guide" about how to make best use of the forum, e.g. how to insert images, videos, make signatures with pictures etc. 2. Offer some wa
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QuoteGreg QuoteParachuteMan QuoteGreg QuoteParachuteMan I can see why people may have had flashbacks of Schumacher vs Battiston in 1982, but this was quite different. Neuer clearly hit the ball before he collided with Higuain, therefore it wasn't foul play. It's not really relevant whether Neuer hit the ball: it was his raised knee that was there for only one purpose: to torpedo Higua
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Quotegimmelittledrink Neuer was probably retailating for the hit on Christian Kramer, which was much worse, by the way. I think there are valid arguments why Neuer's save was not foul play, but retaliation is certainly not one of them. The Kramer scene in my view was a similar situation, a bad clash, but not foul. As it happened, Kramer suffered the bigger injury, but it could also have en
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QuoteThe Worst. QuoteGreg QuoteParachuteMan I can see why people may have had flashbacks of Schumacher vs Battiston in 1982, but this was quite different. Neuer clearly hit the ball before he collided with Higuain, therefore it wasn't foul play. It's not really relevant whether Neuer hit the ball: it was his raised knee that was there for only one purpose: to torpedo Higuain. It was a
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QuoteGreg QuoteParachuteMan I can see why people may have had flashbacks of Schumacher vs Battiston in 1982, but this was quite different. Neuer clearly hit the ball before he collided with Higuain, therefore it wasn't foul play. It's not really relevant whether Neuer hit the ball: it was his raised knee that was there for only one purpose: to torpedo Higuain. It was a vicious attack.
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Quoteguitarbastard neuers foul was attempted homocide, just like schumacher 1982. should have seen the red card plus penalty. and damned argentina missed so many chances, even messi had the title on his foot, as we say in german. they played a good tournament, but in the final argentina was way better. sad. I can see why people may have had flashbacks of Schumacher vs Battiston in 1982, but thi
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Quotemr_dja Written from "inexperienced American" viewpoint. I think what is bothering me most about "the fouls" is how the players seem to be concentrating on "drawing the foul" more than they are concentrating on playing the game. I'll try to explain... I only have the highlights that they're showing on television to compare to so hopefully y'
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Quotelatvianinexile QuoteParachuteMan I was asked if there would be a reasonable chance to find 2 tickets for Düsseldorf just before the concert in front of the Arena. Does anybody have experience from other shows on this tour if one can get tickets this way? If yes, any idea how the prices were? For a concert this size you can always find tickets on the streets. Prices should be below face val
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I was asked if there would be a reasonable chance to find 2 tickets for Düsseldorf just before the concert in front of the Arena. Does anybody have experience from other shows on this tour if one can get tickets this way? If yes, any idea how the prices were?
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It says on the Esprit Arena site for the concert that the roof will be closed: "Dach-Status: Das Dach der ESPRIT arena wird aus produktionstechnischen Gründen bei dem Konzert geschlossen sein. Bitte beachten Sie das Rauchverbot bei geschlossenem Dach." Does anyone have experience if the acoustics in the Esprit Arena is good with a closed roof?
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QuoteCousinC Are there still Lucky Dip tics for Ddorf coming up? Parachute Man said so, but I never saw them over the last days. Click on the following link, there are apparently still Lucky Dip Tickets available today: It isn't the regular site that opens when you search for Rolling Stones and Düsseldorf on ticketmaster.de, I actually got there by accident after cklicking the "VI
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Quoteduke richardson QuoteGasLightStreet Quoteduke richardson one song from the album that isn't surpassed live (maybe equaled) is... gimme shelter..again, just my opinion.. Can we get something other than "just" your opinion? Is there something else since it's "just" your opinion? Inquiring minds must know. in other words, you want facts not opinions...
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Quotesodapop I prefer the live recordings v. studio versions up until 1981. .... Well, "Love You Live" from 1977 in my view is not a very good live recording, and certainly the best studio albums fall within the pre-1981 period. And I would say that after 1981 there is a fair amount of decent live albums - especially if you include the DVDs from the the 1990 Tour (Terrifying), the L
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Quoteduke richardson the live Angies are better than the album..just my opinion.. I can't say that about the couple of "Angies" I've heard on recent tours. They somehow seem to rush through them, as if they are a bit bored. Back in the 70s (e.g. Brussels Affair) - well, that's a different matter of course.
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Just some info for those who still don't have a ticket and are not sure whether they want to buy one. I had to sell one ticket on ebay.de and saw that there are currently nearly 1000 offers, most for more than one ticket. Almost all the tickets that I saw being sold (usually as auctions) were sold below face value. Mine too, unfortunately The more expensive tickets were just sitting ther
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QuotePaintMonkeyManBlack Midnight Rambler Jumping Jack Flash Out of Control Definitly not: Stray Cat Blues Monkey Man Paint it Black Satisfaction Jumping Jack Flash is surely a fantastic song live, but it is also a fantastic song on the record, isn't it? For me it is hard to tell which is better. Satisfaction is also difficult. I used to think it was not too good, even dispena
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QuoteGooo Not fade away 1994-95 version That's right. That was an absolutely thrilling opener on that tour!
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Quotelaertisflash Agree, especially on Midnight Rambler. I would add: She's So Cold Out Of Control Under My Thumb (studio version does sound nerveless in my ears) Streets Of Love ( I mean it! Mostly thanks Ronnie's solo, on ABB tour) Let Me Go Saint Of Me And others... Indeed several very worthwhile examples here. Saint Of Me and Out Of Control really get a different di
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Hello everyone! There has recently been talk here about songs that people feel don’t sound as well live as they do on the original albums, e.g. „It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll“ („Angie“ would be another example that to me doesn’t quite work live). But surely the greatest live rock ‘n roll band in the world has managed to get some things to sound better on stage than in the studio. Here are a couple
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