Drove around the UK last summer (not in London though) for two weeks and it was fine for the most part, only real difficulty were turns into divided lanes (even if they merged just after), you tend to go for the second one...
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Quoteroundnround maybe they will play Going Down with jeff beck... one of his signature songs... Could be, the fact that they rehearsed it twice means they're taking it seriously and Jeff would certainly have his place on stage with them, because of the great guitarist hunt or 1975 and of his work with Mick, on the solo albums, but also recently at the White House and on SNL.
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Haha...don't know her name sorry, but yeah, nice voice and she digs the Stones!
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Yep, and now there's a funky cover of Satisfaction by "Assemblage", nice, not sure what "Ligh My Fire" by Ananda Shankar playes just before that was doing there though. Ah, this must be the funky section as they're now playing Mick's "Sweet Thing", love that song... ...and now the extended "Harlem Shuffle" from "Rarities", a l
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Tune in : Not as exciting as it would have been 30 years ago in the YouTube days but still nothing to sneaze at! Yep, 31 years ago France Inter had this special on the concerts in NY that some listeners had been invited to and one commented that it was odd to see Keith with grey hair...and maybe a year later on a more obscure radio station they announced they'd be playing some bootleg
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Stellar ! Always found these pictures with the great dane a bit odd, now we know why ;-)
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Quoterrronnie Quotegotdablouse That question came up yesterday in Bondy as some don't have their ticket yet and an option was getting them at the hotel before the show...I suppose you'd need to be in a hotel where Stones fans gather Any idea what is the place to be??? Don't know, sorry, check the London hotels thread for details maybe, I'll be staying with a few other IORR
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Well I won't speak for bv but as far as I saw he received no special treatment in Bondy, he was just one of us, as the other die hard who'd flown in from Japan just after Trabendo. Hey Stones People, Radio FIP are currently having 10 hours of non stop programming, tune in :
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"This episode will be available soon" ?
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@william060190 - ok ;-) Et tu étais là hier aussi, avec une guitare ? N'hésite pas à me mettre un mail, il est visible...ah je vois que le tien aussi, ok c'est parti ! Sorry for branching off to French guys, william060190 says he wasn't the source for the Parisien article, not that it really matters but I guess those who think it was a PR stunt will still have their doubts...
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Really ? I thought that might have been the case since you said you'd seen Chuck in the back looking like Santa Claus like I did. How did you know it was me though ? Feel free to drop me a line, my email is visible. Maybe we could get together for coffee to share some Stones stories and take a peek at that '75 tour book.
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Nice detective work, so two sources, bv's article and that "Le Parisien" article with the source possibly being william060190 who posted in this thread and who doesn't seem to be a Stones insider based on his previous posts. The article is unsigned and makes it sound like someone from "Le Parisien" was invited...it's a bit odd, one of the 32 possibly knows someo
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Here is the chart I was refering to : Confusing that only 106 and 107 have an AA and how does it work, AA, BB, CC,...,ZZ, A ? Or does the double letter stop at some point ? One would hope so and if they did that because 106/107 are longer then it would make sense. What's also confusing is that Seetickets are offering seats numbered 223 in 107...
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That question came up yesterday in Bondy as some don't have their ticket yet and an option was getting them at the hotel before the show...I suppose you'd need to be in a hotel where Stones fans gather... QuoteTomGreenTo the person that was aksing about lower tier rows, A is the very front and AA would be row 27, BB 28 etc. Are you sure ? I saw a floor plan for the tennis games and
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Quotelatebloomer Not trying to bash ROPENI, I think he is entitled to his opinion, but I have been checking the internet for stories from the press about this event and I've seen nothing yet. Maybe there has been something about it in Europe, but the media has not picked up the story here in the US, as far as I can tell. If it was a PR stunt I am sure we would have seen it in some of the ma
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Yes I'll be keeping my eyes open for it...
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Keep your eyes open guys, the big trucks with English licence plates were parked outside the studio in Bondy yesterday and must have been getting loaded during the night or today.
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Who did you get them from? TM, Seetickets? Hopefully not Eventim as I have zero news from them... Ok, I just logged on and saw : "Prepared for dispatch"...
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Quotedonvis Going down? From Metamorphosis? Or the blues tune I'm Going Down? It's the other way around ;-) And it's the Blues Tune they played. Quotebv I never took any photos of Stones arriving or leaving in Paris, but when they left after the final rehearsals today we all went a bit mad and made photos, shaking hands and asking for autographs. The Stones were all in a great
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Yes the consensus seems to be that they will be reusing the Superbowl stage as they've apparently kept every stage they've ever used...but it seems a bit deep to me for the O2, doesn't look right to me when comparing both :
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Thanks for the heads up, the text is a bit hard on my eyes, will go looking for the printed version ;-)
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So Chrissie Shrimpton was fooled into giving her letters back ? Philip Norman says that she owned the actual paper they were written on so couldn't be forced to give them back. Pretty sad overall but he did treat her like crap and was even told so much by the Stones' office as explained by Norman. He'll buy them back and make up for his past stinginess.
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QuoteSonicDreamer These two O2 shows are high rollers, with a lot at stake, l dunno if they would risk doing a show in between Yes, based on what we heard in Bondy while listening in on the rehearsals, no similar surprises are in the cards for London. On the other hand it would be great if you guys could locate the spot of the production rehearsals and pick up the torch !
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Who's fighting and what for? Yeah, I was there, loved every second of it, everything is done with a motive in life...sometimes it's just to bring joy to others and to yourself. I posted yesterday the explanation we got off the cuff as to how that all happened and I have everyone reason to believe it. Ronnie's look in that superb picture that bv took as they were leaving Bondy fo
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Which they won't since it's not in their contract...hopefully they can accomoate Mick's wishes t record a new album! THanks proudmary for a great read.
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Yep, no miracle today but several of us got to shake hands/high five with Ronnie and Keith so it wasn't all bad ;-) Here's Ronnie about to enter his car : Here's Keith leaving : Passing the torch to our friends in the UK now for the production rehearsals !
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Quoteangee gotdablouse, bv, and any others there... Would you say most of the fans outside the rehearsal were at one or both of the club shows in France? Did you all talk together outside while you were waiting? I'm thinking the band and security recognized a lot of you, from what you are saying, or at least felt the mellowness of the small crowd, and made their decision to let you i
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Quotecrawdaddy Whatever we think of the way The Stones have dealt with the 'handling' of these 4 upcoming gigs,I feel that most of us fans are realy happy this invite to the rehearsals had happened. I for one am so happy for all those fans who were in the right place at the right time. If the location had been more publicised than it was,I don't think it would ever have happened.
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@ DandelionPowderman - The sound was fabulous, crystal clear, especially compared to the sound maelstrom of the Trabendo In particular you could hear every note Keith played, unfortunately he was playing sideways most of the time facing the rest of the band so I couldn't see as much as I would have liked, especially playing some guitar myself, but it was really terrific overall...I can on
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