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The Rolling Stones
New Thunder Ridge Nature Arena at Big Cedar Lodge
Ridgedale MO USA
Sunday July 21, 2024



The Rolling Stones live in Ridgedale MO USA - July 21, 2024 - Photo by Bjørnulf Vik

The set list

  1. Start Me Up
  2. Get Off Of My Cloud
  3. Tumbling Dice
  4. Angry
  5. Let It Bleed (Vote song)
  6. Street Fighting Man
  7. Whole Wide World
  8. Mess It Up
  9. You Can't Always Get What You Want
    --- Band introductions
  10. You Got The Silver (Keith)
  11. Little T&A (Keith)
  12. Before They Make Me Run (Keith)
  13. Sympathy For The Devil
  14. Honky Tonk Women
  15. Midnight Rambler
  16. Gimme Shelter
  17. Paint It Black
  18. Jumping Jack Flash
    --- Band off stage
  19. Sweet Sounds Of Heaven
  20. Satisfaction


Live pre/post show comments:

Ridgedale MO USA show live updates - Sunday July 21, 2024 - The Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds Tour


Review by Peter Lacres

The Rolling Stones concluded their three-month Hackney Diamonds tour across North America with a final performance Sunday night at the New Thunder Ridge Nature Arena at Big Cedar Lodge in Ridgedale, Missouri. This 20,000-seat outdoor amphitheater, nestled in the Ozarks, my wife knows everything about it.

I’m happy to say that I saw the Stones this tour in April, May, June and July…

During the show, Mick Jagger addressed the crowd, saying, “This happens to be the last show of our U.S. tour. It’s so great to be spending it with you guys in the Ozarks. We’ve never played here before. He concluded that he even saw Mick Jagger. He was really good. It’s not the same person that’s up here tonight, but he’s very similar.” LOL!

I’m not going to complain about security, the people working around, prices and even the terrible traffic jams after the concert. I walked back to the Big Cedar Lodge, ordered an Uber and was back in Branson before the liquor store closed. Was way in the front of PIT B but missed the fireworks, I guess that I was talking too much after yet another tremendous show.

The setlist didn't contain any major surprises, but it did include both Whole Wide World and Mess It Up (my daughters love this song) and much to my surprise the crowd loved them! They were even singing along during Angry, what an energy!

Let It Bleed won the fan vote over Far Away Eyes and Sweet Virginia. I loved the energy, Mick was suffering of sort of a cold but he performed again like someone out of space. Adored Steve’s drumming and Keith was very focused. I missed Tell Me Straight!

There was even a brief technical hiccup when Keith Richards experienced guitar issues before Paint It Black prompting him to switch instruments while Ron Wood and Steve Jordan filled the time with an impromptu jam session. Really great, Mick checked out what the hell was happening while Pierre worked his === off to get it fixed, fantastic. Pierre also followed the Samantha Fish gig very closely beforehand, loved her band and performance as well.

Mick mentioned that this is the last show of the tour: “I want to thank so much the crew of this show for helping us put this show together, every show. Thank you so much, guys. We really appreciate it”. I won’t speculate but I hope to see all of you again next year in Europe!


Review by Dean Goodman

The party's over, at least until the next one. The Stones could have coasted through the final gig of the “U.S. tour,” as tantalizingly described by Mick, but instead opted to keep it reasonably fresh.

Perhaps it helped that this was their Ozarks debut, and that the rural setting was simply splendid. But they've been on fire for most of this tour, and there seems to be plenty of gas in the tank (to mix combustible metaphors).

For various reasons, I was as far back from the action as it was possible to be, overlooking proceedings near venue owner Johnny Morris who was in a private box - or at least that's who the lady next to me said it was. So the billionaire and the pauper both relied on the screens, which I’d never realized were so bad. The color palette was terribly dark.

But it didn't matter too much. I know what the Stones look like. The music was crisp, not painfully loud. Together with a couple of dudes near me, we got into the spirit of things as if we were in the pit with the masses. Some couples of Mick's vintage were seated near us, and I imagined the ladies wondering why their husbands couldn't perform like Mick, and then I imagined the men thinking they could perform like him if their wives were limber ballerinas.

Back to proceedings on stage, I wasn't too surprised that “Bite My Head Off” didn't return. It would have been nice, but “Whole Wide World” was just as welcome, not to mention the improvised line “all your dreams are fucked.”

Mick joked about seeing a Mick Jagger impersonator in nearby Branson, joking that he “was good. No, he was really good.” It got me thinking, is that the first time Mick has ever said his own name on stage? He probably never even says it much in real life because, well, it's obvious who he is.

“Let it Bleed” returned the lineup for a third time on tour. Afterwards Mick asked if there were any veterans in the crowd - another first? Yes, security was a very militaristic - but amiable - affair and it seemed that both the cops and the guards were just out of the forces. On top of that, Thunder Ridge had a special VIP line for veterans who got wined and dined in splendour. And that question led into “Street Fighting Man” for only the second time on tour.

Keith was in good spirits, reminding us that he had no idea what “Little T&A” was about, and mentioning that he might “move in” to the area. He shined throughout the night, which is more than can be said for Ronnie. Indeed, this seems to have been an unexceptional tour for the Rauschenberg of Rock, except when backing up Keith or dazzling us on the pedal steel.

And then came the war horses, all good stuff and no problems with Mick's vocalizing at the tail end of a 2-hour workout. Fireworks lit up the sky as the lads took their final bow until? I didn't feel sadness as they left, just immense gratitude to have been part of the spectacle these past few months.

Fortunately, I reached my car quickly in lot 3 (Buffalo) and to get out of the lot within about 30 minutes. Even as I was flying to Springfield two days earlier, I was regretting my decision. But I quickly realized this is a fantastic area with incredibly hospitable people, and I recommend it to any skeptical city slickers out there.


Review by Alwyn Welch

Thunder Ridge Arena is close to Branson, Missouri, in the Ozark Mountains. I guess that many of us had heard of the Ozarks from the TV series or even the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, who hit it big in the 1970s. They are also a range of beautiful hills, lakes, gorges and rivers. Near Branson an entrepreneur has created a large, yet secluded, resort and recently completed a 20,000 capacity, semi-natural, amphitheatre. It was to this location that the Stones were lured after an introduction brokered by Chuck Leavell. It’s a new venture and some aspects surrounding it could do with improvement, like road access which is notoriously bad on exit and proved to be so for many fans. The team working there were very friendly and close to me certainly showed real care especially when a powerful drunk started hitting people: in this they were supported by one of the Stones security team. But don’t let one incident colour your views: this was a bit like a garden party with thousands of people sat on the grassy slope to watch the 2024 Tour finale.

Being in the middle of the country may make access tricky, and the ground muddy and puddled in places, but it has some benefits as well. There was no curfew and this, the longest gig of the tour at over 2 hours, ended at 11:45. Some songs were extended, but this may have been due to the band members very clearly enjoying themselves, and wandering off to the extremities of the stage. The lack of roof or back wall ensured spectacular sound quality from maestro Dave N.

Before the Stones set local blues musician Samantha Fish played an excellent set. Her band is tight, a four piece, and she can sing well. Her electric blues guitar playing is great, especially on slide. One guitar was a tiny four string cigar box model, I assume open-tuned. Keith seemed to imitate her dress code later in the Stones set. His shirt was open to below his chest, exhibiting plenty of tanned Dartford flesh. Samantha was also showing plenty of bare Kansas City skin, with her top similarly open, all in the best possible taste. She really doesn’t need to do this to get attention as long as she plays guitar so well.

The stage itself was a combination of the venue’s normal stage and the Stones touring stage, complete with a huge video wall. We even had advertisements on this before the Stones set, one featuring a certain Mr. Leavell catching a very large fish. What was more unusual was the height of the stage, the lowest by far for a very long time, less than 5 feet high. This didn’t encourage stage invasions as some security had feared, but it did enable most people to see everything going-on unless one’s sightlines were obscured by a stage monitor or similar edifice.

As the Stones started with Start Me Up, the response from the crowd might have seemed too subdued: I caught Mick making a disappointed face at Ronnie, or was he just teasing? Anyway with ‘Cloud the audience got much more engaged and the usual crowd/band positive feedback ensured a very lively performance. Dice and Angry completed the concert start, with Angry getting duetting guitars playing the riff, a three- way duet when Mick played his Stratocaster for the ending. Keith’s solo, obviously not a modern version of one created decades ago, was excellent. The band was all smiles. There had been, as Mick mentioned, a country vote song list (identical to the list in Santa Clara) and Let It Bleed won to be played for the third time this year. I suspect the mainly “local” crowd would have loved a second country tune. The start of Let It Bleed was a bit of a mess: the band were not really in synch, and Keith even stopped playing as if to work out who was actually playing correctly. As soon as Mick started the vocals the band all came together within microseconds, and we heard a nice version complete with great lap steel guitar from Ronnie.

In a big surprise to those who had not heard the soundcheck, Street Fighting Man was next: its second outing this tour. It’s a real rocker from the start with Mick moving around on stage until diving down in front of Keith to cue the start of the first verse. Singing about Sleepy London Town in the Ozark mountains might seem a bit bizarre, but it all went down very well.

Another surprise came with two songs from Hackney Diamonds. On all other gigs in 2024 we have had either Whole Wide World or Mess It Up. In the Thunder Ridge Arena we heard both. The former has evolved to a classic Stones rocker; the latter, again to quote Mick, is more of a dance number, with very prominent bass from Darryl. Both songs held the audience, and should drive more streams or downloads or even CD or LP acquisitions. Universal Music will be pleased. Darryl seems to have as many guitar changes as Keith – a veritable parade of bass guitar styles – and this year celebrates 30 years with the Stones.

YCAGWYW, the singalong opportunity, fully engaged the audience. This is a bit of a showcase for multi-instrumentalist Matt Clifford, playing French Horn at the start before very slowly exiting stage left. On some songs he plays a lot of keyboards on this tour, but is more hidden away and his contribution can be tricky to detect. His gestures and encouraging looks towards Mick attract more attention.

Chuck’s playing was, again, of very high standard and well up in the mix in all songs. He managed to end his honky tonk solo on HTW with a shoe hammering the far treble keys of his electric piano. But this piece of showmanship should not detract from a great performance over the last 3 months. Joining him on keyboards on YCAGWYW is saxophonist Tim Ries, who handles the Hammond organ on that track and whose hands appear highly magnified on the huge video screens. Tim of course spends most of the gig playing saxophone either alone, or alongside Karl Denson.

Band Introductions were a little extended. One cause became clear as Mick admonished Ronnie for an extended catwalk parade, telling him that just because it is the last show you can’t do that. Keith was standing in the shadows and then emerged for a rocking rendition of his chosen numbers. Tonight, BTMMR and Little T&A were preceded by a delicate version of You Got The Silver. Keith again loved Ronnie’s slide solo; the crowd loved the whole performance. After telling us that he didn’t know what Little T&A was about, Keith didn’t need to tell us about BYMMR as he sang so strongly and with such emotion. He took a second glance at his guitar before the opening riff, orienting himself: no worries as it, like the whole song, was perfectly played. As usual, Mick asked where people in the audience came from. The remoteness of the venue meant that he included places 4 or more hours drive away, in different States. In a rare excursion from his normal patter, he even mentioned visiting an attraction in Branson where he saw a “Mick Jagger impersonator” and that he looked similar to the Mick Jagger on stage. Mick also told us that the Stones first played in Missouri in 1966 (it was in St Louis) and that the Ozarks was an area new for him. I saw Ronnie making strange faces at someone a couple of times, before realising this was when Jane R, Keith’s manager, was taking photos of him. Keith was just smiling and enjoying himself, along with the rest of the band.

Sympathy saw the re-emergence of Mick, resplendent in long-tailed coat (for more fashion notes look at people’s photos); more strident “hoo hoos” from Bernard and Chanel; and even more strident guitar solos all over the stage from Keith. With no subsequent show, Mick was not protecting his voice much in Branson, so we heard less of Bernard’s excellent, often undercover, vocals. We did see plenty of percussion from Bernard as well as encouragement for the audience to clap and wave. Chanel, having had to learn the wide Stones opus rather quickly, seems to need little encouragement to carve her own niche and not just on her duet songs. The lefthand side of the stage is always worth watching for moves and gestures from these two, but mainly to help listening to their output.

Honky Tonk Women was followed by Rambler, one of three highlights in the latter part of the set. Mick played a lot of harmonica, again doing vocals with a harmonica response, mixing it up. The Hellhounds had reached Branson, on Mick’s tail, to join the deer and skunks that inhabited the local resort’s grounds at dusk. Keith was jamming with the Rambler riffs at times, concentrating on every one of Mick’s moves – this song is fairly freeform at times.

Gimme Shelter was a highlight for many, with the usual format of Keith starting whilst sitting, rising as the pace and volume rises. Chanel joined Mick centre stage for the duet section which was welcomed with significant applause. At the end of this duet Keith and Ronnie showed their appreciation with hand clapping and grins, and probably some nice words.

The start of Paint It Black was delayed. Keith started playing guitar only to discover some issue, and went back to the tech station to get it fixed. Mick looked worried, and Ronnie started playing a Moroccan-music sounding jam which was joined by other band members. Then Keith re-appeared and normal service was resumed. JJF followed, yet another real storming rendition, with a very active Keith bringing the main set to a close. Mick must have been exhausted as he gave his all, wiping his brow many times despite the cooling, if a little humid, Ozark air.

The break before the encore was brief before we could see Chuck moving to his keyboards and Steve Jordan mounting the drum riser. He has a mug of mint tea sat by him – it wasn’t clear if he needed refreshment before Ronnie joined them and Sweet Sounds of Heaven commenced. The crowd needed little encouragement to turn on phone lights, and I could see more than a few cigarette lighters. We were outdoors after all. Chanel’s powerful vocals filled the cooling air.

Finally the Satisfaction riff roared out across the crowd, some of whom had been standing on the grassy slope for the whole show, I hope without slipping down: there was no sign of denser people packing at the lower levels. Mick, Ronnie and Keith prowled around the stage and then it was all over. The final, final bow of the tour. Firstly the eleven musicians on stage, some saying goodbye to each other, to friends they won’t see again for months.

Then the Big Three, the Principals, the Core Members. Bowing and smiling, and lappingup the adoring cheers before waving and disappearing back stage to the waiting limousines and vans. In a first for the tour, we were then treated to a firework display lasting perhaps 7 or 8 minutes, which I’m sure helped keep the roads clear for the band’s convoy to exit before the traffic snarl up that will have detracted from this great concert experience for many people. The Hackney Diamond Tour 2024 was over. For those interested in statistics, this tour has a few of note. The 20 shows formed the longest consecutive run since the US/Canada/UK in 2013, and the first I can recall where the number of songs played each show increased (from 18 to 20). They played 44 different songs, and from Atlanta onwards Keith sang 3 songs every night. It seems that both the low song count initially, and that higher Keith song count, was due to illness in the band. Being great troubadours the show had to carry-on, or was it an Insurance excess? I suspect the former.

We heard 6 songs off of Hackney Diamonds, complemented by 7 from Let It Bleed, and 4 from each of Exile and Some Girls. We know at least another 7 were stage ready, being included in the song vote options. In fact one of Keith’s songs was apparently not even rehearsed before the tour started – the whole band are real pros, in case anyone was in any doubt. Eleven songs formed the basis of the setlist, being played at every show, but even these were played with enthusiasm and similarly received.

When you see a list of tour venues, there is always a little conflict concerning covered stadiums. Cover means air conditioning, and staying dry if it rains let alone pours. But it can muddy the sound. Of the 20 shows, 13 had no cover but, in a remarkable piece of good fortune, by show time the audiences experienced very light rain and then only on a couple of occasions. Queuing for entry, and waiting for the band to come on stage, was more problematic in some locations. But the sun really shone on the Stones this tour, and even in the deep south the heat was manageable for all but a few attendees. Will all this stage practise; with the buzz of playing to close to one million people; and the reception received; I have one question. Will this high point of sustained performance be allowed to slowly erode, to waste away? It seems unlikely, but as each tour ends that surely becomes more likely. Many of the fans attending are getting more obviously fragile and the vast majority are younger than the principals in the Stones. We will need to be patient and wait and see. What this tour has proved, to me at least, is this is not a Band in managed decline; quite the opposite. As they have done for all of their career, they continue to break the established rules and conventions: to go where no band has gone before, and to do that in style.


Review by Art Lewis

The Rolling Stones in Ridgedale, Missouri. Great show! 20 songs with 3 Keith!!

Very nice this show was a regular 2 hour show with full production and stadium stage. The stage was a few feet lower to the ground compared to the stadium shows so it was much easier to see the band. The weather was very pleasant at this outdoor show with fireworks at the end of the show.

Some might be curious about the venue. As someone who lives in Colorado which is home to a famous outdoor amphitheater Red Rocks a question might be how does Thunder Ridge Nature Arena compare? Thunder Ridge is really unique to the area it's in as is Red Rocks. Red Rocks has a smaller capacity roughly 9500 vs maybe 20,000. Red Rocks has shows running just about every night from April-November and Thunder Ridge has been much more exclusive. Realize the Stones are just the fourth band to play this amphitheater.

The founder of Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris is the driving force making the amphitheater part of a not-for-profit foundation that is committed to advancing the cause of conservation with all net proceeds from events going toward supporting conservation and further enhancing the venue. Before the show a video was shown on the screens of Chuck Leavell and Johnny Morris fishing. The backstory is that Bass Pro Shops opened a store in Macon, Georgia about 20 years ago that led to Johnny Morris meeting Chuck Leavell. The venue opened with four shows, three open to the public in 2022 from Garth Brooks celebrating Bass Pro shops 50th anniversary. This venue was rumored to be a stop on the Stones 2023 tour that didn't happen.

The next two bands who played this venue were earlier this summer as the venue made changes after the Garth Brooks shows to improve the guest experience including expanding a highway from two to four lanes. I really didn't have much of a hassle with traffic on the way in or out. Another complaint the first concert goers had was parking at $50 a car. At Red Rocks parking is free. Thankfully, maybe the Stones management made parking for this show free. Even trying to make comparisons to larger outdoor venues like the Hollywood Bowl or Saratoga Performing Arts Center are hard because each venue is unique to its environment.

I will say Thunder Ridge is definity not some cheap "shed" outdoor amphitheater you might find in some suburb in America though. As I was walking out I passed through a very upscale lodge behind the lawn seats which I guess was the VIP area and it was very high class. I was very impressed and one of the event staff said to me, "Johnny does it right." Johnny definitely built a venue to be proud of to attract the big shows and their fans to the area. I wasn't at the Stones 2022 tour closing show at Waldbühne but would say you have an outdoor show with roughly the same size crowd. The opening act Samantha Fish is from Missouri and she cancelled a show in Montana to perform. I think I heard her say opening for the Stones here meant more to her then being nominated for a Grammy award.

When this show was announced I had to pull up a map and try to make a plan as I had never been to the area before. As Mick mentioned from the stage many cities people traveled from. Springfield-Branson airport is a smaller airport which is roughly an hour's drive. Bentonville airport is about an hour and forty-five minutes drive. Little Rock airport is about a three hours drive. Tulsa airport is about three and half hours drive. Kansas City airport is about three hours and forty-five minutes drive. St Louis airport is about a four hours drive. The flights for me worked best out of Kansas City with a drive through the heartland.

The tour closers in America the last few years have led to some interesting travel for me. In 2016 buying a flight the night before when the Vegas show was confirmed for sure. The 2019 Miami show when the date was moved from first to last and then moved up a day because of a hurricane. In 2021 when tickets were just really expensive because the venue was so small. When the tickets went on sale for this show prices started at $300 for lawn to $825 for Pit with no lucky tickets. Smaller crowd = higher prices. About two weeks before the show a new section of $200 side hill tickets was released. Five days before the show a venue email list had a limited offer for $99 tickets. And the day before the show the local Bass Pro Shop in Branson rolled out a special 50% off sale for the remaining tickets. Make no mistake though this venue was packed with fans.

Mick in introducing Ronnie called him the Rembrandt of Ridgedale and the Michelangelo of Missouri. Mick said the band's first show in Missouri was in 1966. Mick also thanked the crew from the stage for a great tour. Very memorable experience! Thanks all for a great tour!!


Review by Bjornulf Vik

The 2024 tour in USA and Canada was originally scheduled for the summer of 2023. Then the same week as they were about to annonce the 14 dates of the 2023 tour, they pulled out, due to reasons told elsewhere. Show number 12 of the planned 2023 tour was planned for July 24, at Ridgedale MO, Thunder Ridge Nature Arena. I do remember spending days and days during the spring of 2023 figuring out where this venue was, how to get there, where to live and so on. Then, as they pulled off the tour, my plans stayed on ice.

When the 19 shows of the 2024 "Hackney Diamonds" tour were announced Nov 21 last year, I noticed there were five more shows vs the last year's plans, also two cities were missing from the list of 2023 - Edmonton and Ridgedale. Then local sources in Southwest Missouri told me there was a rumour about a show at the Big Ceder Lodge Amphitheater - no date mentioned. With the history of one smaller capacity show added after the tour start during the past two tours, I was keeping plans for a show in Ridgedale 3-4 days after the Santa Clara show.

Like last year, I did not figure out where the Amphitheater actually was located. Where to stay? Walking distance? How to get there? Everything seemed so complicated. I ended up planning to drive with friends. Then last minute I had my daughter with me on the tour, also I had a flight home starting in Springfield at 11:30am Monday morning July 22. Our only option was to get a hired car, that was what we found out in the morning show day.

We headed out with a car without GPS. For some reason AVIS had no cars with GPS. Using our Norwegian phones' GPS was out of the question, data use bills in USA had already scared me into having my phone in flight mode at all times. We headed out on the road with the direction of Big Ceder Lodge shortly before noon, with some hand written notes and maps about directions, mainly a straight line south for an hour, following US-65 South. Parking was said to be free. We dumped the car near the location of the shuttles leaving from the Lodge to the Amphitheater. Still no info about where the venue was, we were dining, walked around the lodges, nice area for vacation, lakes, hills, forest, nature anyone living in a city would appreciate, but when you are on tour, and want to know where the venue is, it is another story.

We started to get a feeling of the fact that the venue was not anywhere near the Lodge. The shuttle was free, so we entered one of them, the drive was through a narrow road curving up and down and around, then after 10 minutes of driving through hills and forest, we were by the venue. With orders of returning to the same place as the arrival after the show, we were now queuing to get into the venue around 5:30pm.

The venue is said to have a capacity of 18,000 people. The screen used for the tour was in use here too. The stage and the walkway and B-stage was 30-40 cm i.e. a foot or so lower. We could see people from pit A over to Pit B, not possible during other shows this year. There was a pit area in the front, then a section of seats. Then a slope of grass without seats, where the majority of the 18,000 crowd was arriving during the next hours. Also, a tower at the top of the hill, some VIP areas, restrooms at both ends of the lower area, and lots of locations where they sold drinks etc, also a large tent with a souvenir shop.

Samantha Fish was on at 8pm, and she was on stage for some 45 minutes. Then a long long wait, they were not on until 9:45pm, must have been the latest show start of the tour.

The pit was not crowded at all. Most of the fans I talked to were local, arriving from nearby places like Springfield, Branson, St Louis, Kansas City and so on. Then I met fans from Japan, Europe, South America, Canada and other states in USA, but my impression was that we had less fans from out of state at this show vs the other shows on this tour.

Except for 1-2 hours of dining at the lodge during the afternoon, we were standing and walking all day. No place to sit down, we were in the pit. As the show started so late, I was pretty tired already, but it is The Rolling Stones, their last show, we had to hang in there, still - one day I have to call it quits when it comes to these inhuman places where you are supposed to drive a car, walk and stand for hours, and with no place to rest all day.

The show itself was great. After the common first three songs, we got the most exciting part of the show, with "Angry", "Let It Bleed", "Street Fighting Man", "Whole Wide World" and "Mess It Up". I would have been able to enjoy these great songs a lot more if I was not already exhausted. Anyway, I took it as a challenge, I love the Stones, I just have to hang in there, even if my body is not really hanging in there anymore.

"Midnight Rambler" was great as always. The same goes for "Gimme Shelter".

When Keith starting picking the strings of his guitar, as he usually do at the beginning of "Paint It Black", he turned his head, got the attention of his guitar tech Pierre de Beauport, and after a quick check of the guitar, they both disappeared backstage with the guitar. While waiting, Ronnie started to do some guitar jamming, could have been a blues theme, I am not sure, then Steve Jordan joined in with some basic drum rhythm. Mick did also add some vocal humming. Then Keith is back, the guitar is ready, and Keith start up "Paint It Black". One of my favorites, at every show, I have loved this song since I got it on my second ever Stones album back in 1971, on the "Stone Age" Decca compilation record.

The rest of the show was The Rolling Stones on fire with all engines. No sign of having 19 shows and some weeks with rehearsals ahead of this final show. No sign of tired band or crew members, but I am sure they felt a bit like me, tired. Mick thanked the crew for all their hard work during the tour, all band members on stage took a bow, thanking the crew as well. I would thank both the crew and The Stones as well. It was a show in the middle of nowhere, but it was a great show.

After the show we got some great fireworks, but I don't think the wildlife loved it as much as us. On our way back in our car, there was a deer in the curving road near the Lodge, may be confused by the fireworks.

As for getting "home" to out hotel ... The show finished 11:48pm. We were queuing for the shuttle at 00:15am. We were in a shuttle back to the parking at 00:50am, and ten minutes later in our car. One hour twenty minutes later we were at our hotel in Springfield. Preparing for the long travel back home next morning, I was in bed at 4am, and had 2.5h sleep. Shows and locations like the one at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena are not my favorites, but I would not have been without this great show. A paradox indeed, but one day I will use more common sense and stay away from such extreme locations.


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