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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
11-26-2012, 09:56 PM
http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/rolling-stones-show-satisfies-despite-high-prices

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Reuters. IMAGE: The Rolling Stones perform to at the O2 Arena in London on the first night of the 50th anniversary tour.

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LONDON - The Rolling Stones pranced, swaggered and laughed through the first of five concerts, celebrating their golden jubilee with a performance that critics said put to rest questions over ticket costs.
Virtually every reviewer at the first of two shows in London's O2 Arena on Sunday night mentioned the controversy over high prices, but almost all of them said it was worth it.
The two-and-a-half hour set by one of the biggest acts in rock and roll history took a crowd of 20,000 on a trip down memory lane, opening with the 1963 "I Wanna Be Your Man" hit penned by Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney right up to "Doom and Gloom" which is only a few weeks old.
Video: The Rolling Stones performing in London (http://t.news.msn.com/pop-culture/video?videoid=2cb00847-c217-4334-a38c-f234efcd729b)
The rest of the 23-song setlist was classic Stones from "Gimme Shelter", "Wild Horses", "Honky Tonk Women" to "Start Me Up" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" rocking the crowd. The one surprising omission was "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
And, while the lines on their faces traced their advancing years and long careers of rock and roll hedonism, lead singer Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts on drums and Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on guitar still delivered the goods.
"As Jagger left the stage, still jogging and shaking his maracas after two and a half hours and 23 songs, it was clear that even at these ticket prices, the Stones' 50th anniversary shows deliver value for money," wrote Mark Sutherland in a review for the Rolling Stone music magazine.
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50 years , great music, booze and women and tha boys are still alive! I think Stones everytime I hear or see the words ROCK and ROLL.. --Tyr

gabosaurus
11-27-2012, 12:02 PM
I read about the show on line. How awesome it must have been to see the Stones perform "Midnight Rambler" with Mick Taylor!!

First rock concert I ever went to was the Rolling Stones in Anaheim. I have seen them several times since then. The time was in a stadium in Bremen, Germany.

Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
11-28-2012, 11:17 AM
I read about the show on line. How awesome it must have been to see the Stones perform "Midnight Rambler" with Mick Taylor!!

First rock concert I ever went to was the Rolling Stones in Anaheim. I have seen them several times since then. The time was in a stadium in Bremen, Germany.

The Stones rate far above the Beatles in my book. Mick is a very interesting fellow and has led a fantastic life complete with women problems , of which I can relate. He unlike most rock stars is a brilliant money manager and has an Economics degree I believe. -Tyr