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LONDON
The Rolling Stones unveiled details of their biggest tour in six years on Wednesday, playing nine dates in North America as well as two British concerts after a stage comeback last year to celebrate 50 years in music.
The band said they would kick off their 50 and Counting tour in Los Angeles on an unspecified date and then play Oakland, California, on May 5 and seven other North American cities before performing in Londons Hyde Park on July 6.
The veteran rockers, who played sell-out shows on a mini-tour of London, the United States and France last year, had already been named as headline act at Britains biggest musical festival, Glastonbury, on June 29 which is also a sell-out.
As part of their 50th celebrations, the band last year released a greatest hits collection, a documentary, and a photographic book and then sparked rumors about more concerts with a March 29 website post saying: 5 Days & Counting.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/rolling-stones-unveil-biggest-tour-in-six-years
Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?
NEW YORK (AP) Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.
With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock 'n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.
1. LIVING HISTORY: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.
more...http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Stones-returning-to-stage-Why-should-we-care-4403840.php
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Tony Bennett can do it. Yhese guys should have retired long ago.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They still sell out their venues. And many DUers of that generation don't appreciate ageist slurs.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)NEW YORK (AP) Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.
With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock 'n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.
1. LIVING HISTORY: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.
more...http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Stones-returning-to-stage-Why-should-we-care-4403840.php
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)"Get off my lawn!" I mean if we're going for the full panoply of ageist "jokes," we might as well be thorough, right?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)For a site that has so many boomer members, the ageism displayed here--often unchallenged--is surprising.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)enlightenment is in order.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)and he's pushing 70. Then again, he's playing Chopin. And, like BB King and most of the old bluesmen, he stays put for his performance.
Guys like that can perform as long as they want, regardless of genre. Look at the Allmans; Gregg can remained moored behind the keyboard as long as he's breathing as far as I'm concerned. As for Mick vamping and camping at 70-plus, I'll pass.
I may try to make Anaheim.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)They were joking about whether or not he'll wear that this year on our UK tv news last night.
My daughter was born 6 weeks after that concert.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)i saw them three times in chicago. the first concert was a total flop.little stevie wonder and pattie labelle and the blue belles stole the show. the second was far better. by the third show they finally won over the chicago crowd.
my ticket for the first concert cost 6.50 for 8th row seats.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)and they were the second opening band the night I saw them. I'm not sure, but The Outfield might have been the first opening act, and they were better than The Stones, too, IMO.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)the test of time. That's not ageism; that's reality. And I wouldn't pay for a ticket to find out.
I saw them in the 1980s. I had no interest in ever seeing them again.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Fogerty is always good, as is Roger McGuinn (and the Byrds was a long time ago).
Bobby Hatfield tanked, but Bill Medley only got better. Springsteen and Joel are still doing fine. And who can explain how Crosby's vocals are still so sweet?
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)in their performance three decades ago. The other bands sounded better. The Stones didn't even sound like they were trying.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Aren't the Stones pushing 70s (Charlie Watts is 71, right)? I know the Eagles are all the same age as my dad, and he can barely walk without assistance. Even if you were a fan, why would you pay upwards of a grand to see this? Where would the energy come from? Time isn't a kind benefactor. Just listen to Roger Daltrey or even Paul Stanley nowadays.
Grace Slick had the right idea out of all these people.
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)This is the MOST AMAZING THING EVER:
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)but it is easily in my top ten favorites.