LadyJane wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 8:28am:


That is the fucking coolest goddam fucking Stones regalia on this fucking planet.  It's cool as fuck!  It rocks the fuck out of everything.  Perfect combo of Stones, Steelers, Pittsburgh and fucking booze!

Rock and roll!  We piss anywhere!  We are the Steelers Nation, and not to be fucked with.  Do NOT fuck with us.  We WILL fuck you up and put your goddam ass in the fucking Monongahela!

mojoman wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 12:23pm:

Lock up your children, Pittsburgh. 3 of the C10 and the 1 honorary member have been spotted.

Moonie, FPM, TomL and Nanky

Great picture of Sirmoonie, FPM, TomL and Nanky!!! Too eraly for a Halloween header but just in time for tonight's gig

A little BLEARY. I blame the rain>

Ian Billen, Riffy and family, Nankster

Just checked the weather channel, radar shows rain has passed east of Pittsburgh.
Keith and his stick has done it again.
11 minutes and counting.

Rick

Periscope up?

1.      Jumping Jack Flash
2.      It’s Only Rock and Roll
3.      All down the line
4.      Tumbling Dice
5.      Doom and Gloom
6.      Bitch
7.      Moonlight Mile
8.      Paint it Blak
9.      Honky Tonk Women
10.      Before they make me run
11.      Happy
12.      Midnight Ramble
13.      Miss You
14.      Gimme Shelter
15.      Start me up
16.      Sympathy for the devil
17.      Brown Sugar
18.      You Can’t Always Get What You Want
19.      Satisfaction

Paranoid Android wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 9:23pm:



She did an absolute awesome job. The complete gig.
Heading to Shidoobee to thank her.

Rick

Dancing in my living room for over 2 hours.

       

Exile on Main St.      3
Let It Bleed      3
Sticky Fingers      3
Non-LP Singles 2
Some Girls      2
Aftermath      1
Beggars Banquet      1
GRRR!      1
It’s Only Rock ’n Roll      1
Out of Our Heads      1
Tattoo You      1

Starbuck wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 11:22pm:

The late Steve Irwin looks better...........In his current state.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 10:32pm:



Yes. It was called the Lotus Couch.

Wow just got home. Met up with Tom L ... Nanker ... and Riffy and a few others right before the show. I wish I could of had morre time. FINALLY I got to meet some of you and I am grateful... FINALLY! lol

Well the show was great. Good crowd .. sound was good. Big blaring guitars .. Micks voice was audible but dare I say .. a bit hidden in the mix more than usual? I was on the floor ..in the sweet spot as well so I has the best possible sound observance. Big sound .... loud guitars.

Notable moments:

Mick screwed up the lyrics to IORR in the second verse.

Keith started into Satisfaction before Mick was done introducing the choir. Keith went right into the intro just as Mick started to introduce them... Mick gave an apologetic nod and went into the song...because he had no choice. Not sure if Keith did this intentionally to keep the momentum high or not? Actually I think he HAD to do it intentionally ...Mick just started talking. It kept the momentum going as was this interuptions purpose (I know Mick going to be pissed for the next show or two now lol).

The Stones honestly looked like they were "enjoying" themselves more than other tours as in <just having fun> up there.

Mick was dripping with sweat and he was on fire most of the night. The guy was all over the place  ... he really gave a lot of emotion ... humor... animation ..... and physicality to tonights show.

Ronnie was friggin killing it. Wow he sounded LOUD and good. On Midnight Rambler he was friggin killing that thing.

Over all there were a handfull of botches but they were all laughed off and OK.. The Stones were sloppy like they used to be... VERY spontanious in character and sound in tonights show. In other words they were "sloppy good".

It was a big show ...yet it is a "basic" show. It was big ...but stripped down ... How? Well the theatrics were not there ... and there was a solidity to the set design. a solid wall of lights and video. It had great lighting ... big, great sound ... big show .. but no theatrics.. just a basic ...big Stones stadium gig... and that is what the tour was supposed to be.


It's a great show ...and they put a lot of effort in .. especially Mick and Ronnie tonight. Mick was sweating all over and just kept going.

Anyway ... there is my take on it. Moonlight Mile was special ... Midnight Rambler was my fav ... You Cant Always Get What You Want was really good tonight too (as well the ending was changed a tad with an extension).. lots of spontonaity in how the songs were spun tonight and in character  ... As well it was them having 'fun' up there in tonights vibe. Charlie wore black and yellow shoes and the crowd went crazy. Charlie also threw a drum stick out to the crowd... he does this sure, but lately he hadnt been I dont think. Well tonight he did. When the crowd saw Chalies shoes when he came out the camera showed them and it was like ... "look suprise... even I am in the Pittsburgh Spirit" without being too corny in character... He just kinda looked down and gave an eyebrow raise like ... "hmmmmmm interesting...check it out" lol

Strange note. Mick said The Big Mac was invented in Pitt? I guess I will have to Google that?

Stones still got swagger ... loads of energy ... and put on a great show. Was it "magic" ?...mmmmmmm I'd say it was more a big, basic show with lots of energy and enduring swagger... and some eye popping lighting. A <fun> show to see... and they were having fun up there as I said. It was apparent. 

Good Stuff -

I had a fantastic time. It was a loud and sloppy show and it was one to remember. I wanted Hits and Tits, and the Pittsburgh show delivered. Quick notes» Keef sounds great. His vintage guitars were cranked up and he played with apparent joy. Midnight Rambler sounded better without Mick Taylor. It seemed on the 50th it was about him, but now it's about the band weaving everything together.

It was the first time I've ever been asked to stop dancing and sit down. If you are reading this, you are an asshole. My alter ego Steel Wheels dances and sings for the full show, meaning from start to finish.

Other observations»

Pittsburgh fans streamed in droves to the exits during Satisfaction.

Lisa received the greatest reception I've ever heard  her receive during her intro. Lots of young women cheered wildly.

Oh, I wore the Mary pin on my fan club hat and raised it high during Tumblin Dice. It was the only pin I saw all weekend.

It was fantastic to see my heroes again and I welcome the chance to do it again.

Photos by Sally Maxson with thanks to Rick Deaner from Shidoobee.

Thoroughly enjoyed that.  One of the best shows I've seen them do, and the crowd (at least where I was) was rocking.

Had a nice time meeting up with a few of my old Stones buddies at BZ, and some new ones too.  That place was rocking - the Shidoobs know how to put on a shindig.

Mick Jagger - the man truly amazes me.  There is no one like him, in any area.

LadyJane wrote on Jun 21^st, 2015 at 7:47am:

Found these two amazing shots on Facebook:

Also, it was really nice seeing fellow ROers.  Stones fans know The Score.

Nankie - C10
Robpop -fellow yinzer
FPM - C10
TomL - nice to meet him finally
Ms. [censored] - thanks for tix!
Stonesdoug


Sorry I missed Ian Biffen and Riffhard (Biffhard).  Yinz must have showed up right after we left.

Goddam, those Rolling Stones know how to rock and roll.  What a confident band.

Oh my. What a lovely trip to the Burgh, my appearance in this photo with two dear old  C10 friends to the contrary. I was soaking wet, and I didn't get around to shaving off my grizzled prospector beard before the show. (I figured if Mick or Keith showed up with a beard, I'd be pissed, so I was going to show them the same respect...but I waited too long. Didn't want to  wear razor rash to the show either.) I look like I'm wearing cornrows, but I was merely drenched.

My fiancee, my son and I drove the 3+ hours to Pittsburgh. Local radio was playing ALL Stones album sides.  As we entered the city, "Monkey Man" was blasting out of the car radio, as it always should be but hardly ever is. As soon as we parked our car and started walking, it started pouring.  We knew the general direction of BZ's, but I can only walk a little bit at a time in my current state of decrepitude.  We stopped at the Tilted Kilt, thinking a great Scot like Moonie might be in there, but he wasn't. We bought $5 plastic ponchos from a street vendor and continued another block.  The poncho made me sweat and feel like passing out and I texted my buddies that I wasn't walking any further - knowing full well that I would be accused of pouting across the street, because I sorta was. Robpop, Sirmoonie and our dear friend Jayme (I can never thank you enough) came looking for us, getting as drenched as we were in the process.  When I found that we could see BZs from where we were, I hobbled the remaining block to the roaring party Stonesdoug was throwing.  I approached Nanky and tried to give him the secret C10 handshake - instead he grabbed me and hugged me.  I gotta tell you, and I mean this in the manliest way possible - that hug felt GOOD.  Good to see TomL too, who I'd met once at a Dylan show in DC.

I knew there was no way I was walking to the stadium, so my gang all piled into a chiba chariot and took a leisurely ride to Heinz Stadium.  (to be continued)

Frankly that was the best stadium show I've ever seen, and I've seen a bunch including the PPV Joe Robbie Voodoo show in Miami. Could it have been because I had my two lovely daughters and stunning wife with me? Perhaps, but I think not. In a word, Mick Fucking Jagger!!! The mere fact that after 2 hours I was more exhausted just standing, singing my ass off, and dancing in place than he seemed to be after a blistering run of an hour and 50 mins. The man is nothing sort of a marvel. Show me a man half his age that works a third as hard and I'll buy your next Stones' ticket! My money is safe though. Keith was really up in the mix, as was Ronnie. Both played their asses off! Charlie was his same human metronome self. Never missing a beat and he showed off some very nice Steelers' pride yellow and black striped socks. Daryl was very good as per the norm. All in all a wonderful time, and Pittsburgh is actually a very beautiful city. Though it should be said that the parking situation could have more fucked up but they would have had to really try. Chaos getting out. It was great to see Nanky and his wife, Tom L., and Ian. Sorry we missed Moonie and FPM! In closing, there was a part of me that felt like I would be making excuses for the band having talked them up so much to my kids beforehand. However, after the show to say that they were both completely blown away would be an understatement! They were flat out stunned! Our collective personal favorite for the night? Moonlight Mile. Sublime. Close second? Everything else! Including Miss you! BTW-The header photo is great! That's my wife next to Nanky, and my youngest daughter Jade. My oldest got clipped as she was on Ian's right.

Riffy

PS- Keith's rain stick is a thing of wonder! Everyone thought that we would get drenched, yet half an hour prior to lift off a double rainbow appeared behind the stadium, and nary a drop of rain for the entire show!

OK, reading back over that last post, it seems like I might have embellished the VIP party a bit.  I just looked at my phone, and at 6:45 I texted "The only 'celebrity' I see is Stonesdoug!".  There WAS a free bar, but I don't drink much these days, so I stuck to the buffet - candy bars, cookies, chips and skittles. I'd like to say the skittles had little Stones tongues on them, but they were just regular skittles.  Rob pop and Moonie did do an admirable hometown job trying to drink all the Iron City they had on hand.  The only "Stone" to show up was Chuck, who posed for photos with all the VIPs who had paid god knows what for this opportunity.  I shook his hand as he walked by and said I hoped he had a good show.

Rolling Stones proved they've still got it

http://www.timesonline.com/entertainment/local_entertainment/rolling-stones-prov...

"    ..................Thanks to the incredible generosity, amazing connections, and all-around absolute awesomeness of a friend of ours, Robpop, Sirmoonie and I (and our benefactress) attended the show and VIP party beforehand as guests of Keith Richards (the KR on the pass).  So I sent my very understanding fiancee and son off to their merely OK seats at the back of the field and took the secret escalators to the inner sanctum of the stadium.  There I flashed my VIP badge and was ushered into a scene of unimaginable decadence and depravity.  All the Stones were there.  Mick was sitting on a throne of solid gold having his toes licked by Olivia Munn.   There was a bathtub full of naked models filled with french champagne which we sipped through alabaster straws from between their slippery knees. Mountains of cocaine covered every table-top, and it was hard to make out the faces of all the celebrities there for the thick cloud of sweet ganga smoke which filled the air.  I'm pretty sure Johnny Depp was there. Someone wearing a scarf, anyway. Unreleased Stones tracks played at intense volume, so it was hard to tell what the hell Kate Upton was shouting into my ear about.  "You want me to put what WHERE?" I said, but just then the acid which Moonie had put in my drink at BZs kicked in, and it was only by washing down a buncha Seconol with a few perfect pints of draft guinness the topless barmaids were serving with  Stones tongues in the foam that I maintained consciousness  and a modicum of sanity.  The last thing I remember, Moonie and Robpop were dragging me by my feet to our awesome 12th row seats. The show was starting!   "


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Friggin FUNNY !!!!  


Fleabit , C10      ----- Now THAT is some mighty fine Postin' !!!!!!!!


That is what we call   "   Miracle on ICE Postin'    "


Joey , C10

Paint It Black, you devils:  https://youtu.be/5WkRGZLv7HY

It is really great to read the reviews and see the faces of you guys! It's the adventure, the fun and the Stones experience that makes it all so worth it! I was watching almost the entire show on periscope. Debbie tiger was scoping it, the view was small but the sound was very clear so I put on headphones and it was almost as good as being there. Without the adventure

Wish I'd met you, Ian. I did inquire as to your whereabouts.  And would've loved to see Riffy!  But I had a chiba chariot to catch to the backstage orgy.

I have always loved the aspect of cities transforming themselves into STONES cities when the boys are in town. When the local radio station plays nothing but Stones and they're blasting out of every window.   Especially on a Saturday when the hometeam's out of town.  Then the closer you get to the stadium, the more people in Stones shirts you see, and street buskers are playing stones songs and guys are walking around saying "tickets" without moving their lips...all of humanity is drawn toward the nexus of Rock and Roll but only the first 56,000 get in this time...

This is one time I actually wish I liked sports. The cross promotion with local teams must be great for football fans.  Moonie and Robpop paused from guzzling the VIP hooch only long enough to go buy gold & black Stones hats. I bet they're both wearing them right now.

One of my favorite points in the show was when Keith and Ronnie finished up Happy -- Ronnie was just wailing on that lap steel and as with may songs that night, they weren't quite sure when they were gonna finish it.  When they did, Keith turned with a very serious Keith Richards face and said "That's rock and roll".  In case they hadn't figured it out yet.

And I did not see this myself, but I hear that at the end of the show, when the Stones take their last bow to the audience, Ronnie gave Mick a slap in the dick.

There was something going on there because I saw Mick do what I thought was a quick bow before Keith was ready (which I thought was him poking fun at Keith's starting Satisfaction before Mick could introduce the choir -- the Penn State choir who were fantastic incidentally).  But a guy in the hotel said Ronnie gave Mick a dick slap.

First, if true, that's just funny as hell.  The thought that Ronnie would even think to slap Mick's dick just cracks my ass up.

But to touch "his majesty" at the end of the show!!

And for what?  That's what cracks me up -- did Mick do something or say something, or was Ronnie just full of piss and vinegar.

Great shit.

We also got a lil' one minute revival jam at the end of Cant Alway Get What yOu Want.  Not sure if that was spontaneous or just "spontaneous" at every show, but it was great -- similar to what they did in Philly at the end of the show in 2013.

And Pittsburgh is a great city.
Friendly people, yet has that gritty city feel that you would expect.  The ultimate Mill Town and just wonderful place.

Cab ride on the way home from the Casino after the show:

TomL to cab drive:  "You smoke dope"
Cab diver: "Sure do"
TomL: "Here you go man... fire this fucker up"

Funny I Only saw 1 Hit! Oh and those "Signature Moves" were not to be missed!
The House was a Rockin

Lottsa Tingles~~~~~~

" TomL to cab drive:  "You smoke dope"
Cab diver: "Sure do"
TomL: "Here you go man... fire this fucker up"


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OMFG !!!!!!! 



!!!!!

I finally caught the video clip on YouTube, and I made a mistake in my review:  Jagger did not veer back into JJF during IORR and Keith didn't follow.  He just lost his place in the lyrics.  But it was so fucking loud that it sounded that way.

Which is a good thing.  Somebody once asked me my definition of a good saloon, and I said: "So dark that if a murder was committed on the premises, all the eyewitness testimony would conflict."

" Lucky Dips  " are up for Kansas City   :

http://www.rollingstones.com/tickets/

Hi all. First-time poster here, long time lurker. This will be my one and only post here. Just wanted to drop by and let you guys know something. All you lucky Pittsburgh attendees witnessed something historic that Keith has never done before. He changed the Happy lyric to "before I can f*ck all night long". Nobody seems to have noticed it. At least nobody has mentioned it, anyway. Listen closely at the 1:50 mark...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-pkxnYHiPE
Anyway, rock on my friends and keep enjoying not just the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, but the Greatest Entertainment Act in the History of the Entertainment Business. Nothing less.

"   Anyway, rock on my friends and keep enjoying not just the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, but the Greatest Entertainment Act in the History of the Entertainment Business. Nothing less.  "

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BEST STONES YET !!!!!!   .........  STONES IS STONES BABY    ---- BIGGER THAN ALL OF US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Howling Basset! Thanks for the comment, great first post but...

The Howling Basset wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2015 at 1:26pm:


Why?

WHY?

We need more like you!

thanks "StonesHood"




Don\'t Mind the Maggots
 


1.Jumping Jack Flash
2.It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
It’s great to be back in Pittsburgh! Welcome to the ZIP CODE tour!
3.All Down The Line
4.Tumbling Dice
This one we do’s called
5.Doom & Gloom
How you doin’ OK? Lots of things come from Pittsburgh. You invented the Big Mac, Pull Tabs, and Andy Warhol comes from here! He did the artwork for Sticky Fingers, which we recorded 59 years ago today…and we’re going to do a couple of songs from that
6.Bitch
We’re gonna slow it down a bit now
7.Moonlight Mile
I tell you, this is the first time we’ve played in the Heinz Field. What an amazing place! We all were brought up on those beans. This is when we do the online request…oh no not one of those (assorted Heinz products), it’s one of these, and we’re gonna do your favourite song!
8.Paint It Black (vote song)
Thank you PITTSBURGH!
How you doin’ alright? Everybody feelin’ good? Everybody say oh yeah!
9.Honky Tonk Woman
Introductions
I wanna tell you who’s up on stage tonight, first up I want to introduce you to Miss Lisa Fischer, right behind her Mr Bernard Fowler! On the keyboards and horns Matt Clifford, on the saxophone Tim Ries, on the tenor Karl Denson!
On the bass Darryl JONES!
On the keyboard Chuck Leavell!
On the guitar RONNIE SPAGHETTI LOOPS WOOD! Playing the gallery Ronnie!
On the drums CHARLIEEEEEE WATTSSSSS!
On the guitar and now the vocals KEITH RICHARDSSSS!

Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Good evening Pittsburgh! Good town! Here we go anyway…
God bless you all
10.Before They Make Me Run
This one’s called
11.Happy
That is rock 'n’ roll! Thank you very much! Gold rings on ya
12.Midnight Rambler
We first played in Pittsburgh in 1964 at the West View Park Danceland, almost 51 years ago to the day! I read that we played to 300 heckling Pittsburghers..tonight, you can heckle all you want!
13.Miss You
Thank you! You sounded fucking amazing!
14.Gimme Shelter (with Lisa Fisher)
15.Start Me Up
16.Sympathy For The Devil
17.Brown Sugar
Encores
18.You Can't Always Get What You Want
19.Satisfaction

This show sounded great. I'm still floating from it. I cannot stress it enough - get a ticket and enjoy every single note.

STICKY???  I always thought it was called "STINKY Fingers"!

Hey, doesn't anyone SMOKE anymore? I smoked two joints
by myself at the show on Saturday. No one around me
wanted any.

Good chiba too.

It was a STONES SHOW, fer crissakes!! What have become of
our VALUES??

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2015 at 8:22pm:


Same line used in Arlington, and I guess everywhere else. 

gimmekeef wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2015 at 8:16pm:



Were you at BZ?  Sorry if I missed ya.

VIP-4!

sirmoonie wrote on Jun 20^th, 2015 at 11:37am:

FUCK!

VIP4!

Ver Eye Pee.

VIP4 = four (4) Very Important People.

Pittsburgh.

The Stoonz in Baked Beans Field played somewhat slowly, despite stage-side fans, in retrospect. So now's probably the perfect time to pep things up a notch by mentioning any dirt or depravity amongst the fan base community.

I'll be honest.  That was the first time I have ever snorted Skittles with Kate Upton.

Some of the great memories I have were bopping around downtown Pittsburgh the day before and the day of the Stones show.  I walked all over that wonderful city - Pittsburgh was alive with Stones.  People all over downtown wearing their best Stones regalia.  Dressed to the nines.  Resplendent.  Black tie.  Looking sharp.  Pimped.  Attired.  Groomed.

Just great seeing people from all over, all excited to see the same event that I was all jacked up to see.  As a demographic, we are all getting long in the moof, but hey - even Jesus Christ himself aged with time.  So I'm cool with it.  We all still have eyeballs and we all can drink.  That can't be emphasized enough - everyone at BZ was pounding drinks.  Alcohol flowed like swill off a hog's back.

Vee Eye Pee 4.  Four?  Vee?  Vippy.  Vippy 'burgh.  Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones!

So that IS you on the secret, VIP4-only video?  "Fuckin' Mick Jagger. Standin' right there.  A hahah!!!"

I still harken back to the days of the Pittsburgh show, when we were all Very Important People, and Jagger asked if we were feeling goooooooooooddddd?

Great, great show. Beautiful weather. Loud guitars. Legendary tunes.

The only complaint I have - well I have two. #1 is the guy who told me to sit down and #2 everyone streaming out before the show ended.

Pour on the Iron!

This poster on youtube does a great job with all the shows.  Mostly all the Pittsburgh show here. 

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nvks6r_E4NQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

robpop wrote on Sep 16^th, 2015 at 5:04am:


Click on that little YouTube icon then insert only the video address.

Steel Wheels wrote on Aug 10^th, 2015 at 7:19am:

I just watched Satisfaction from Pittsburgh aaaannnnd Mick was Stirrin the Place AWESOME.
Pittsburgh ROCKED.