Loved the show..was in section 16 row 13 which is on the rail rite behind lisa and bernard who showed us some love as we screamed for them all night. could watch john mayer and lady gaga go back and forth from pit to backstage along with robert deniro and others. was by box office before show and no tix for sale as i knew section 16 had afew seats to rite of me that had like 3 rows with 3 seats each in them and they were up for sale day before...was going to upgrade if no one took them but they filled at showtime.
any how first time side stage and made sure to wear bright orange shirt with 50th stones shirt under for the cameras and low and behold during gimme shelter mick comes over and they are like 6 frames where it shows me behind him going into pocket for iphone to snap a shot/video. 1 thing i hate about PPV is that they need house lights most of the time depending on shot they are trying for which screws up picture taking. originally was going to record it as have 64 gbs on iPhone 5 and pretty much cleared it out for show...then i realized they will sell a dvd or i can download as already saw it's up at pirates bay.
saw many old friends scattered through crown and was next to a few shidoob's in my row. side stage always looked like fun as i always went out and paid for up front thought i woulld try something different and glad i was. having seen much of what goues on on stage inbetween songs over the years tonight mick seemed to be going for tissues before and after each song along with spitting so must assume fighting a cold... following L'wren on instagram has been fun as her behind the scene pics are very telling...mick loves altoids and mentos
she is a good follow if anyone isn't and is interested in her pictures as she hash tags a lot and seems to be the digital girl on this go round.
won't even bother saying much about songs as i loved all off then even the few that clearly started or ended as train wreck.... and charlie's drums were louder then i ever heard sitting where we were. I have never been on ronnies side so that too was a new experience. very strange to see keith as i felt he was putting more in to his playing then ever before as opposed to hamming it up on stage. great he got the welcome he did for his set.... paying homage to him as out of all the band he is showing all the years more than the others which isn't a bad thing its a normal progression of life.
Did see mr lawyer and son who has grown since last i saw them both in boston years back.... they were going in VIP entrance. didn't go to pre parties as i spent my time soaking it all in and recording just in case it is "THE LAST TIME" which i seriously doubt. but don't see them touring may be few night stops in the big cities but doubt a large scale tour.... love the stripped down stage look very No Security like which is a great thing they don't need any props at this point just the video screen.
Bernard came out before show to take pics by box office with a bunch of guys from Brazil he was nice taking about 10 pics with the group but said no as he walkied away to few other fans that after the 10 minutes went by realized who he was. it was very nice of him to take care of the original bunch as it was clearly setup.
lastly the prices of merch is insane at shows!!!! my kids got me official merch at kohls back in November for my birthday for under $20 a tshirts and same ones were $45 at stands.... oh and shidoob to my left why bother going to a concert if you get so drunk you go to get beer or bathroom every 10 minutes you make your row mates pissed off!
chevysales (one happy fan this monday morning working on my pictures with snapseed cleaning some up before posting and editing some video adding stones music with iMovie)