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Title: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Official Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:03am
Confirmed
London 02 Arena 25 & 29 November Prudential Centre, newark NJ 13 & 15 December www.rollingstones.com http://www.rollingstones.com/50-and-counting/ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:07am
not even a tease for 2013 :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:08am
Ladies and Gentlemen they are back! The most eagerly anticipated concerts of 2012 are announced today as the greatest rock 'n' roll band, The Rolling Stones, confirm their long awaited return to the stage with four spectacular arena shows in London and New York. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood at last revealed their return to live work exclusively via this video.
As the crowning glory of their on-going 50th anniversary celebrations, the rock icons will play to thousands of fans at London's O2 Arena on November 25 and 29, and then across the pond to perform at the Prudential Center, Newark, near New York, on December 13 and 15. See www.RollingStones.com for full ticketing information. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:14am
From the 02's page :
The Rolling Stones Ladies and Gentlemen they are back! The most eagerly anticipated concerts of 2012 are announced today as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band, The Rolling Stones, confirm their long awaited return to the stage with four spectacular arena shows, including two at The O2 in London – the world’s most popular music and entertainment venue. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood at last revealed their return to live work exclusively via YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/therollingstones. As the crowning glory of their on-going 50th anniversary celebrations, the rock icons will play to thousands of fans at The O2 in London on Sunday 25 and Thursday 29 November, and then across the ocean to perform in New York. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 19 October 2012. These sensational live shows will be the first opportunity for audiences to see the Rolling Stones perform on stage for more than five years. They will treat their generations of fans in a must-see, heart-pumping celebration of era-defining tracks such as Gimme Shelter, Paint It Black, Jumping Jack Flash, Tumbling Dice, It’s Only Rock and Roll, plus a few surprises and countless other classics from GRRR!, the multi-format compilation RS50 album coming out in November marking the Stones’ astonishing five decades at the top. © 2012 AEG www.aegworldwide.co.uk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by corgi37 on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:17am
Ticket price guide?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:19am
10.30 our time Corgs
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:21am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:07am:
"50 years and counting..... " |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:22am
PRE-SALE
Monday 15th October 12.30PM BST AMEX Pre-sale Tickets Please note, to be eligible for this pre-sale use an Amex card to pay. Hotel Packages VIP Hospitality Packages Wednesday 17th October 9AM BST Stones Archive Subscribers Anyone who subscribes to the Stones Archive mailing list is eligible. O2 Customers information TBC. GENERAL ONSALE Friday 19th October 9AM BST Eventim SeeTickets Eventim |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:24am
I'm reading on Facebook that the December 15th show is a Pay Per View event.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:26am Price range: £106.00 - £406.00 £106.00 (£95.00 Ticket + £11.00 Fees) £406.00 (£375.00 Ticket + £31.00 Fees) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:31am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:26am:
NOTHING in between? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by RSRTG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:31am
The 'archive subscribers' pre sale......hows that going to work I wonder.....probably my only chance.....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:38am
Having trouble loading the TM page, but this seems to be what it says
Onsale to General Public Start: Fri 19/10/12, 09:00 American Express Start: Mon 15/10/12, 12:30 End: Fri 19/10/12, 08:00 LEVEL 4 £106.00 - £406.00 £106.00 (£95.00 Ticket + £11.00 Fees) Limited Availability at this Price for this Option No Tickets Currently Available at this Price for this Option £406.00 (£375.00 Ticket + £31.00 Fees) Limited Availability at this Price for this Option No Tickets Currently Available at this Price for this Option LEVEL 1 £166.00 - £406.00 £166.00 (£150.00 Ticket + £16.00 Fees) Limited Availability at this Price for this Option No Tickets Currently Available at this Price for this Option £406.00 (£375.00 Ticket + £31.00 Fees) Limited Availability at this Price for this Option No Tickets Currently Available at this Price for this Option FLOOR SEATING £406.00 £406.00 (£375.00 Ticket + £31.00 Fees No mention of the 'Unreserved standing' tickets - hmm.....will it be a contest? Or exclusively for corporate fans? theyre actually going to charge £400 for some nosebleeds? For fucks sake.....that guy who skydived to earth yesterday would get airsickness if he was watching the band from up there.... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:38am
out of my price range at this time, so i will be giving these shows a miss.
Best of luck to all RO'ers in securing tickets. :willya |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:39am RSRTG wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:31am:
Probably the best chance for most of us, mate. Its the only 'concession' for hard-core fans that theyve made - on the bright side, at least we're not paying a $100 membership for it. However, expect a shitload of scalpers to sign up for the archive store this morning. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:40am LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:24am:
Could be. I heard they were planning to film at least one show, so that could well be the one. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by RSRTG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:42am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:39am:
So do we go to the ticket agency links for these? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:44am
The Maex presale price range (& fees)
£95 & £11 £166 & £16 £246 & £21 £326 & £26 £406 & £31. There's also a Brussels Affair box set package costing a mere £600 (& a £51 fee!) ! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:45am
Standing tix in tongue pit on sale thru VIP package.
£2280 for 2. PASS. :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:45am RSRTG wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:42am:
I'd imagine there'll be an e-mail in due course directing you to a site (probably TM) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:46am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:45am:
FUCK OFF YOU ELITIST BASTARDS |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:46am To continue with your booking, please click the "Confirm" button (below right). The Rolling Stones - Tongue Pit: Front of Stage Access Sunday 25th November 2012 O2 Arena, London £950.00 + VAT each Total price* £2280.00 *Including tax, excluding credit card booking fees where applicable PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BOOK: THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VIP HOSPITALITY PACKAGES THAT CAN BE BOUGHT ONLINE PER PERSON, PER SHOW IS 6. IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR BOOKING OR WOULD LIKE TO BOOK OVER 6 PACKAGES PLEASE CALL OUR SALES TEAM ON (00) 44 20 7603 6033 WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL MULTIPLE ORDERS FROM THE SAME CUSTOMER IF WE BELIEVE THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMVENT THESE LIMITS. PLEASE NOTE IF ANY OFFICIAL VIP HOSPITALITY PACKAGES ARE FOUND ON EBAY OR ANY SECONDARY TICKET SITES WE WILL VOID ALL TICKETS/VIP PACKAGES WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. NO REFUND WILL APPLY. STRICTLY NO RE-SALE PERMITTED. TICKETS ARE NOT ALLOCATED AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. THE VIP SEATING AREA FOR EACH EVENT IS STATED ON OUR WEBSITE. PLEASE NOTE, CREDIT CARD CHARGES WILL APPLY. YOUR TICKETS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RESERVED. WHEN YOUR PURCHASE IS COMPLETE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL. VIP HOSPITALITY PACKAGES WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY POST 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. PLEASE NOTE, CREDIT CARD CHARGES WILL APPLY. PLEASE READ AND ACCEPT OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS (PLEASE TICK HERE TO ACCEPT) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:47am
Your hospitality includes:
Standing ticket within the Tongue Pit in front of the stage (please see map) Two-and-a-half hours pre-concert hospitality to include; Champagne Reception A three course dinner, specially designed by Michelin Star Chef, Angela Hartnett Selected wines served with dinner Complimentary bar serving Champagne, wine, beer and soft drinks Post-concert snacks 1 hour post-concert hospitality to include Champagne, wine, beer and soft drinks Décor, Music and Lighting Souvenir show programme or complimentary gift (1 per person) Private VIP fast track entry Access pass and documentation for each guest sent in advance Mark Butler Associates Event Managers and hosts in attendance |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:51am
U2 260 tour - ticket prices $30 - $250.
Price for unreserved standing in pit area - $55 Rolling Stones price for unreserved standing in pit area - $1900 "It's only rock 'n' roll", apparently |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:53am
:thatwassmart
From Virgin site Also partnering with Dainty Group is global production company Endemol who will co-manage the international digital rights to the Rolling Stones “50 and Counting” shows. Tim Hincks, President of Endemol Group said: "We are extremely proud to be partnering with the world’s greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll band and with the Dainty Group. "50 and Counting" is set to be a phenomenal global celebration of the Rolling Stones and we’ll soon be announcing further plans to make it an interactive experience for fans like no other." This partnership between Endemol and Dainty Group will see the final Stones show, staged at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on December 15, telecast live via pay-per-view at 9pm ET. The pay-per-view entitled “One More Shot” will be distributed by WWE, the world’s pre-eminent provider of pay-per-view programming. Further details of the partnership will be revealed shortly. WWE Chairman/CEO Vince McMahon said: "WWE is ecstatic to bring The Rolling Stones into your living room, live on Pay-Per-View for "One More Shot," the last date of their 50th anniversary shows." |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:53am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:47am:
I love how they call it a 'complimentary gift' (not just a 'gift' but a 'complimentary' one at that) when you cant get it unless you fork out a thousand quid!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:11am LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:24am:
probably all I can afford! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:11am
"Mark Butler Associates Event Managers and hosts in attendance"
better include the Stones girls riding tunas. :wtf3 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:12am
has the phone call been made yet to the modelling agency, to fill the pit for the PPV show?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:15am 02 Arena - £106.00 - £406.00 http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk Prudential Center - US $98.50 - US $753.50 http://www.ticketmaster.com |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:15am
may i recommend that all RO'ers get themselves signed to a model agency?
It will (almost) guarantee a place in the pit! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:16am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:53am:
One More Shot must be a great tune! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:17am
US $98.50 - US $753.50
US $98.50 Ticket + US $16.30 Fees = US $114.80 US $753.50 Ticket + US $59.50 Fees = US $813.00 :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:18am Ade wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:15am:
I'm hitting the treadmill later. I reckon if I can do it for 16 hours a day, 7 days a week for the next six weeks and allow the other eight hours in the day for the wounds from my upcoming head transplant to heal, I may JUST have a chance. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:20am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:17am:
So the lowest priced US ticket is HALF the price of a UK one? Thats a first. How did that happen? The American economy must be even more fucked than I thought! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:22am
Prices for Newark are : $750, $450, $250, $150 & $95
(plus fees) http://www.prucenter.com//default.asp?id=87&objId=1250 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:23am Deathgod wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:45am:
Christ!!! What world are these guys living in? Guess this one is gonna pass me by. Not worth putting myself on the street...... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:29am
Without a B stage I can get a cheaper ticket.
I'll be back. I have to return to my corner!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FotiniD on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:30am
This is SO weird.
On the one hand, I'm so thrilled they're back. The video. The teasing you-knew-this-was-coming vibe. Their mugs. The Charlie finale. Damn. On the other hand.... 406 POUNDS???????? Living in the Stones Universe must be exciting, no financial crisis, no problems with the economy and charging almost an entire month's salary for a two and a half hour show. JESUS. Why? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by lotsajizz on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:30am
I will shoot for a cheap seat the 13th and watch them on the telly on the 15th....stoked!!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Teiz on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:34am
If it had been any month in 2013 iwould've tried to get tickets for London. But I'll be getting a son any day now so I don't see myself boarding a plane to The UK anytime soon. Or do you think the old ball and chain will understand a shifting if my priorities? ;)
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:36am
Well at these prices I don't know.....I may try the Amex route for the Newark Dec 15th.....I'll be 60 years old at midnight the 16th so this may be it......course I have to survive looking at my credit card bills first. $753 and then $59.50 to Ticketbastard?......if they have to print and mail the tickets thne it really costs as much for the cheapest as it does the most expensive but they take a % of course to screw us. But this is the Stones doing the screw job and I am torn as to whether I play along one more time
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:36am
£95 and £166 tickets for the 02 are my limit.
I fully expect those to be mysteriously 'unavailable' once they go on sale until enough mugs have been conned into panic buying £400 nosebleeds. To get some perspective - something the Stones dont have - £400 is around the average week's salary in the UK. And that's one of the wealthier countries in Europe. £150 was more than expensive enough last time - and those were for very good seats. Paying more than that to see a band whose musical chops have been untested for five years at this stage of their lives simply isn't an option. If I cant get anything for £166, I'll have absolutely no qualms about passing. In fact it'll be somewhat cathartic to be able to do so. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:38am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:36am:
There will almost certainly be a tour in 2013. I think these prices are so exorbitant because its just four shows in two continents and when theyre selling 80,000 tickets they can get away with it a lot easier than they can if theyre trying to sell 3 or 4 million tickets. I'd expect the shows next year to be relatively-speaking a bit more affordable. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:39am lotsajizz wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:30am:
Good option. I'd imagine that there'll be somewhat less demand for the second night as its being broadcast. And you'll get them looser on the 13th! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:41am
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Egon on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:42am
So it's official, The stones will "tour".
what's ALSO official, is that they can go fuck themselves. Bastards. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:43am
Anyone else think its funny that Vince McMahon the wrestling con man is putting on the PPV? And if it goes as stated thats live with no net on the 15th? Will Blondie be hidden somewhere around the stage like a wrestler who jumps into the ring when its time for a farce?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:44am
Knowing I can sit at home and watch it live on the 15th takes a lot of pressure off.
I'm going to give the 15th my best shot with $250.00 being the highest I'll go. I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:44am
The PPV should have been called Warhorses...shit there already was a movie called that.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FotiniD on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:45am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:38am:
Yeah, but the 29/11 gig is a day after my birthday and I haven't seen those bastards live since 2006 and this video really got me going... :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey Damn the crisis and damn their out-of-touch sense of reality! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by AngieBlue on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:45am
Looks like I'll be having a watch party, which is fine by me.
We'll see what next year brings for tour dates in the US. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by lotsajizz on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:02am
Damn...as luck has it, I am LEAVING the British Isles the day of the first London show. My daughter attends the University of Edinburgh and I am visiting for ten days. I would have easily made it eleven or twelve had I known this when I got the tickets last summer! I must settle for Jersey...
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:10am Ade wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:38am:
I'll still expect to see you and S and maybe even Daisy, even if you don't buy a ticket to either show. I predict, however that you will break down and attend one of them. :keithpunky |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:17am
i am banking on field shows, next summer, to be honest...
Hyde Park, Knebworth etc.... (either of these options must be likely) but the chances of me attending a Pilot Inn pre-gig 'summit', this November, are currently, "probable" :booze :willya |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bingo on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:17am
Newark????? You got to be kidding me.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:23am Bingo wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:17am:
Yup..and it looks like the mob set the prices to cover the needed "protection" |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:25am
If the 15th is indeed a PPV, wouldn't the setlist on the 13th be identical; a dress rehearsal if you will?
Also, are the cameras a hindrance in any way??? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:26am Egon wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:42am:
Amen, Brother! Couldn't have said it better myself......... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:50am
word from promoters on reason Stones moved to Prudential Center was "greed".
There words, not mine. But I back their sentiments. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LanternHigh on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:53am FotiniD wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:45am:
I'm so out of luck that I've to give them a miss.. for the next year the same. Not affordable for me the prices. And now I cant really move me from here. Best of the luck to all the Ro'ers that will might have the tickets. :interestingstuffronnie |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:02am
Stones Archive Subscribers
Anyone who subscribes to the Stones Archive mailing list is eligible. How do we get eligable for this? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:07am Joey wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:53am:
they couldn't guarantee required quantity of tarps. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by corgi37 on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:09am
I can dig that these 4 shows are "special" shows, with Jagger hinting at "friends" joining them, but those prices are incredible. Bordering on ridiculous! Certainly not for the average fan. Those fronts rows are gonna be full of dazzling white teeth & fake tits.
I assume a "normal" 2013 tour will be more appropriately priced, because, last tour or not, no one can justify such greedy prices. They better not pull that shit here. P.S. I loved the line about the O2 nose bleed seats. "Not recommended to people with a fear of heights". LMFAO! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:17am Joey wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:53am:
Probably got a better deal there...since there is NO hockey...No NBA...and No Trendiness and Hype about Brooklyn...and the Prud is pretty new as well... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:21am Saint Sway wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:50am:
They don't say....LOL Can any musical act in history possibly be more out of touch with the real world? Awaits the obligatory and inevitable 'we're just like old bluesmen' type quote from Keith, any day now... The thing is, across the boards, even the most cheerleader-esque fans are for the most part waking up to see what a piss-take this is. Which does make you wonder how many people really are going to pay £450 or $750 for what are often pretty ordinary seats in an arena in a recession and coming up to Christmas. Like I said earlier, expect some serious pushing of these tickets once they go on sale under the illusion that theyre all thats available. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:23am Bitch wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:02am:
Register. ::) have you ever bought anything from that store, like a download? Then you're probably already a subscriber. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by corgi37 on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:26am
Front rows in Newark. "Made" people. Front rows in London. Page 3 girls.
And Shane Warne. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:32am
"Which does make you wonder how many people really are going to pay £450 or $750 for what are often pretty ordinary seats in an arena in a recession and coming up to Christmas"
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:37am
I hope these shows tank and sell horribly. Fuck them. I can see 7 Springsteen shows that are better,for cheaper.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:49am sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:37am:
Do we HAVE to get into THIS pissing contest again??? Fuck Springsteen. He'll be touring every year for the next 25 years. This is about the final shows EVER of The Rolling Stones. 250.00 for a ticket is doable; you just have to WANT it bad enough. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:50am
:retarded
sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:37am:
I saw this coming & prepared myself for this. They come to my home area, I'll make an attempt Otherwise, I am with you I've got great memories of seeing them & meeting super people. Time marches on I will add they will sell out these shows. There is a section of the populace which will pay for this as they would theatre, Super Bowl, etc. I'm not sorry it is not myself. I may have if this did not come in the time of year it has. I'm a Red Sox fan, wait till next year is a well understood concept. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:07am
they all cocky with that new song and 2 million views on youtube.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:12am LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:49am:
A concert shouldnt primarily be about emotional blackmail, though. And thats really what this is. You could make the same 'this could be the last time' argument for every Stones tour for the last three decades. $250 is very expensive but yes, I agree its doable. How many tickets are in that 'doable' range is another matter, though. They may be a lot less plentiful than most people imagine. Historically, that tends to be the case for New York and London concerts. If thats the case, then these prices are absolutely indefensible. The contempt the band have for their fans is higher than it ever has been, unfortunately. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:14am LadyJane wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:49am:
Sorry LJ. Not trying to start a pissing contest. Just my humble opinion. I hope you get tickets and see a great show. :willya |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by AngieBlue on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:21am
Boutique prices for boutique shows. It was to be expected.
This is why I do not understand why they didn't go ahead and confirm further shows for next year. They have plenty of people that will pay big bucks to see these shows. I'm sure big wigs in London and NYC will be buying up blocks of these for employees. And of course there is the society/jet set crowd. These two shows are for them and that is obivious. Had they set the tickets at a reasonable rate the demand would have way exceeded supply. So how do they decide who gets the tickets in that situation? Big ass headache that is best avoided. So guys, just announce the other dates so the regular fans have an idea of what we need to fork out next year? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:25am
As much as I love this band....traveling during Thanksgiving weekend to London or staying in New York at Christmas time makes it impossible to even contemplate paying these ridiculous prices for crap seats...
They have lost their marbles. Calling them "greedy" is being generous |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:25am
So far no announcement if the imaginary "Student Discount" tickets will be made 'available' again?
:nooslajaleisk :scary :blankfriggingstare1 :areyoufuckingserious Though they really out did themselves from the $100 fan club rip off of the previous tour to the now "Archival Members" tickets. Which is so awesome! You just plunk down $1800 on a Brussells Box or some other over paid crap and you get privilege of 'pre-sale access' to buy the $850 seats What sweet deal! What true prince's they are! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:26am
"Sorry LJ. Not trying to start a pissing contest. Just my humble opinion. I hope you get tickets and see a great show."
Thank you. I appreciate your love for other artists. I know these guys are greedy motherfuckers. But there isn't another Band that will ever come close to them for me. I've been waiting for this day for SIX long years. I'm a Rolling Stones purist and mutant and will never make apologies for it. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:32am
Just laffing to myself....My first Stones show in 72 cost $7.50 and my last might cost me $750......both seemed outrageuos at the time. Hang on folks there s/b lots of tickets dumped for this after the initial panic.....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:40am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:32am:
I wish u were right, gimmekeef.... There will be tickets though.... In the nosebleeds Unfortunately with only 2 shows...the corporate bigwigs will buy up these tickets and not bat an eyelash. And the Stones Corporation will make sure that the place is full. Unfortunately not with real fans..... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:44am
Ok. So theyre never going to outgross U2 again - but for those who still get competitive about them breaking attendance records, it looks like they're on the way to being the first band to fill a concert arena by selling tickets to none of their actual fans.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:46am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:38am:
For the 106/166 prices, when it says there are none available... Does this mean they are sold out already? Or just not part of the Amex presale? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bingo on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:46am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:32am:
That $750 ticket would've cost you $136.00 back in 72' ..puts things into perspective. Could you imagine anyone charging $136 in 1972???? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by AngieBlue on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:46am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:44am:
Rim Shot! ;D |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:50am Patrick wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:46am:
they're just not available because the public sale hasnt started yet. There seems to be more variety of prices for the AMEX sale. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:51am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:44am:
Newark New Jersey is not hell... its the armpit of hell. Its in a ghetto. Lots of violence has happened there. Couple murders last fall after a show (Chili Peppers) I'm thinking Newark New Jersey would keep away the models, celebrities, wanna be's and scenester types. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:06am
I know folks have been clamoring for the Super Bowl tongue stage for years now... well... thats close to what were getting. The front of the stage will be the Stones tongue with GA seats inside the tongue.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:16am Saint Sway wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:06am:
so record top prices for a used stage?......always the bottom line boys!....Tweet this Mick!!!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:22am sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:37am:
My total for the year so far is 182 and I don't think I have spent $750. And a huge chunk of them were at least a lot more fun than many Stones shows I have seen. I've seen enough "last shows" by everybody that I am ready to bury all "classic rock" at the mausoleum in Cleveland. I do wanna see the PPV though. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:24am
I just signed up here....
https://www.stonesarchivestore.com/Subscribe.aspx This is our chance at a presale code and if I can possibly score the $95 or $150 tickets I'll get those, and if not I'm priced out. Also, the venue in Newark is new and state-of-the-art, built for concerts so although Newark, NJ itself sucks, this place is nice and there is public transit to and from so as long as you dont plan on strolling the streets of Newark, it's perfectly safe. Just dont buy scalper tickets, those will be bogus. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:26am Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:44am:
As always...right on target!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:35am
The last show is going to be on Pay Per View, with decent editing they are usually better on TV anyway.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:40am Saint Sway wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:06am:
What if I gotta take a piss break during the show ? Would I be trapped in there ? :forfucksake |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:42am Edith Grove wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:40am:
You might get trampled to death during Keith's set. :sad |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:47am
Many people clear out for Keith's two numbers. I want him to do Happy and Before They Make Me Run.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 12:03pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:47am:
Keep it to one song for Keith and throw in a second one featuring Ronnie so Mick gets back stage to count the gross. Before They Make Me (Keith) I Can Feel The Fire (Ronnie) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 15th, 2012 at 12:03pm
It will be available on DVD anyway, & you actually see more what's going on then at a live show, I know a person who had front row seats for another artist, Bowie, & what happened there was festival seating included after the sale, & all these people shut out the front row people so they ended up watching a screen, The guy actually saw more on the show when the DVD came out, & he paid all this money for it.
What about some of us who is getting up there in years & live on fixed incomes. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 12:17pm
Christ for $1200 bucks Id want a freaking tambourine for me to play onstage and a bottle of good scotch....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SoulPlunderer on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:02pm
And people on IORR were trying to claim that Mick Jagger was some sort of socialist... :o
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:06pm
Like Robin Williams would say, The Stones need to tour again to pay for Mick's babies.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:20pm
Per the e-mail circular from Bill German :
It's highly likely that the Stones will extend their "tour" into 2013, visiting the Far East and/or Australia early in the year before heading back to America and Europe. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:21pm Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:20pm:
This has my hog's attention! :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:32pm Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:20pm:
I told you once and I told you twice... Fortunately it is written in the "Big news" thread, Tokyo and somewhere in Asutralia are next, short term |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Oct 15th, 2012 at 1:50pm Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:39am:
thats the plan man!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:15pm
The Situation has tweeted he and his boys will be in Newark.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:41pm Some Guy wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:15pm:
be my luck to scrape up enough $$$ to stand inside the tongue stage area and end up with a Kardashian ass blocking my view..... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:46pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:41pm:
gimmefuckingkeef! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by AngieBlue on Oct 15th, 2012 at 2:56pm
Tokyo you say? Not that I can get there, but my son is stationed in Korea. Just a jump from there. He was afraid he would miss out all together since he won't be stateside again til Dec. 2013. Cool! :booze
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 15th, 2012 at 3:05pm
Rolling Stones Confirm 50th Anniversary Concerts
'The boys are cooking in the back room,' Keith Richards tells Rolling Stone Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones. Samir Hussein/WireImage By Andy Greene October 15, 2012 7:45 AM ET After months of rumors, the Rolling Stones have announced dates for their 50 and Counting . . . The Rolling Stones Live tour. The band will perform November 25th and 29th at London's O2 Arena and December 13th and 15th at Newark's Prudential Center. Ticketing information is available on their website. "The boys are cooking in the back room," Keith Richards tells Rolling Stone. "See you all in the front room very soon." A press release announcing the tour promises an "all new, custom-built set design with a stage based on the band's ubiquitous and celebrated tongue and lips logo, which will reach out into the crowd and become a truly must-see and -hear experience, with integral video screens and effects enhancing the sort of high-octane adventure for which the band's concerts have been famous for decades." Rare and Intimate Photos of the Rolling Stones The shows will be promoted by Virgin Live, a new organization spearheaded by Richard Branson and tour promoter Paul Dainty. "In the future Virgin Live plans to make a real difference to how fans experience, interact and enjoy live events," Branson said in a statement. "Who would have believed, that a relationship with the band that started in the Sixties, would still be going strong five decades later with us working together again on these amazing shows." The Rolling Stones haven't performed in public since their Bigger Bang tour ended in August of 2007. They came together earlier in Paris earlier this year to record two new cuts for their upcoming compilation album GRRR!, which hits shelves on November 13th. The new single "Doom and Gloom" was released last week. Crossfire Hurricane, a new documentary chronicling their fifty-year career, will premiere on HBO on November 13th. As of now, only these four concerts have been announced, though it seems likely the tour will continue in 2013. Contrary to widespread rumors, the American shows are in Newark and not Brooklyn's brand new Barcalys Center. "I'm so looking forward to playing live in the New York/New Jersey area again," Mick Jagger tells Rolling Stone. "It's going to be a great celebration." The final show of the four-night tour will be broadcast live via Pay Per View. Entitled One More Shot, the broadcast will be distributed by WWE. Tickets for the Newark show range from $98.50 to $813. Check out this video of the band officially announcing the tour, in which Jagger says they may have "a few friends joining us" at the shows: Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stones-confirm-50th-anniversary-concerts-20121015#ixzz29OrdifPR |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 15th, 2012 at 3:10pm
Any chance the pay per view is the final concert? And One More Shot is a classic Stones hit (thus the pay per view name)?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by homesickjameswilliamson on Oct 15th, 2012 at 3:28pm Pretty crazy prices, but to be expected, if i was in london at the time, 100 wouldn't be too bad but with flights and hotels this late its a no-go for me. Just have to cling to the phrase "50 & counting.." and maybe see them some time next year It does feel like they're saying, if you have to question whether you can afford these you're not welcome but they know they'll get it, they've been crying "farewell tour" since 71 and now people can believe it considering they are 71. Good to see them back again though, can't wait to watch the PPV |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 3:52pm
This just in.....2 tents at the Pru Center already. Sheryl Crow is in the one right next to Kid Rock
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:01pm
is this legit..tickets available now??
http://centernewark.com/Tickets-Active.php?eventID=1978204&venueID=6102 front row for only $15,770 per ticket!......... and then these guys: http://www.selectaticket.com/1978204/The-Rolling-Stones |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:16pm
No way this is the final time. People ALWAYS suspect that every time they go out.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bingo on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:30pm
The Yankee fans a fed up with the bullshit the Front Office has been pulling with the high ticket prices. I went to the game yesterday and got a $220 ticket for $20.....That's the only way I'll go see the Stones, it worked last tour at Giants stadium, got in on a twenny dolla bill. :blankfriggingstare1
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:35pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:16pm:
I agree... They are going to No Security this Motherfucker for the USA and Europe... Those in the far east and oz... now you may not get another chance... A winter/spring, maybe even summer thing will be happening... I expect arenas & festivals... I wouldn't be surprised if they play ACL here in aTx next October!!! and you can and will ber able to get into most shows way under face value, that will not change... trust me!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:38pm
From what I've heard this arena in NJ is no place to be lurking around in the dark trying to get under valued scalped tickets. Recipe for getting robbed.....and fake tix
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:40pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:38pm:
It'd be kind of ironic if the band got mugged on the way in!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:42pm
Stones are charging fair market value for these tickets.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:43pm
couple of things....
I'm not sure re pit at mo. Need pics. Will you have to keep swirling about to see the band. Will they end up behind us so they can play to the rest of the arena? And front row floor tix, how far away will Charlie be ? From Bill German : It's highly likely that the Stones will extend their "tour" into 2013, visiting the Far East and/or Australia early in the year before heading back to America and Europe. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:48pm Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:40pm:
If they run into me its 50/50........ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:51pm
Besides cochella and glastonbury, anyone know any other rumored festivals?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:00pm
Any and all 2013 festival tickets will come with free Rolling Stones rumors.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:15pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:00pm:
;D :willya ;D :o ::) :P :booze :keithpunky |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:40pm Pdog wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:51pm:
I hope the two-bit prick known as Quint Davis doesn't try to get them for Jazz Fest. After the Springsteen clusterfuck this year, the last thing Jazz Fest needs is the Stones. Just not enough room for the crowd unless they have the Stones in the New Orleans Arena. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 15th, 2012 at 5:48pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 4:48pm:
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Roostah on Oct 15th, 2012 at 6:33pm
The PPV sounds best, 65" Plasma and 140W of 7 channel sound!
I was born and raised in NYC and know that Newark is a shit-hole! If it was MSG..... I'd be at the keyboard when the pre-sale scheduled to start! Most of us are not going BUT FEEL LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN MUGGED !!!!!!! For those that go leave your wallet in the hotel safe!! Bill German will be in AZ next month and I'll be pleased to meet him when he speaks on his book tour at 4 Maricopa County Libraries! Bill's book 'Under Their Thumb' is a MUST READ !!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:58pm
OK, is Newark really THAT bad when it comes to crime ?
I live in a city that is considered "high crime" by some people, but you hardly ever hear of tourists being victims of crime, especially violent crime. Most people here use their common sense and don't put themselves in a position to become a victim, and the vast majority of violent crime happens between drug dealers, etc., in neighborhoods where you wouldn't be unless you were involved in something. So what's the real scoop ? Can't I book a room at a hotel near the venue and go to the show without being paralyzed by fear of becoming a victim? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:03pm
Rolling Stones' London concerts could set you back over £1,000
The Rolling Stones have announced their first live shows in five years, including two concerts in Britain, but fans who want a spot right in front of the stage face being charged more than £1,000 for a ticket. The Rolling Stones have confirmed that they will play two live shows in London next month, but the cheapest ticket costs £106 including booking fees. Photo: REX FEATURES By Sam Marsden8:55PM BST 15 Oct 2012 Even the cheapest tickets for their two nights at London’s O2 Arena next month cost £106 – more than the band themselves were paid when they performed their first gig 50 years ago. Confirming widespread rumours, the rock group said they were playing four dates, two in Britain and two in the United States, to mark their 50th anniversary. Tickets for the London shows on November 25 and 29 cost up to £406, including booking fees, for the best seats. However, at present any Stones lover who wants to guarantee a place standing in the “tongue pit” in front of the stage, based on the band’s classic tongue and lips logo, will have to purchase a VIP hospitality package costing £1,140 including VAT. Standing tickets only will go on sale later at a cheaper price, but they will be restricted to members of the Rolling Stones fan club. By contrast, the original members of the Stones each received £5 – about £88 in today’s money – for their first concert at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street on July 12 1962. The late Brian Jones, who came up with the band’s name, was paid slightly more. The latest gigs will be rather more lucrative for the ageing rockers. Reports suggest that promoters are paying them about £16 million for the four concerts. The Stones last played live during their two-year A Bigger Bang tour, which ended at the O2 Arena in August 2007. It earned around $558 million (£347 million), making it the second highest grossing music tour in history. Sir Mick Jagger, the band’s frontman, admitted on Monday that it felt “crazy” to have reached the 50-year landmark. “You think it’s going to last a couple of years. At the time that seemed like a perfectly rational thing to say – why would you think it would go on for any longer? That was about the shelf life of a pop group at the time,” he told the Evening Standard. “Obviously at the beginning you didn’t have any inclination. It’s a nightmare idea, really, that you’d do anything for 50 years at that age.” The estimated 30,000 tickets for the two London dates went on advance sale on Monday to American Express card holders and people wanting a package including hospitality or hotel accommodation. Tickets will be available to O2 mobile customers and subscribers to the Stones Archive mailing list from Wednesday, and will go on general sale at 9am on Friday. The American concerts will be held at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey, on December 13 and 15. Fans who manage to get one of the prized tickets are promised a run through the group’s greatest hits, which include "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Honky Tonk Women" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want”. The Stones have recorded two new songs - Doom And Gloom and One More Shot - which will be included in a repackaged “best of” collection called “Grrr!”, to be released on November 12. Sir Mick suggested on Monday that the announced dates would be a teaser for a full series of shows. There have also been rumours the Stones are being lined up to play Glastonbury Festival next year. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/9610328/Rolling-Stones-London-concerts-could-set-you-back-over-1000.html |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:12pm
by fan club do they mean the stones archive ?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 15th, 2012 at 9:50pm
Best seats I could see
SectionBK B3RowESeats37 - 38Description INCL. VENUE FACILITY FEE £1 ENTRANCE H Price Level 1 FLOOR SEATING TypeTicket + 'Brussels Affair Box Set' (1 box set per 2 tickets) Ticket Price£651.00 x 2 Price Details SUBTOTAL*£1,302.00 over $2000 AUS. Can't do it. Add accom, air etc. :forfucksake |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by The-Worst on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:28pm
As someone who lives in NJ less then an hour from the Prudential Center I can tell you that Newark is beyond terrible. It has actually improved the past few years but it is still one of if not the worse area in the entire US (and believe me ive been all over the US). The good news is they usually have TONS of police around the arena to protect fans. The other good news is the arena is only a few years old and its gorgeous-really one of the nicest arenas you'll ever be in. It's a shame it's in the middle of hell. There is public transportation which is probably the easiest way to get in and out of the place. Im sure there will be a ton of fans doing this so if you travel in groups you should hopefully be OK. Otherwise you better be a Street Fighting Man!!! :nooslajaleisk :scary :wtf2 :wtf1
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gorda on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:17pm Ade wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 7:12am:
"It's all about the pretty people!" That's sad! And, not cool at all! As fan, I would much rather see REAL FANS enjoying the show! Real fans bring an energy and magical feeling to the show! I would be watching the Pay-Per-View show and go, "Hey, there's Voodoo Chile! Wow! Cool!" |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:22pm
Standing tickets only will go on sale later at a cheaper price, but they will be restricted to members of the Rolling Stones fan club
That's right, the fans. The ones who have purchased every lp, 8 track, cassette, cd The ones who have all of the memorabilia. The fans.....They get to purchase standing room tickets. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:16am
i have it on good authority that the 'special guests' will be Kid Rock & One Direction.
Apparently they will all be joining Mick for an exclusive, acapella version of "Streets Of Love", that post-show, you will be able to download, for a limited time, for a yet undisclosed fee. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:55am The-Worst wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:28pm:
OK, I get it. Tell me this, though. I've booked a room at this place: http://www.comfortsuites.com/hotel-newark-new_jersey-NJ123 which is supposedly just 1-1/2 miles from the venue. Do you know if public transport runs between here & the venue, or is it easy to catch a cab after the show ? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:29am Nellcote wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 11:22pm:
'Cheaper' than £1,000 a ticket covers a lot of ground. Should we pleased if theyre only, say, £600 a ticket? From what Ive seen on stonesarchive.com theres a presale for the £600 (+ £51) package which gets you an (unsigned) copy of the Brussels Affair box thrown in. Just like there was on the AMEX presale. I think theres one 'box' per order. Not per ticket. So effectively, if I'm understanding this right, this free presale entitles you to a shot at an (albeit very good) seat which has a normal price of £350, but you get a boxed set thrown in. Which you may or may not already own as you're a registered stonesarchive member. It gets better all the time! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:47am Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:29am:
They printe a few thousand boxes and sold about a dozen... they have a genius for moving product, by any means. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:12am
160K views on youtube for announcement.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Stewed n Keefed on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:14am
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by The-Worst on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:24am
Edith, that is probably one of the "nicer" areas of the city. You can probably get in and out of the city pretty easy that way. I doubt there is mass transit from there to the arena. What I would do is if I saw lots of people walking to the arena I would probably walk it. If not, I would have the hotel call me a cab even though it's only about a mle and a half away. I apologize if I'm scaring the hell out of you-The sad reality is that Newark is not a place that you want to be walking around at night alone. Again, once you get to the arena ( nicknamed The Rock) you'll love it though. It is gorgeous and they received a lot of federal funding to build it in Newark to try to revitalize the area. Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet. However, with the Stones in town all is good!!!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:48am Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:29am:
B3RowESeats37 38 $2000 AUS for 2 with unsigned Brussels. Sec B3 Row E So 5 or 10 seats back. In last floor section. Lots of heads in front of you. PASS. :tongui |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:55am
Thurs 29th
Best avail in Brussels pack SectionBK 110RowRSeats284 - 285Description INCL. VENUE FACILITY FEE £1 ENTRANCE H Price Level 1 LEVEL 1 TypeTicket + 'Brussels Affair Box Set' (1 box set per 2 tickets) Ticket Price£651.00 x 2 Price Details SUBTOTAL*£1,302.00 :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 8:45am Pdog wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:47am:
I must admit (Streets of Love again!) that by being a fan club member, I was fortunate to purchase 4 $99 seats, 4th row Ronnie's side to the Fenway Openah in '05. I can only think that this was due to being a fan club member. If Stones said that this could be possible for the '13 tour & wanted to charge $100 to re-up to be a member, I would look at this as a lottery style item, and the $100 would be a "vig" to get a chance at those type of tickets. Sadly, I do not think this will be the case. Oh, and who also got the same type of seats, and sat next to us ......Mr. & Mrs. Pug. What a small world, and a decent couple. If memory serves me right, we had better seats than JB.....and we did have better seats than John Henry, owner of the Red Sox, as well as Tommy Hilfiger, Carly Simon. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 16th, 2012 at 8:50am
Rolling Stones fans' outrage as standard tickets for London 50th anniversary gigs set to cost up to £375
By Emily Sheridan PUBLISHED: 07:52 EST, 15 October 2012 | UPDATED: 04:44 EST, 16 October 2012 ..The news The Rolling Stones are performing again to mark their 50th anniversary has been met with joy by their legions of fans. But after hearing the band are set to net £15.7million from just four gigs, ticket prices are expected to be incredibly high.Standards tickets for their two-night stint at London's O2 Arena will cost between £90 to £375. Back on the road: The Rolling Stones (L-R) Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Sir Mick Jagger have announced a 50th anniversary tour Although tickets don't go on sale until Friday, many fans have ruled out trying to buy them after being put off by the inflated prices. Fans took to Twitter to express their horror at the prices to watch the band, who have a combined age of 273, perform. One Twitter user Jack Powell tweeted the band, saying: '@RollingStones how can the ticket prices be so high. Trying to get a loan. My one chance to see you and the price is shocking. Gutted.' Another fan James Pagan said: 'How can the Rolling Stones charge 400 quid to see them in concert at the O2? I think everyone should boycott it.' The rock group announced their new tour on Monday to coincide with their 50th anniversary as a band on a YouTube video. The four-piece will perform two shows in London in November, follow by a pair of gigs in Newark, New Jersey the following month. Frontman Sir Mick Jagger, 69, enthused: 'Everybody loves a celebration, and London and New York are two good places to do it in.' Guitarist Keith Richards, 68, added: 'Sorry to keep you all hanging around but the waiting is over. I've always said the best place for rock and roll is on the stage and the same is true for the Stones. 'I'm here with Mick, Charlie and Ronnie and everything is rocking. See you very soon.' The gigs will be their first tour since their two-year A Bigger Bang World Tour, which ended in 2007. In 2006, the band were forced to cancel a string of dates after Keith suffered concussion after falling out of a tree while on holiday in Fiji during a break in the tour. The group will perform to an estimated 20,000 people at London's O2 Arena on 25 and 29 November, and 18,700 at the Prudential Center in Newark on 13 and 15 December. The venues are far smaller than others the band have played to in the past, such as 82,000 at London's Twickenham Stadium or an estimated 1million people on Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in February 2006. Appearing on Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show on Monday, Mick said: 'I'm sure there's going to be something on Facebook very soon about the tour. It's not going to be a long tour, the first bit anyway... It's going to be a few gigs. As well as a new tour, the band have recorded two new songs Doom And Gloom and One More Shot, which will appear in a new greatest hits collection Grrr!, which will hit stores on November 12. Describing the new songs, Mick told Chris: 'It was a very quick recording session Although the line-up had changed somewhat since their inception in the 60s, Mick and Keith will be joined by current members Charlie Watts, 71; and Ronnie Wood, 65, for this tour. Previous Stones members include the late Brian Jones and Ian Stewart, and former bassist Bill Wyman, who left in 1993. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2217981/Rolling-Stones-fans-outrage-standard-tickets-London-50th-anniversary-gigs-set-cost-375.html#ixzz29TA40uaP F |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 8:54am Stewed n Keefed wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:14am:
Never had a good experience with tix through the fan club, happy others did... I felt ripped, only ever got one of my gifts, and joined twice... even after calling to complain!!! If they play Texas anytime soon, I will be there... well, except west Texas, not driving to El Paso, that is just crazy!!! and I will go without tix, and get in on the cheap... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:01am Stewed n Keefed wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:14am:
So to get tickets through the Stones Archive pre-sale you have to buy the Brussels package? NO WAY! Anyone heard anything about the O2 customers Presale? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:05am The-Worst wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:24am:
Thanks ! [smiley=thumbup.gif] |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:31am Patrick wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:01am:
Probably similar arrangemen to the Amex one, ie the cream of the worst value seats for the price category. You'll rarely get much quality and value for money wise in a free pre sale. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:44am
Maybe I missed it...but has there been an official sponsor for these shows??
A friend who works in marketing told me Chanel no. 5...but she is a funny one and knows how to yank me whn it comes to the Stones... Will we see Mick do this next week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mGs4CjeJiJQ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:49am Bingo wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 8:17am:
An article possibly explaining the truth behind the NEWARK over Brooklyn choice : http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57532753/n.j-issues-first-medical-marijuana-license/?tag=cbsnewsHardNewsFDArea%3Bfdmodule |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:49am Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:31am:
So you reckon there'll still be band 1 / band 2 tickets (definitely my limit, anyway) left by the general sale on Friday? Even after the wave of pre-sales is through? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 16th, 2012 at 10:31am Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:44am:
I saw an article this morning claiming the Stones have "paired up" with the World Wrestling Federation for these shows. I think it was one of those Examiner columns. :forfucksake |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gimme Shelter on Oct 16th, 2012 at 10:31am |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:14am Edith Grove wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 10:31am:
Actually, WWE Productions working with touring bands on arena shows is quite common. They are tremendous with lighting, fireworks etc Even smaller acts compared to Stones and U2 like Widespread Panic and Phish use WWE for staging, effects etc. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:17am Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:44am:
Ask Richard Branson, he is the promoter, no? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:22am
Bowery Presents is the promoter. Branson laid out and guaranteed the $,$$$,$$$,$$$.
He is, in essence, the grease. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:27am
Been 6 long years, and today I'm finally taking
WE NEED A FUCKING TOUR! out of my sig line. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:35am
The new sig should be WE NEED A TRUST FUND
Prices are out of hand. I guess, careful what we wish for, right? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:46am
What did everyone think these tickets would go for? They usually bleed us dry with each tour. There's a lot of focus on the $750 ticket, but all I see are $95 seats, and $95 seats are my price!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:56am
the PPV will likley be $60..based on wrestling and fight prices. The buy rate for concerts is always way below fights and wrestling but even 250,000 buys is 15 million......still cant believe they are going live with no edits.....should be interesting but surely will lead to a safe setlist and few surprises. One thing we havenet focused on is Ronnie and how much sharper he has been last 2 years or so live. Might surprise us what having him "on" can do for the sound.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:00pm
The MSG HBO show was live.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:27pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:00pm:
after a mutlitude of shows to get warmed up..........will be interestiing to see..... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:52pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:46am:
Pointless comment unless you have an idea how many of them are in that category. There might be 5,000. There might also be about 300. The fact is that there are less of them with each successive tour. And if the London example is any yardstick, there are a lot more than ever in the most expensive category. How you measure it is the average price. The average ticket price on the last tour was $167. From what I read today, the £16 million/$25 million that the Stones got for these shows means that the promoters have to sell tickets at at LEAST £207 (thats about $350) just to break even. So youre probably looking at considerably over $400 for an average ticket price. A 250% hike on their last tour. Indefensible. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:55pm Patrick wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:49am:
There will always be tickets in every category on public sale. No presale gets a monopoly on an allocation for a particular 'area'. The only thing is that there were some prices on the Amex sale which arent on the general sale (I think it was $250 or something). Whether the seats are necessarily any better I doubt. Its sort of like saying its announced a free presale, but youre actually paying a bit more for the ticket in that block than you will in the public sale |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 2:04pm
Contact Music surpass themselves
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/the-rolling-stones-live-tour-millions-fan-enquire-about-30-000-seats_3329604 Its the usual rehashed bland article that tells you nothing, but they choose to accompany the piece with a photo of a young girl in a Stones t-shirt.........standing in front of a toilet. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 2:17pm |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 16th, 2012 at 2:23pm LadyJane wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:27am:
Might want to hang on to that for when the speculation starts up again for the (rumored) 2013 shows. :smilemick |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:14pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:00pm:
I just hope the director of the MSG show is FFFFAAAAAAARRRRRR away from this one...that was horrible |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:18pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 11:46am:
What Gazza said...I do know that at the last AC show...there were $60.00 tickets...the entire back 3 rows of the opposite-stage section...an approx total of 120 seats went for that price... Our very own beautiful GotToRollMe scored a ticket and sold it to me after she decided to upgrade w/ Lady Jane to the floor... Bless her heart...we have been friends ever since!!! Thank You Mary Back on topic...WHAT GAZZA SAID |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:20pm Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 2:04pm:
Gazza...you missed it entirely...That "girl"was Paris Jackson...the son of the late King of Pop...according to the caption!! ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:39pm Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:20pm:
Looks like my daughter... changes her hair daily... cute as a button, mine and the late MJ... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:46pm
What's pointless is complaining about the prices. That's pointless. For years we've all wished for another show. Well, now we got it. If I cannot afford a ticket to a show in the dead of winter on the east coast, I'll get the pay per view.
For all of the great affordable items Stones, Inc. have sold us (great downloads, Some Girls two disc set, $20-$30 shirts at Macys) they've also given us $5,000 pin ball machines, $1,500 cd box sets, and lithos with questionable signatures. Also, I was the lucky guy to be with Lady Jane and You Got To Roll Me on the arena floor for that AC show. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:05pm Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 12:55pm:
So from that derives that if you pay X amount for a certain block through Amex / o2 / Archive presale, and that gets you a seat in, say, block 102, someone else (who has waited until Friday's general sale) could also pay X amount but get a better seat later on, because that seat was not part of the pre-sale? Maybe even for cheaper? From this it follows that the people who buy up presale tickets, in general, pay more for limited (therefore more likely to be worse) seats, depending on what blocks are included. So what drives people to buy tickets through a pre-sale? The mere sense of exclusivity? This is making me lose my faith in any pre-sale. I'm trying to analyse whether it's better to secure a 106/166 ticket tomorrow at 9am (through the o2 presale - if i can) or take the risk of waiting until the floodgates open on Friday. The question for me is which wave of sales (o2 or general) is going to take me further for my money... literally, towards the stage |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:19pm Patrick wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:05pm:
Amex offers it's a customers something they consider to be a privalege... for many events they offer very eleite deals, much like the VIP packages... Amex has taken this into their advertising... these are people who work long, long hours and make a lot of money... it's completely lame IMO, but it is what it is... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:34pm Paranoid Android wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 4:20pm:
LOL Cool...but she's still showing her crapper! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:47pm Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:34pm:
oh man, I hope she is over 18, b/c I was thinking about her butt... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:32pm Pdog wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:47pm:
Dude,she's 14! :spooky |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:49pm Keith Richards Hints at More Rolling Stones Shows in 2013 'I think next year probably looks like it's on,' guitarist says By Rolling Stone October 16, 2012 9:19 AM ET Keith Richards hinted at more Rolling Stones shows to come in a chat with the BBC's Matt Everitt as the band continues to celebrate their 50th anniversary. "You know I wouldn't be surprised," said Richards, when asked if the Stones would be playing more than just the four shows announced yesterday. "Nobody's actually given a heads up on that, but I don't think that this band is gonna wind up all of this for four shows. I think they want to do something for the end of the year, and I think next year probably looks like it's on." The band is currently set to take the stage at Lodnon's O2 Arena on November 25th and 29th, while on December 13th and 15th they'll hop across the pond to play Newark's Prudential Center. Shows next year would be even more apt, as Richards points out that the Stones consider next year the group's real 50th birthday because 1963 marks the year Charlie Watts joined the group. "This year to us is a conception," joked Richards, "next year is the birth, but everybody around the world has decided a conception's worth a celebration." When asked about the possibility of the band playing England's famed Glastonbury festival, Richards quipped with a laugh, "On a good day if the weather's fine, that's an interesting proposition." He added, "I think the band wants to get these four gigs under their belt and think about next year after that. But anything's possible with this band, you know." Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-richards-hints-at-more-rolling-stones-shows-in-2013-20121016#ixzz29VclONA2 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 16th, 2012 at 7:01pm Patrick wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 5:05pm:
Historically, thats pretty much how its been. What drives them? The fear that when in a public sale with lots of competition, they'll get shut out for a high demand gig. As less people are going for tickets in a presale, youre likely to get your tickets faster and theres that early knowledge that you're 'in the building' whilst everyone else comes close to spontaneous combustion in the pubic sale. Take your chance with the presale by all means, but think twice about settling for something that later on you think is poor value for the category of ticket you bought (ie a £350 nosebleed, or a £350 floor seat at the very back of the hall). Its really all a crapshoot. My opinion is that you'll rarely get the best value tickets for each category in a FREE presale. I remember a sponsors presale for Twickenham in 2006 - all of the 'best' pitch tickets seemed to be in Block B, which for £150 was a long way to be away from the stage in the middle of a field. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by KMC on Oct 16th, 2012 at 8:58pm
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/10/rolling_back_the_years_a_look.html#incart_flyout_entertainment
As you've probably read, the Stones played in Newark in 1965. This article appeared in Newark paper today describing the events surrounding that concert. Attached is a picture of where they played - Symphony Hall, previously known as the Mosque Theater. Can only imagine how cool it would have been to see the group in that setting. (I was in 8th grade and my mom wouldn't let me go. I should have found a way!!!)  RS_MOSQUE_THEATER-NEWARK_NJ.jpg (Attachment deleted) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:28pm KMC wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 8:58pm:
that place looks sweet!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 16th, 2012 at 9:37pm sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:32pm:
I can see she's only 14 years old, I don't want no ID... :perverted In all seriousness, it was a joke, about butts, toilets and what we do with both... :scary |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by RSRTG on Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:59am
The Archive pre sale is complete rip off.....i might have considered buying 1 ticket and getting a box set but being forced to buy 2 tickets per show...well, they can jam it.....will try my luck Friday....grrrr :stinkypost
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:27am
what the hell is TBC ?
Wednesday 17th October 9AM BST Stones Archive Subscribers ANYONE WHO SUBSCRIBES TO THE STONES ARCHIVE MAILING LIST IS ELIGIBLE. O2 Customers information TBC. Link just takes you to : Join the Rolling Stones Archive and Bravado mailing list On October 22nd after 12pm EST an email will go out to members of the Stones Archive list that will announce availability to purchase The Brussels Affair Box Premium Tickets Bundle to the Newark Prudential Center shows on December 13th & 15th before tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 26th. Each bundle includes The Brussels Affair Box Set shown below and two tickets. Subscribe here and don’t forget to check your email on Monday, October 22nd! Idiots! :tongui |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by RSRTG on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:35am
This is crazy mama :forfucksake
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:46am
What's going on ? :scary
http://www.rollingstones.com/50-and-counting/ Wednesday 17th October 9AM BST Stones Archive Subscribers ANYONE WHO SUBSCRIBES TO THE STONES ARCHIVE MAILING LIST IS ELIGIBLE. O2 Customers information TBC. Link just rolls to this : https://www.stonesarchivestore.com/Subscribe.aspx Join the Rolling Stones Archive and Bravado mailing list On October 22nd after 12pm EST an email will go out to members of the Stones Archive list that will announce availability to purchase The Brussels Affair Box Premium Tickets Bundle to the Newark Prudential Center shows on December 13th & 15th before tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 26th. Each bundle includes The Brussels Affair Box Set shown below and two tickets. Subscribe here and don’t forget to check your email on Monday, October 22nd! The Box set should arrive just before holiday. This version of the box set is not signed. :wtf3 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:58am
I thought 'fan club' peeps had access to standing tix ?
What a shambles. :tongui |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:07am Deathgod wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:58am:
You have access to the Brussels Affair package that everyone else could buy since Monday lunchtime. Be grateful! TBC = To Be Confirmed |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:32am
it seems that, through ticketmaster, no combination can return results for unreserved standing... am i missing something?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 17th, 2012 at 8:08am
The "standing inside the tongue" tickets at the 02 were all part of a fan package at approx $1500USD each.
We'll see on Friday, I guess what the situation at Prudential is. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 17th, 2012 at 8:31am Deathgod wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 3:27am:
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by GotToRollMe on Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:29am Gazza wrote on Oct 16th, 2012 at 6:49pm:
That's good news for me because no way can I make the Newark shows this year. Hopefully they'll play the Garden next year. Thanks Gazza. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2012 at 10:45am RSRTG wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:59am:
the 'logic' in their utter incompetence is sinking in. Think about it Monday - The shows get announced. They promise a special presale access for anyone who is subscribed to stonesarchive.com. When seeing that window of opportunity, probably thousands of fans register. Tuesday - They tell you that the presale will be for 'Brussels Affair' package deals only. The same package that was available to the public from 12.30 pm on Monday. Wednesday - Stonesarchive.com out of the blue confirms a new archive release for download. As they have thousands more members than they had last week, sales for this are brisk and awareness (and therefore purchases) of other items in the store increases dramatically. Theyve basically conned people into registering to get more business for their archive store. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 17th, 2012 at 11:46am
Anyone else notice that scalpers are already selling front level seating for Newark?
wtf?? gonna be an impossible get this time wish you all luck |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 17th, 2012 at 12:07pm
are there enough suckers to ensure the gigs even sell out?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 17th, 2012 at 12:11pm
Rolling Stones tickets on sale for £20,000 as band tweets setlist photo
Rolling Stones tickets don't go on general sale until Friday but they are already available on some sites for a staggering £20,000. The Rolling Stones are playing in London and New Jersey (Picture: EPA) ..The eye-watering price was listed on Seatwave, an online secondary ticketing site, for £19,999. With a booking fee of £3,599.82, the price goes up to an astonishing £23,598.82. Tickets went on pre-sale to fans earlier this week and will go on general sale on Friday at 9am for the two shows at London's O2 Arena on November 25 and 29. Like Viagogo, Seatwave lets fans sell their tickets to other fans. Tickets for the gigs, which will mark the band's 50th anniversary, will cost between £106 and £406 at face value. Fans have blasted the high price of tickets for The 50 & Counting: The Rolling Stones Live Tour with many saying they can't afford to go see them. .DargeyBoy said: 'Rolling Stones Tickets - £950 for the pit, £406 for floor / level 1 seats, £106 for up in the gods. What a group of greedy old ba******s.' FranStallman wrote: 'Dam you Rolling Stones tickets why have you got to be so expensive.' vichollins tweeted: 'Offered "priority booking" by credit card for rolling stones tickets. Prices start at £300. Those divorces/rockstar habits must've added up!' Rolling Stones posted this setlist on Twitter (Picture: Rolling Stones/Twitter) Meanwhile, the band have posted a setlist that they’ve been rehearsing, giving fans an idea of what tracks they’ll be playing. The snap shows a handwritten note with 23 tracks scribbled down but the Stones insist they only decide to setlists an hour before they take to the stage. The band will reportedly be paid £15.7million for the four gigs, which will be promoted by Sir Richard Branson's new company Virgin Live. The concerts will be the first time they've played live together since their their two-year A Bigger Bang World Tour, which ended in 2007. Are the Rolling Stones tickets too expensive? :wtf3 Yes, I'm not made of money :areyoufuckingserious No, it's worth it to see them live Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/music/915312-rolling-stones-tickets-on-sale-for-20-000-as-band-tweets-setlist-photo#ixzz29ZpeWwKw |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:08pm
The Rolling Stones on Facebook
Tomorrow morning at 9am BST we will post a link to a Facebook fan only pre-sale for the London shows, including 100 mosh pit tickets for each gig. Use this code to get access to the sale: GRRRegoryRS50 How much? that is the question |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:32pm Patrick wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:08pm:
Mosh pit? I'm down. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 17th, 2012 at 2:53pm
The snap shows a handwritten note with 23 tracks scribbled down but the Stones
insist they only decide to setlists an hour before they take to the stage. I think it is "finalized"an hour before the show...Chuck presents the list to Mick of any change outs, tour premieres, etc...and he gives a nod or gives a nay. The real question is who writes it on Charlies plexiglass and when...that would be the mystery solver for the time envelope. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:36pm Patrick wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:08pm:
more like a circle jerk of rich people showing off... puke!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 17th, 2012 at 4:36pm Patrick wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 1:08pm:
the other question is where the link will click to... the way it's going probably an outdated myspace link :boring |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2012 at 5:34pm
or another stonesarchive.com special package deal!
Another faux presale. Posting a link that every would-be scalper can see and take part in. Whats the point in that? I hear the mosh-pit tickets are in the £400 range. Not sure,, though. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 17th, 2012 at 5:45pm
the mosh pit tongue thing spooks me to.
I wonder how much of the show you will be swirling about as the band move about. How much will they be on the ramps on the side and front, which is actually to the back of the pit fans. Well they primarily play to the arena, with a few token 'oh yer, hi pit guys' ala the onstage Bang seats. Plus floor seats look like being miles away from Charlie. Lots of heads in front of you, even in good seats. At least here in Oz we get to see.hear fans experiences before we allegedly get a chance to see em down under. Hopefully they ditch the tongue and play a straight arena here. Easier and more fun on the floor. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 17th, 2012 at 6:33pm
Backlash
Furious fans hoping to be at the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary gigs in a few weeks have discovered it could cost them thousands of pounds. Official ticket prices for two shows at London's O2 Arena range from £95 to £375 plus fees, while a "VIP hospitality" ticket was priced at £950. Priority customers have been able to order some of the tickets, but they do not go on general sale until Friday. One potential buyer said on Facebook: "Just tried to buy a couple of tickets for the Rolling Stones at the O2 next month but didn't proceed when I found out the price - an incredible £1,302. "They weren't even particularly special seats. For those you need the VIP package at £950 or £1,900 for two." There have been reports that one "secondary" ticket site was selling seats for more than £13,000. And one site dealing in tickets had added a £140 processing fee to the cost of two tickets it was selling for £770, it was reported. "These prices are a joke," fan Steve Grace wrote in a comment appearing on the official See Tickets website. "To expect this sort of money just makes me lose a lot of respect for these guys." Drachan Forster added on the site: "Saw them in Rio at a free concert. Was pickpocketed relentlessly throughout, but nothing compares to this fleecing. £246 for some of the worse seated tickets in the house. Disgusting." Many fans protested online that the band should have rewarded their fans for their loyalty over the last half-century with cheaper shows. "Considering these guys started off as a working-class set of lads, these prices are well out of reach of the ordinary working man," Chrissi Matusevics posted on Facebook. The Rolling Stones live dates were announced on Monday American Express customers gained advance access to tickets for the London shows on Monday, followed on Wednesday by subscribers to the band's mailing list and users of Britain's O2 mobile phone network. A spokesman for promoter Virgin Live said: "These four shows are very special gigs to mark a unique occasion and milestone in the Rolling Stones' history. "They are a one-off celebration of their 50th anniversary and not part of an extended global tour where substantial production costs can be spread over a lengthy period of shows. "The ticket prices are in fact spread over a range of costs and are comparable and similar to other huge shows and attractions." The band will play to 40,000 people during their two nights at the O2 and will play two more shows in Newark, New Jersey, in the US, in December. US music magazine Billboard reported in August that Mick Jagger and bandmates Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will earn a total of $25m (£15.5m) for the four shows. The anger comes as the band's first new studio recording for seven years has been unable to persuade many fans to part with 99p for a download, with the song at a lowly number 74 in the charts. According to midweek sales figures, Doom And Gloom, which went on sale just days ago is a long way from making it into the top 40 on Sunday. The band last made it into the top ten in 1981 with Start Me Up. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:07pm Pdog wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 6:33pm:
this is no good. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:50pm
Unreserved standing ("mosh") tickets are now listed on the Ticketmaster ticket categories for the 02 shows to go on sale Friday.
The cost is £375 (and £31 charges). Same as the floor seats and most of the level 1 seats...and a few nosebleeds! To get some perspective, when U2 had a similar 'enclosure' stage front at their shows on the last tour - even though the ticket prices ranged from $30 to about $250 - the 'pit' area was about $55. I wasnt at the shows so I'm not sure how it worked but I think it was general admission as normal and then first-come first-served for that area. The Stones appear to be the only band on earth who charge you more to stand than to sit! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:53pm
A spokesman for promoter Virgin Live said: "These four shows are very special gigs to mark a unique occasion and milestone in the Rolling Stones' history.
"They are a one-off celebration of their 50th anniversary and not part of an extended global tour where substantial production costs can be spread over a lengthy period of shows. "The ticket prices are in fact spread over a range of costs and are comparable and similar to other huge shows and attractions." What utter fucking bollocks. Its a pair of arena shows in two stages with a relatively minimal stage set up. Just like every other act can manage. Production costs for these shows will be miniscule compared to the extravaganzas they've done in the past. As for the last bit about 'other huge shows' - say what? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 8:20pm Gazza wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 7:53pm:
Somewhere, Muddy Waters & Howlin Wolf are "throwing up in their mouths" to quote Bill Parcells, former NFL coach.. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:31pm
Don't play the game then folks...its that simple...I know we'd love to think the band would let us have a cheap seat because of our long term fandom. Ain't happening..when these guys threw over Bill Graham and let the likes of Jovan sponsor tours the money grab was on. Michael Cohl is likeley not on the scene because Branson sold the band on how much more we could be raped for. Fuck em all.....it's a free market yes...but I'll sit this shitfest out. Can't wait until individual Brussels box sets are sold by the track for $87.99 ea
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Oct 17th, 2012 at 10:19pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:31pm:
brussels anniversary today. jammin it!! :smoking |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Oct 17th, 2012 at 10:45pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 17th, 2012 at 9:31pm:
Don't they have any leftover cassettes of Primitive Cool they could have foisted on us instead? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 18th, 2012 at 4:03am
I'm holding out for the Metamorphosis 8-track myself.
Anyway, was just looking at the Eventim page which is hosting the facebook presale and it says there are NO opening acts at these shows. First time ever at a Stones show, to my knowledge. So much for that twit from Virgin parroting shite about the 'substantial production costs'. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:27am
We are supposed to be paying for the studio time to amke D&G, rehearsals in Paris, Ass wipers and diaper changers, limo rides, catering, Branson testicle massages...
i'm glad I'm not even considering going... How much were Zep tix for their one off, now that wasa special occassion.... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:34am Gazza wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 4:03am:
Therefore when Mick said 'very special guests' he must mean mid-show collaborations rather than openers.. God i hope those One Direction rumours are false I'd love, maybe even pay extra, to see Buddy Guy up there Are wishes for Mick Taylor or Bill too fanciful? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:44am Pdog wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:27am:
£125. Every ticket. All to charity. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:46am Patrick wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:34am:
One Direction - behave yourself! The Stones are playing the 02 on November 25 & 29. Mick Taylor is playing Cadogan Hall in London on November 30. I dont think its fanciful at all this time, to be honest. In fact, considering the occasion and the fact that Taylor is in town (not sure about Wyman) it would be a terrible slight on them if they werent involved at some point. On a side issue, I see you live in my neck of the woods. Are you going to the Crossfire Hurricane premiere tonight? A few of us are going over to the Odyssey to see it. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Ade on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:46am
It could be Buddy fucking Holly & Jimi Hendrix slated as 'special guests' & i still
wouldn't pay 3 figures for a seat at the O2. A more insipid & souless concert 'experience' is not to be had anywhere else in the UK. Whereas, next door, you have the superb, custom built for music, Indigo2 which, peversely, is probably the best venue in the land. :scary |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 18th, 2012 at 9:28am Gazza wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 6:46am:
For real? never would have thought the kingpin fan would be from a place neglected by the Stones since 65! I'm actually at university in the mainland atm, so unfortunately i've gotta to fork out £8 for a Cineworld ticket :/ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Roostah on Oct 18th, 2012 at 10:15am
I actually would rather have spent my $$$ to see the Cream Reunion at Albert Hall.
Does anyone know the prices for that show a few years ago? Just curious! It must have fetched top dollar! er quid! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Oct 18th, 2012 at 10:21am
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR PAYING UP THE ARSE NEW JERSEY...WON'T YOU PLEASE WELCOME..."
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 18th, 2012 at 10:44am Patrick wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 9:28am:
LOL..yep, for real. I live in East Belfast. Next time youre home, give me a shout. SoulPlunderer is from here also, and I havent met him yet either! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by moy on Oct 18th, 2012 at 12:29pm |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Oct 18th, 2012 at 12:53pm
thought woody quit the cigs?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by moy on Oct 18th, 2012 at 1:05pm |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 18th, 2012 at 1:41pm
Keith has tour dentures! YEAH!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 18th, 2012 at 2:41pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 1:41pm:
Well, at least Keith doesn't need to stoop as low as to make commercials. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by lotsajizz on Oct 18th, 2012 at 3:25pm mojoman wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 12:53pm:
He should. And he should not be smoking them around a cancer survivor. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 18th, 2012 at 3:29pm Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 1:41pm:
implants I'd bet!!! only poor people where dentures... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 18th, 2012 at 3:30pm mojoman wrote on Oct 18th, 2012 at 12:53pm:
the smokeless thingy's look just like old fashioned ciggies!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 18th, 2012 at 5:14pm
He did stop smoking since they were getting expensive. But now he can afford it!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 19th, 2012 at 11:18am
Rolling Stones: what price nostalgia?
The rush for Rolling Stones tickets is a futile attempt to recapture the band's former glories, writes Bernadette McNulty. Marketing maching: the Rolling Stones in their prime. By Bernadette McNulty 1:19PM BST 19 Oct 2012 What price nostalgia? Ask the hordes of people who this morning were desperately trying to buy tickets to see the Rolling Stones at one of their two O2 Arena gigs this November. They may not have numbered as many as the millions who tried to see Led Zeppelin in 2007 or even the Stone Roses fans who rushed to see their long lost heroes earlier this year, but there were still thousands of zombies repetitively hitting refresh, banging their heads against the screen as they tried to decipher the squiggly security code once more. If they were lucky, there might've been a wince as they kissed goodbye to a wad of cash, soothed by the euphoria at having succeeded in winning these modern jousting battles – or, if not, they now face the lingering, bitter aftertaste of frustration and disappointment. Why do we put ourselves through it? Because the heritage music bandwagon offers everyone the chance to step back in time, to buy a place in that mythological time and place where London swung and the Rolling Stones were the greatest band of rock gods ever. Not even their most rabid fan can imagine that they are still at their peak of their powers, despite Mick’s fitness regime. As anyone who has seen Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen or even the Beach Boys of late could testify, musicians can certainly find greater depth in their voices and performances the older they get. But the sheer power and physicality that made the Stones so potent is long gone. The forthcoming gigs – with the frightening promise of interactive tongues and likely other hi-tech bangs, whizzes and flashes – sounds more like Cirque du Soleil than any kind of raw gig, a Disneyland joyride through the Stones's greatest hits. But like medieval religious devotees we gather around these still just-about-standing human relics and hope that even for a moment we will be transported into the legend, feeling that magic before they pop their clogs. It’s not all our deluded faults. The Rolling Stones, if not really a band anymore, are a terrifyingly brilliant business. Even if you had no interest in their music, over the last few months you would have been subjected to a steady drip feed of rare photographs, documentaries and even new songs proffered as fig leaves on (another) greatest hits album, all garlanded with rave reviews. This has not so much been a jolly golden anniversary party as a crack military-style marketing campaign, planting associations of the band’s heyday in your head just as the tickets go on sale. Genius, and certainly more effective and less tiring than say, closing down half of central London and standing on top of the BBC as Chris Evans jigs along to your hits (thanks U2). And despite even Keith’s bizarrely rude health, there is the implied threat that this might be the last chance to see the band before they throw in their luxury Egyptian cotton towels and retire to Caribbean bolt holes. Like guilty relatives gathering urgently in an old peoples’ home with rictus grins on our faces, we won’t be so much toasting the Stones’ greatness, as saluting their sheer survival, lifting a collective fist up to old father time. If we got tickets, that is. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/9620328/Rolling-Stones-what-price-nostalgia.html |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 19th, 2012 at 11:32am
someone needs a hug.........spot on in some places though
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 19th, 2012 at 11:35am
70 songs...and they'll "only" play 30????
Rolling Stones rehearsed 70 songs for 50th anniversary concerts: Mick Jagger Keith Richards assures Rolling Stones fans that the band will deliver REUTERS Published: Friday, October 19, 2012, 10:04 AM Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 11:56 AM Rankin/AP (From l.) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones LONDON - Singer Mick Jagger said the Rolling Stones had rehearsed around 70 songs for a series of 50th anniversary concerts later this year, and guitarist Keith Richards assured fans the veteran British rockers would "deliver". The four Stones appeared on the red carpet on Thursday for the world premiere of "Crossfire Hurricane", a documentary charting the meteoric rise to fame and fortune following their debut in London in 1962. Jagger, who is 69, Richards, fellow guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts posed for photographers before speaking to the media on their way into the movie theatre in London's Leicester Square. "Rehearsals are going very well, (we've) done about 70 different songs," Jagger told reporters. "I said, 'look, we only need to do 30, we don't need to do 70, but now we are doing 70. I don't know if we will do them all." Richards added of the upcoming gigs in London and New York: "You know, we are looking forward to a great time. See, it's a two-way thing. It's to do with all these people and it's to do with us, we will deliver alright - one love." The band, one of the most successful in rock history and behind songs like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Honky Tonk Women" and "Angie," is marking its 50th birthday with a greatest hits album, photo book, exhibitions, documentary and gigs. The Stones will play the O2 Arena in London on November 25 and 29 before crossing the Atlantic to perform at the Prudential Center, Newark, on December 13 and 15. Jagger has hinted that the band could play more dates in the future. NO SATISFACTION ON TICKET PRICES Tickets to the London dates go on general sale on Friday, although priority customers, including Amex card users and subscribers to the Stones archive mailing list, have been able to by some of them earlier. Fans have voiced anger at the ticketing system and reports of prices ranging from 95 pounds ($152) to as much as 950 pounds ($1,520) for a "VIP hospitality" seat. At the film premiere, hundreds of fans gathered to catch a glimpse of the band members who signed autographs on their way in. While clearly enamored with their musical heroes, some in the crowd were unhappy about the concert ticket prices. "Too much, against rock and roll ethics if you ask me," said Valantina Bertezzi, a 29-year-old who had taken the day off work to see the Stones. "(They) should be cheaper and more for the people than 'American Express People'." "Crossfire Hurricane," screened as part of the London film festival, is drawn entirely from archive footage and attempts to recreate what it was like to be on stage and backstage amid riotous noise and screams of adulation. Jagger said it looked "like a pretty mad ride". Critics praised its portrayal of the Stones in the 1960s and 70s, when many music critics argue they were at the peak of their powers untainted by commercialism. "Millions of fans will doubtless indulge these elderly gentleman rebels as they engage in yet another round of lucrative myth-making," wrote The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Dalton in a review. "In other words, 'Crossfire Hurricane' is business as usual from the Stones, and good fun on its own terms. However, anyone expecting buried treasure or fresh insights into ancient rock folklore will get no satisfaction here." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/rolling-stones-rehearsed-70-songs-concerts-article-1.1187430#ixzz29lOHj1TF |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 19th, 2012 at 3:20pm
Bad enough the Stones are ripping us off in Newark....now watch your luggage there too
http://news.yahoo.com/tsa-set-fire-25-employees-newark-international-161209897--abc-news-topstories.html |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 19th, 2012 at 3:48pm
Newark will sell out in 6 minutes. No, 5.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 19th, 2012 at 4:08pm
any chance they would add shows, make the run in these cities longer by two or three shows?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Roostah on Oct 20th, 2012 at 11:27am
Just pulled a Hospitality Package from T'Bastrd for 12/13 in The Armpit Of America, NJ
Sec 18, Row 6, Seat 5 for a MERE $1,953.50 !!!! Let's see....maybe that 65" Plasma HDTV would be a better deal? :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 20th, 2012 at 12:18pm
Single Bronze VIP in section 112. Row 11.
Not a bad seat. NO WAY IN HELL I'M PAYING 953.70 I LET IT GO!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Holden on Oct 20th, 2012 at 1:28pm
found a ticket for the tongue pit for US $1,853.50. I'm with you LJ!
My God.... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 20th, 2012 at 1:46pm Holden wrote on Oct 20th, 2012 at 1:28pm:
The tickets I pulled were 250.00 seats, which means I'd be paying 700.00 for a program and a laminate!!!!!!!!!! I'm crazy, but I ain't stupid. Yo Mick--- :tongui |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 20th, 2012 at 2:06pm
We got mugged before we ever got to Newark.....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 20th, 2012 at 2:21pm
hrmph! glad you guys aren't biting...
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 20th, 2012 at 2:31pm
I just pulled $1853 for the pit! No fvcking way! I can buy a used car for my son for that price! Its too damn much money for a 2 hour show! THIS SERIOUSLY SUCKS!!!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Heart Of Stone on Oct 20th, 2012 at 3:02pm
I remember in the 60's in Hit Parader magazine, there was an article with the title "Do The Rolling Stones really like their fans?" I'm beginning to believe they don't! maybe they got so rich they forgot what everyday people besides themselves & their rich cronies can afford!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 20th, 2012 at 3:20pm
Fuck em..lets pick a central place...nice hotel with a good size room....rent a huge tv and party through the PPV.....Split the costs and have booze and a great meal catered for way less than a ticket.....Im seriuos folks.......?????
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 20th, 2012 at 3:35pm SweetVirginia wrote on Oct 20th, 2012 at 2:06pm:
Held up without a gun as a certain New Jersey rocker would say. :o |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by corgi37 on Oct 20th, 2012 at 9:47pm
They really are pushing things. And maybe pushing too far off the cliff or fairness, or even reality. But i guess its just the sting in the tail to get them to do 4 small-ish gigs. A full-on tour could not succeed at these outrageous prices. Lets face it. These shows are for elites to give the band a nice quid before the hard slog of a world tour in 2013. Get some pretty people in the front rows to make the PPV look good.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 21st, 2012 at 5:57am
Please dont believe this 'The shows sold out in seven minutes' bollocks, because it gives the band more credit for their popularity than is actually the case.
It appears that about half of the people who bought tickets for these concerts are not going. Presumably once they spent a couple of grand on tickets, they realised that they had a dinner appointment that night or were planning to wash their hair because the amount of tickets being offered immediately for re-sale is through the roof. We all complain - justifiably - that the band and promoters never do anything to prevent scalping (whereas other artists at least have some principles) but the bottom line is this. The Stones are getting $25 million for four shows. Branson and Dainty have to get a return on their investment so its not in THEIR interest for anti-scalping measures to be in place as it'll make the tickets (especially the £400 nosebleeds) harder to sell. Thousands and thousands of tickets that they may have trouble getting rid of get snapped up by brokers, scalpers and various wannabe chancers - and by those people doing so, it means that the promoters work is done. They've paid the Stones, theyve got their money back and they've made a large profit. The onus on filling the arena with people now passes to the wankers who paid silly money for tickets and are trying to re-sell them. The band and promoters have got their pound of flesh and dont give a damn who makes up the audience. The 'popularity' of these shows is more of a reflection on the opportunistic nature of unscrupulous ticket buyers in a free market than it is on how much people like the Stones. No one really needs to be paying thousands of dollars that these shysters are asking for tickets. There are so many of them available that getting them around face value shouldnt be too difficult. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 21st, 2012 at 8:38am
So the scalpers take a shit kicking...hey I'm all in for that.....however for them to get so many tickets up front then the promoters must have had firm arrangements to sell X number of tickets first. Legal I suppose (won't mention the ethics part) and if they can sell them at the prices offered it will be the best sales job in history.
Mick announcing tonight's special guests as " You fools who played our game" |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Joey on Oct 21st, 2012 at 9:33am
" ..lets pick a central place...nice hotel with a good size room....rent a huge tv and party through the PPV.....Split the costs and have booze and a great meal catered for way less than a ticket.....Im seriuos ( " sic " ) folks ...... "
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:02am
I will be getting the pay per view and inviting folks over, to keep in the spirit I will be charging 500 dollars to sit on my couch. You can upgrade to the lazy boy by the fireplace for 1200 dollars.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:26am Some Guy wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:02am:
You really need a new Lazy Boy, dontcha ? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:33am Edith Grove wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:26am:
Go Tampa! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:39am Some Guy wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:33am:
Vilma's gonna take out some frustration today. :thatwassmart |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Joey on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:40am
" I will be getting the pay per view and inviting folks over, to keep in the spirit I will be charging 500 dollars to sit on my couch. You can upgrade to the lazy boy by the fireplace for 1200 dollars. "
Christ , that is Postin' on loan from GOD right there ............................!!!!! Some Guy ...... You Be Postin' !!!!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Roostah on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:47am
The word is out on the street that Some Guy is offering seats 'behind the screen' for $75!!!! For Legacy FAN Club members ONLY!!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:51am Edith Grove wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:39am:
please proceed governor... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 21st, 2012 at 11:19am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 20th, 2012 at 3:20pm:
Your coast or mine? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 21st, 2012 at 11:22am Some Guy wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:02am:
I suggest a $750 option to be suspended from the ceiling where you'll have a restricted view of the screen if you look over your left shoulder. 'Not recommended for people with a fear of heights'. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:06pm Gazza wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 11:22am:
Seating on the front porch with a higher up view of TV thru the windows are priced at 95.00 dollars and these have sold out at this time, thanks. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:29pm
Not even a pre-sale so I can prematurely excited for nothing? bastards.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:46pm sweetcharmedlife wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 11:19am:
or we split the diff..how about St Loo so we can piss on it due to baseball ? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:49pm gimmekeef wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:46pm:
Omaha? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 1:49pm Some Guy wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 10:02am:
For the $1200, I want a new Lazy Boy for this & it to be delivered to my home as a souvenir of the event. Please get back to me quickly, I'm a busy man evaluating other offers.. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 21st, 2012 at 2:16pm Some Guy wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 12:49pm:
What the fuck they got in Omaha ? :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 21st, 2012 at 2:19pm Nellcote wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 1:49pm:
you know what you'll get and you'll know how you'll feel. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Deathgod on Oct 21st, 2012 at 4:17pm Gazza wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 11:22am:
For $1250 you get to sit on the TV. It's the On The Stage Experience. $1750 we throw in a plastic lanyard. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by scope on Oct 21st, 2012 at 4:58pm LadyJane wrote on Oct 20th, 2012 at 12:18pm:
Well, I have a different story to tell about yesterday's ticket sales. I have a 'big' birthday coming up and my sister-in-law wanted to do something very special for me. I got a phone call to inform me that I was to clear my calendar for December 15 and to get myself ready for a very special evening. I shall be in Section 10 (Keith side), row 9. I can't believe I am going, as like most of you, I was thinking pay-per-view. I probably would have ended up at Thursday's show since I find it almost impossible to not go see the Boys when playing so close to home, but this is a dream!!! Sorry to break the picket line, but it was an offer I could not refuse (especially in Joisey) :o Tingle, Tingle. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 21st, 2012 at 5:23pm Nellcote wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 1:49pm:
The $50 seats are in Florida. :thatwassmart |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by BILL PERKS on Oct 21st, 2012 at 5:47pm Edith Grove wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 2:16pm:
OMAHA GOT JOEY,WHEN THE DIRT ROADS ARE CLEAR, AND THEY GOT LOTS OF OTHER REDNECK CRACKERS. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 21st, 2012 at 6:38pm scope wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 4:58pm:
CONGRATULATIONS SCOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You deserve that seat and I hope you have a great time. If there was no PPV option or the 99% certainty of more shows in 2013, I'd be ready to try again tomorrow and on Friday. Instead I'm doing PPV and saving my money for MSG or Barclay's in '13. And don't think I haven't thought about another RO Summit!!! xoxo |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Joey on Oct 21st, 2012 at 8:02pm
" I suggest a $750 option to be suspended from the ceiling where you'll have a restricted view of the screen if you look over your left shoulder. 'Not recommended for people with a fear of heights'. "
Now THIS is Miracle on Ice Postin ' !!!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 21st, 2012 at 8:12pm scope wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 4:58pm:
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Joey on Oct 21st, 2012 at 8:16pm
" Well, I have a different story to tell about yesterday's ticket sales. I have a 'big' birthday coming up and my sister-in-law wanted to do something very special for me. I got a phone call to inform me that I was to clear my calendar for December 15 and to get myself ready for a very special evening. I shall be in Section 10 (Keith side), row 9. I can't believe I am going, as like most of you, I was thinking pay-per-view. I probably would have ended up at Thursday's show since I find it almost impossible to not go see the Boys when playing so close to home, but this is a dream!!! "
Scope ... ?! Scopey ... ?! ... Is that really YOU ?! Man , where in the FRIG have you been these past six years ? One thing about you scope , you were ALWAYS Minty Fresh and MAN could you write a post . Welcome Home Me Stonesian Brother . !!!!!! 'kins |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 6:10am scope wrote on Oct 21st, 2012 at 4:58pm:
Great stuff, mate. Hopefully it'll get you to post here more often! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 8:51am
Fury as Ticketmaster directs Rolling Stones fans to ‘sister site’ charging more than £15,000 a ticket
Tickets on sale on official seller's sister site for up to £15,400 Ticketmaster refutes claims of 'ticket-touting' saying they don't set prices on market site Get Me In! Rolling Stones will play two gigs in London and two in the United States to mark their 50th anniversary next month. By SARA MALM PUBLISHED: 07:41 EST, 22 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:17 EST, 22 October 2012 Fans of the Rolling Stones are up in arms after tickets to the band's sold-out London concerts are being offered on a second-hand ‘ticket-tout’-website owned by the official ticket seller for up to £15,400. Tickets to the two gigs sold out in minutes on Ticketmaster.co.uk, which is now directing fans to eBay-style ticket market Get Me In! where members of the public sell their tickets for up to 30 times the face value. The high prices, which are set by the individual seller, has angered many fans, including a former promoter, who says Ticketmaster is operating a ‘scam’ , as they make a profit from sales on Get Me In! Tickets to the Rolling Stones' two concerts at London's O2 arena went on sale on Ticketmaster.co.uk last week and was sold out in under 20 minutes. Seats offered at hiked up prices began appearing on second-hand ticket sites such as viagogo, Seatwave and Get Me In!, moments later, as private buyers sought to make a profit from desperate fans. Get Me In! is described as ‘an open market place for consumers to resell and buy tickets’ and is owned by Ticketmaster. When contacted by the MailOnline, Ticketmaster said that although they make a profit from the sales on Get Me In! it is the sellers, not the company which set the sometimes ludicrous prices. 'When a seller sets a price, like 15 grand, that is just a listing and there is no guarantee that the ticket will sell at that price,' a spokesperson for Ticketmaster said. Harvey Goldsmith, a promoter who has organised Stones’ tours in the past, tweeted ‘Why is it on Rolling Stones you can only get tickets through Get Me In. Nothing less than £660-£15,400??’ One Rolling Stones fan said: ‘Ticketmaster in effect have become ticket touts.’ Another fan tweeted ‘Ticketmaster rolling stones tickets £105 were gone in 20mins. Their sister site (get me in) has a shed load priced aprox £400 #scam #wrong.’ The most expensive tickets listed on Get Me In! is a set of two seats in the A2 block, right in front of the stage, going for £30,800, the face value of each ticket is thought to be £406. Rival website Viagogo has standing tickets listed for up to £9,999 and the site’s cheapest A2 ticket is going for £2,874. Get Me In!, which was bought by Ticketmaster in 2008, is a completely legal operation which is run independently of Ticketmaster. A spokesperson for Ticketmaster refuted the claims that the site transfers tickets to their sister site. 'Tickets that are intended for sale on Ticketmaster are sold through Ticketmaster. None of those tickets are transferred onto Get Me In! whatsoever. That is 100 per cent definite. We do not move inventory between sites.' the spokesperson told The Telegraph. Ticketmaster’s website states that they offers consumers the choice to search Get Me In! if tickets to an event is no longer available on their own. The band are set to play four gigs, two in London and two in the United States to mark their 50th anniversary next month. The group's four core members - Sir Mick, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts - now have a combined age of 273 years. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221371/Fury-Ticketmaster-directs-Rolling-Stones-fans-touts-website-charging-15-000-ticket.html#ixzz2A2FvpqWc |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 9:32am Gazza wrote on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 6:10am:
and we can get a real time setlist texted to us... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 10:02am
Scope and Scrounge, two long time absentees on either side of the Atlantic, make a return and it appears that the RO attendance register at these shows has almost doubled overnight.
All we need now to make things complete is the return of Sunnybandyo. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by rogerriffin on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 10:33am
FUCK THE HELL, I NEVER SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE TICKET PRICES, FINALLY ARE THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND IN THIS LIFE AND NOBODY MAKES ME MAD LIKE THE STONES...
I dont know how i will pay this fucking debt but... I´M ATTENDING AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER ON DEC13! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by scope on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 12:30pm Gazza wrote on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 10:02am:
Ha - word got out that we were back and attendance doubled? I am flattered |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Strange_Stray_Cat on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 1:34pm
Sorry Mick Jagger, but I can't afford it.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Joey on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 2:01pm
" Sorry Mick Jagger, but I can't afford it "
Strange_Stray_Cat ....... ?! STRANGE_STRAY_CAT ...... ?! .. !!!!!!!! ... Is that really YOU ?! Man , where in the FRIG have you been these past ten years ? One thing about you Strange_Stray_Cat , you were ALWAYS Minty Fresh and MAN could you write a post . Welcome Home Me Stonesian Brother . !!!!!! 'kins |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Strange_Stray_Cat on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 2:03pm
I have missed you Joey
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 10:19am
A few days after the shows 'sold out in seven minutes' and there are ticket drops already for London. ::)
Nothing below £350 though www.seetickets.com http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Rolling-Stones-tickets/artist/806216?brand=tm&tm_link=tm_search_rv_viewed1_name |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 1:51pm
GRRRRR FFFFFFFFFFCK THE RRRRRRRRRRRRRRLING STNNNNNNNNNES
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by jostorm on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 3:26pm Gazza wrote on Oct 15th, 2012 at 10:12am:
The Stones can go fuck themselves!!! Yes, we've all been waiting for years and years for this. But, personally, I have fantastic memories from all the times I saw them when they were actually great - I'm sure the same applies to us all.... I have more than enough disposable money, but you know what? I'd rather give it away to Medicins sans Frontiers or another worthwhile cause than give it to those bastards. They have fleeced me enough over the years and this new ti cket toiut endorsement is one highway robbery too far for my personal taste. After seing them in 3 tiny clubs for 35£ each ten years ago I pass on this contemptful fleecing attempt. For those of you who go: Enjoy! I'll stay at home and am relaxed and happy at that decision. Like Gazza says: it is kinda cathartic and nice! All the best to everyone, lovely to look in and see that you're all well and still dead funny and still bitchin' after all these years.... Love to y'all! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 4:28pm jostorm wrote on Oct 23rd, 2012 at 3:26pm:
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by LadyJane on Oct 24th, 2012 at 7:01am
"The Stones can go fuck themselves!!!
Yes, we've all been waiting for years and years for this. But, personally, I have fantastic memories from all the times I saw them when they were actually great - I'm sure the same applies to us all.... I have more than enough disposable money, but you know what? I'd rather give it away to Medicins sans Frontiers or another worthwhile cause than give it to those bastards. They have fleeced me enough over the years and this new ti cket toiut endorsement is one highway robbery too far for my personal taste. After seing them in 3 tiny clubs for 35£ each ten years ago I pass on this contemptful fleecing attempt. For those of you who go: Enjoy! I'll stay at home and am relaxed and happy at that decision. Like Gazza says: it is kinda cathartic and nice! All the best to everyone, lovely to look in and see that you're all well and still dead funny and still bitchin' after all these years.... Love to y'all!" Tell us how you really feel, jo!!!! :nomames Nice to see you posting, girlfriend. Don't be such a stranger. xoxo |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 24th, 2012 at 9:15am
Another raised hand amongst the frustrated and disgruntled. I was looking forward to finally taking my girls (14 & 12) to see their dad's favourite band. Not even the Stones are worth these prices.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Holden on Oct 24th, 2012 at 9:28am
I for one am hella excited for the PPV. I'll have crystal clear sound and a close-up view of the whole band with a beer in one hand and a fatty in the other. The band must really be confident to do it live, and I'm excited to see their stage, their back-up line-up, and of course their guests. Bring it!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 24th, 2012 at 9:46am
The PPV is a home run idea. I'm expecting to pay 100 bucks for the video. Another 100 if I want audio too. And another 100 just because.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 24th, 2012 at 11:09am Holden wrote on Oct 24th, 2012 at 9:28am:
What he said^^^^ :booze :weed |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 25th, 2012 at 8:54am
from the Belfast Telegraph
Stone me, Mick will be rolling in money By Nuala McKeever Monday, 22 October 2012 No satisfaction: Stones tickets cost up to £375 Much uproar at the announcement that tickets for the Rolling Stones gigs at the O2 Arena will cost up to £375. Given that the band’s rumoured to be making £15m from playing just four concerts, you gotta wonder who comes up with these figures. Maybe the guys totted up their ages and thought the total would be a good figure for a ticket price. Since they’re all stinking rich by now, the actual numbers probably don’t mean much to them. And if you’re happy to go on stage for 50 years and sing, “I can’t get no, satisfaction” over and over again, then there’s a chance you live in a world where you see yourself as cutting edge and rebellious with no need to dabble in the bourgeois world of cash and profit margins. As long as the bottles of booze and buckets of drugs keep coming you’re okay. Obviously, in later years, that rider has changed to bottles of mineral water and buckets of herbal tea and cocoa. Based on the most recent photos of the superannuated four, quite a lot of the profit will have to go to keeping Mick supplied with hair colouring. His eyebrows alone are such an unnatural shade of young man brown, the dye must be costing him a fortune. Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/nuala-mckeever/stone-me-mick-will-be-rolling-in-money-16227693.html#ixzz2AJnxRK00 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 25th, 2012 at 9:00am
and Nuala will be one of the first to apply for a press pass for the show.........ever read an article with less insight into anything?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 25th, 2012 at 9:08am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 25th, 2012 at 9:00am:
Ha Ha.. I laughed at the comments about the hair dye |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Oct 25th, 2012 at 9:15am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 25th, 2012 at 9:00am:
I know (of) Nuala. She's a 'comedienne' who had her own local Tv show for a while. It was utter shite. This is presumably from her newspaper column, which is even worse. Her brother used to work with me. His short stature and beard earned him the nickname 'The Baby Jesus' in our office. Its hardly George Carlin level material, but it was funnier than anything his sister ever came up with. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 25th, 2012 at 11:21am
Nuala? Isn't that Gazza's pen name? :D
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 25th, 2012 at 12:42pm
Paint it green: Rolling Stones tickets in Newark reach 'insane' $600K online
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger on October 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM 'The primary on-sale will be mad ... the market will be flooded.' Getty Images NEWARK —When it comes to buying tickets to the upcoming Rolling Stones concerts in Newark, you can’t always get what you want — unless you have a lot of money. That’s bad news for long-time fans like Joe Della Ferra, a Belleville resident who has seen shows on every Rolling Stones tour since 1972, when he was 15 and admission was $6.50. Della Ferra doesn’t have $750 to shell out for good seat to the Dec. 13 and 15 concerts at the Prudential Center — the only North American shows on the band’s four-date 50th anniversary tour. And he certainly does the have an extra $600,000 for a spot in the general admission floor area — no seat included — for the first show, as listed on StubHub on Wednesday."That’s insane," Della Ferra, 55, said of the tickets prices. "I’m very disappointed. I paid $150 for the last tour. I don’t see myself paying more than that." Pre-sales for VIPs and American Express cardholders were held this week, which is why secondary marketplace sites like StubHub are flooded with thousands of tickets. Prices start at $380 on StubHub, which Wednesday listed 4,624 available tickets for the Newark shows. More than 300 were listed for $10,000 or more. Tickets for the general public go on sale at noon Friday, when Ticketmaster releases the rest of the inventory. Prices are $95, $150, $250, $450 and $750 (or $114.80 to $813 when you include service fees). "The primary on-sale will be mad," ticket broker Andrea Pedersen said. "The market will be flooded." The legendary band is celebrating its 50th anniversary with four concert dates: Nov. 25 and 29 at the O2 Arena in London and the two December shows at the Prudential Center. The final show in Newark will be a live pay per view TV special, "One More Shot." Industry officials expect additional concert dates to be announced for next year. Few acts can capture the kind of frenzy the Rolling Stones have generated on ticket sites this week. One-quarter of the visitors to her online ticket exchange, QueenBeeTickets. com, are interested in the Stones concerts, which places them on par with the Super Bowl and Barbra Streisand, Pedersen said. "And this is just the beginning," she said. "There is a lot of interest." While demand is high, the supply remains a mystery. A Prudential Center spokesman referred all questions about the concert to a Rolling Stones representative, who would not disclose the total capacity for the two concerts, or how many tickets will be available Friday, after all the pre-sales have closed. Bruce Springsteen holds the record for attendance at the Newark arena with more than 19,000 at his concert last November, an arena official said. But Springsteen played in the round, and the Ticketmaster schematic for the Rolling Stones concerts suggests they will not sell tickets in sections behind the stage. Ticketmaster is ready for what it believes will be extraordinary demand Friday. "When you get something that is this high profile, this level of beloved artist, it is special," a spokeswoman said. "But it is something we do every day." Promoter John Scher said only two or three acts can pull this off: Streisand and Springsteen in the northeast, and the Rolling Stones. "You can count them on one hand, the artists who can ask for anything they want," Scher said. "The Stones are big, they can charge a lot of money and they are. "We are in a very affluent area, the metro New York, New Jersey area, and there’s an airport 10 minutes away so the crazy rich just can fly in," he said. In fact, Michael Davidson of the Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau reports the 500 downtown hotel rooms in downtown Newark are booked for the four days around the Stones’ shows. "This is going to be a big boom for the city," Davidson said. "With 36,000 tickets available, we’re expecting this could mean 12,000 room nights over the four-day period." Ticket brokers agree. A StubHub spokeswoman said the two Newark shows "will definitely end up being one of the top-selling concerts for us in company history, and that’s huge considering it’s not in a stadium." Pedersen said visitors aren’t buying the tickets listed on her site yet because the primary sale isn’t over. But after Friday, she said she can’t predict what will happen. But she won’t be surprised. "They may not play again," she said of the aging rockers. "So really the sky’s the limit." |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Oct 26th, 2012 at 8:20am
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9634382/Rolling-Stones-fans-pay-less-for-concert-tickets-and-holiday-to-New-York.html
Rolling Stones fans 'pay less for concert tickets and holiday to New York' Rolling Stones fans left disappointed by the high price of tickets to the band’s concerts in Britain were tonight given a piece of good news – but with a catch. Researchers found that fans wanting top flight tickets to the 50th anniversary tour concert, will pay less than half for seats in New York than in Britain. Experts from the Viagogo site, a secondary ticketing company, say that, including flights, hotels and spending money, fans will be better off travelling to the east coast of America than try and secure the best tickets in Britain. Tickets for the band's two concerts at London's O2 arena next month sold out in a reported seven minutes last week through Ticketmaster.co.uk, the official ticket seller and some are now being offered for more than £15,000 each. The average price for a British ticket on Europe's largest ticket exchange is more than £700 compared to about £340 in the US for pre sale tickets. Tickets for the series of concerts in America go on sale to the general public tomorrow ahead of the scheduled gigs on December 13 and 15 at the Prudential Centre, Newark, New Jersey. But Viagogo experts calculated that it would be cheaper for fans to take a holiday to New York with top flight tickets than to try and secure similar tickets in Britain. They estimated that for two people to purchase £350 tickets each, return flights, hotel and have £200 spending money, it would set them back about £2000. Europe's largest ticket exchange said that more than 170,000 searches from British fans have been made in less than a week about American dates for the tour. “Brits are jumping at the second chance to see the Stones live – especially now they can bag themselves tickets and a trip to NYC for less than some of tickets being listed to see the band [in Britain],” said Ed Parkinson, the director of Viagogo UK. Rolling Stones fans, including a former promoter of the band, have since complained that TicketMaster's website has directed them to a sister company selling tickets for up to £15,400 each. The website directs fans to Get Me In!, a so – called secondary ticketing site that is also owned by Ticketmaster, where tickets are on sale for more than 30 times their face value. Two tickets in the A2 block – which is situated right in front of the stage – are being sold on Get Me In! for £15,400 each. The face value of each is thought to be £406. A pair of tickets for their forthcoming British tour, were sold for a £15,000 at a charity auction today. Tonight the band was due to play a surprise warm-up gig, their first in five years, during an intimate show in Paris. Just 350 tickets went on sale for the event after it as announced on its official Twitter account. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 26th, 2012 at 10:45am rogerriffin wrote on Oct 22nd, 2012 at 10:33am:
Great! We'll get to meet I hope! Its always a pleasure meeting the Rocks Off family, and this is going to be fun! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by scope on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:02am
just tired for 2 tix ANY Price for Thursday ----nothing available
And no singles either - what a scam I was in exactly at noon and nothing?????? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:13am scope wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:02am:
I just tried at 12:09... no 95, no 150, and no 250.... didn't have the funds to make a trip to NY at Christmas time anyway, but thought I'd try just for the hell of it.... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by scope on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:19am
I did find tickets when selecting Wheelchair seating - $813 AND I would be bringing my own seat? - which I would have to rent for even more money
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:21am
A lot of people are on ticketmaster just looking at prices and blocking things for those of us trying for seats!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:27am scope wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:19am:
And how would you explain to the ushers that you were miraculously healed when you jumped up to dance?! :aimama |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by scope on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:48am SweetVirginia wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:27am:
I'd be declaring the Rolling Stones are Gods and the proof is my dancing here before you - The Miracle of the Rolling Stones!!!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:51am
anyone planning on using the wheelchair route...I sell them and will give a RO discount......then let you return them after the show for a refund.....a power chair scooter would provide better dancing though....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:10pm scope wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 11:48am:
HAVE YOU SEEN THE LIGHT ?? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:35pm
I tried for a ticket for Saturdays show and the only one that came up was $813 so I had to throw it back. NOTHING for the lower prices popped up and I was on Ticketbastard at exactly 12 for an hour and a half! THIS SUCKS!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:42pm
Bitch, didn't you get a seat for Thursday? What sucks is I have nothing for either show.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by chevysales on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:47pm
opps i should have posted here as i started a thread for sat show..i was in at noon refreshing.... never saw and 95/150 as thats what i went for but took one for $450 side stage.... only went there as it was saturday show as for so long i cared not what price was but this time i said no way on the $8XX bangers. heck we paid that much in 97 for Orange Bowl Show first row right next to bridge on keiths side.
anyhow knowing there will be more shows i wanted cheap ones as watching from different area for a change is going to be fun either way. good luck to all as you know there will be tix that show up for various reasons.  3BlindMice.gif (Attachment deleted) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:50pm
online reports say the tickets were gone in a minute.....12:01 someone on phone was told...no dice.....nadda
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:51pm
So glad you are in, Chevy.
I'll be at both shows. And my guess is so will Bitch. (Fingers crossed) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 12:54pm
Tickets remain for the box set seats in section 5, so this didn't sell out. Just the cheaper seats did.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Oct 26th, 2012 at 1:01pm
Glad to see some of you got tickets!
I'm in for the 13th so hopefully there will be a ticket drop for the 15th and when I go to Thursdays show I'll see how many people are outside trying to sell tickets. I should be able to pick one up one way or the other. If not there is always pay-per-view! I wonder if the two shows will have similar setlists. We'll get a better idea after the two London shows and if they are very similar than I think I'll be satisfied with one show. Hell No, I wont be! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 1:06pm
It'll be my luck that I do score tickets and a god damned blizzard will cripple the east coast that day and shut down everything.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 26th, 2012 at 1:12pm
I don't want to start any crazy rumors, but might it be possible they could add a Barclay's Brooklyn show or two?
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 1:25pm
Nope.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 26th, 2012 at 1:58pm
I heard Doom on the radio today by request and it was good.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:06pm
Heres a question:
If a tree falls in the forest, but no one could afford a ticket to hear the tree fall. Did it really make a sound? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:15pm Saint Sway wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:06pm:
a train came in the station, what time did it arrive? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:18pm Pdog wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:15pm:
All I know is that when it left the station, it had two lights on behind. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Pdog on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:22pm Saint Sway wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:18pm:
and your wallet... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:22pm Saint Sway wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 2:18pm:
?????????? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Rollin92 on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:36pm
This is my first post btw so hello,
Just wondering are there many people going to the 25th Nov 02 gig and if so is there a meet up beforehand? Never seen the Stones live before, only got into them Dec 2007, so an expensive first time. Thanks |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:39pm
Welcome aboard.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:51pm Rollin92 wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:36pm:
Welcome Rollin! We will no doubt be meeting at the Pilot Inn before the shows. It is a short walk to the 02 from there. http://www.pilotgreenwich.co.uk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Rollin92 on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:53pm
Thanks both, I may come along would be nice to meet other fans
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 26th, 2012 at 5:18pm Rollin92 wrote on Oct 26th, 2012 at 4:36pm:
Welcome Rollin. Stay tuned to this site and you'll find out everything you need to know.......and probably a lot of stuff you don't want to know. :charlieperv |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 27th, 2012 at 9:39am
Welcome to the insanity...a word of advice to newbies.....I'd wait a year or so before entering the Joey thread.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 27th, 2012 at 10:49am gimmekeef wrote on Oct 27th, 2012 at 9:39am:
Perhaps the best advice I've heard in a while... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Oct 27th, 2012 at 7:17pm
26 October 2012
Rolling Stones: What is a fair price for a concert ticket? By Mark Savage BBC News entertainment reporter The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year The cheapest ticket to see The Rolling Stones on their 2012 tour is £106, including booking fee. Is that a fair price to pay? We ask their fellow musicians. "The most overpriced gig ever," declared Fox News. "Fans are fuming," said the Huffington Post. "Mick will be rolling in money," opined the Belfast Telegraph. Why? Because the cheapest ticket to see The Rolling Stones at the O2 arena in London next month is £106. If you want Mick and Keith to be anything more than spindly stick figures in the distance, prices go to £406. And a VIP hospitality ticket, which guarantees a place inside the terrifyingly-named "tongue pit" at the edge of the stage, is £1,140. Fans of the band aren't happy. "I was on the net before 9:00 and the cheapest tickets were £326," Ross Hatt told the BBC. "I couldn't pay that amount. Am gutted!" The Stones were paid £5 each (about £88 in today's money) for their first gig at the Marquee Club in 1962 "For that kind of money, they'd better let me play the drums," joked US radio presenter Richard Dixon on Twitter. Perhaps as a result, 350 tickets for a Paris warm-up show were released for just £12 - but in general, seeing the Stones is an expensive endeavour. So what do fellow musicians make of it all? Are they envious the veteran rockers can command such high prices? And would they follow suit, if they could? Opinion is divided. "Haven't they got enough money already?" asks Tom Chaplin from Keane, whose current tour is priced between £31 and £52. "It's exclusive, that's the problem. It doesn't open their music to young kids coming along, which is a shame really. It'll be just a bunch of people in suits." But James Dean Bradfield of Welsh rockers The Manic Street Preachers says the Stones have earned the right to charge what they like. "They're above and beyond reproach," he tells the BBC. "They exist in absolute isolation from everybody else. It's impossible to judge them and it's impossible to take any standards off them. They really are an institution, not even in the bad sense of that word. They just are what they are." Alice Cooper agrees. "For the Stones, I would pay anything," he says. "You know, they're the Stones." The US star is bringing his "Hallowe'en Night Of Fear" to Wembley Arena this weekend. Although his shows traditionally feature lavish props - from guillotines to a two storey-high Frankenstein's monster - he is charging fans a relatively low £42. Not that he's aware. "I don't even know what our tickets go for, to be honest with you," he laughs. "I don't get into that at all. I'm sure they're a lot cheaper than the Stones, though." Production costs Ticket prices have soared over the last decade as revenues from recorded music have gone down. According to Forbes, almost all of the top 25 highest-paid musicians in 2011 made the bulk of their money from touring. At the top of the pile were U2, who sold more than $700m (£437m) worth of tickets over their two-year 360 world tour, the most lucrative series of concerts in history. However, the magazine noted that some tours were more profitable than others. Lady Gaga had similar box office figures to Elton John - but the costs of her elaborate production, from back-up dancers to elaborate costumes and hydraulic puppets, ate into her profits significantly. The result of this wilful extravagance? The impoverished Gaga made "just" $90m in 2011, said Forbes, compared to Sir Elton's $100m. But the economics of touring are complex. Many big acts do not break even until they have been on the road for weeks, or even months. Production costs range from hiring trucks, pyrotechnics and video screens to catering expenses, hotel rooms and insurance. Even when acts secure sponsorship from big-name brands, some of those costs are inevitably passed on to the fan. Interstellar sci-fi rock band Muse have become known for their ambitious stage shows - lead singer Matt Bellamy has a long-gestating plan to land a UFO during one of their stadium gigs - but they insist they try to keep ticket prices down. "We don't always break even, to be honest," says bassist Chris Wolstenholme, who is charging between £33 and £65 at London's O2 arena this week. "You want to make some money but at the same time the most important thing is to go out and play live. We probably could make a lot more, if we went out with no production and charged ridiculous ticket prices. But it's not all about that. "We've tried to keep the prices as low as we possibly can. Maybe some other bands should try and do the same, but it's a difficult one." Muse are known for their elaborate stages and frenetic video installations What's a reasonable price, then? For some, it's a question of scale. "If we play a show in London, £10 or £15 seems fair," says Joe Newman of up-and-coming art-rock outfit Alt-J, favourites for this year's Mercury Prize. Tim Burgess of The Charlatans says he regularly pays "about two quid" to see new bands play at local club nights, while Alice Cooper admits the most he ever paid for a concert ticket was "a whopping five dollars". And who did he go to see? The Rolling Stones, in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1965. "That was like two weeks of gas for my car, but it was worth it," he recalls. "It was Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, the original Rolling Stones." These days, of course, he would be put straight onto the guest list - which might explain why veteran rockers consistently set prices that seem unconnected from the real world - they never have to pay them. So, what does Sir Mick reckon about this fuss over his £400 tickets? "Well, I know it's a lot, really," he tells BBC Radio 4's Front Row, in an interview to be broadcast next month. "But there seems to be a demand and that's good. "I'm not going to get into it any further." |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Oct 27th, 2012 at 8:56pm
All's fair in love and war
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by angee on Oct 29th, 2012 at 3:44pm
Hope anyone going to the Dec. 13th show has some sort of name tag so's I can recognize youse guys.
I do know one or two of you already. I'll most likely wear a hat with a tongue on it. I spent everything I had on the Thurs ticket and finally decided that I'll watch the PPV on Sat. with plans to possibly go to more shows such as NYC in 2013. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Steel Wheels on Oct 30th, 2012 at 11:17am
When I go to Phillies games, I tell people to look for me - I'll be the guy in the Phillies hat. So far, I've had not a single friend find me in the ballpark.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Nellcote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 9:50am
I apologize if this has been said before.
The Stones should really consider donating profits from these Newark shows back to the Tri State Area given the wreckage caused by Hurricane Sandy. It will look more greedy than it already does to have these shows in the midst of an area which has been devastated & take years to rebuild. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:23am Nellcote wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 9:50am:
After every major disaster rock bands generally put on a benefit concert to raise money. Nellie you're right this would be a tremendous opportunity to "do the right thing". My hunch is donation will be made and hopefully a huge one. As far as a benefit concert I think this is the Bosses right to step up first. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Cheyne Walk on Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:27am
Hi Rollin92. My first week of posting too << shiver>>.. We have tickets for London 02 for Thurs 28th Oct. Any UK Rocks Offers going that night? Im taking my wife ( who is also from Wales). Hope she doesnt talk all the way through the show. She does like a chat.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Cheyne Walk on Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:50am
doh.. nov 28th... thursday...night..
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 31st, 2012 at 11:44am Nellcote wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 9:50am:
They did it in 89 for Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta Earthquake. So their is precedence. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Rollin92 on Oct 31st, 2012 at 11:45am Cheyne Walk wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:27am:
Hello Cheyne Walk, welcome...haha welsh women do like to chat a lot :nomames |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by SweetVirginia on Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:16pm Cheyne Walk wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 10:27am:
Bring her to the Pilot Inn before the show....lots of chatting going on there! There should be quite a few RO or IORR folks there :) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by jostorm on Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:48pm Nellcote wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 9:50am:
Since when are the Stones known for their philanthropic way of life? They do not give a fuck as far as I know. They may give to charities individually, I'll grant you that. But last time I checked they weren't on the Concert for Bangladesh line-up either. The Stones only care for themselves and their own. They don't even give a shit for those people who have financed their fame for the past 50 years, buying every record and book and going to every concert they could afford, otherwise they wouldn't so blatantly pull their fans by the hair from behind, make them bend over and then fuck them in the arse. My heart goes out to everyone affected by Sandy, but it has nothing to do with the Stones. Why don't Wall Street give all THEIR profits (for a change) for the neighbourhood in which the house stands from which they fleeced the world and caused the current recession? And may I just mention that they only got reprimanded lightly for doing so and are carrying on as ever? America is a rich country, it can look after their own. The Stones are the Stones: a group of rich, wrinkly, greedy men with a license to print money. I hope they prove me wrong, but I can't see them giving a dime to anyone. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:54pm jostorm wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:48pm:
Jo the donated a million dollars on the 89 tour to two natural disasters tha thit the U.S. that year. No reason they can't do it again. Greedy bastards or not. They've done it before. :forfucksake ::) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Lazy Bones on Oct 31st, 2012 at 7:06pm
The Nicaragua earthquake benefit in January, 1973; Toronto SARS benefit show in July 2003 and 'Concert for NYC' (Mick and Keith) in October of 2001 would all lead me to believe that they would certainly help. If not a specific benefit performance, perhaps a portion of ticket sales or % of say, the PPV.
While their recent ticket prices make them out to be greedy (certainly my opinion), that still doesn't take away from what they've done in the past to assist with events that had a toll on human life and suffering. No arguing what NY means to the Stones... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Nov 1st, 2012 at 11:06am
Imagine if the Stones announce all proceeds from the PPV go to the disaster relief effort?.....Huge PR boost and the buy rate could go through the roof....Reclaim gross while doing a wonderful thing!....
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Lazy Bones on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:23pm gimmekeef wrote on Nov 1st, 2012 at 11:06am:
Precisely! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:33pm
guys, gross is gone, long gone.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:38pm Some Guy wrote on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:33pm:
the only thing gross now are the ticket ripoffs |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Some Guy on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:42pm gimmekeef wrote on Nov 1st, 2012 at 12:38pm:
top rope postin' |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 1st, 2012 at 6:03pm jostorm wrote on Oct 31st, 2012 at 12:48pm:
It is being rumored that a benefit w/ The Stones...Bon Jovi...and Bruce...will happen...But who will open for who?? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gimme Shelter on Nov 2nd, 2012 at 3:31am
Cool little article I found:
The Rolling Stones will not last forever Published 11/01/2012 | By Elliot Greiner THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- The disbandment of The Stones seems like some fantastical event far off in the future, like the cure for cancer or Arnold Schwarzenegger’s retirement; but in reality it is just around the corner. Time is not on the band’s side anymore, as their age and extravagance has caught up with them; Keith Richard’s body has looked ready to expire for the past ten years. However, the music icons are not resigning without one last hurrah. Their first release in six years, “Doom and Gloom”, proves to be a bluesy lick that showcases what the Stones do best – Rock N’ Roll. While I wouldn’t venture to call the song groundbreaking, it is heavily redolent of "Exile on Main Street"- The Glimmer Twins have not lost their luster. The guitar is raw and, paired with Charlie Watt’s signature drumming style, blissful. Jagger pounds out the notes on his blues harp while still delivering vocals that sound equivalent to those of their golden days. “Doom and Gloom” is superficially a tirade against the current state of the world, though in the end, comes off as an unwanted goodbye to such a brilliant career. But what a marvelous 50 years it’s been. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 2nd, 2012 at 6:25am
Sandy Benefit to go on...No Stones though...I was hoping that Jimmy Fallon's involvement would at least bring Mick and Keith to the show...oh well...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/star-studded-benefit-concert-planned-hurricane-victims-article-1.1195444 |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Nov 2nd, 2012 at 7:40am Paranoid Android wrote on Nov 2nd, 2012 at 6:25am:
they are too busy lining their own pockets I guess............ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Nov 4th, 2012 at 11:43am Paranoid Android wrote on Nov 2nd, 2012 at 6:25am:
This was quickly put together. I believe they are working on a large benefit show at MSG. Possible the Stones may be involved if it's close to the time of the NEwark shows. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Nov 7th, 2012 at 10:59am
Rolling Stones Finally Make Deal for Brooklyn Show
11/06/12 1:55pm Roger Friedman Hey kids, it’s not all Doom and Gloom: I told you first at the end of the summer that the Rolling Stones would play at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Then things got weird as Virgin Live and the promoter Paul Dainty were busy also negotiating with the Prudential Center in Newark. But now I can tell exclusively that a Barclays date has been worked out for December 8th. It’s the only open day in the busy Barclays schedule of Nets games. My sources say the announcement is imminent. This would make Brooklyn first before New Jersey on December 13th and 15th. Tricky stuff here: the Stones will debut their documentary “Crossfire Hurricane” on November 15th on HBO. But there’s been a real hurricane since all this stuff started. Maybe the Stones will announce a special charitable donation, or a show dedicated to the victims to help raise much needed funds for the vast numbers of homeless folks. In any case, with Brooklyn locked down for one show, which will sell out in 2 seconds flat, my guess is a fourth show — maybe Madison Square Garden– cannot be far behind. And after that, a good ol’ fashioned tour. Stay tuned. Or as they say in Stones land now, “Grrrrr….!” http://www.showbiz411.com/2012/11/06/rolling-stones-finally-make-deal-for-brooklyn-show |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Nov 7th, 2012 at 11:20am FPM wrote on Nov 7th, 2012 at 10:59am:
Sell out in two seconds flat? Yeah to scalpers who'll end up getting stuck with overpriced tickets. ::) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:42pm
Mick Taylor's concert in Aviles, Spain scheduled for November 24 has now been postponed to....December 15th for 'health reasons'
A change which rules out any involvement at the two Newark shows and which also indicates that he was never invited to begin with. His London show at Cadogan Hall on November 30th still seems to be on OK, which augurs a bit better for the possibility of a cameo at the Stones' London shows on November 25th and 29th. That's if you think the switch for 'health reasons' may be code for 'dress rehearsals for the 02' |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Rollin92 on Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:51pm Gazza wrote on Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:42pm:
Do you reckon 'health reasons' really means health reasons? I'm not going to get my hopes up of Taylor playing with them |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Nov 8th, 2012 at 5:37pm Rollin92 wrote on Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:51pm:
While I certainly hope the best for Mick T's health. Using it as a ruse to rehearse with the Stones seems a bit extreme. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Egon on Nov 9th, 2012 at 5:56am
Turns out I'll be In london tyhat weekend.
However was smart enough to book my return flight on the 25th, so I won't be tempted to buy a ticket at 5.000 euro & a liver |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Nov 9th, 2012 at 1:54pm
Rolling Stones Stand By Sky-High Ticket Prices, And That Shouldn't Be a Surprise
November 9 2012, 1:38 PM ET by Marc Hogan "Let them eat cake," guitarist Ronnie Wood did not add. Look, what you're about to read isn't even a particularly original argument anymore. Thinkers like Thomas Frank have already contended persuasively that the '60s posture of rebellion, rather than challenging the moneyed establishment, actually echoed what corporate America's top marketers were already thinking. In other words, the Clash were wrong: You can't turn rebellion into money. Rebellion already is money; it's called capitalism ("creative destruction"!). Add to that how the Rolling Stones, led by a once-promising London School of Economics student, did pretty much what British imperialists had done for centuries, taking artistic influences that once had been communal and then stamping their copyright on them. Lewis Hyde wrote the book on that shit. What we're saying is, if you're surprised the Stones are unashamed about charging almost as much for their second-cheapest concert tickets as the typical American household earns in a month, life may continue to be hard for you. And yet, unashamed they are, and consistently so. Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood might've come the closest to a "47 percent" comment this week when he protested to the Telegraph, "We've got to make something." But Mick Jagger told Billboard basically the same thing, citing the cost of producing the shows. And last month Keith Richards, asked whether the band will indeed make not only something, but £16 million ($25.5 million) for their services, told the Guardian, "£16 million sounds about right to us." Just how expensive are tickets to the Stones' planned four 50th-anniversary shows? As Buzzfeed explains, the cheapest seats at the band's two New Jersey shows were going for a mere $114.80, service fees included. The next tier of prices, though, brings you all the way up to $813. Ouch. Premium seating options range from $1,353.50 for a "Silver Hot Seat Package" to $2,453.50 for a "Gold VIP Package." And we aren't even talking about what scalpers might be charging for these things. Jagger, in the Billboard interview, suggested part of the reason these particular ticket prices are so high is because the Stones aren't benefiting from economies of scale. "You might say, 'The tickets are too expensive' — well, it's a very expensive show to put on, just to do four shows, because normally you do a hundred shows and you'd have the same expenses," he's quoted as saying. But Richards has suggested that the Stones don't plan just to do four shows. Wood recently told the AP, "We won't be able to stop." So if and when the Stones announce a full tour after justifying their ticket prices based on the fact they were only playing four shows, don't be surprised. They'll definitely have plenty to play. Career-spanning compilation GRRR!, including new songs "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot," arrives on November 13, just before the Stones' HBO documentary, Crossfire Hurricane. After all, there are consumers to satiate. Here's Jagger talking to Billboard about ticket prices again: "So, yes, it's expensive. But most of the tickets go for a higher price than we've sold them for, so you can see the market is there." See how he totally stuck it to The Man by rationalizing his actions through free-market economics? If not, we have a Who-endorsed Hummer we'd like to sell you. http://www.spin.com/#articles/rolling-stones-stand-by-sky-high-ticket-prices-and-that-shouldnt-be-a-surprise |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Cheyne Walk on Nov 12th, 2012 at 4:55am
Tickets have arrived. London o2 thurs 29th nov. WOO!
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 14th, 2012 at 7:58am
If anyone's still looking for a hotel room at a reasonable price for the 25th, contact me.
I provisionally booked a twin room at the Premier Inn Docklands (Excel) for that night a couple of weeks before the shows were confirmed at a bargain price but now won't be needing the room as I won't be going to the gig. It should be easy enough to change the booking but rather than simply cancel the booking (I havent paid any deposit) I'd rather let someone get it for the same price as I did, because you can be pretty certain that if I cancel and it goes on sale again it'll be offered for a lot more than the £50 deal that I got! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bitch on Nov 15th, 2012 at 10:03pm Gazza wrote on Nov 14th, 2012 at 7:58am:
There are plenty of tickets left on StubHub! Maybe you should reconsider before cancelling your reservation! http://www.stubhub.com/rolling-stones-tickets/ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 16th, 2012 at 7:34am Bitch wrote on Nov 15th, 2012 at 10:03pm:
:) The tickets on there start at £390 which is double the price I was willing to pay for a first level seat to begin with. I've absolutely no interest in getting a flight to sit in a nosebleed in THAT venue and certainly not at that price. Nor am I paying over face value for what is already a rip-off. Availability of tickets was never going to be an issue. The fact that they're charging prices that I find offensive and indefensible is. I refuse to play along with it as a matter of principle. I'm a bit disappointed in some ways that I'm not going but in all honesty that's considerably outweighed by the satisfaction that, for once, I had the strength to say "no". |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 16th, 2012 at 6:24pm
Final set of rehearsals should take place at Wembley Arena from Monday onwards.
Have heard conflicting reports as to whether or not there'll be another club show before they open at the 02. If I was a betting man, I'd be edging towards 'no', but you never know I guess. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Nov 16th, 2012 at 6:55pm Gazza wrote on Nov 16th, 2012 at 6:24pm:
to bad they aint playin wembley arena!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 16th, 2012 at 7:00pm
Memories of 2003, eh? Great shows - and we had a good night on the 13th September!
Only about half the size of the 02 unfortunately. the 02's a better venue despite the size - as long as youre not in the nosebleeds, I suppose. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by BILL PERKS on Nov 16th, 2012 at 8:09pm
NICE OF THE STONES TO PUT CHARLIE IS MY DARLING AND CROSSFIRE HURRICANE ON TV THIS WEEK.
CAUSE PERKS WASNT PAYIN FOR THEM. THEY SHOULD BE A DOIN A BENEFIT FOR THE HURRICANE VICTIMS. I'VE FINALLY REACHED THE BILL GRAHAM CONCLUSION. IT'S LIKE WATCHING YOUR FAVORITE LOVER BECOME A WHORE. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Nov 16th, 2012 at 8:18pm Gazza wrote on Nov 16th, 2012 at 7:34am:
I said "no" to a few other things this summer and it keeps getting easier and easier each time. I hope I wasn't doing it so I could afford $813 Stones tickets. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by mojoman on Nov 17th, 2012 at 9:47am ijwthstd wrote on Nov 16th, 2012 at 8:18pm:
you sacrificed alot. buy that ticket!!! |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Saint Sway on Nov 19th, 2012 at 12:08pm Gazza wrote on Nov 16th, 2012 at 7:34am:
^ This is the best post I've ever read here. I concur whole heartedly. We've all made great sacrifices and have continued to bite the bullet on increasingly outrageous ticket prices and packages and fan club fees etc with each new tour. Simply for our insane love of this band. But The time to say no and simply walk away is now here. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by ijwthstd on Nov 19th, 2012 at 11:12pm
Rolling Stones cover night in LA Dec 18th for FREE
http://www.thesatellitela.com/event/178145/ Dustbowl Revival, who does a killer YCAGWYW is also playing. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 20th, 2012 at 12:49pm
The Prices They Are A-Falling....
http://www.gigwise.com/news/77769/rolling-stones-tickets-sell-for-%C2%A3125-less-than-value |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Bingo on Nov 20th, 2012 at 1:13pm
I have a feeling, you'll be able to get into Newark for $100.
Brooklyn, I've heard is not even half sold out...if that's the case that's another $100 ticket, maybe less? |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 20th, 2012 at 1:51pm
Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood have both recently defended the prices of the Rolling Stones London shows (which range from £100 to £1000), both claiming they would see little of the money made and that most went into staging their spectacular show.
Then just stop with the SPECTACULAR SHOW"and just play Rock-n-Roll...IMO By spectacular, I assume they mean a very stiff cartoon of a naked chic riding a tongue...an inflatable tongue that goes limp half way thru the song... or maybe a 30 ft Gorilla in a tongue t-shirt ( ala The Grateful Dead MSG shows) |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 21st, 2012 at 6:43am
So what they're basically saying is that maybe half of your ticket price is going towards the bit of painted metal and wood that they'll be performing on. So effectively its Mark Fisher (or whoever designed the stage) who's getting the payday from this - not the band.
And that you're expected to believe that and maybe even get excited about it. Incredible. On a side note, I understand that due to late night engineering works by London transport, the 02 shows will now commence at 8 pm - not 8.45. Not sure if it's been confirmed by the Stones organisation yet (dont hold your breath, if so) but the company running the corporate hospitality have brought forward the start time of their pre-show event to 5 pm because of this. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by gimmekeef on Nov 21st, 2012 at 8:30am Gazza wrote on Nov 20th, 2012 at 12:49pm:
Apparently the band has been in contact with this company and bought all their stock: http://www.mytarp.com/ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Nov 21st, 2012 at 9:15pm
So Gazza is officially going to be in the house for one of the London shows! :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya :willya
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 2:37pm
Rehearsed today (per Flairville)
The Last Time Out of Control and.... (drum roll please) Moonlight Mile |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by rogerriffin on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 2:48pm
the official store release a lot of (ugly) shirts for the upcoming shows....
http://rollingstones.shop.bravadousa.com/Dept.aspx?cp=150_59158 they really are ready!!! :keithpunky :keithpunky :keithpunky |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:07pm |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:19pm
Seriously - who the fuck is going to walk around their hometown wearing this? Especially with that on the back.
http://rollingstones.shop.bravadousa.com/Product.aspx?cp=150_59158&pc=BGCMRS30 You'd get a good kicking from the Fashion Police. And it would be almost justifiable. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Voodoo Chile In Wonderland on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:24pm
Love it! (really) Of course I would wear it for sure
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by The Wick on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:52pm
This is fantasy but wouldn't it be a dream if with Mick Taylor there they did Time Waits For No One and Winter.
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 6:10pm The Wick wrote on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:52pm:
Those two would be top of my 'play with Taylor' list as well. And the Stones have never played either of them in concert before. |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 6:34pm Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Nov 22nd, 2012 at 5:24pm:
Let us start the collection...I would love to see VooDoo sportin' this jacket... Who's in??? i would buy one as well, but w/ no GRRRegory...there is no point |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by FPM on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 8:56am
Rolling Stones' new stage offers a mix of cozy, crazy
Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY When the Rolling Stones kick off their new tour in London, they'll unveil a stage that will help the band tell its story through the ages with intimacy and spectacle. 7:09AM EST November 23. 2012 - What do bridges, lounges, inflatable dancing girls and oversized phalluses have in common? They've all taken center stage at Rolling Stones shows, which in 50 years have gone from stripped-down jams to state-of-the-art spectacles. When the venerable British band starts up the first of five "50 and Counting" shows Sunday at London's O2 Arena, it remains to be seen what sort of stage will greet fans. But bank on it being a methodically planned creation that will shatter expectations. "Every stage we've done has reflected the band and the zeitgeist," says Patrick Woodroffe, the Stones' lighting designer who for three decades has helped Mick Jagger and his mates turn visions into reality. "But it's never just spectacle for spectacle's sake. Keith (Richards) always calls the stage 'the office.' It's where they work and everything has to be right." What little is known about the new stage is that it will feature the band's familiar lips-and-tongue logo anchored by a central standing-room, general-admission area. That's so the band can switch gears from stadium-rock anthems to tunes "that afford moments of huge intimacy," which hark back to the band's beginnings as a club act, says Woodroffe. But he adds that the concert's "emotional journey" through the Stones' career will be assisted by elaborately produced video clips as well as "hugely flamboyant" set pieces. "The Stones are, after all, not just the soundtrack to many of our lives, they're the movie, too," he says. Stones stagecraft has always risen to the occasion, whether it be the massive, industrial production that was their 1989 Steel Wheels stage or riffing off the then-nascent Internet scene on their 1994-1995 Voodoo Lounge tour, says Patrick Doyle, an assistant editor at Rolling Stone. But while the Stones have long amped up their stage shows, this time they just might tone things down. "Keith has said that sometimes elaborate stages and lighting can bog down a show because you can't be spontaneous in song selection," says Doyle. "With them rehearsing so many songs lately, I'd look for a more stripped-down stage that allows them freedom to mix songs up as they choose." The mini tour, which may yet give way to more dates, includes a second show in London on Nov. 29, one at Brooklyn's new Barclays Center on Dec. 8 and two at Newark's Prudential Center on Dec. 13 and 15. Guests include former band members Bill Wyman (bass) and Mick Taylor (guitar). But it's the core group, which includes Charlie Watts (drums) and Ron Wood (guitar), that steers this ship. "Usually, it's Mick and Charlie who come to me first with ideas, but Keith has a keen eye," says Woodroffe. "They're real craftsmen, so it's not just about whether a stage looks nice. It's checking what the floor feels like, what the sight lines are, what sound does it throw off. When they come look at the stage, they're like athletes stalking the field before the big game." http://www.usatoday.com/life/ |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Patrick on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 9:32am
is this show gonna be so powerful as to make everyone forget the costs once they get there? thats clearly the idea and it may just pan out
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by PartyDoll MEG on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 9:48am
Gazza- you just better have enough battery life on your phone to give me a listen to Moonlight Mile...or Time Waits or Winter...just saying!! ;)
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 9:56am
So worth my $814.00...I apologize on behalf of everyone on RocksOff that complained about the prices...
Is there anyway we can let the band know we are sorry and understand their dilemma with the prices? :nanker :kissmyass :tongui :nooslajaleisk |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:14am Paranoid Android wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 9:56am:
Speak for yourself. :whydontcha |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by sweetcharmedlife on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:33am
Well,they have to tour next year now. Just to recover the costs of building that monstrosity of a stage. :nomames
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:36am Edith Grove wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:14am:
I assummed the sarcasm would bleed thru... |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Edith Grove on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:41am Paranoid Android wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:36am:
It did. I just had to say somethin' :loloncemore BTW, the Furs were great the other night. :areyoufuckingserious |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:43am sweetcharmedlife wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:33am:
That is almost assured...I recall that U2 said that their 360 stage ( all 3 ) took about 5 days to set up and 3 to tear down...and that the band would only break even AFTER the first European AND N American legs were completed...amazing how you and i have to pay for the egos that touring ( because of the ""new record sales model") have created. I enjoyed the U2 tour...it was the BEST sound I have ever heard for a football stadium...and not a bad seat in the house due to the 360 screens...well...all the bad seats were the GA folks in the Pit and on the first half of the field. i scored a pair of tkts for $31.00 the day of...(papered) and sat w/ the $250.00 idiots |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Paranoid Android on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:46am Edith Grove wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:41am:
The Furs are AWESOME!!! Glad you had a great time ( again). They missed Chapel Hill this round...Ashville was the closest ( maybe Richmond) ...didn't feel like driving 2-3 1/2 hrs |
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Title: Re: The Rolling Stones in London & Newark - Offici Post by Gazza on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 1:12pm Patrick wrote on Nov 23rd, 2012 at 9:32am:
No - but then I didnt pay it... so I'm still only half pissed at them. Or something. |
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