Title: Re: Camping World Stadium ORLANDO, FL June 3, 2024 - Setlist, Photos, Videos, Reviews etc
Post by ronnie-woody on Jun 4th, 2024 at 12:04pm
Since we had to leave our Airbnb by 11am but our flight back home only leaves at 8pm, we are stuck at the airport now and I have more than enough time to write a review. I think for now I'll only keep it about the Orlando show because that's the show thread but I'm sure I might write a general one about the tour expetienc ein the 2024 tour thread sometime in a few days or so once I had some more time to reflect.
So, as already mentioned above, the staff at the stadium was unqualified, clueless and rude, which lead to the worst entry experience of this tour for us, but I don't want to get into details again because I already mentioned enough of the shit that happened, but it was even worse (e.g. they were being rude to disabled people which is just disrespectful af)
Anyway, on to what went on once inside the stadium: altho the entry was messy, we still were the first ones to enter the pit after the vip people (like at both NJ shows where we also had regular pit A, in Boston we had early entry) and found it crowded af already. In NJ they told us that they sell 150 vip tickets per pit, idk if this only applied for Metlife stadium or for every venue. If so, then in NJ and Boston there DEFINITELY were less than 150 pit tickets sold because there was loads of space once we entered/we were not 150 vip people in Boston. In Orlando however, they might have oversold on vip tickets like they did in Vienna in 2022 which ended up in an already pretty crowded pit so in contrast to NJ we weren't in 3rd row from the front but halfway down the catwalk (and in 2nd row from the catwalk). Overall once everyone was inside the pit, there still was enough soace to move and dance, people at least weren't standing squeezed next to each other (like in Vienna).
The opening act was Tyler Childers whom I had checked out before and I really like Whitehouse Road, I also filmed this song by him, you can check it out here:
https://youtu.be/KbiXFxDa528?feature=shared
He has a great voice and I mostly enjoyed the songs they played but I thought he came across a little cocky, idk I didn't like his stage presence for some reason. But maybe this was also me being a bit annoyed still at how the staff behaved and that it was hot af that day and my head was all dizzy. Halfway through the opening set some 20-something yo guy a few rows in front of us collapsed twice. Idiotic staff didn't react at first when people were calling for help, it seemed to take them forever to react, like sure, someone might be dying here, but please get a drink or a smoke first or something... ::) in the end they carried him out but thankfully he made it back before the Stones came on stage and he seemed alright.
Once the famous words "Ladies and Gentlemen...the Rolling Stones" were announced by Matt, as always in this moment, everything else that happened up to this point was gone and forgotten. Nothing else matters anymore once the guys take the stage! Keith didn't mess up the intro to SMU and also played brilliantly for the rest of the evening. Since we had heard soundcheck, we already knew they were gonna play WWW, IORR, She'a a Rainbow and Dead Flowers.
I'd like to make a short excourse here back to soundcheck time because it's worth to be mentioned, it was quite an experience. So far I have been able to listen to the soundcheck about 7 times so far out of my 12 shows but this time was the best (and most annoying experience thanks to the annoying staff all at once). From where we were waiting for Pit entry, when getting out of line for a bit, we could literally see the stage and I have never been able before to see the stage during soundcheck, only listen to it. It was soo nice to see the guys in this situation, not in their stage outfits but all in t-shirts and just being all chill but still having fun. Ronnie had his nails painted blue, I guess courtesy of his twins ;D (but he removed it for the show) Mick was singing Tumbling Dice while facing Keith basically the entire time which was so nice to observe, I just love when they are like that. During WWW, Mick, Keith and Ronnie came together in a circle to jam together which was beautiful to see, it really was so great to witness them like that <3 now here the annoying part: if you tried to take pics or videos, annoying staff would wave and yell and get you to stop, I mean wtf is wrong with them, we're gonna see them later anyway and film and take pictures, just fucking leave us be, it was too hot for that bs ::) but anyway, of course I still took some pics and a vid) and will upload them later :P
So, back to the show. I didn't mind getting to hear IORR again, somehow I really enjoyed this song this tour, they played it really well (as basically all the songs!) When the vote song came around it wasn't a surprise for us, but aurprisingly I was okay with SaR even thobit's not my fave song ever and even tho I wanted BMHO or OOC because I wanted another song I'd never heard before, I got Rainbow at HP1 two years ago already and then it was special af because there was an actual rainbow over the stage right at that moment! I still enjoyed getting to hear it once more and Mick and Keith were playing the intro together a bit, smiling at each other, which was nice to see :)
Next came Dead Flowers. Ngl, when they soundchecked it, I was SO excited, because I've never heard it live before and it's one of my favourite slower songs by them so I was REALLY looking forward to it. Which I didn't expect, however, was that there would be Tyler Childers guesting on it...I was annoyed by that because I wanted Mick and Keith to sing it together like in 2019 because it was so beautiful...instead it felt like Keith was being degraded to a background singer on this one and even tho I like Tyler Childer's voice and even tho I obviously filmed the song, I didn't think Tyler and Mick's voices meshed so well and I mostly focused on Keith's voice because I enjoyed it a lot, he was singing very well again. In Boston due to the shitty weather he seemed to have a slight cold or so, but yesterday his voice sounded amazing again <3 I was happy overall to get to hear another song I haven't heard before yet (making it 12 songs in total this tour I didn't get before) but I wanted only Mick and Keith to sing Dead Flowers together that's why I'd not rate this 100% but only like 90 :P
They played WWW again instead of MiU and I was happy since WWW is my fave song on the new album! MiU is WAY better live than on the record and people seem to like it and I do too, but WWW just hits differently, what a great rocker! Another change compared to Boston was they broight back Miss You instead of Rambler which had me disappointed for like 10 seconds because you know that Rambler is my fave live song ever and for me it's not a proper setlist without it BUT yesterday that surprisingly was NOT the case and I honestly have to admit that this version of Miss You was the best I have seen them do live so far. Already at Metlife 1 I thoughtit was way improved compared to 2022 and the other times I saw them but yesterday I enjoyed it so much I even forgot that Rambler was missing! Mick played a really long harp solo, longer than before, I just love when he does that and he played for Keith which is one of my fave things ever to observe because Keith always seems to enjoy it so much, he loves when Mick plays the harp and never fails to mention this in interviews, it also makes him smile so much all the time and when Keith smiles, I smile <3
JJF wasn't as overwhelming and outstanding as it was in Boston, the soundmix was too loud, almost deafening, but it's fine, the guys seemed to have fun playing it and imo JJF is their best song of the warhorses these days, always a top performance.
Mick and Chanel performing together on Gimme Shelter and SSOH is a total highlight always and yesterday, even tho Mick (probably due to the heat) seemed to have some vocal problems and didn't sound as incredible as in Boston, they still are so great together, it's ao fun to watch them, they are so dramatic, I love it!! Their voices fit so well together and Chanel is hitting the high notes way better than Sasha imo, Sasha uaed to just scream at some notes...but Chanel is absolutely stunning and I feel lucky to have been able to witness her perform.
Satisfaction turned out to be a great and wild party thanks to the Argentinians behind us, was the best pit party during this song since Berlin 2022, it was electricising and the guys seemed to noticw this! I'm glad our last show for this tour ended like that because it left me feeling bery happy even if overall I enjoyed the Boston and Metlife 2 shows more for various reasons.
Summed up, I'm just so thankful and happy I got to be at some shows this tour and I'm leaving the US with a bit of a heavy heart because y'all know what i's like...Stones shows arw like a drug because once you got the taste, you need more...I hope we'll get more in Europe next year! And it seems likely, if everything continues to go well, because the way these guys are playing atm, I cannot see them stopping anytime soon. They have WAY too much fun foing what they do and they still do it outstandingly well!!
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