Setlist:

JJF
IORR
ADTL
Dice
Doom & Gloom
Bitch (w/ G Clark Jr)
M.Mile

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--Photo by Jim Pietryga

From Mick's Facebook:

"Great day hiking near San Diego. Can’t wait for tomorrow night’s show! Make sure you take part in the song vote on rollingstones.com!"

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"On the bus to San Diego"

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Thanks for the cool pics of MICK & KEEF, LJ! This show is gonna rock! Is anyone texting/posting setlists anymore or are we just waiting for twitter feeds?

I'll try to post some of the setlist, until I crash.

In the meantime, look who is one of the FIRST to hit the merchandise stand??

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Jini, she looks as happy as a kid on Christmas! Love it!

Mick at the Scripps ranch...looks so cool!

San Diego Song Vote is UP!!

ZIP CODE: SAN DIEGO
[list bull-redcheck]

Let's Spend The Night Together
[list bull-redcheck]

Street Fighting Man
[list bull-redcheck]

Get Off My Cloud
[list bull-redcheck]

When The Whip Comes Down...the obvious winner IMO. since it was played at the club show...

LadyJane wrote on May 24^th, 2015 at 8:07am:

From Mick's Facebook: "Great day hiking near San Diego. Can’t wait for tomorrow night’s show! Make sure you take part in the song vote on rollingstones.com!" http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/11051216_961297107237472_8944717788539554565_n.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/11064810_961297103904139_4526347568800891597_n.jpg "On the bus to San Diego" http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/11137143_952367748141416_9210272394769219794_n.jpg

Yo!  Mick!  We got some great hiking trails in Northern Cali, too!

The number of tickets available on StubHub nearly doubled since yesterday...from 248 to 468

Paranoid Android wrote on May 24^th, 2015 at 11:17am:

San Diego Song Vote is UP!! ZIP CODE: SAN DIEGO [list bull-redcheck] Let's Spend The Night Together [list bull-redcheck] Street Fighting Man [list bull-redcheck] Get Off My Cloud [list bull-redcheck] When The Whip Comes Down...the obvious winner IMO. since it was played at the club show...

Just a click away http://www.rollingstones.com/2015/05/24/stonessd-song-vote/

Better view of the stage and the catwalk:

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I totally get that the days of the 5 mile per night running around from runway across the stage to other runway are long gone ( See LSTNT)...but those floor seats look HORRIBLE to me...I am not even talking about the ones next to the 50 toilets.

Those seat maps on ticketmaster were/are so deceitful...I guess its my fault for thinking that a seat facing the stage (or what appears to be a stage and not sound eqt) would actually face a stage.

Quite an extensive soundcheck going on this afternoon.

SCL and SV and others reporting the following songs worked on (and more)  :

YCAGWY (with choir)
All Down The Line
Rock Me Baby
Cant You Hear Me Knockin'
Moonlight Mile
Bitch

First pre-party pics of 2015!!!
Bluzdude, SV and SCL

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:areyoufuckingserious

Trousers at dusk

Even tighter than previously.

What's going on?

Let's do this. I'm a very busy man.

It's puzzling.  All the signs were there.

I don't feel tardy.

First song: JJF

Lick our chops and strap on the ole feedbag tomorrow.

IORR
ADTL

Watching the show via the Periscope app..... And shit, whoever was streaming it just had their phone battery die
:pullanolte

Bitch with G Clark Jr
Moonlight Mile

we are trending.

Three or four sticky fingers are quite enough, as the Bishop said to the doughnut saleswoman

This all takes a while to process.

Got to see ADTL, TD, Bitch, part of cyhmk, SFM and Slipping Away from the various people streaming the show. Gotta admit, band  sounds pretty great

The band on opening night in San Diego ... They sound monster like. Trying to use periscope on a desktop for the time being ... (too lazy to go over to the phone and install it lol)

Anyway .. sound has been 'monsterous' ... is the best way I can describe it (I mean that in a good way, naturally).

Ian

Aside from the on-stage grooving, it's good to note the the renewed contributions of Charlotte Watts, who is not only talented in graphicular aesthetics but by all reports / apearances a veel honey

I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D

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And then there's this, with no involvement of Martin Scorsese  :aimama

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And a couple of videos from afar, just for the sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWemRxQ5ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJll1US1Yg

FotiniD wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 3:31am:

I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D

Message board is a shadow of what it used to be.

Jumpin' Jack Flash
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
All Down the Line
Tumbling Dice
Doom and Gloom
Bitch
Moonlight Mile
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Street Fighting Man
Honky Tonk Women
(followed by band introductions)
Slipping Away
(Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Before They Make Me Run
(Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Midnight Rambler
Miss You
Gimme Shelter
Start Me Up
Sympathy for the Devil
Brown Sugar
Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want
(with the Members of the Bob Cole Conservatory Choir)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Moonlight mile!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjEcJmF_Z0I

FotiniD wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 3:31am:

I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D

LOL no, but I fall asleep!

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 6:31am:

LOL no, but I fall asleep!

Actually me too :D

Some more videos.
Charlie's face when Keith thinks he's gonna do "Can't be seen", lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM1m6G-MHt8

Opening and JJF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cGrIu0-Ax8

And another one of Moonlight Mile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWV7d2Fm2KM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEvvxkOYok

local CBS news report. Includes a chat with Stones historian Chris Eborn who had travelled from London

http://www.cbs8.com/story/29146588/rolling-stones-kick-off-concert-tour-in-san-diego

Great version of 'Bitch' with Gary Clark, Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKsdZgsRec

FotiniD wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 3:31am:

I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D

We do things better in the 'Old World'. ;-)

At least we have the excuse that its pretty much dawn over here when the show takes place...

Gazza wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 9:25am:

FotiniD wrote on May 25th, 2015 at 3:31am: I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D We do things better in the 'Old World'. ;-) At least we have the excuse that its pretty much dawn over here when the show takes place...

Yet another reason they should bring themselves over here again :)

scl?
bluze?

did u guys make it to a bar down in mexico last night?

Wow!  Micky!

OMG I hope they keep Moonlight Mile in the setlist! Fvcking A! Sound great but I can imagine this song will get even better.

Killer Bitch with Gary Clark Jr. wow!

Street Fighting Man is sounding a lot like JJF in the middle. Did anyone else notice this? 

"I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement?"

I passed out from the excitement.  :pullanolte

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/25/rolling-stones-2015-tour-petco-park-review/

" The fact that "Satisfaction" didn't begin until two hours and five minutes after the concert got underway at 9:35 p.m. made Jagger's charged delivery of the song verge on the unbelievable. The multigenerational audience of 42,000 – which included Christina Aguilera, Coldplay singer Chris Martin and movie stars Matt Damon and Katie Holmes – cheered his time-defying performance with repeated roars of approval.  "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKAymg80uSg&feature=youtu.be

That's a pretty good 'Street Fighting Man'. Nice bit of guitar duelling about three minutes in (and a piano coda near the end, similar to the original version)

Nice review by Chris Epting in Ultimate Classic Rock

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-san-diego-concert-review/

Rolling Stones Satisfy in Epic Tour Opener — Concert Review
By Chris Epting May 25, 2015 2:16 PM


Rolling Stones Satisfy in Epic Tour Opener -- Concert Review | By Chris Epting May 25, 2015 2:16 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keG8vTetnNc

The Rolling Stones were the first band to ever play a concert at San Diego’s Petco Park back on 2005′s A Bigger Bang Tour, and they returned with a fury last night (May 24) to kick off this summer’s Zip Code Tour.

Any doubts as to whether the Stones could still fill a baseball stadium while delivering the sort of rarefied rock and roll circus that’s become their trademark were erased almost immediately when the band stormed the stage with a hungry, rugged version of  ”Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (see the above video).

Flanked on a massive stage by high-definition video towers and ushered in with a smoky hail of fireworks and colorful bursts, the band made it clear they were there not to merely trot out a nostalgic night of memories and reveries, but rather to remind a jam-packed house that they are still very much a force to be reckoned with.

The classics came hard and fast. “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.” “All Down the Line.” “Tumbling Dice.” Mick Jagger, resplendent in a deep purple sequined jacket over a silky magenta top and black tights, remains an incalculable music force. Focused, determined and in strong voice, time and again he skipped, strutted and sashayed his way out the long runaway into a sea of hungry humanity, electrifying the masses both up close and far up into the rafters.

He seems impossible. Yet there he is. It’s not just his confidence of doing this for so long that makes Jagger such a master craftsman. It’s his understanding of what it requires. He exhorts, conducts and leads the crowd. But he teases it, too. He seduces it. He knows what people are paying for, in some case thousands of dollars, and he delivers what everyone wants and expects of him with passion and aplomb.

While the pretzel-thin Jagger does his thing out on the edge, punching the air and hypnotizing the believers, back at the main stage basecamp, of course, there are other forces at play. The wily Ron Wood, whose playing was especially sharp throughout the night, cavorted and bounced like a nervous child while his partner-in-musical-crime, Keith Richards, flashed bright white pirate grins, all the while holding down the riffs like some ghostly Lord of the Delta. Drummer Charlie Watts may be more iconic than any of them. Of all the Stones, he seems to have shifted the least since many first saw him on The Ed Sullivan Show. He is the most reliable. We can measure time against him. Watts is grayer now of course, but no less elegant, serious and in full command of the beat.

The band is punctuated with some sturdy and familiar faces including vocalists Lisa Fischer and Bernard Fowler, keyboardist Chuck Leavell, a couple of solid sax players (though the late great Bobby Keys is sorely missed) and bassist Darryl Jones. But it’s the fearsome foursome that is the magnet of attention.

They did a mini-set from 1971’s Sticky Fingers to help promote an upcoming re-release, comprised of ”Bitch,” (for which they were joined by opener Gary Clark Jr.), “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and the gentle, Japanese-tinged ode to the road, “Moonlight Mile.”

Richards took a turn on two numbers, “Slipping Away” and “Before They Make Me Run.” But for many it came down to the dyed-in-the-wool classics to get the juices fully flowing. We forget sometimes just how embedded some of those riffs are in our collective subconscious. No matter how many times we’ve heard them live, on record or on the radio, when the opening notes of “Honky Tonk Women,” “Street Fighting Man,” “Gimme Shelter” or “Brown Sugar” cascade over us, deep emotions are triggered and unleashed. Those songs are now part of our DNA. They affect our metabolism. And so a mass of humanity is reborn over the course of the cool summer night; throbbing, swaying and celebrating the sounds that raised us, got us drunk and took us down dark corners.

When Jagger begins blowing those first haunting notes of “Midnight Rambler” and Richards crunches the blues opera’s first cryptic chords, the stage becomes a jungle of sonic mayhem, blood-red and deep purple light. Keith Richards once said that to know the real Jagger, just listen to him play harp. And in those reedy breaths, he seems right. The true bluesman emerges throughout the 12-minute epic; mysterious, mythical and mercurial. At one point in the tune Jagger breaks out in a manic, alarming, twitching series of cathartic moves. He seems possessed by the music himself, just as we are. It’s a bonding moment.

But then the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir from California State University, Long Beach hits the angelic opening notes of the first encore, the stately, atmospheric “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and it’s back to the grandeur and church-like atmosphere that Jagger seems especially in tune with. He clearly wants to celebrate, and so celebrate he does. That he will be 72 this summer means zero. When he breaks out in full sprint during “Brown Sugar” and makes it all the way from stage left to right in about 10 seconds, you realize it’s not about age. It’s about heart, energy and a force of will. It’s about the joy of watching arguably the greatest entertainer in modern history. It ended just around midnight and with the last strains of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” still rattling around the ballpark.
Forty years ago this summer, the Rolling Stones embarked on their now-legendary 1975 Tour of the Americas. A lot of the press back then wondered seriously if perhaps it was the last haul for a band that was then all of just 13 years old. And after all, Jagger was approaching his 32nd birthday.

Now, they are taking North America on yet another wild summer ride. Hours before the show, thousands wandered around the venue, sporting concert shirts that went back to the ’60s. Seniors, hipsters, 30-somethings, 40 and 50-somethings, millennials, teenagers, little kids; it is a cross-section and multi-racial communal tribe that is all-inclusive, just as it will be in all the other cities they play. They deny nobody.

And any talk of this being the last time or a thousand other tired cliches seem irrelevant. This is a band that is still performing at a peak level — one that every other band on the planet can learn from — that reaffirms, for two hours and 15 glorious minutes, not just the magic and mystery of music, but of life itself. They are just that much an inspiring force of nature. See them this summer. They are waiting to spoil you. And you’ll get what you need.


Rolling Stones Set List — Petco Park, San Diego, Calif., May 24, 2015
1. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
2. “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It)”
3. “All Down the Line”
4. “Tumbling Dice”
5. “Doom and Gloom”
6. “Bitch” (with Gary Clark, Jr.)
7. “Moonlight Mile”
8. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
9. “Street Fighting Man”
10. “Honky Tonk Women”
11. “Slipping Away”
12. “Before They Make Me Run”
13. “Midnight Rambler”
14. “Miss You”
15. “Gimme Shelter”
16. “Start Me Up”
17. “Sympathy for the Devil”
18. “Brown Sugar”
Encore
19. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (with the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir from California State University, Long Beach)
20. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”


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Damn, those were great versions of Moonlight Mile and SFM!

Why did they drop SFM from their regular setlist? Too fast for the octogenarians in the crowd?  Mick doesn't like the lack of vocals towards the end? Look at how much fun Keef, Ronnie, and Charlie are having with the tune... they get to stretch out a bit and play up tempo.

'Street Fighting Man' is apparently a song Mick doesnt like that much.

Easy to be blasé about a song when youve written so many great other ones I suppose, but its a number they still play live very well.  That's a terrific version.

The show was fantastic...the park was packed...and the whole band seemed to be having fun. Highlight for me: Moonlight Mile and Bitch.

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Gazza wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 1:26pm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keG8vTetnNc

Our own Slavegirl there at 0:20 enjoyin' herself...

Great pics even by your own high standards, Jini

Thanks for sharing them here.

Cool for Slavegirl!

Jini, your pics are excellent! Everyone looks good, but RONNIE looks the best ~ he is healthy and happy so Sally agrees with him. Great! Keef looks happier than I've seen him look in a while. Great! MICK looks great but too thin, a few pounds more on him wouldn't hurt. Charlie is just the BEST! Barnard looks to be in fine form, as usual. Darryl and Lisa are professionals.

BRAVO SV!!!

Another fine set of pictures!!
How do you do it time and time again?!?

Question about the show...how was the runway used? Was it just mick?
Did Keef and Ronny have their time on the catwalk??
A sax solo stroll for the new guy??
A Duet with Mick & The Divine Ms F?

Wow!!! Great pics.  Well done and thanks for posting SV.

many thanks SV!!!

Great pics and that was a really well written review Gazza found.  Exciting time, as usual, to be a Stones fan.

mojoman wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 10:11am:

scl? bluze? did u guys make it to a bar down in mexico last night?

No. But I hit almost every bar in a 10 block radius next to the stadium. :interestingstuffronnie

wonderful photography, SV!! - as always!!

Enjoyed Chris' article too..

onward to Saturday..

Just got home. Fun weekend. Really enjoyed soaking up the Stones frenzy around town for 2 days. It was great to meet up with SV/Jini. Every bit as nice as previously advertised. Can't say I was crazy about the venue. Very packed. They seemed unprepared for large crowds. Long lines everywhere. They also might want to tell people they're going to have an obstructed view. Especially when you pay over $200 a pop for them. But, sound was good. Video screens worked well. (Spent a lot of time watching those) The band played very well. Mick's voice was very strong. Good opener in Gary Clark Jr. Dude can shred. Little surprised they brought him out for Bitch. Thought they would pick a more blues oriented song. Highlights for me were Moonlight Mile, Before they Make Me Run, Street Fighting Man. Setlist is what it is. Predictable, safe, lacking in creativity. Kind of like it has for 50 years.  :warhorse :keithpunky :waka-jawaka :booze :weed :paristhong :willya

Thanks for all the great reports and pictures !

Same old set list, but they seem to be playing well and Mick and Keith look happy together, which is always a good sign.

I miss the buzz of walking into a stadium and seeing that tiny drum kit. Anyone who's going.....enjoy the tour !

sc uk

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 5:23pm:

Just got home. Fun weekend. Really enjoyed soaking up the Stones frenzy around town for 2 days. It was great to meet up with SV/Jini. Every bit as nice as previously advertised. Can't say I was crazy about the venue. Very packed. They seemed unprepared for large crowds. Long lines everywhere. They also might want to tell people they're going to have an obstructed view. Especially when you pay over $200 a pop for them. But, sound was good. Video screens worked well. (Spent a lot of time watching those) The band played very well. Mick's voice was very strong. Good opener in Gary Clark Jr. Dude can shred. Little surprised they brought him out for Bitch. Thought they would pick a more blues oriented song. Highlights for me were Moonlight Mile, Before they Make Me Run, Street Fighting Man. Setlist is what it is. Predictable, safe, lacking in creativity. Kind of like it has for 50 years.  :warhorse :keithpunky :waka-jawaka :booze :weed :paristhong :willya

He played 'Bitch' with them at the first Hyde Park show in 2013 - although he did 'Going Down' with them at one of the US shows (Boston)

Great clips, pictures and reviews. They remain the greatest.

Bring on Pittsburgh!

Great pictures Sweet Virginia!!! Thank you

Thank you Sweet Virginia for the Gr8 Photos. And being part of Spoiling Me !  Every 1 needs to be spoiled occasionally.

Great solo by Keith during HTW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaVdPFLOuM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaVdPFLOuM

Fantastic pictures SweetVirgina, can't decide which to use as a header

:willya

Thanks a lot!

Yeah SV should def be hired as a full time photographer.

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 8:41pm:

Fantastic pictures SweetVirgina, can't decide which to use as a header :willya Thanks a lot!

Use them all!

Here's a link to my vid of gimme shelter:
https://youtu.be/aSdurog75c0

And SFM

http://youtu.be/3crnunHWjZs

FotiniD wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 3:31am:

I expected to see a full setlist and photos and videos posted! Did you guys faint from the excitement? :D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/10926215_1583751051842346_7281171810984212816_n-450x600_zps72lh6wbv.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/11010567_10153441749503287_2025773775267491705_o_zps4kt9ixbq.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/11121373_10153441749478287_197198374135394500_o_zps4nnixaxl.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/11148525_10153441749483287_8486884878301582478_o_zpsscjpqn0t.jpg And then there's this, with no involvement of Martin Scorsese  :aimama http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/885649_10153441749473287_7699409418877516444_o_zpsx9hzbsm6.jpg And a couple of videos from afar, just for the sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkWemRxQ5ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJll1US1Yg

Well we can probably cut and paste the same setlist from here on out. So we have that going for us.  :warhorse :warhorse :warhorse :wtf2

Paranoid Android wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 3:53pm:

Question about the show...how was the runway used? Was it just mick? Did Keef and Ronny have their time on the catwalk?? A sax solo stroll for the new guy?? A Duet with Mick & The Divine Ms F?

Mostly Mick using the catwalk, but Keef and Ronnie each took 3-4 trips. Lisa used it well in Gimme Shelter (I just posted a link to my video). The new sax player is really good, but hearing him do Bobby's solos kinda feels like a kick in the gut to a die-hard fan. I miss BK.

I didn't know what to expect from the setlist, and I didn't expect this not to be a heavy warhorse show but why the f don't they drop Doom & Gloom? Are we still promoting Grrrrrr????? I also expected more from SF. Swap Dead Flowers for D/G!

Sounds like the Band was on fire though and a good time was had by all who attended.

Thanks for the texts SV and as usual your photos are spectacular!!!

Three great shots from Shidoobee's jimpietryga:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/petcomickkeith1_zps23xbcmpe.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/petcokeith1_zps3nqdcj2p.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/petcoband4_zpsa9pjbp1c.jpg

LadyJane wrote on May 26^th, 2015 at 4:51am:

I also expected more from SF. Swap Dead Flowers for D/G!

We will get all of SF throughout the tour...just in pieces...they have 4 or 5 slower songs to use for the usual 2 ballad spots and the rest are in normal/quasi  rotation already, Bitch, CYHMK, JJF,DF, Sway, I Go Wild Horses

SV looked a little apprehensive in that picture with those 2 dudes.

Thanks SV   --- Outstanding Photography !!!!!!!!!



Here is my favorite    *  { BEST STONES YET !!!!!  }  *   : 


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/fotinidr/885649_10153441749473287_7699409418877516444_o_zpsx9hzbsm6.jpg


**********  {  STONES IS STONES BABY !!!!!!!!!!    ............... This Thing is Bigger than ALL of Us !!!!!!!!  }  ***************

SweetVirginia wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 11:49pm:

Paranoid Android wrote on May 25th, 2015 at 3:53pm: Question about the show...how was the runway used? Was it just mick? Did Keef and Ronny have their time on the catwalk?? A sax solo stroll for the new guy?? A Duet with Mick & The Divine Ms F? Mostly Mick using the catwalk, but Keef and Ronnie each took 3-4 trips. Lisa used it well in Gimme Shelter (I just posted a link to my video). The new sax player is really good, but hearing him do Bobby's solos kinda feels like a kick in the gut to a die-hard fan. I miss BK.

While I have absolutely no problem with the way Ronnie handles Mick Taylor's parts, CYHMK and BS just didn't sound the same without Bobby Keys. There was a certain feeling missing in those sax solos IMHO.

The show exceeded my expectation for a Stadium. The sound was tight, perfect from my viewpoint on the field. The band was having fun and it came across in their playing. Ronnie was the best tonight ! Keith fantastic, Mick's vocals strong.

The set list....'WAR HORSES' ?........no problem, this band was on FIRE!
As you read the list you may think that it was a set on cruise control, but, if you were there you'd know that was far from fact.
It seems that some would only be satisfied if Mick announced 'Tonight we're going to do our entire catalog, and take a short break for a snack'.

To those eagerly waiting for your turn to hear this celebration of talent.

Make no mistake, YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT !!

Some Guy wrote on May 26^th, 2015 at 9:07am:

SV looked a little apprehensive in that picture with those 2 dudes.

Apprehensive my ass. It took 2 days to track her down.........And when we finally did, she couldn't be nicer. Thanks for the Mary button and the Sticky button SV.  :willya :keithpunky :booze

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 25^th, 2015 at 5:23pm:

Thought they would pick a more blues oriented song.

A blues player, on stage with a band touring behind a reissued album (at least in name only), and one of the greatest blues songs and covers ever recorded by any band on that reissue album, yet, as always, they never fail to not offer some variety.

If they drop Doom and Gloom, they might as well officially retire their post Tattoo You numbers (aside from YGMR on occasion) in the same way that American sports teams retire player numbers.

I know everyone is caught up in the excitement the opening night but that set list is a bad omen for the rest of the tour. It basically means that the set will morph into what they have played played on the last 3 tours.

What was that about playing all of Sticky Fingers and teasing the die hards to buy tickets with that Fonda show? Anyone who thought they will ever do that is out of his/her mind.

Doom and Gloom ???

'All Dow' The Line' at Petco banged like a turdhouse door in a tempest.

Suuperdays.

These headers of SV's pics from San Diego are KILLER!!!!!!!

LadyJane wrote on May 27^th, 2015 at 8:48am:

These headers of SV's pics from San Diego are KILLER!!!!!!!

YES!
Thanks SV!
My camera crapped out, you saved the day.

What is the name of this US tour?

steel driving hammer wrote on May 27^th, 2015 at 3:40pm:

What is the name of this US tour?

The Zip Code Boogie Chillin' Tour

Ok, so there is no name for this tour?

Is this still the GRRR world tour?

" Ok, so there is no name for this tour?
Is this still the GRRR world tour ? "

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<   ----- Hi Baby  !!!!!   Weeding ?!

Are you Weeding ?!   ..... Hashishin'  ....... ?!   ... Are you Hashishin' ... ?!


Babe  ...... please ...... we's alls got's to's knows ................ Weeding ?!


Are you Weeding ...... ?!


Hashishin'................ ?!


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steel driving hammer wrote on May 27^th, 2015 at 3:50pm:

Ok, so there is no name for this tour?

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

steel driving hammer wrote on May 27^th, 2015 at 3:40pm:

What is the name of this US tour?

You paid for it. You name it tour. :warhorse

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 27^th, 2015 at 9:50pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on May 27th, 2015 at 3:40pm: What is the name of this US tour? You paid for it. You name it tour. :warhorse

Howe about The Very Expensive Wino Tour?