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"It’s 1976. I am standing in the Earls Court Stadium, London, waiting to photograph the Rolling Stones. I’m surrounded by thousands of people, the atmosphere is amazing, excited tension is building and it feels like waiting for a nuclear bomb to explode."

Starf*cker includes over 120 never-before-seen colour and black and white photos, capturing the greatest rock n' roll band in history in all their glory.

In the seventies, the Rolling Stones embarked upon their legendary European Tour '76, often known as the "Starfucker" tour, in part due to the extraordinary lotus-shaped stage they played on. During the tour they set a standard for decadence, excess and sheer rock n' roll energy that has yet to be surpassed.

There to shoot the roller coaster tour at its zenith – the concerts at London’s Earls Court from 21-27 May – was acclaimed photographer Nobby Clark. The result is captured in this remarkable volume, a timeless photographic document of the Rolling Stones at their peak.


Sample photos and ordering info (the book costs £20) here :

http://www.rollingstonesbook.com/home.aspx

There will also be an exhibition of photos from the book at :

The Tribeca Arches
172 Duane Street
New York

from November 18 - December 20, 2008.


http://www.nobbyclark-starf-cker.com/

that would make a nice x-mas gift.  looks like a great book.

if and when the stones tour again i think the lotus stage idea a bit more amped up would do well.  especially in the arena buildings.  semi small stage in the center and try to fill the whole place.  the football stadiums, well they are a different story.

everybody say ow

price certainly seems right for "120 never-before-seen colour and black and white photos"...

Great shot of the fabled Lotus Stage:



Looks like a great book. It's available immediately on the amazon UK site.

Oh baby, unseen '76 photos and affordable too 
I'm adding it to my wishlist 

Child of the Moon wrote on Nov 25^th, 2008 at 2:37am:


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Gazza: thanks for posting!!!! Oh, and Lady Beaver is curious: was the book title censored previous to its announcement on IORR?

i have a question regarding the lotus stage.  i gather the petals were folded up before the band started playing.  how did the band get on the stage?  did they just come up thru a trap door or something?

and from what i know when they started playing the petals folded down.  if anyone can find a video of it opening up i sure would like to see it.