Jesus Christ wrote on Jan 5
th, 2010 at 12:31pm:
Anybody remember the first news we heard about the B2B Tour? It was a press announcement that the Stones would definitely NOT tour in 1997.
Not quite how I remember it. One of their PA's jumped the gun a bit and then Jane Rose had a bit of a shitfit. The difference was that until yesterday's announcement, no one in the Stones organisation had actually 'confirmed' a tour was going to happen in 2010. Doherty did mention after the denial of the 'Charlie Quits' story that they were planning on a tour that would commemorate their 50th anniversary though.
From IORR News :
16-Dec-96: Stones tour in 1997
It's now confirmed by Stones PR official Bernard Doherty. The Rolling Stones will start touring next summer. The tour will start off in America as usual, as they will play about 70 concerts there, before they most probably go on to the rest of the world. I'm quite sure they will go to Argentina and Brazil, for many shows, as well as Far East, being skipped last time around. The date of when they start, or the format, is yet unknown. My estimated guess is they will do interesting places like Madison Square Garden, may be both "small" and big shows, like in London and Paris 1995. I say "small", because MSG actually holds 18,000 people; really great place.
PS. The 1997 tour news was already in IORR 27, which mailed out last week to subscribers, see:
PPS. Yes, there will be a new studio album as well. Mick and Keith has already done basic song writing. Release summmer of 1997, before the tour starts.
Three days later, the tour information, as leaked out by Mick's P.R. contact, was denied by Jane Rose, P.R. agent for Keith Richards. There may be a P.R. dispute within the Stones, but still, they do work on an album, and an album always comes with a tour...