Keith has tour dentures!  YEAH!

mojoman wrote on Oct 18^th, 2012 at 12:53pm:



He should.  And he should not be smoking them around a cancer survivor.

mojoman wrote on Oct 18^th, 2012 at 12:53pm:



the smokeless thingy's look just like old fashioned ciggies!!!

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-...

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-...

Newark will sell out in 6 minutes. No, 5.

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?   

found a ticket for the tongue pit for US $1,853.50. I'm with you LJ!

My God....

We got mugged before we ever got to Newark.....

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!!!

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.......?????

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.