Gazza wrote on Dec 4^th, 2013 at 9:44am:


They may be waiting to see Tokyo Dome demand and add another show or 2 if sales warrant. Costs of dragging tarps to Asia could also be in play!

Stones fans, Are we going to recognize what happened on this date in 69? 12-6?

Shanghai has now been confirmed for March 12th.

See the stickied thread for info.

Still waiting for confirmation on the Singapore date (supposedly March 15th) and that'll be the tour complete.

Should be a run of European dates in the summer. Probably around the same number as the Aussie/Asian tour.

very strong rumours of them playing the Pinkpop Festival in Holland - which is at the end of May. Whilst the tour that should have happened last autumn would have been all arena dates, what venues Ive heard mentioned for this summer appear to be either stadiums (Barcelona, Milan etc) or festivals (less financial risk for nervous promoters, I suppose).

Have heard nothing to suggest they'll play the US in 2014. South America seems more likely although everything with the Stones these days seems to be on a 'wait and see - one tour leg at a time' basis. As I cant imagine there'd be as much profit in a South American leg as theyre used to, my own personal opinion is that they could throw in a small number of more lucrative US dates to make it worth their while 

[quote author=7452494952330 link=1384807276/157#157 date=1389962149]Should be a run of European dates in the summer. Probably around the same number as the Aussie/Asian tour.

very strong rumours of them playing the Pinkpop Festival in Holland - which is at the end of May. Whilst the tour that should have happened last autumn would have been all arena dates, what venues Ive heard mentioned for this summer appear to be either stadiums (Barcelona, Milan etc) or festivals (less financial risk for nervous promoters, I suppose).



Timing is everything. I plan on visiting relatives in France mid July. I haven't decided what else to do while I'm in Europe. Hopefully the Stones will make the decision for me.

Ooooh yeah!

Rick

I just want some good new Stones music that I can sink my teeth into.

"Timing is everything. I plan on visiting relatives in France mid July. I haven't decided what else to do while I'm in Europe. Hopefully the Stones will make the decision for me.

Ooooh yeah!

Rick"

Good for you Rick. Keeping my fingers crossed you'll get to see a show!!!

gimmekeef wrote on Jan 18^th, 2014 at 11:12am:


14-15 shows in Europe would be leaving out a sizeable portion of a continent that has a population which exceeds that of the US by about 400 million.

I cant imagine that too many of those shows would be taking place any further east than Germany.

No doubt they'll come back to the US eventually. There are no plans that I'm aware of for this current spell of touring to end.

Rolling Stones Abu Dhabi concert tickets sold out

Saeed Saeed       
February 2, 2014
Updated: February 2, 2014 19:54:00
http://www.thenational.ae

The Rolling Stones have sold out their show at du Arena. The concert promoters Flash Entertainment confirmed the news today with more than 30,000 tickets sold for the February 21 concert
Work has already begun to secure the legendary group for a second date. John Lickrish, the chief executive of Flash Entertainment, hailed the sold-out show as the country’s “biggest show” yet.

“We have surpassed the status of the George Michael show that we did at the National Stadium in Zayed Sports City in 2008,” he said. “It is also bigger than Madonna. This is the biggest commercial production that we have done.” Lickrish said requests have already been made for a second show. “As the demand has been so high, we are working on solutions that could include increasing the existing show’s capacity or even setting up another show,” he said.

”We talked about this when we first did the deal. We said ‘Let’s make a second show possible’ [and they said] let us get through the first show first. We looked at their schedule and it does look a little bit tough but we will do whatever we can.”

Regarding the possibility of late tickets being made available for the first show — as was the case with Madonna’s sell-out show at the same venue last June — it depends on the Rolling Stones’ production requirements.

“With Madonna, we rejigged the space with the production updates that we got and that opened up more tickets. But it was not something that we announced and we turned back to say it wasn’t sold out. Fortunately, when we did that show, there were some production holes that we were able to release. But when you are talking about production holes, it’s only about 1,000 tickets,” said Lickrish.

Lickrish expects an international crowd in attendance. “I can’t speak on the actual maths but I can tell you a few personal experiences where I spoke to people from the United States and the UK who are flying in to see the show,” he said. “We also have groups coming in from India and from GCC countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other places like Jordan.”

The Rolling Stones Abu Dhabi date kicks off their latest tour 14 ON FIRE, which will move on to Asia and Australia.

Rumours of an Abu Dhabi appearance by the legends sparked on November 30 when the The Rolling Stones Twitter account released the cheeky hashtag #GETWHATYOUNEEDUAE — a reference to their 1973 hit You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

The news became official with tickets going on sale on December 9.

Tickets ranged from Dh395 for general admission to a whopping Dh3,995 for a special package including access to the Fire Pit at the front of the stage.

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Zweck Gets Stones For Europe

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=809392

Charlie Watts of Rolling Stones has had enough of touring

ROLLING STONES drummer Charlie Watts has revealed he’d be quite happy if they never toured again.
By: Day & Night
Published: Tue, February 4, 2014

Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood at Glastonbury last year [GETTY]

The band, who have been on the road extensively throughout their 50 years, have now decided to do shorter tours.

But Charlie, 72, wouldn’t be sorry to see the end of all the travelling.

“The thought of doing 50 shows, which was normal at one time for us to sign off on, that is quite daunting,” says Charlie.

“Now we’re doing that in little bits. If we don’t do any more I’ll be quite happy with that.”

The Stones are set to embark on their 14 On Fire tour, with 13 dates across Australia, China, United Arab Emirates and New Zealand at the end of February.

Charlie says this is far more manageable than a huge world tour – particularly now he, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are all in their eighth decade.

“This is short compared with what we’ve done before but it needs to be, I think, at our tender age,” says Charlie.

He, Jagger, 70, Richards, 70, and Ronnie Wood – a mere youngster at only 66 – headlined at Hyde Park and Glastonbury last summer.

“That was wonderful although you should have been there when I didn’t like the idea of doing Glastonbury in all the mud and everything.

“We had three weekends in England in July where we had fantastic weather and the crowds were great and I had a really good time. I’ve got to learn to shut up.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/457849/Charlie-Watts-of-Rolling-Stones-has...

gimmekeef wrote on Feb 4^th, 2014 at 8:20am:


that is postin' on thin ice.