LadyJane wrote on Feb 15
th, 2015 at 7:49am:
Personally, I would rather NOT see them use him only for MR and acoustic (why bother?) on Satisfaction. It's too frustrating!!
Its bizarre. About a third of the bloody songs they play each night featured him on the studio version - and they then feature him on the same two songs (and he may as well not be there on the second one), neither of which he played on originally (saying that, Midnight Rambler' is a highlight of
any Stones show and was an even bigger highlight with him playing on it). I can't grasp how they can justify performing stuff like 'Bitch', 'Tumbling Dice' or 'Brown Sugar' while he's sitting backstage scratching his arse! What a wasted opportunity.
I remember at the Berlin show - cant remember which song - watching the band performing from the pit, and being able to see Mick T sitting at the back of the stage at a table facing the side of the arena looking at what looked like a computer screen....and wondering it'd be funny if he logged on to a Stones message board and complain about them underusing him!
Not much point us bitching about something that may not happen, though - it wouldn't surprise me if its just a case of plans not being that far advanced yet.
The thing is though that if they decide NOT to invite him, you can bet you'll hear about through the fan community, not through official channels. They're very unlikely to make a specific announcement that he's
not on the tour. From their perspective, there'd be nothing to gain from doing so.