40 years ago today, TOTA ended with a previously unscheduled show at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY.  It was my first Stones show.

If you believe Victor Bockris' biography of Keith, a certain MJ, RW, and BP dropped a*** while waiting for the sun to go down, thus insuring a ragged, infamous and debatable show for all time.

The boot Goodnight America has the evidence that it was not an inferior performance...just a different type performance.  Those who were there know just how good it was.  A highlight was Jagger frequently walking out on a tiny V-shaped ramp between the stage and the lip of the crowd fence, a ramp seemingly jerry-rigged from 2 x 4s that bounced with every step.  A snarling football player-type in a tight yellow T-shirt crouched behind him every time he sallied forth.  It really was a dangerous contraption.

Does anybody have stage pictures of Rich Stadium 8-8-75 to post, or stage pix of Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 6-15-75?  Stage shots of these shows are hard to find, strange in the case of the TOTA farewell show.

LadyJane wrote on Aug 8^th, 2015 at 7:47pm:


Gold rings on yer, darlin'!