The latest from BV

My understanding is they are working on new dates for the fall.

More misinfo. They are not. No big shows this year.

TikTok, the ppv thing, the "leaks" etc have all just been
Stones dot biz doing market testing, preparing for the real
marketing campaign in the autumn, for the album

One thing theyve learned is that they dont have an easy task
ahead of them. The market for any new music by them, beyond
their base, is as cold as ever.

What's so exciting, for me, is that Mick and Keith have decided
that this new body of work is so good that they are going to
devote the year 2023 entirely to it, with little to no hope of
getting paid handsomely for their efforts.

For the first time in a long time, this year is entirely about the
music, not the dollars. Whether or not the world wants what the
Stones currently have to offer, jesus christ are they gonna get it!

Its become such a fountain of misinformation over there,
I think Bill Gates will acquire it and re-name it MS-IORR...

Let's start here, with the delusion thats underpinning
their entire ridiculous narrative: That the Stones
are naming the tour after the album.

This is not 1994. These days comedians make JOKES on
TV about legacy artists who try in concert to force feed
their audience of casuals a new album. Naming your tour
that way is equal to telling the masses to stay away and
wait for next time, when you'll again focus on your hits.

Also on MS-IORR they cant get their story straight
whether the tour is holding up the album or the album
is holding up the tour...

So I repeat: Their album this year is a passion project
which they will not undercut with a tour. They will use
media appearances/small gigs to promote the hell out
of the album, theyre proud of it, and will give the album
a chance to breathe. If by some miracle the album breaks
big this autumn/winter, then maybe they'll name any
2024 tour after it. If not, they'll just get back to their
main business, which is throwing hella parties, calling
the tour probably "Sixty-Two". Or better yet "62+62".

(today, according to variety-dot-com "the album’s production
is nearing the mixing phase")

Coronation appearance very unlikely. Darryl's on tour of Europe with
Jazz-Takes Supergroup and has a gig that night in Austria.

Meanwhile Mick seems to be hanging with Diane von Furstenberg
in NYC. Or London. Reports differ.

Also, according to the Daily Mail, "Mick's family are planning a
‘massive blow-out’ to celebrate the singer’s 80th birthday on
July 26, but they will need a large venue to include all his
children and former flames."

That's a cool angle, thanks for the reminder

I guess Darryl will just have to change his plans

I think all their sidemen are required to have escape
clauses that say "I'm obligated unless the Stones call"

The latest is that the Coronation show will be quite Pop

So far confirmed: Lionel Richie, Take That, Kylie and Danii Minoque,
and Andrew Lloyd Webber

And its the day after the Coronation, not part of the big day, so
probably not a huge enough deal to interest the Stones

I just watched a good bit of the 1953 coronation. What a huge
intentionally medieval spectacle! Its estimated it would cost
over 200 million pounds to pull off something similar now.
The newspapers say Charles is trying to keep his expenses down
around 100 million, but is even that enough penny-pinching for
the British public under current circumstances? We'll see.

Elizabeth was a young beautiful Queen, her recently deceased
father had been loved for his WW2 role, the Commonwealth
was still strong...

All these cancellations. Seems to be contagious...

Kylie has now backed out on Charles (dunno about Danii)

and U2 and Pink have gone from "yes" to "maybe" for Zelinsky