Rolling Stones unveil biggest tour in six years

[AsahinaKimi]

LONDON —

The Rolling Stones unveiled details of their biggest tour in six years on Wednesday, playing nine dates in North America as well as two British concerts after a stage comeback last year to celebrate 50 years in music.

The band said they would kick off their “50 and Counting” tour in Los Angeles on an unspecified date and then play Oakland, California, on May 5 and seven other North American cities before performing in London’s Hyde Park on July 6.

The veteran rockers, who played sell-out shows on a mini-tour of London, the United States and France last year, had already been named as headline act at Britain’s biggest musical festival, Glastonbury, on June 29 which is also a sell-out.

As part of their 50th celebrations, the band last year released a greatest hits collection, a documentary, and a photographic book and then sparked rumors about more concerts with a March 29 website post saying: “5 Days & Counting”.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/rolling-stones-unveil-biggest-tour-in-six-years

Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?

NEW YORK (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.

With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock 'n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.

1. LIVING HISTORY: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.

more...http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Stones-returning-to-stage-Why-should-we-care-4403840.php

[whistler162]

1. Sponsored by Depends and Geritol!

Tony Bennett can do it. Yhese guys should have retired long ago.

[pinboy3niner]

2. BS

They still sell out their venues. And many DUers of that generation don't appreciate ageist slurs.

[AsahinaKimi]

4. Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?

NEW YORK (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.

With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock 'n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.

1. LIVING HISTORY: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.

more...http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Stones-returning-to-stage-Why-should-we-care-4403840.php

[Le Taz Hot]

8. You left out one:

"Get off my lawn!" I mean if we're going for the full panoply of ageist "jokes," we might as well be thorough, right?

[pinboy3niner]

9. We can cry together in our beers

For a site that has so many boomer members, the ageism displayed here--often unchallenged--is surprising.

[Le Taz Hot]

10. There are days when a large dose of

enlightenment is in order.

[pinboy3niner]

12. And you do a good job of challenging bigotry when you encounter it

[Le Taz Hot]

17. Mouthy broad -- it's in my DNA.

[pinboy3niner]

22. We could use more mouthy broads :) nt

[Bluenorthwest]

14. BB King is 87. Here is a link to his tour dates. Got a problem with BB King being 87?

http://www.bbking.com/events/

[pinboy3niner]

19. +1

[BeyondGeography]

23. Maurizio Pollini is playing Carnegie Hall later this month

and he's pushing 70. Then again, he's playing Chopin. And, like BB King and most of the old bluesmen, he stays put for his performance.

Guys like that can perform as long as they want, regardless of genre. Look at the Allmans; Gregg can remained moored behind the keyboard as long as he's breathing as far as I'm concerned. As for Mick vamping and camping at 70-plus, I'll pass.

[Scuba]

3. ...

The band, working with privately held tour promoter AEG Live, will also play in San Jose, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Toronto, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia in May and June with tickets going on sale beginning April 8.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Thanks!

I may try to make Anaheim.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Apparently the outfit Jagger wore for the 1969 Hyde Park concert still fits him.

They were joking about whether or not he'll wear that this year on our UK tv news last night.



My daughter was born 6 weeks after that concert.

[madrchsod]

6. geezer rock....

i saw them three times in chicago. the first concert was a total flop.little stevie wonder and pattie labelle and the blue belles stole the show. the second was far better. by the third show they finally won over the chicago crowd.

my ticket for the first concert cost 6.50 for 8th row seats.

[Ilsa]

13. ZZ Top's performance was better, I thought,

and they were the second opening band the night I saw them. I'm not sure, but The Outfield might have been the first opening act, and they were better than The Stones, too, IMO.

[Ilsa]

11. Sometimes voices don't withstand

the test of time. That's not ageism; that's reality. And I wouldn't pay for a ticket to find out.

I saw them in the 1980s. I had no interest in ever seeing them again.

[pinboy3niner]

16. And some still hold up

Fogerty is always good, as is Roger McGuinn (and the Byrds was a long time ago).

Bobby Hatfield tanked, but Bill Medley only got better. Springsteen and Joel are still doing fine. And who can explain how Crosby's vocals are still so sweet?

[Ilsa]

18. I was disappointed

in their performance three decades ago. The other bands sounded better. The Stones didn't even sound like they were trying.

[HughBeaumont]

15. The Eagles are also touring.

Aren't the Stones pushing 70s (Charlie Watts is 71, right)? I know the Eagles are all the same age as my dad, and he can barely walk without assistance. Even if you were a fan, why would you pay upwards of a grand to see this? Where would the energy come from? Time isn't a kind benefactor. Just listen to Roger Daltrey or even Paul Stanley nowadays.

Grace Slick had the right idea out of all these people.

[RevStPatrick]

20. On a slightly different, yet related note...

This is the MOST AMAZING THING EVER:

[Ligyron]

21. Agree!! IDK what the effects were on that guitar or how it was tuned

but it is easily in my top ten favorites.