Yeah, but their bar consists of Western Civilization (and a good chunk of the East).

I'm in complete agreement that they're nothing more than a money-making jukebox now, and if you've seen them once in a stadium, then there's no need to cough up huge dollars to see them again unless you're a diehard fan. I've heard prices for the Fenway Park show are $100-$500, for chrissakes.

But I saw them in '02 in NYC at Roseland, a standing-only ballroom that holds about 2000 or so. Cost- $25. I was able to get about 20 feet away from Keith, and to see them go full tilt that close in a room that small was unbelievable, to say the least. No pyrotechnics or any of that stuff.  

No yawns; in that setting, the greatest live act in the world. 
And that includes Dublin's finest.

Rob
www.splitsville.com

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com>
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 11 May 2005 -0700 (PDT) 14:13:34
>
>To quote Mr. Segarini
> 
>"The World's Luckiest Bar Band"
> 
>...and I couldn't agree more.
> 
>Yawn.
>
>Miguel Motta <a2j@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>It's official... the Rolling Stones kick into the
>tour mode starting in August... Here's the scoop...
>
>
>The Rolling Stones, well into their fifth decade of
>playing rock 'n' roll, on Tuesday announced a
>global tour that will stretch into next year and
>laughed off suggestions that it would be a farewell
>tour. 
>
>"We never say this is going to be our last tour. We
>never think about it. We take each tour as it
>comes," singer Mick Jagger, 61, told a news
>conference at Lincoln Center for the Performing
>Arts. 
>
>"I think that's a trap to try and get people to buy
>your tickets and say, 'Well, I'll never see them
>again." 
>
>Reminding the cheering crowd that not only are they
>far from elderly but one of the greatest bands in
>rock 'n' roll, the Stones kicked off the event with
>live performances of "Start Me Up" and "Brown
>Sugar" and a new song Jagger called "Oh No, Not You
>Again." 
>
>The wiry Jagger wriggled and strutted, while Keith
>Richards, also 61, grinned mischievously over his
>guitar licks in front of Lincoln Center's Juilliard
>School. 
>
>It was a relatively low-key launch for a band that
>once landed in a blimp in a city park to kick off a
>world tour in 2002. 
>
>"This is one of the earliest concerts we've been to
>in a while, actually,," Jagger said of the mid-day
>event. "We're calling it the cornflakes concert." 
>
>The Stones, who burst onto the rock scene in the
>early '60s in England, are putting together a new
>album, still untitled, that is "85 percent"
>finished, Jagger said. 
>
>"We tried to make it very wide-ranging and we tried
>to make it very hard-hitting, but it's got its
>sensitive moments," he said. 
>
>"It kicks some ass," Richards added. 
>
>The first tickets go on sale to the public
>beginning Saturday for the tour which opens August
>21 at Fenway Park in Boston and continues in North
>America through early 2006, said tour director
>Michael Cohl. 
>
>The tour travels to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil,
>Japan and "hopefully" China before heading to
>Europe in summer 2006, he said. 
>
>"There's a lot of other fantastic bands and a lot
>of old rubbish out there, and we hope it's going to
>be a wonderful summer of rock 'n' roll and we're
>going to be right in there," Jagger said. 
>
>"May God have mercy on your soul," added Richards. 
>
>
>Prices will average about $100 per ticket, and the
>shows will take place in stadiums, arenas and
>theaters, Cohl said. 
>
>Asked how much they might make on the tour, while
>Jagger paused, Richards jubilantly shouted out:
>"Millions!" 
>
>The band, whose shows can sell out in minutes, last
>toured in 2002-03. The Stones hold the record for
>the top two most attended North American tours,
>promoters said. 
>
>Jagger said the Stones are likely to choose old
>songs, new songs, blues and covers of other
>artists' work. 
>
>"Sometimes they choose themselves," Richards said. 
>
>
>The band has a history of staging elaborate stage
>sets and Jagger said the coming stadium tour will
>have some 400 people on stage behind the band. 
>
>"You'll get a great view of our bums, so we'll have
>to work on them a bit," he said.
>
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