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" 40 years later, Stones bring back satisfaction "




" The Rolling Stones at the Qwest Center Omaha, Jan. 29, 2006

As the old saying goes, "Good things come to those who wait."


Forty years after their last Omaha appearance, Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards give the audience what it wants.

For Rolling Stones fans in Nebraska, the wait ended Sunday, when - after 40 long years - the band returned to Omaha to rock in front of 16,000 fans at the sold-out Qwest Center Omaha arena.

Arriving on stage at 9:10 p.m., the Stones started off strong, opening with "Jumping Jack Flash." The band's energy and the audience's enthusiasm never let up throughout a sizzling performance that stretched nearly two hours.

As expected, the concert was heavy on classics from the group's huge catalog of hits from the '60s and '70s. With premium seats going for a whopping $350, it's the hits that fans came to hear.

And there were plenty: "Honky Tonk Women," "Sympathy for the Devil," "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll," "Tumbling Dice" and "Brown Sugar," among them.

Newer songs, including "Rough Justice" and "Rain Fall Down," both from the band's latest album, "A Bigger Bang," were mixed in with the oldies. But instead of hitting the concession stands and restrooms, fans stuck around to hear the new material.


Stones frontman Mick Jagger swaggered, gyrated and bounded across the stage Sunday night.

This being the Rolling Stones, it's hard not to keep your eyes glued to the stage.

Frenetic, rail-thin frontman Mick Jagger swaggered, gyrated and bounded across the stage, commanding the crowd with all the energy and charisma of rock stars half his age.

As guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood blazed away with a volley of propulsive riffs, Jagger worked the audience into a wild, screaming frenzy as lyrics from some of rock music's greatest songs poured from his famous lips.

Drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Darryl Jones were tight, concise and precise throughout the night. Rounding out the lineup were keyboardist Chuck Leavell, a four-piece horn section and a trio of backup vocalists, including powerhouse singer Lisa Fischer.

When Fischer joined Jagger for a jaw-dropping rendition of "Gimme Shelter," it was a goose-bump inducing, awe-inspiring moment that was one of several highlights of the show.

Other great performances included "As Tears Go By," with Richards and Wood on acoustic guitars.

WHAT THEY PLAYED
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"Jumping Jack Flash"
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"
"She's So Cold"
"Rough Justice"
"Bitch"
"As Tears Go By"
"Rain Fall Down"
"Tumbling Dice"
"Gimme Shelter"
"This Place Is Empty" (Keith Richards vocals)
"Happy" (Richards on vocals)
"Miss You"
"Oh No, Not You Again"
"Get Off of My Cloud"
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
"Start Me Up"
"Brown Sugar"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" (encore)
"Satisfaction" (encore)


Richards - who spent most of the night with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and weird ornaments dangling from his hair - sang two of the night's songs - "This Place is Empty" and "Happy."

"It's been a long time since I said, 'Good evening, Omaha,'" he told the generation-spanning crowd. "I think some of your grandparents were here. It's good to be back."

About halfway through the show, band members boarded a ramp that separated from the main stage and glided to the rear of the arena floor, allowing fans in the back to get close to the rockers.

From that secondary stage, the band played four songs, including "Get Off of My Cloud" and a new song, "Oh No, Not You Again."

Omahan Traci Shelby, who attended the concert with her niece, 29-year-old Blakely Duering of Omaha, said the show lived up to all the hype.

"It was such an energetic performance," Shelby said. "I thought Mick Jagger was darling."

Others said they were creeped out by the aging rockers.

"It's kind of weird to see old guys in tight jeans dancing around," said Taylor Burton, a 14-year-old boy from Council Bluffs.

Opening the concert was chart-topping country duo Brooks & Dunn, who were met with a mixed reaction by the Stones audience.

Though some fans danced, sang and clapped along to the duo's songs, including "Neon Moon" and "Boot Scootin' Boogie," most of the crowd stayed in their seats during the duo's 45-minute set. "

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Maxlugar wrote:

We are an island. We can not be dumped into the flatlander category. We prefer Seamen.

Moreover, while some sections are flat, others can be quite hilly. Like Oyster Bay, beeotch.

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[quote]Ten Thousand Motels wrote:


Anyone not from Maine is a flatlander....at least according to Maine folk-culture definitions. So that make you a flatlander.


So people in Aspen are called flatlanders?

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Moreover, while some sections are flat, others can be quite hilly. Like Oyster Bay, beeotch.

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Maxlugar wrote:
It's hilly up on the North Shore (Gold Coast).

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monkey_man wrote:


Hilly like this?

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