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| Gazza |
By Sergey Chernov
The Rolling Stones will perform in St. Petersburg on June 13 as scheduled, the local concert’s promoter PMI said in a statement this week.
PMI confronted press reports that the local concert, which is the only Russian show on the band’s current tour, may be canceled due to an accident involving the Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards.
Richards, 62, underwent surgery on Monday to relieve pressure on his brain. The operation involved drilling a hole in his skull to drain blood from the brain, the New Zealand Herald reported on Thursday.
According to the paper, his spokeswoman, Fran Curtis, said Richards would be staying in Auckland as an outpatient and would be returning to the hospital for check-ups.
Richards injured his head when he fell out of a coconut tree while on holiday in Fiji at the end of the Stones’ tour of New Zealand and Australia.
“The only changes in the previously planned schedule will affect Spain,” said PMI, adding that the concerts in Barcelona and Madrid, originally due to be held on May 27 and 29, respectively, will be postponed.
“The band has confirmed that the European leg of the tour will start on June 1,” said PMI. “Before that, on doctors’ advice, Keith Richards is not to strain himself physically and should have several weeks’ rest.”
Tickets were available from the local box offices this week costing between 1,500 (standing) and 4,000 rubles ($55 to $148.)
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=17565 |
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| Gazza |
Must admit I find that June 1st start date a bit over-optimistic considering its been reported that paris (June 3rd) is being put back until June 30th, but I've posted the news story because the promoter has said he heard this from the band (or presumably their management)
And the talk that Keith needs "several weeks rest" seems at odds with a June 1st start as that is only 3 weeks away
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| Soldatti |
Too good to be true, but who knows... |
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| glencar |
Too much at stake! |
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| mrhipfl |
Damn it! I'm in the wrong St. Petersburg! Tampa bay shows always blow. |
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| Strange_Stray_Cat |
If he can play June 1st, then he can play may 27th. Several weeks rest, means starting the tour in July if you ask me. |
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| Gazza |
with shows being two days apart, its natural that whenever they re-start, anyone who was going to be at a show a couple of days earlier is going to feel that, but there has to be a cut-off point I suppose
A poster on IORR who says he works in the hotel business says that the Stones have cancelled their hotel reservation for Brussels for June 1st.
http://iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,426613
No surprise, considering Paris two days later is almost certainly off.
However, there hasnt been a sniff of a rumour about postponements of any shows after that, so maybe at the minute the initial hope is for postponements of as few as four shows.
Still think thats pretty optimistic, though.
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| FotiniD |
I know this is a silly question, but based on previous experience  when do you think we'll know which shows are postponed and for when?
I'm thinking of a triple Vienna - Milan - Athens gig for me, but I don't know what'll be with the dates and all. |
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| Gazza |
I really dont think we'll know for sure until its Ok for Keith to fly home. Hopefully by that time it'll also be clear whether or not his motor skills have been affected and how that translates into his ability to play a guitar.
I'm just guessing but I would hope we'd hear something more concrete in a week or so. After all, the only 2 shows so far confirmed as postponed are the two Spsnish ones and Brussels is under 3 weeks away. |
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| TampabayStone |
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mrhipfl wrote:
Damn it! I'm in the wrong St. Petersburg! Tampa bay shows always blow.
Come on, this past Tampa show was good. My first was at the old sombaro for VL and that was probably the best time in my life. I know the set-list for no-security was awesome, but my nose bleeds distorted the sound terribly.
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| Lucy_Bandersnatch |
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=ROLSTO&PSKey=Y
Sorry if this is old news, according to Pollstar this morning, the European Tour kicks off June 1 in Bussels. I noticed rollingstones.com hasn't updated it's tour dates yet so don't know how reliable Pollstar's information is. Usually they're on target. |
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| erikjjf |
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Lucy_Bandersnatch wrote:
Sorry if this is old news, according to Pollstar this morning, the European Tour kicks off June 1 in Bussels. I noticed rollingstones.com hasn't updated it's tour dates yet so don't know how reliable Pollstar's information is. Usually they're on target.
Pollstar just removed Barcelona and Madrid from their list when it was confirmed that those two dates were postponed. Leaving Brussels as the first show, but I wouldn't consider Pollstar a "source" in the matter. |
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| Gazza |
quote:
Lucy_Bandersnatch wrote:
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=ROLSTO&PSKey=Y
Sorry if this is old news, according to Pollstar this morning, the European Tour kicks off June 1 in Bussels. I noticed rollingstones.com hasn't updated it's tour dates yet so don't know how reliable Pollstar's information is. Usually they're on target.
Agree with Erik's take on it. Brussels is by default the opening show at present only because Madrid and barcelona are so far the only shows that have been officially postponed.
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| mrhipfl |
quote:
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Come on, this past Tampa show was good. My first was at the old sombaro for VL and that was probably the best time in my life. I know the set-list for no-security was awesome, but my nose bleeds distorted the sound terribly.
The stones did put on a great show, but the sound at the st. pete times forum is really bad unless you have a good seat. The audience also sits through the whole show. |
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| speedfreakjive |
my opinion is that if his friends and family are saying he is ok, then he will hopefully be ok to play in about a month. |
