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Published: May 17, 2005 10:25 AM
The Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, The Tragically Hip, Pearl Jam and the John Mayer Trio are among the acts that will hold down the opening slot on The Rolling Stones (bio | music | posters & photos)' upcoming tour, which gets underway Aug. 21.
According to the Stones' official website, hip-hop act Black Eyed Peas will open the tour's two shows in Boston. Pop-rockers Maroon 5 will be on the bill in Hartford, CT, and Detroit, and will open along with Canadian rock act The Tragically Hip in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Grunge-rock holdovers Pearl Jam are scheduled to open in Pittsburgh, and singer/songwriter John Mayer will support in Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
Meanwhile, contrary to a statement issued Monday (5/16) on the Stones' website, tickets were still available at Ticketmaster.com Tuesday morning (5/17) for the group's Oct. 17 appearance in Miami. (Ticketmaster is liveDaily's parent company.) Sellouts were logged, however, in Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Calgary and Washington, DC.
Additional Stones on-sales are set for the coming weekend. A Friday (5/20) on-sale is planned for Charlottesville, VA, and Saturday (5/21) on-sales are planned in Minneapolis; Chicago; Hartford, CT; Detroit; Pittsburgh; Hershey, PA; Tampa; and San Diego.
Tickets for San Francisco and Anaheim, CA, go on sale Sunday (5/22), while tickets for shows in Philadelphia and East Rutherford, NJ, go on sale Monday (5/23). The full itinerary is below.
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Jumacfly |
Black Eyed Peas?? don't forget your rotten tomatoes my American friends!!! |
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Phog |
You got that right Ju!! That fucking "Let's Get It Started" song wore out it's welcome about a year ago. Oh, how I hate that crap. |
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Soldatti |
Are they trying to get kids or teens on the new tour? |
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glencar |
quote: Jumacfly wrote:
Black Eyed Peas?? don't forget your rotten tomatoes my American friends!!!
LOL Best response! Their big hit was actually "Let's Get Retarded" until they realized how insulting THAT was! |
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John Wood |
The Hip are a good Canadian band, too bad the rest of the world has missed out on them. The only band I have seen almost as much as the Stones. This is not the first time they have opened a Stones show, way to go guys!!! |
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Saint Sway |
quote: Soldatti wrote:
Are they trying to get kids or teens on the new tour?
great idea... EXCEPT that teens cant afford Stones tickets
the audience that can afford Stones tickets has ZERO interest in teeny bopper MTV bands like Maroon 5, Joss Stone, Black Eyed Peas etc
get some REAL R&R BANDS to open the shows like Pearl Jam, Oasis, Black Crowes, JET, Kings Of Leon, Velvet Revolver, Ryan Adams, Audioslave ....
theres plenty of bands like those that play rock music and still have are a big enough draw to open for the Stones
the teenybopper bands just dont make ANY sense
the Stones ARE SO OUT OF TOUCH with their audience!! |
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egon |
they better shape up when they come to europe.
as you have to arrive early to be in front of the stage (no seats), you want to have something (slightly)interesting to look at while waiting for the boys.
and the black eye peas are not my idea of interesting.
then again, that singer does look kinda hot.... |
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ResidentMule |
i don't know who Black Eyed Peas are. I guess I'm lucky
Black Crowes would be cool, but I go to see them every time they come to town anyway and they play twice as long as they would opening for the Stones. and there's no reason I need to see a band that sounds like the Stones opening for the Stones
I'll be happy with John Mayer... if I can get into this show with this ticketmaster bullshit |
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Zeeta |
The BEPs are seriously shit - however I'd fuck the bird in the band.
However, (Pt 2) this does not permit them to open for my favourtist band!
The King's of Leon would be awesome but The Stones don't want to be shown up!...The BEPs are going to be soooooooooooooooooooo shite that it'll make the Stones look mint!
I have foiled their plan! |
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The_Worst |
I can't stand Pearl Jam!!!
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The_Worst |
I can't stand Pearl Jam!!!
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ResidentMule |
I don't think I like Kings of Leon. if they were opening I'd give them another shot, but I don't see this band as anything great |
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BILL PERKS |
WHO GIVES A SHIT?THE ONLY ACTS I BOTHERED TO CATCH WAS PRETENDERS,CORRS AND LIVING COLOR..I PASSED ON FIONA APPLE,JOHNNY LANG,COUNTING CROWS,DAVE MATTHEWS, AND BLUES TRAVELLER AND I'LL BE PASSING ON JOHN MAYER THIS TIME. |
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Joey |
quote: BILL PERKS wrote:
......... AND LIVING COLOR..
" Living Color " ALWAYS had a serious problem with melody . |
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voodoopug |
Living COlour was my favorite opener! LOOK IN MY EYES>>>>>WHAT DO YA SEE!!!! |
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gimmekeef |
Black Eyed Peas will get the Timberlake Welcome!....Guess with these ticket prices there just isnt any money left for decent openers (lol).In cities where they think Stadium sell outs might be tough they'll go with ZZ Top or another bigger act.....Why not the VoodooPugs ????? |
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Moonisup |
hmm, well I'd like to see the BEP, |
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Jumacfly |
quote: Moonisup wrote:
hmm, well I'd like to see the BEP,
Chuck will probably join them on "let's get exited" and the band will specially called "Black Beard peas" for this special occasion! |
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Soldatti |
quote: Moonisup wrote:
hmm, well I'd like to see the BEP,
A nightmare: the BEP singing Miss You with the Stones. |
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CraigP |
I wish Pearl Jam was opening for Boston!!! That would be the best night ever for me. At least I got to see them twice. But you can't always get what you want, right? |
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glencar |
That's what the Man said once... |
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Factory Girl |
Neither KOL nor Velvet Revolver nor Jet would show the Stones up. But, they would be a great opener.
Instead of John Mayer or BEP, I'd rather the Stones
gimme a t-shirt. |
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FPM C10 |
quote: BILL PERKS wrote:
WHO GIVES A SHIT?THE ONLY ACTS I BOTHERED TO CATCH WAS PRETENDERS,CORRS AND LIVING COLOR..I PASSED ON FIONA APPLE,JOHNNY LANG,COUNTING CROWS,DAVE MATTHEWS, AND BLUES TRAVELLER AND I'LL BE PASSING ON JOHN MAYER THIS TIME.
I've seen a lot of crap bands opening for the Stones over the years, but both Johnny Lang and (perhaps more surprisingly) Fiona Apple were excellent.
I didn't expect to like Fiona at ALL but ended up being a fan. The version of Hendrix's "Angel" she did at MSG was particularly good.
Johnny had Leah Wood and Lizzie Jagger singing backups for him.
Sadly, it was NOT for "Papa Was A Rolling Stone". |
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