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Topic: Phoenix Club , Toronto 10/8/05 - Setlist, Photos, Reviews Return to archive Page: 1 2
August 11th, 2005 07:33 AM
Gazza As was the case for the last tour, this thread is for all the relevant info regarding each concert.

If you were there, please post your reviews & memories here below

The setlist (as already confirmed elsewhere)
:


Rough Justice *live debut*
Live With Me
19th Nervous Breakdown
She's So Cold
Dead Flowers
Back of My Hand *live debut*
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Infamy *live debut*
Oh No Not You Again
Get Up Stand Up *live debut*
Mr. Pitifull *live debut*
Tumblin' Dice
Brown Sugar
Jumpin' Jack Flash
[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 07:37 AM
Gazza The Globe and Mail (Toronto)


By JEN GERSON

Thursday, August 11, 2005

For a practice session it was incredibly polished.

From the costume changes to the spot-on perfect lighting sequences and the half-dozen slick musicians backing them up, the Rolling Stones gave 1,000 fans in Toronto an intimate hour they will not soon forget.

The band started with a couple of tunes from their latest release Rough Justice, including the title track, but when they launched into She's So Cold and Mick Jagger tossed his blazer to the stage, the show was well under way.

Many who crowded onto the floor in the Phoenix Concert Theatre on Sherbourne Street in Toronto had waited outside for ages -- some as long as 24 hours -- to get a ticket for the tune-up gig before the Stones hit the road for their latest world tour.


Others, like Justin Orfus, stood outside the downtown venue after the show started and got a chance to slip in for the last six songs when a producer noticed the club wasn't full.

"It was like the gates of heaven opening," Mr. Orfus said. "It was unbelievable. It was the greatest rock and roll band in a room of 1,000 friends," he said.

"Coming in and seeing Keith Richards and Mick Jagger on my right, it was surreal that these gods of rock would descend on such a small venue. People in here need the Stones."

Apparently, the Stones also needed the people.

"I'd like to thank everybody in Toronto for being so welcoming to us," Mr. Jagger told the cheering room.

"The attention boosted up our egos for the tour."

Mr. Jagger managed a couple of costume changes while encouraging audience members to follow his gestures.

Among the songs the band performed -- including Sweet Baby Mine and a rarely heard live performance of Dead Flowers -- the band did a cover of Bob Marley's Get Up, Stand Up, which went over especially well with the crowd. They ended the show with Brown Sugar, then slipped in a lively encore of Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Olga Kobylansky turned 55 waiting in line, telling her husband she had "a date with Mick."

Her husband understood. Ms. Kobylansky said she last saw the band nearly 40 years ago and she's more excited this time.

Ms. Kobylansky was one of more than 1,000 people waiting to attend the unscheduled event.

Many said they had caught wind of the concert while hanging around the band's rehearsal spot in north Toronto, at a school in the Davisville and Mount Pleasant area.

Skippy Shay, 38, a Philadelphia resident who runs the fan site stickyfingersjournal.com, said the rumours of the concert had begun circulating as early as Saturday.

There were cheers as a convoy of vehicles carrying the band arrived and then more jubilation as the doors opened at 8 o'clock.

"They're old dinosaurs but they're still picking it up," said Al Lalli, who's in his mid-40s. "Younger bands take note."

The Nova Scotia group the Trews was scheduled to open last night for the Stones, a coup for the band that has not yet released its second album.

The Stones tour officially begins Aug. 21 in Boston, where Black Eyed Peas will open

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050811/STONES11/TPEntertainment/TopStories

[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 07:41 AM
Gazza from the Montreal Gazette :

Rolling Stones fans treated to intimate club performance in Toronto

Jen Horsey
Canadian Press


August 10, 2005




Keith Richards departs the Phoenix Concert Theater. The band will be playing a concert later Wednesday night in the small venue. (CP PHOTO/Aaron Harris)






TORONTO -- After spending the night in line outside a Toronto club in a dodgy part of town, Robert Winter got in to see his favourite band Wednesday night.

The Rolling Stones bid adieu to their home away from home with a live show at an intimate downtown venue, and Winter was among the first to get in. "To see them in a 1,000-person venue means you're up close and personal," he said. "You really get a better sense of the playing and excitement. You actually see the band members eye to eye."

Band members arrived Wednesday night in a parade of vans and stretch limos. Singer Mick Jagger offered a craggy smile as he waved to cheering fans before ducking in a side door.

Canadian rockers The Trews opened for the band.

Even before the show was formally announced, fans jumped at the chance to score a rare ticket.

Winter was in line outside the Phoenix Concert Hall by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning; hundreds had joined him by the time organizers began doling out wristbands at around 8 a.m. the following day.

The price was just $10 - a pittance compared to the $450 for a top-priced seat at the Stones' stadium concert in Toronto next month.

Other fans secured their entry by entering an online contest, and concert promoters handed out a few more tickets to diehard Stones devotees like Angela Puelo, 29, who has been staking out the band's Toronto rehearsal space for the past month.

"Just to be here ... it's something to spark up a conversation with other Stones fans, to say I was here," Puelo said. "It goes down in music history."

Putting on a surprise performance in Toronto has become something of a tradition for the band, and fans had been eagerly waiting for word of this year's show.

"We were supposed to go on vacation, and we cancelled it," said Monte Wilson, 48, who lined up with his wife Shelley on Tuesday afternoon.

Wilson, who sports two Rolling Stones tattoos under his suit and tie when he goes to work selling education savings plans, said he couldn't risk missing the gig by going away.

After warming up in the city ahead of tours in 2002, 1997 and 1994, the Stones staged secret shows that sold out within minutes.

Wilson was among the lucky few who secured a ticket for the 2002 show, and he said he wasn't about to miss a chance to see the Stones again. The couple made nightly visits to the Toronto school the band has been using as a rehearsal venue for the past month - sometimes with their pet poodle Jagger in tow.

"We love them," Shelley Wilson said, adding they've seen the band perform dozens of times, and that their kids think they're crazy.

The band has been practising at Greenwood College School for Rolling Stones: OnStage, a world tour that starts Aug. 21 in Boston.

The first Canadian date is Aug. 28 at Ottawa's Frank Clair Stadium. The tour also includes stops in Moncton, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.

The band has previously rehearsed in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens, Crescent School, the Masonic Temple and Downsview Park. Tour promoter Michael Cohl calls the city home.

In July 2003, the band headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert to help the city recover from the effects of the 2003 SARS crisis. Jagger has called Toronto the band's "favourite city."

The Stones' relationship to Toronto dates back to their first gig in Canada's most populous city in 1965. The band performed twice that year at Maple Leaf Gardens, where rabid fans were so eager for a glimpse of their idols they even climbed on top of limos outside the venue.

On Sept. 6, the band will release its first all-new studio album in eight years, the 16-song A Bigger Bang.

http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=b95e288d-9209-4fc1-b685-cad5b57bb6f3&page=2

[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 07:54 AM
Gazza from nme.com


STONES PLAY 'SECRET' TOUR WARM-UP IN TORONTO




THE ROLLING STONES have played a secret tour warm-up before a mere 1,100 fans at a club in TORONTO.

The gig at the city’s Phoenix Concert Theatre (August 10) cost only ten Canadian dollars (about £4) to get in, for which punters got a 14-song set comprising new tracks from the band’s ’A Bigger Bang’ album and standards like ’Brown Sugar’ and ’Jumpin’ Jack Flash’. There was also a cover of Bob Marley’s ’Get Up Stand Up’

For one song, ’Infamy’, guitarist Keith Richards took lead vocals, while on ’Back Of My Hand’ singer Mick Jagger showed off some slide guitar work.

The Bigger Bang world tour will cover North America, continuing to South America and Asia before ending in Europe in 2006.

Support acts on the tour include Metallica , Joss Stone, Pearl Jam, the Black Eyed Peasand Maroon 5. The album will be released on September 5.



http://www.nme.com/news/113318.htm
August 11th, 2005 08:00 AM
Gazza Toronto Sun

By JOE WARMINGTON




Yes, Sir. Mick and the boys know how to leave their fans in Satisfaction.

That was one spectacular special night on Sherbourne St., illustrated by the sign outside the Phoenix Concert Theatre that read, "Rolling Stones, 8:30 p.m. tonight," -- and then went on to read it was "$10 and sold out."

No, you don't see that every day.

Needless to say that was the hottest ticket in town -- perhaps ever. And, yes, Sir Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones wowed the City of Toronto one more time and made history at another local nightclub. What a show.

"They sound better than they did 40 years ago," said the band's pal, Jerry Stone.

"That was incredible," agreed Tom Collins, who with pals Lindsay Cosburn, Phil Simpson and Robbin Culleton were lucky enough to get tickets.

Everybody marvelled at the Stones' energy. "The greatest rock 'n' roll band ever," said Tragically Hip guitarist Rob Baker, who with Hip drummer Johnny Fay and CITY- TV's Katherine Humphries were inside for the show.

The Phoenix joins the exclusive list of Toronto bars where the legendary band has played before heading out on their massive tours.

In the past, they have rocked the El Mocambo, Warehouse, Palais Royale and Horseshoe.

This time it was the Phoenix's turn, and there was no less excitement among their rabid fans -- many of whom stayed out all night Tuesday in the hopes of securing a wristband to allow them to buy a $10 ticket.

Tickets sold out quick but with five songs left in the show Stones management graciously let in most of those who waited all night.

There was no getting around it and Stones fanatic Tony Mitchell and his wife, Rachel, with their newborn baby, Summer, said there was no way they'd miss it.

The Stones security detail is a slick operation.

The gang from Toronto's Northwest Protection did a nice job with the fans and protecting the site.

There's also Stones secret security, which is hard to get a handle on.

There were very few incidents -- just a couple of fans who tried to jump the line and gain advantage over those who had properly waited.

But it was handled extremely well by security officer Rocket, who with the help of Toronto Police Consts. Rick Clayton, Tim Price, Jason Baker and Kevin Cote, and Sgt. Norm Marshall, kept the atmosphere fun.

Same goes during the show with Ross Renzetti, Michelle, Rick and the gang keeping frustrated fans without tickets feeling like they were still part of something.

The Stones fans are an interesting mix of all ages.

"I am going to marry Mick," said Maeve Gallagher, who is 40 years his junior.

And it's neat to see the reactions of people about the show.

For example, it was cool to witness Canadian rock 'n' roll legend Kim Mitchell, with Q107 co-host Carly Klassen, getting their pictures taken in front of the Phoenix sign.

You are never too successful or too famous to be excited about seeing the Stones.

Yes, Sir. It may be only rock 'n' roll, but when the Rolling Stones are playing it, people still seem to like it.

http://torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Warmington_Joe/2005/08/11/1167783.html
August 11th, 2005 08:04 AM
Gazza National Post, Canada

Stones satisfaction for lucky few
Intimate T.O. Concert

Natalie Alcoba
National Post


Thursday, August 11, 2005



CREDIT: Peter J. Thompson, National Post





T.O. SWEET ON STONES: Mick Jagger enters the Phoenix Concert Theatre last night. The Stones, who played an intimate concert at the club, surprised some fans who were too young to go to the show by letting them into a rehearsal.: (Photo ran on pg. A1.)






When The World's Greatest Rock Band gives you the chance to get up close and personal, you do what it takes to be there.

You call in sick to work. You camp outside whatever rumoured venue is hosting the event, braving heat and rain for a ticket inside. If you're smart, you bring a chair to get comfortable.

The Rolling Stones played a small concert last night -- and any true fan knows it could be their last.

Indeed, those who have stuck with the band through its four-decade reign received news of an intimate concert at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto with elation ... and a sliver of concern.

''It could be their last,'' said Lori Murray before the concert last night. ''You don't want it to be, but you think...''

Hundreds of fans queued for tickets that went on sale yesterday for $10. Hundreds got in; hundreds more didn't.

Ray Hansen's decision to join the line at 7 p.m. on Tuesday proved too late. But that didn't stop him from sticking around the Phoenix last night.

''I love the Stones," Mr. Hansen, 43, said. "They're the greatest rock and roll band in the world,'' he said, fishing a mini-photo album of Stones snapshots from his knapsack. ''One of these days I'm going to kidnap Keith and get him to sign them for me.''

He added: ''They're in their 60s, and they're still rocking out.''

And they're still aiming to create a stir. Their latest song, Sweet Neo Con, takes a poke at U.S. President George W. Bush and morality in the White House.

''You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot, well, I think you're full of s---,'' the song goes.

''That's the Stones. They take political shots,'' said Sean Burns, 43, as he waited to get into the concert hall last night.

Mr. Burns has seen dozens of performances, and has been luckier than most, stumbling upon tickets for two other intimate shows in Toronto in the 90s, at the Horseshoe Tavern and RPM. Seeing the band live in a small setting is a ''completely different experience.''

But beyond the obvious musical attributes, many Toronto Stones fans love the fact that the group loves the city.

The Stones routinely rehearse in Toronto before launching tours. Woodbridge stylist Angie Mattei heard they were practising at Greenwood College School on Tuesday night so she and her 14-year-old daughter Alannah drove to the city, hoping to get autographs.

Ms. Mattei admitted to being a bit surprised when a manager came out to give her and about 30 other people wristbands for last night's concert. Alannah was too young to go to the 19-and- over show at the Phoenix, so the manager brought her and three other children inside the school.

The kids got to watch the band rehearse for about half an hour. ''It was a real treat,'' said Ms. Mattei. Alannah raced out when it was done, excited and overwhelmed all at once. ''Mom, you know what? I lived your dream.''

© National Post 2005

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=567759ee-d78a-4cfc-b997-7504800fa423

[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 08:08 AM
Gazza
Edmonton Sun

By JANE STEVENSON, SUN MEDIA




Keith Richards pauses for a drag in Toronto yesterday prior to the Rolling Stones’ intimate gig there. (CP Photo)
TORONTO -- Talk about your "big bang" by a big band.

The Rolling Stones performed a rare club show for some 1,000 fans at the Phoenix Concert Theatre last night, opening their set with Rough Justice, the lead single from their coming album, A Bigger Bang.

As has become customary for the British rock veterans, who have been rehearsing at Greenwood College in Toronto since mid-July, the group fine-tuned their material with an intimate gig before the start of a world tour.

The Rolling Stones on Stage trek begins Aug. 21 in Boston. It arrives in Toronto on Sept. 26.

The Stones have rehearsed in Toronto three times before in advance of world tours - in 2002, 1997 and 1994.



Fans went wild at the backstage entrance of the Phoenix as Mick Jagger's stretch limo arrived last night.

Women screamed they wanted to have his baby, while men shouted, "I love you, Mick.''

Fans without tickets lingered in the rain, hoping they could hear the band playing in the club.

Olga Kobylansky first saw the Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1966 and hasn't missed a concert the band has played in Toronto since then.

"I always make sure I see them, so standing in line for 16 hours for a venue like this is nothing," she said.

"I'm a mature woman, but I just love them. They are so sexy and sensual."

The club gig, which was rumoured since Monday night and confirmed 24 hours later, was partially seen as the band's way of saying thank you to Toronto - their "home away from home" as guitarist Keith Richards said Tuesday.

But it also helps the group get a feel for an audience again, which is important since their last live performance - not counting a three-song set at Juilliard School in New York in May when they announced their world tour - was two years ago.

It's believed anywhere from 150 to 350 tickets went on sale to the public yesterday morning at the Phoenix box office - at $10 a pop - with the remainder going to the band's family and friends, VIPs and music industry insiders.

Upon entering, fans flashed their wristbands and then presented tickets with photo ID. Security asked everyone where they got their ticket, presumably to crack down on scalpers.

The club was split into two areas, with paying ticketholders on the lower level and VIPs milling about upstairs, where tables were roped off.

Singer Jagger, guitarists Richards and Ron Wood and drummer Charlie Watts performed a few songs from their new album.

It's their first studio album since 1997's Bridges to Babylon and is also the group's most substantial effort since 1972's Exile on Main Street.

According to the Stones' European fan website, iorr.org, at least four new tunes - Streets of Love, Back of My Hand, Rain Fall Down and Sweet Neo Con, have been heard in their rehearsals at Greenwood.

Richards, by the way, sings lead vocals on two new songs on A Bigger Bang - This Place Is Empty and Infamy.

There was some talk that the location of last night's show might be changed in light of two fatal shootings earlier this week following a concert at the Phoenix.

As Wood noted: "It's a dodgy part of town."

But during the same interview, which aired Tuesday, Jagger said he was just glad they were playing an air-conditioned venue given the sweltering conditions at their Toronto gig at the Palais Royale three years ago.

East Coast rockers the Trews opened for the Stones.









http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/Music/2005/08/11/1168348-sun.html
August 11th, 2005 08:14 AM
Gazza more from the Toronto Sun

By JANE STEVENSON, TORONTO SUN


The Stones' rocks onstage at the Phoenix last night during the Stones' intimate show. (Milka Mili photos)
TALK ABOUT your "big bang" by a big band.


The Rolling Stones performed a rare club show for some 1,000 fans at the Phoenix Concert Theatre last night, opening their 14-song, hour-and-20-minute set with Rough Justice, the lead single off their forthcoming album, A Bigger Bang.

As has become customary for the British rock veterans, who have been rehearsing at Greenwood College School in Toronto since mid-July, the group fine-tuned their material with an intimate gig before the start of a world tour.

In this case, their so-called Rolling Stones On Stage trek begins Aug. 21 in Boston at Fenway Park. It arrives at the Rogers Centre on Sept. 26.

THREE TIMES HERE


Previously, the Stones have rehearsed in our city three times leading up to world tours, with club performances at Palais Royale in 2002, the Horseshoe in 1997 and RPM (now the Guvernment) in '94.

Last night's club gig, which was rumoured since Monday night and confirmed 24 hours later, was partially seen as the band's way of saying "Thank you" to Toronto.

"Thanks everyone for being so welcoming to us," said lead singer Mick Jagger, 62, whose expressive dance moves dominated his performance.


But it also helped the group get a feel for an audience again, which is important since their last live performances -- not counting a three-song set at Juilliard in New York in May when they announced their world tour -- was two years ago.

"You're all our guinea pigs," knee-bending guitarist Keith Richards, 61, joked after more seriously declaring: "It's good to be back. I can't think of a better place to rehearse."

It's believed anywhere from 150 to 350 tickets went on sale to the public yesterday morning at the Phoenix box office -- at $10 a pop -- with the remainder going to the band's family and friends, VIPs and music industry insiders.

Upon entering, fans flashed their wristbands and then presented tickets with photo ID. Security asked everyone where they got their tickets, presumably to crack down on scalpers.

TABLES ROPED OFF

The club was split into two areas, with paying ticket-holders on the lower level and VIPs milling about upstairs, where tables were roped off.

Jagger, Richards, guitarist Ron Wood, 62, and robust-sounding drummer Charlie Watts, 64 (who survived a recent bout with throat cancer), were joined by anywhere from four to nine other musicians (including a four-man horn section) on the tiny stage, depending on the song.

The Stones kept their big '60s hits to a minimum, instead concentrating on material from A Bigger Bang, which was represented by Rough Justice, the bluesy Back Of My Hand, the Richards-sung Infamy, and Oh No, Not You Again. But cover tunes like The Temptations' Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Bob Marley's Get Up Stand Up and Otis Redding's Mr. Pitiful were among the set highlights.

A Bigger Bang, which hits stores on Sept. 6, is the Stones' first studio album since 1997's Bridges To Babylon and is also the group's most substantial effort since 1972's Exile On Main Street, with 16 new songs.

REWORKED THEM

When the Stones did play their classics, they either drastically reworked them -- 19th Nervous Breakdown became a slower, sleepier number -- or left them for the end of the night, finishing with the satisfying trio of Tumblin' Dice, Brown Sugar and Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Opening for the Stones, in what must surely be the gig of their young careers, was East Coast rock act The Trews.

"Come on, people, you can do better than that! The Stones are here tonight!" frontman Colin MacDonald implored the audience.

Rounded out by guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek and drummer Sean Dalton, the band performed a loud, 25-minute set of seven boisterous rock tunes.

The Trews previously performed at the Rivoli on Monday night to promote their sophomore album, Den Of Thieves, due in stores Tuesday.

THE PLAYLIST

- Rough Justice

- Live With Me

- 19th Nervous Breakdown

- She's So Cold

- Dead Flowers

- Back Of My Hand

- Ain't Too Proud To Beg

- Infamy

- Oh No, Not You Again

- Get Up Stand Up

- Mr. Pitiful

- Tumblin' Dice

- Brown Sugar

ENCORE

- Jumpin' Jack Flash



http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2005/08/11/1168156-sun.html


[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 08:37 AM
Madafaka Thank you very much!
August 11th, 2005 09:08 AM
Gazza some notes for the trivia buffs :

14 song setlist, with five songs played in concert for the first time (3 new songs - Rough justice, back of my hand, Infamy and 2 unreleased covers - Get Up Stand Up and Mr Pitiful)

And the 2nd live performance of "oh no, not you again"

six of the songs performed have not, as yet, been released by the band (although four WILL be in the next 4 weeks)

First live appearance of "Shes So Cold" since Leeds 25.7.82 (the song was only previously played in 1981 and 1982)

First live appearance of "19th Nervous Breakdown" since Buenos Aires 30.3.98 (which was IMO the best version I've ever heard of it!)

First time the Stones have opened a show with an unreleased song since January 1965 (they toured Ireland in early January '65, and the shows opened with 'everybody needs somebody to love' which wasn't officially released until a couple of weeks later)




[Edited by Gazza]
August 11th, 2005 09:18 AM
Lazy Bones
quote:
Gazza wrote:
First time the Stones have opened a show with an unreleased song since January 1965 (they toured Ireland in early January '65, and the shows opened with 'everybody needs somebody to love' which wasn't officially released a couple of weeks later)



Interesting.

I would add a clip from my local paper but they added by saying the "...tour opens Sept 26 in Boston" (that's the Toronto date).

Sheesh.
August 11th, 2005 09:52 AM
Gazza were you at last night's show???

was hoping you'd have got in...
August 11th, 2005 10:25 AM
Jumacfly thanks Gazza, great to read such positive reviews!
August 11th, 2005 10:40 AM
Gazza from CTV (Canada)

(thanks to Lorenz for the link to this one - see bottom of post for video links)



Rolling Stones thrill fans at rare T.O. club gig
CTV.ca News Staff



About 1,000 lucky music fans in Toronto experienced a rare treat Wednesday night they likely won't soon forget -- a live show in a small club by living rock legends the Rolling Stones.

The $10 show, considered a warm-up gig for their upcoming world tour, was The World's Greatest Rock Band's thank you to Toronto for playing host to them for past month.

"I'd like to thank everybody in Toronto for being so welcoming to us," Mick Jagger said to the adoring fans.

"The attention boosted up our egos for the tour."

One elated but tired fan, who waited over 18 hours to get his ticket, told CTV's Canada AM that the Stones treated the audience to an "absolutely fabulous" show.

"They could hardly fit on stage," Brad Rogers said Thursday morning, describing the intimate venue. "It was amazing just to see them in a close, personal setting. Everything was all basically bare bones."

Fans exiting the concert hall last night gave the band rave reviews.

"The boys still got it," one young woman told CTV News Toronto after the show.

"They're doing amazingly well for the age that they are, let's just say that," added her friend.

Fans got to hear the Stones play a mix of old and new songs, including favourites like "Brown Sugar," "Stay With Me," as well as new songs such as "Oh No, Not You Again."

But it was their cover of Bob Marley's reggae classic, "Get Up, Stand Up," that seemed to go over especially well with the crowd.

"That was very unique to see the Stones do a reggae-type music," said Angela Puelo. "I really loved that one."

The band ended with an encore of "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

Canadian rock band The Trews opened the show.

Scoring tickets

Eager fans started lining up outside the Phoenix Concert Theatre on Toronto's Sherbourne St. early Tuesday morning -- with hundreds gathered by the time organizers started handing out wristbands at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Unfortunately, the ticket allocation process didn't provide satisfaction for everyone, and that led to some hard feelings.

At one point, the line held an estimated 600 people but only 250 people were given tickets.

The remaining seats went to music industry types and friends of the band, while other fans won tickets by entering an online contest.

One fellow, who got the last ticket, said: "I feel alright. But my buddies didn't get in, which is pretty damned disappointing."

The bonus prize for those who did manage to pick up tickets was the $10 admission price -- a pittance compared to the $450 price tag for a top-priced seat when the rockers play in Toronto next month as part of their world tour, which starts Aug. 21 in Boston.

The Stones and Toronto

The Stones have been rehearsing in Toronto for the past month at a school they rented.

The British band has a relationship with Canada's largest city that goes back to 1965, when the group, then rising in the rock world, played Maple Leaf Gardens. A pivotal year was 1977, when Keith Richards was arrested for possession of heroin -- an incident he now credits with saving his life.

One outcome of that event was two charity concerts for the blind in Oshawa.

The Stones have also played other small venue shows in Toronto, one of which led to the Live at the El Mocambo album.
In 2003, they headlined the city's SARS recovery concert, which 450,000 people attended.

A few band members talked with eTalk Daily about the show.
"I get off in the clubs myself ... I really like the smaller intimate atmospheres," said guitarist Ron Wood.

Those who missed the small Stones show will get a chance to see the band's stadium show in Moncton, Calgary and Toronto later this year.

Ottawa will host the first Canadian gig of the Rolling Stones: OnStage tour on Aug. 28. The tour will help promote A Bigger Bang, the band's first album of all-new material in eight years.
Every Stones tour brings with it the question of whether it's the band's last one.

"Hopefully, they will be rockin' to Jumpin' Jack Flash 100 years from now; I'll probably still be playin' it," joked rhythm guitarist Keith Richards.

With a report from CTV's Scott Laurie



Links to story : http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123719904066_34/?hub=TopStories

Click on VIDEO link at the right of the page for some video clips!!!
August 11th, 2005 10:45 AM
ezequiel2517 Thanks Gazza, now we are waiting for the torrent of this show!
August 11th, 2005 11:54 AM
Gazza Mr Jimmy's personal review from last night is here - may as well keep them together!

http://www.novogate.com/board/968/214301-1.html
August 11th, 2005 12:19 PM
Flairville 'Stay With Me'? Think not.
August 11th, 2005 01:02 PM
Lazy Bones
quote:
Gazza wrote:
were you at last night's show???

was hoping you'd have got in...



Arrrg. Was hoping no one hit that spot...

I wasn't but could have. (Toronto) Tom called me Monday afternoon informing me the gig was Wednesday night. Only problem was my kids. The wife was back to work (I'm still on vacation) but had no care for them.

Had a ride and everything. I know Tom and Kathleen got in. I would've been, too!!

Frig!
August 11th, 2005 01:49 PM
Angiegirl "Among the songs the band performed -- including Sweet Baby Mine and a rarely heard live performance of Dead Flowers"

Huh??? Reporter needs to go back to rock 'n roll school or what?
August 11th, 2005 03:04 PM
Mr Jimmy Hey Gazza. I was still a little over excited this morning and I should have posted in this thread. Sorry about that! Here's a little ramble about what I experienced:

Last night I saw the world's greatest bar band. There's nothing quite like spending a night in a club with the Rolling Stones. I have no idea what the boots will sound like and I don't really care... if you were there, you know that they sounded great. Let's hope they play the tour with the same kind of mix... I actually heard guitars and even though I could see Chuck just several feet in front of me, I smiled at the "distance" of his sound. Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie had a great time... lots of smiles. It looks & sounds like they're just about ready to hit the road and that they want to play... lucky us!

The stage was so small that I could read the setlist which was written on the board next to Charlie's drums. It took away some of the surprise, but my anticipation grew during the warm up band because I knew that I was in for a fun night. We all have our own tastes, but I'll tell ya that Rough Justice sounded fantastic and it's a perfect song to start with in such a small place... great energy. I think you guys will really love it when you hear it nice & loud on the tour.

By now, I'm sure that all of you have already seen reviews so I won't drone on with my personal take but I'll just say a few things:

I haven't heard them perform She's So Cold in over twenty years, and forget the studio version because that song is so good when you hear it live. It was real good last night.

Great to see Mick playing some slide guitar on Back Of My Hand and then smiling after receiving a congratulatory slap on the back from Ronnie.

19th Nervous Breakdown was performed much slower with a totally different feel, and I hope that they play it for all of you when you catch your shows during the tour. It's a bit of a surprise take on the original.

Infamy, or more accurately In For Me has a great groove. It seems like a winner but I'll admit that I'm very biased as I'm a sucker for any reggae inspired Keith creation... I'm going to Jamaica next week! No surprise then when I tell you that I also loved Get Up Stand Up.

Keith thanked us, and twice referred to us as his "guinea pigs" ...man oh man do I love being a lab rodent for the Rolling Stones.

People can complain all they want about war horses but I could listen to Tumblin' Dice everyday for the rest of my life... it's the essence of the Rolling Stones.

And yes, after Mick, Keith, and Ronnie received their thank yous it was Charlie's turn to re-emerge on the stage all by himself to receive a special thank you from all of us... a great moment indeed.

Forget hyprbole... it was a fantastic evening. I hope they don't screw around with the mix because you're gonna love this tour.

I am one happy & lucky fan.

p.s. Sorry I have no photos.



August 11th, 2005 04:26 PM
keithriffhard nice! that show sounds and looks awesome! I wonder if anyone got a boot. Congratulations to everyone who went to the show, you guys are true Stones fans!
August 11th, 2005 04:45 PM
Monkey Woman RollingStone.com

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7543363/therollingstones?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1

Stones Surprise Toronto
Rockers play small, rootsy gig for Canadian fans



After a month of rehearsals in Toronto in preparation for their world tour, which launches August 21st at Boston's Fenway Park, the Rolling Stones gave the city a big thank you last night by performing an eighty-minute, rootsy set for 1,100 fans at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. People had been lined up down the street since Tuesday to snatch up the bargain $10 tickets for the show, filmed for a reported DVD.

"I want to thank everybody in Toronto for being so welcoming to us," frontman Mick Jagger said. "You kind of leave us alone, but give us enough attention to get our egos up for the tour."

The band kicked off the evening with "Rough Justice," from the forthcoming studio album, A Bigger Bang, due September 6th. Immediately, the audience rushed the stage, fists in the air as if this were a stadium show. Without the flash of a custom-built stage with runways, inflatables and pyro, the Stones played straight-up rock & roll. Jagger and Co. -- guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood, and drummer Charlie Watts -- grooved on covers of classics such as the Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," Bob Marley and Peter Tosh's reggae anthem "Get Up, Stand Up," and Otis Redding's "Mr. Pitiful," while also reaching back into their own bag for numbers like "Dead Flowers," "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar" and the only encore, "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

The standout of the night, however, was the curious rearrangement of "19th Nervous Breakdown," with its slow, bluesy rock delivery; the words almost spoken, not sung, and the original melody barely adhered to. A new song, the blues-tinged "Back of My Hand," had a similar feel to the Stones' 1969 take on Fred McDowell's "You Gotta Move."

After Jagger introduced the core band and nine auxiliary players -- including bassist Darryl Jones, keyboardist Chuck Leavell and saxophonist Bobby Keys -- Richards stepped up for his turn at the mike to debut "Infamy." "You're the guinea pigs," he cracked, before launching into the song's dark, almost James Bond-ian rhythm. Jagger then returned to center stage for the playful, straight-up rock & roll single "Oh No, Not You Again," which rhymes "beauty" and "cutie."

While an elaborate stage has been constructed for the upcoming tour -- promoter Michael Cohl calls it "the Globe Theatre meets Blade Runner" -- nights like this prove that the Stones don't need such distractions.


KAREN BLISS
(Posted Aug 11, 2005)

[Edited by Monkey Woman]
August 11th, 2005 06:11 PM
Gazza
quote:
Mr Jimmy wrote:
Hey Gazza. I was still a little over excited this morning and I should have posted in this thread. Sorry about that! Here's a little ramble about what I experienced:




Oh poo....feeble excuse.

How am I supposed to run a board efficiently when guys like you go to rehearsals night after night, post lots of photos and feedback from it, go to the club show and then....post the goddamn review in the wrong place

Its just as well we've already banned one guy today.
August 11th, 2005 07:44 PM
Soldatti From Billboard

Stones Delight Toronto Club Crowd

By Jason MacNeil, Toronto

The Rolling Stones entertained 1,100 lucky fans last night (Aug. 10) at a surprise show at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, in the midst of rehearsals for their upcoming On Stage tour. The group played four cuts from the new Virgin album, "A Bigger Bang," including opener "Rough Justice," the blues-driven "Back of My Hand" and "Infamy," featuring Keith Richards on vocals.

Other surprises included the "Emotional Rescue" cut "She's So Cold" and covers of Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand Up" and Otis Redding's "Mr. Pitiful." The group also played such Stones standards as "Brown Sugar" and "Jumping Jack Flash."

"Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos," lead singer Mick Jagger said halfway through the show, acknowledging the band's frequent use of Toronto as a home base before kicking off major tours.


Complete review of the show:

The Rolling Stones / Aug. 10, 2005 / Toronto (Phoenix Concert Theatre)

Unlike on the Licks world tour, the Rolling Stones will perform all their North American On Stage shows this year in stadiums and arenas. But as has become a tradition, the group settled in for a club show in Toronto last night (Aug. 10) in the midst of rehearsals for its next big run around the world.

Roughly 600 people were lined up by 8 p.m. Tuesday evening for a shot at purchasing, as was later reported, somewhere between 200 to 350 tickets to the show at Phoenix Concert Theatre (VIPs, friends and family brought the audience to about 1,100). Those fortunate enough to get in witnessed a show that, despite a few hiccups, demonstrated the Stones still have a lot to give five decades in.

After an introduction by tour organizer Michael Cohl, the band's 14-song, 80-minute set opened with the new "Rough Justice," one of their stronger songs in recent memory. Mick Jagger, wearing jeans, a black dress shirt and a metallic-colored jacket, was in fine form with his different gestures, working the crowd by standing on a small platform jetting out from center stage and slapping hands.

Next up was the punchy "Live With Me" from 1969's "Let It Bleed," with Keith Richards doing his signature shoulder shrugs while playing off of guitarist Ron Wood. Indulging the chance to dust off some rarities, the Stones then reworked "19th Nervous Breakdown" from a once frantic, giddy pop tune into a deliberate, mid-tempo roadhouse blues. Richards also helped on high harmonies while Wood played lead guitar.

But the bouncy "She's So Cold" seemed a tad ragged, with Jagger's eyes occasionally glancing down at a teleprompter. After a steady "Dead Flowers," the group delivered one of the highlights of the evening in "Back of My Hand." The new blues tune, sounding like it came straight from the Mississippi Delta, found Jagger playing elementary slide guitar while drummer Charlie Watts chimed in with a creepy, crawling backbeat that ensured tune chugged along perfectly.

Continuing the one-up, one-down trend, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" was marred by saxophonist Bobby Keys' faulty microphone, requiring his solo to be temporarily replaced by guitar.

Noting the band's longstanding relationship with Toronto, Jagger told the crowd, "You leave us alone but give us enough attention to boost our egos!" From there Richards took lead vocals for another live debut, "Infamy." The song brought to mind his work on "Main Offender" yet didn't come across nearly as strong as "Oh No Not You Again." The track was extremely tight and definitely more polished than its premiere at the band's New York press conference earlier this year.

The true surprise of the evening, however, was a cover of Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand Up." The band fed off the audience's energy, extending the song with Keys adding accents to each line as Jagger became highly animated, jumping around and wagging his finger.

It was refreshing to hear the Stones in a pared-down setting, with minimal flourishes from the horns and backing vocalists. But they were both out in force for a homestretch of "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar" and the lone encore, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" as Richards, caught up in the moment, truly nailed the closing with one foot stomping as he kept dishing out licks.

While millions will witness the band during the On Stage tour in the next year-plus, few will get to experience the Stones deliver such an intimate, age-defying show. A very good way to start it up, even if it is for "the last time."

Here is the Rolling Stones' set list:

"Rough Justice"
"Live With Me"
"19th Nervous Breakdown"
"She's So Cold"
"Dead Flowers"
"Back of My Hand"
"Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
"Infamy"
"Oh No Not You Again"
"Get Up Stand Up"
"Mr. Pitiful"
"Tumbling Dice"
"Brown Sugar"
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"

The group's new album, "A Bigger Bang," will arrive Sept. 6 via Virgin; lead single “Rough Justice” is No. 29 in its second week on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
August 12th, 2005 08:06 AM
Gazza Great write-up in the Daily Express today on page 3 - a full page of excellent photos plus a very positive review by Martin Evans


The Stones' even made it as far as the newspaper's editorial page as well (alongside less important topics such as the deportation of some muslim extremists and the BA strike)

"Off on another world tour, the Stones have gathered some moss but have never stopped rolling. The truth is they don't want to stop. The love performing and they make the world a happier place. And that's no mean feat. "


Amen to all that
August 12th, 2005 09:20 AM
J.J.Flash Maaaan.... I'm still in heaven..... Jagger playing slide guitar...... that was AWESOME!!! BRILLIANT! I must admit..... he is the strenght that keeps them still rolling and kicking major arses...... Is it just me or he played LOUDER than Ronnie's slide?!?!?

Could anybody report me how Keith played.

TIA
August 12th, 2005 12:56 PM
Lazy Bones
quote:
Gazza wrote:
"...they make the world a happier place." [/b]



What a great applaud to the band. So true.
August 12th, 2005 03:42 PM
Gazza from "The Sun" (UK) today :

By BECI WOOD
Sun Online

THE Rolling Stones amazed fans in Canada when they played an intimate warm-up gig in Toronto for just £4 a ticket.

The veteran rockers are famed for their staggeringly expensive concerts - standard tickets for their forthcoming US dates sell for between £80 and £664 - but they were happy to thrill the crowds at the city's Phoenix Theatre on Wednesday night for the modest fee.

And the stars treated the lucky audience members to a bevy of tracks from their upcoming album A Bigger Bang, as well as a handful of old favourites such as (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

The Rolling Stones clearly have a special place in their hearts for Toronto, having performed several warm-up shows there in the past and often rehearsing in the town.


August 12th, 2005 03:49 PM
Gazza more from "The Sun"

For copyright reasons, we cant copy and paste the link but check out the wonderful "Mount Rushmore" Stones images in the link below:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005370277,,00.html
August 12th, 2005 06:42 PM
Martha I'm truly blown away, what a great shot I can't imagine how great it must be to experience a club show............thanks for posting all the great news!!!!

Lazy I'm so very sorry to hear you didn't get to go. :-(

Long LIVE the ROLLING STONES!!!!!!!

hip hip hooray!

Doin' the hip shake baaaaaaaby!
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