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Set list from Shidoobeland
1) BROWN SUGAR
2) IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ' ROLL (sounding SUPER!)
3) START ME UP
4) DON'T STOP
5) TUMBLING DICE
6) UNDERCOVER
7) WILD HORSES
8) YOU CAN'T ALWAY GET WHAT YOU WANT
9) CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING
10) LOVE TRAIN
11) SLIPPING AWAY
12) HAPPY
13) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
14) YOU GOT ME ROCKING (b-stage)
15) LET IT BLEED(b-stage)
16) LIKE A ROLLING STONE (b-stage)
17) GIMME SHELTER
18) HONKY TONK WOMEN
19) STREET FIGHTING MAN
20) JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
21) SATISFACTION (encore) |
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AP Photo/John F. Martin
[Edited by VoodooChileInWOnderl] |
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Rolling Stones Return To Licks Tour After A Week Off
Fri Oct 11,10:57 AM ET
(10/11/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- After a week off, the Rolling Stones return to their Licks tour this weekend with shows on Saturday (October 12) at Detroit's Ford Field and on Sunday (October 13) at Gund Arena in Cleveland.
Guitarist Ron Wood tells LAUNCH that the band was very happy with the first part of the North American jaunt, which kicked off September 3 in Boston. "Well, everything is still exciting and out on a limb and different to what it has been before. The set lists have been changing up to 10 songs a night, you know, within the sort of Fruit-Of-The-Loom structure--small, medium, and large. An arena being the medium and clubs, obviously, the small, and the stadiums, the large. We have some quite interesting changes."
The Stones' new compilation, Forty Licks, came out last week. It debuts at Number Two on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of about 309,000 copies.
-- Gary Graff, Detroit
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Detroit's real show wasn't on a stage
By Jennifer Brooks / The Detroit News
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DETROIT -- When visionaries and developers talked about revitalizing downtown, this might have been the street scene they had in mind.
Visitors wearing leather jackets and tuxedo jackets jostled along crowded sidewalks. Parking was impossible. You couldn't get a table at a restaurant without reserving weeks ago.
Downtown Detroit came alive Saturday night as music fans of wildly different tastes -- Jagger and Verdi -- descended on the city.
They came for the shows, but they lingered downtown before and after, getting acquainted with a downtown that has more to offer than sports stadiums and casinos.
The Rolling Stones started things up at Ford Field's first major concert at 7 p.m. Saturday. An hour later, the Michigan Opera Theatre debuted the first performance of the 2002 opera season, Verdi's "Il Trovatore."
But the real show was on the streets outside the concert venues, where the rock and opera crowds mixed amiably in the hours before and after the show.
Mark and Terri Finch of Rochester Hills, treating 10-year-old daughter Jessica to her first Rolling Stones concert, marveled at the crowds. Restaurants in Greektown had 90-minute waits.
"We do come downtown a lot, more and more, to eat or go to shows," said Mark Finch. "These are just the kind of activities, concert venues we enjoy. It's getting better and better when we come downtown."
Marilynn Harmon, sitting by the window of the Opera House's cafe with her husband, Bill, watched denim-clad concert fans cutting across the red carpet in one direction, opera fans crossing in the other. "This is a good place to people-watch," she said.
The Harmons, both Detroit natives, drive downtown from Northville regularly. They have season tickets to the opera, enjoy the restaurants, the art museum and plan to be among the first people through the door when the Degas exhibit opens next Sunday at the Detroit Institute of Arts. They appreciate the new downtown developments, but wish the planners would spread the wealth a little.
"We remember downtown when it really was something," Bill Harmon said. "It's too bad. I wish the planners had spread things around, instead of building everything in the same place, crowded together."
The dinner crowd at the upscale Intermezzo Italian Ristorante was split evenly between classical and rock fans. Elsewhere downtown, Stones fans waited more than an hour for tables at Pegasus, Pizza Papalis and Jacoby's.
"We've been booked for the past three weeks now," Intermezzo manager Vinnie Johnson reported gleefully. "You feel bad turning people away, but I'd rather be doing that than the alternative."
At the Michigan Opera Theatre, founder and general director David DiChiera was worrying -- for the very first time -- about parking. Finding space for vehicles downtown at night never used to be a problem, "but I think those days are fast disappearing," DiChiera said.
"When the Opera House opened in 1996, there was very little around us," he added. "My hope is that by the time the Super Bowl comes (in 2006), you'll find a lot more activity around here -- a more welcoming neighborhood, where people come to walk the streets, not just go to one event and leave."
It may be a while before that dream is a reality, but for the first time in a long time, downtown Detroit is a place to linger -- in the restaurants before the show, in the bars after the game.
You can reach Jennifer Brooks at (248) 647-8825 or [email protected]. |
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Stones Roll In to Town
Reported by Kristin Smith
Web produced by Kelly Reynolds
Ford Field will be rocking this weekend. That's because the Stones are roll into town for a concert in downtown Detroit. It's the first major concert to be held at the Lions new den.
One of the world's greatest rock bands performing at one of the world's greatest stadiums. Semis rolled the Stones' stage and equipment into town. Thirty-one production trucks, 22 steel hauling trucks, and more than 300 people all just trying to keep up with Mick and the boys.
Judging from the size of the stage and the spectacular sound system, Saturday night's show will be larger than life.
"It's big. It's 200 feet wide, 85 feet tall and 86 foot deep," said Jake Berry, Rolling Stones Production Director.
With a runway that leads to a second stage, where the Stones will perform at least three songs up close and personal.
"So it's huge, but why is it so huge?" Channel 7's Kristin Smith asked Berry.
"Have you ever known the Rolling Stones to do do anything small?"
Of course not. Mick and the band aim to please, and with floor seats priced as high a $300, fans expect satisfaction.
While we're talking numbers, just how old are these guys anyway? Well, pushing 60, but the band's producer director likens the Stones to a bottle of red wine. It gets better with age.
"The show is fantastic. And the energy level is still as high as it ever was," Berry said.
Well, want to see for yourself? As of Friday night, more than 40,000 seats have been sold, but there were seats available. In fact, some of the seats on the floor opened up Friday. They're selling for $93.50.
The show starts Saturday evening at 7:00, and Action News was told the Rolling Stones will take the stage for at least two hours. And hey, it's only rock 'n' roll, but I think you'll like it. |
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Made it - alive! What a great show. The highlight of the show was the sound. Close to being one of the best-sounding concerts I've ever heard. The second highlight was the energy and tightness of the band - incredible! Every song was bang-on, especially CYHMK. Now this was my first show of the tour but many people told me this was the best version so far. Solos by Bobby, Ronnie and Mick's harp were mind boggling for a song I didn't expect at a stadium show.
Personally performance highlights were (besides CYHMK) Let It Bleed, Wild Horses and Slipping Away.
Ford Field is the Lions new home and is a very nice place. Next to Comerica Park (the Tigers' new ball park), Hockeytown Cafe, the host for the pre-show party was a 5-minute walk from the stadium. Many, many thanks to CindyP for all her hard work in organizing the event. Along with (Toronto) Tom, and Al, the company of Stonesdoug, Trevor, Isabelle, John, Diane, John (from Brampton), Dave, Sherry, Gary, the boys from the Pugs and many others, the trip was fantastic!! Wednesday's ACC show can't come quick enough.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some Thanksgiving turkey to eat. Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canucks! |
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Sorry, Dome, but Ford Field is concert gold
October 14, 2002
BY BRIAN MCCOLLUM
FREE PRESS POP MUSIC CRITIC
Nice performance at the Rolling Stones concert Saturday night. Ford Field, take a bow.
Detroit's glistening new stadium got hearty thumbs-up this weekend from concertgoers who flocked downtown, 45,000 strong, for a two-hour visit with the Stones.
Meanwhile, the aging Pontiac Silverdome, the area's longtime go-to stadium, took a verbal smackdown from fans interviewed before and after the show, some of whom had paid more than $300 for an up-close and personal glimpse of Mick Jagger and company.
It wasn't hard to see -- and hear -- why. As a concert venue, Ford Field is in another league. Patrons applauded the stadium's clean, classic look, friendly staff and less-than-atrocious acoustics.
Only two consistent complaints emerged Saturday: long lines at the outside box office, which seemed understaffed, and the jammed lower concourse, where foot traffic piled up at the convergence of beer stands and T-shirt booths.
But those were minor beefs from music fans who seemed relieved they've got a new place to watch the big shows.
"I walked up to the gate and was like, 'Whoa,' " said Dominic Ajosta, 50, of Royal Oak. "I'm really impressed with the colors here.."
The Silverdome -- built in 1975, before stadium sound was much of a consideration -- made seasoned sound technicians tremble. So Saturday's biggest question wouldn't be answered until opening band No Doubt took the stage: How were the acoustics?
The verdict: Ford Field held its own. Extensive sound baffles, ribboned across the mammoth ceiling, helped dilute the washed-out echo that plagues older domed stadiums like the one in Pontiac. And while Ford Field wasn't transformed into the Fox Theatre -- sound at the back of the stadium couldn't escape the cavernous effect -- it was a vast improvement on the Silverdome.
Unavoidably, like any huge space, there were sweet spots and dead spots. From section 330 on the upper level, veteran concertgoer Steve Naylor was impressed -- though mildly concerned that low-end bass rumble was overwhelming some of the high end.
Still, was it an improvement on the sound at the Dome?
"Oh, come on. Of course," said Naylor, 35. "Overall, it doesn't even compare."
As already noted by some football fans, Ford Field concessions could stand an upgrade.
When all was said and done, the stadium's most striking feature came in human form. Staffers were prevalent and easy to spot, eager to offer patient directions for novice visitors finding their way around. Smiling ticket-takers, smiling ushers, smiling concessionaires -- and we were in Detroit? Ford Field, and a new era, indeed.
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From the above article we have a link to these pix
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