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Rolling Stones to Release All-Star 50th Anniversary Show as Live Album

By Daniel Kreps

Daniel Kreps

Ten years after the Rolling Stones embarked on their 50th-anniversary tour, the epic, guest-filled New Jersey gig from that trek will be released as the live album Grrr Live!

The double-disc set — a nod to the Stones’ 2012 best-of collection Grrr! — spotlights the band’s Dec. 15, 2012, show at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center, a concert that featured a litany of surprise guests like Lady Gaga (on “Gimme Shelter”), John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. (“Going Down”), the Black Keys (“Who Do You Love?”), and Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen , who performed “Tumbling Dice” alongside Mick Jagger and company.

As the 50 & Counting tour marked the Stones’ 50th anniversary, the setlist boasted hits from throughout the band’s catalog, from their first original single, “The Last Time,” to the then-new songs “One More Shot” and “Doom and Gloom” that were exclusive to the Grrr! comp.

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• Get Off Of My Cloud
• The Last Time
• It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) 
• Paint It Black
• Gimme Shelter (with Lady Gaga) 
• Wild Horses
• Going Down (with John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr) 
•  Dead Flowers
• Who Do You Love? (with The Black Keys)
•  Doom And Gloom
•  One More Shot
•  Miss You
•  Honky Tonk Women 
• Band Introductions
• Before They Make Me Run 
• Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
• Start Me Up 
• Tumbling Dice (with Bruce Springsteen)
• Brown Sugar
• Sympathy For the Devil
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

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THE ROLLING STONES To Release 50th-Anniversary Show As 'Grrr Live!' Album

THE ROLLING STONES have announced the release of "Grrr Live!" , the definitive live hits album from the band's career. Released on February 10 via Mercury Studios , the album will be available in various formats; 3LP black, 3LP colored white (Indies exclusive) 3LP red (d2c exclusive),2CD, DVD + 2CD, BluRay+ 2CD. The Blu-ray and digital versions will include Dolby Atmos.

The best live band in the world deserve the ultimate live greatest hits album and "Grrr Live!" is it, THE STONES at their best. The album features some of the greatest songs of all time, including "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)" , "Honky Tonk Women" , "Start Me Up" , "Gimme Shelter" , "Sympathy For The Devil" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" .

THE ROLLING STONES celebrated their golden anniversary in 2012 and 2013 by embarking on the "50 & Counting" tour, a 30-show itinerary for North America and Europe. On December 15, 2012, the band took the stage at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center for the final of four shows in the New York area. Featuring guest appearances by THE BLACK KEYS ( "Who Do You Love?" ), Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer ( "Going Down" ), Lady Gaga ( "Gimme Shelter" ), Mick Taylor ( "Midnight Rambler" ) and hometown hero Bruce Springsteen ( "Tumbling Dice" ),the concert proved to be one of the most memorable shows in the band's history.

Since its original airing on pay-per-view in 2012, this show has not been available to fans until now. The concert has been re-edited and the audio has been remixed. Three songs from the December 13 show (also in Newark) will be available as bonus features on the DVD and Blu-ray: "Respectable" (with John Mayer ), "Around And Around" and "Gimme Shelter" .

"Grr Live!" track listing:

01. Get Off Of My Cloud 02. The Last Time 03. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) 04. Paint It Black 05. Gimme Shelter (with Lady Gaga) 06. Wild Horses 07. Going Down (with John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr) 08. Dead Flowers 09. Who Do You Love? (with The Black Keys) 10. Doom And Gloom 11. One More Shot 12. Miss You 13. Honky Tonk Women 14. Band Introductions

01. Before They Make Me Run 02. Happy 03. Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor) 04. Start Me Up 05. Tumbling Dice (with Bruce Springsteen) 06. Brown Sugar 07. Sympathy For the Devil 08. You Can't Always Get What You Want 09. Jumpin' Jack Flash 10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

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The Rolling Stones have announced they are going back on the road with a brand-new tour performing in 16 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Fans can expect to experience Mick, Keith and Ronnie play their most popular hits ranging from “Start Me Up,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Satisfaction” and more, as well as fan favourite deep cuts and music from their new album HACKNEY DIAMONDS.

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The Rolling Stones ’ GRRR Live! , out today in multiple formats and featuring their all-star 2012 show at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, has been hailed as a “fantastic compilation of the band’s classic hits.” Reviewers have showered praise on the unique concert, which featured guest appearances by Lady Gaga , Bruce Springsteen , the Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer. The show is now available for the first time since its original airing on pay-per-view television.

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“Truth be told,” writes Emma Harrison in Clash , “this isn’t just a fantastic compilation of the band’s classic hits, but a barnstorming performance of some of the most iconic songs in rock music.” Riff ’s Sam Richards adds: “The performances here are better than almost anything on any of the earlier live albums…this album’s purpose of lasting significance may well be as a document of [Charlie] Watts’ late-career playing, and how it can noticeably lift a band with the time-honed skill and power of the Stones to ever-greater heights.”

Here we offer an exclusive excerpt from journalist, author and uDiscover Music contributor Paul Sexton’s liner notes for GRRR Live! , beginning with a quote from just before the 50 & Counting tour began.

“We’d been on the treadmill for quite a while,” said Keith Richards. “There was obviously going to be a few years off. We didn’t know if it was going to be two, three, four or five. It turned out to be five. But this band is younger now than it was five years ago. It’s got a lot more energy in it.”

In May, the band reconvened for rehearsals in Weehawken, NJ. “Four or five days in New Jersey, we were rocking,” said Keith, “and everyone’s going ‘Yeah, the energy’s there, the ‘I wanna do this, I gotta do this’ was there. So all of the other stuff went under the bridge, and the Stones are going forward. It’s like it’s our duty.

“That’s the point about music,” Richards went on. “It takes you over and above any of the petty little things, the bickering and all that crap. There we go, this is what we do. Play ‘Midnight Rambler’ with Charlie, and Mick on harp, and we all look at each other and go, forget about it. Whatever went on, went on. This is what we do, and this is what they want.”

Later in the notes, Sexton writes: “27,000 lucky souls in the room – small enough by the band’s standards to rate practically as a club date – were joined by millions more watching via pay-per-view across the States. All of them were to witness not just a show of dazzling feistiness and masterful polish by the greatest masters of the art, but some guest appearances that they’ve talked about ever since.

The elegant stage was framed by gigantic red lips ready to devour those at the front of the congregation, as gorilla-masked drummers, reflecting the ‘GRRR’ album artwork, banged and gyrated their way through the aisles. As they reached the front of stage, the sense of expectation was overwhelmingly palpable, and then, ker-boom: launching into ‘Get Off Of My Cloud,’ these Stones were match-fit and at cruising altitude from minute one.

Black and white images from their back pages peered out from inside the lips as the band hit an immediate sweet spot that combined a lean, relaxed demeanour with a scintillating aura. Debonair in black, Mick told us once and told us twice about ‘The Last Time’ with Keith and Ronnie out for fun and Charlie charging down the tracks like a 71-year-old teenager.

Then to the jaw-dropping appearance of Lady Gaga, palpably the world’s biggest pop star of the day, to channel Merry Clayton (and Lisa Fischer) by stomping and screaming her way through an undeniable ‘Gimme Shelter.’ No fading away here.”

GRRR Live! is available on vinyl in 3LP black, 3LP coloured white (exclusive to independent stores) and 3LP red (exclusively via d2c), as well as 2CD, DVD + 2CD, BluRay+ 2CD formats. The Blu-ray and digital versions include Dolby Atmos.

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Celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Mick Taylor, the Black Keys, Gary Clark Jr. and more. This 2012 concert at Newark’s Prudential Center, the final of four shows in the New York area, is one of the most memorable in the band’s history. Featuring “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Gimme Shelter” (with Gaga), “Tumbling Dice” (with Springsteen) and many more.

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The Rolling Stones, ‘Grrr!’ – Album Review

With the exception of Elvis Presley , the Rolling Stones are rock’s most repackaged artist. From ‘Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass),’ which came out two mere years after their debut, to ‘Forty Licks,’ the excellent two-disc set released a decade ago to mark the band’s 40th anniversary, the Stones have made sure that fans would never have to look too far for ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.’

So it comes as a surprise to absolutely no one that they would celebrate their 50th anniversary with yet another compilation. And even though many of these songs – including, yes, ‘Satisfaction,’ – are making their 25th or so appearance on record, there’s no denying the bounty of great music found on ‘Grrr!’ The album starts with their first single, ‘Come On,’ and ends with a pair of new cuts. In between are some of rock’s most magnificent and influential songs.

Taking its cue from the 40 songs that commemorated the 40th anniversary, ‘Grrr!’ observes the 50th with 50 tracks spread over three discs. You know most if not all of them: ‘Paint It Black,’ ‘Honky Tonk Women,’ ‘Sympathy for the Devil,’ ‘Brown Sugar,’ ‘Start Me Up’ – all classics, all here.

And since the album plays out chronologically, it hits its stride on the second CD, which begins with ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and wraps up with the disco-era ballad ‘Fool to Cry.’ But even the last disc, which attempts to sum up the past 35 years in 17 songs, comes off surprisingly filler-free, including latter-day hits like ‘Miss You,’ ‘Undercover of the Night’ and ‘Mixed Emotions.’

‘Grrr!’ ends with two new songs, the throwback rocker ‘ Doom and Gloom ’ and ‘ One More Shot ,’ a sturdy barroom shuffle that recalls the best of their ‘80s material. And the Stones sound remarkably resilient on both of them, checking in with their leanest and toughest performances in years. The real question, though, is whether or not the two new tracks are worth the price of adding yet another Stones anthology to your collection. These are essential segments of rock ‘n’ roll’s permanent foundation. But you already know that.

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During a 19-song set at MetLife Stadium that spanned 60 years, the band tapped into what seems like a bottomless well of rock ’n’ roll energy.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Reporting from East Rutherford, N.J.

“This song’s for Manhattan!” Mick Jagger told the crowd on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, before launching into a punchy rendition of “Shattered,” that agitated ode to late-70s New York City that closes out the band’s 1978 album “Some Girls.” In the ensuing 46 years, the city has changed in some superficial ways but somehow remained essentially the same — much, as they showed throughout an impressively energetic two-hour set, like the Rolling Stones.

The Stones’ first New York-area stadium gig in five years was sponsored, without a hint of irony, by AARP. It was appropriate: At times what transpired onstage felt not just like a rock concert but a display of the evolutionary marvel that is aging in the 21st century. (Albeit aging while wealthy, with every possible technological and medical advantage at one’s disposal. I’ll have whatever vitamins the Stones are taking, please.)

Ronnie Wood, the core group’s baby at age 76, still shreds on the guitar with a grinning, impish verve. Eighty-year-old and eternally cool Keith Richards pairs his bluesy licks with a humble demeanor that seems to say “I can’t believe I’m still here, either.” And then there is Jagger, who turns 81 a few days after the Hackney Diamonds Tour wraps in July. Six decades into his performing career, he is somehow still the indefatigable dynamo he always was, slithering vertically like a charmed snake, chopping the air as if he’s in a kung fu battle against a swarm of unseen mosquitoes, and, when he needs both hands to dance, which is often, nestling the microphone provocatively above the fly of his pants. Sprinting the length of the stage during a rousing “Honky Tonk Women” — the 13th song in the set! — he conjured no other rock star so much as Benjamin Button, as he seemed to become even more energetic as the night went on.

Last year’s “ Hackney Diamonds ” — the Stones’ first album of new material in nearly two decades — was the nominal reason for the tour, but they didn’t linger on it, and the crowd didn’t seem to mind. Across 19 songs, they played only three tunes from the latest release, including two of the best: The taut, growly lead single “Angry” and, for the first part of the encore, the gospel-influenced reverie “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.” Mostly it was a kind of truncated greatest hits collection, capturing the band’s long transformation from reverent students of the blues (Richards’ star turn on the tender “You Got the Silver”) to countercultural soothsayers (a singalong-friendly “Sympathy for the Devil”) to corporate rock behemoth (they opened, of course, with “Start Me Up”).

Jagger, Richards and Wood all still emanate a palpable joy for what they are doing onstage. But those joys also feel noticeably personal and siloed, rarely blending to provide much intra-band chemistry. That is likely a preservation strategy — the surest way to keep a well-oiled machine running and to continue sharing the stage with the same people for half a century or more. But when Jagger ended a charming story about a local diner that had named a sandwich after him (“I’ve never had a [expletive] sandwich named after me! I’m very, very proud”), I did not quite buy his assertion that he, Keith and Ronnie were going to go enjoy one together after the show.

Some of that fractured feeling is likely due to the absence of the great Charlie Watts , the band’s longtime drummer who died in 2021; the Hackney Diamonds Tour is the Stones’ first North American stadium tour without him. His replacement, Steve Jordan, does about as good a job as anyone could — like Watts, he balances a rock drummer’s power with a jazzy agility — and his presence never overwhelms. Though they are surrounded by plenty of talented backing musicians, the staging makes it clear that the Rolling Stones are now a trio.

The night’s breakout star, though, was Chanel Haynes, a backing vocalist who took center stage to sing with Jagger during two of the night’s best performances. Haynes — who played Tina Turner in the West End production of the jukebox musical “Tina” before joining the Stones’ touring band in 2023 — ably filled the shoes of the mighty Merry Clayton on a blazing “Gimme Shelter,” and sat in for Lady Gaga on “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” matching the megawatt intensity of her “Hackney Diamonds” cameo. Though Haynes could be velvety soft when the song called for it, at her most impressive she sang with a low, grumbling hunger that often swelled into ferocity, as if she were taking big, meaty bites out of the songs.

Jagger, for his part, delivered many of his lines in his signature bark: The second song, a somewhat slowed down and blues-ified “Get Off of My Cloud,” was transformed by his almost scat-like delivery. But in fleeting moments — including a few falsetto runs — he showed that a certain tenderness in his tone remains intact.

That was most apparent on a gorgeous rendition of “Wild Horses,” the song that gained inclusion in the set by winning the nightly online “fan vote.” For so much of this show, the Stones effectively proved they could outrun age, irrelevancy and all the other indignities that time brings to mere mortals. But here they settled into something more contemplative, elegiac and vulnerable, and the show was better for it.

At a time when their few remaining peers are wrapping farewell tours and bands that have been together for half as long are running on fumes, the Stones are an anomaly. It’s not that their show is devoid of nostalgia, but it’s not coasting on it either. They don’t look like they did in the ’70s — who does? — but when their sound is gelling they are able to tap into some kind of eternal present. For better or worse, they seem intent to be the last band of their generation standing, to ride rock ’n’ roll all the way to its logical endpoint. Astoundingly, they don’t sound like they’ve reached it yet.

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T he Rolling Stones delivered another tour premiere in Vancouver, Canada on Friday night as their Hackney Diamonds road trip reached its fifth-last stop.

Mick Jagger and Co performed “Street Fighting Man” from the 1968 album Beggars Banquet . It was the winning choice from the regular fan vote, which also included “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker),” “Out of Control” and “All Down the Line” as options.

Video of the performance, plus the band’s 20-song set list, can be seen below.

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Meanwhile, the band released a clip from recording sessions for their 1994 album Voodoo Lounge to mark its upcoming anniversary vinyl release. In the video, Keith Richards hails Charlie Watts ’ work, noting how the drummer’s approach has changed and saying: “It’s quite amazing…he’s peaking now; he’s hitting everything right.”

The Stones’ current tour, in support of their 2023 album Hackney Diamonds , continues in Los Angeles on July 10 and ends three shows later in Ridgedale, Missouri on July 21.

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The Rolling Stones, BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, Canada, 7/5/24, Set List

1. “Start Me Up”

2. “Let’s Spend the Night Together”

5. “Street Fighting Man”

6. “Wild Horses”

7. “Mess It Up”

8. “Tumbling Dice”

9. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”

10. “Tell Me Straight”

11. “Little T&A”

12. “Before They Make Me Run”

13. “Sympathy for the Devil”

14. “Honky Tonk Women”

15. “Midnight Rambler”

16. “Gimme Shelter”

17. “Paint It Black”

18. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”

19. “Sweet Sounds of Heaven”

20. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

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5 Classic Rolling Stones Songs Missing from Their 2024 Tour

by Thom Donovan July 4, 2024, 3:45 pm

Since The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, they’ve created a vast catalog that’s tough to whittle down into a setlist.

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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood are currently out on their Hackney Diamonds Tour and like most legacy acts, trying to balance new material with old hits.

The Rolling Stones released Hackney Diamonds , their 24th studio album, last year. It’s their first album following drummer Charlie Watts’ death in 2021, leaving only Jagger and Richards as original members.

Though some deep cuts are bound to be excluded, the omitted songs on the list below may surprise you.

“Ruby Tuesday” from Between the Buttons (1967)

An early hit for The Rolling Stones, “Ruby Tuesday” is a baroque pop love song with lyrics written by Richards. Jagger and Richards are revisiting their early years this tour by including “Let’s Spend the Night Together” and “She’s a Rainbow,” giving fans their allotment of psychedelia. But “Ruby Tuesday” and its tender chorus will be missed.

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still, I’m going to miss you

“Rip This Joint” from Exile on Main St. (1972)

The Rolling Stones haven’t played “Rip This Joint” since 2003 but there’s no shortage of ferocious blues in their catalog. It’s also one of the Stones’ quickest tempos and its speed may have something to do with the song’s bench status for the past two decades. You can bump the tempo to “Rocks Off” and give the audience its dose of Exile’s bar band blues.

Mama says yes, Papa says no Make up your mind ’cause I gotta go I’m gonna raise hell at the Union Hall Drive myself right over the wall

“Angie” from Goats Head Soup (1973)

When you want to rip this joint, the acoustic ballads are the first to go. Though it is surprising to leave “Angie” from the set. In 1973, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is still one of the band’s most streamed songs. Nicky Hopkins’ piano part is as crucial to the recording as Richards and Mick Taylor’s dual acoustic guitars, and it’s worth reconsidering with Chuck Leavell’s presence on stage.

With no loving in our souls And no money in our coats You can’t say we’re satisfied But Angie, I still love you, baby Everywhere I look, I see your eyes There ain’t a woman that comes close to you Come on, baby, dry your eyes

“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” from Sticky Fingers (1971)

If you’re going to edit a set, removing a seven-minute jam is a good place to start. The Rolling Stones last played “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” in 2022 to celebrate their 60th anniversary. However, recent YouTube clips reveal the band performing “B–ch” on the current tour if you yearn to have your Sticky Fingers blues unhinged Stones-style.

Y’all got cocaine eyes Yeah, you got speed-freak jive

“Street Fighting Man” from Beggars Banquet (1968)

According to setlist.fm , “Street Fighting Man” is the 13th most-played song of the Stones’ career. It’s one of Richards’ most iconic guitar riffs but not everyone was immediately enthused about the song. U.S. radio stations were wary to spin “Street Fighting Man” fearing it would spark more anti-war protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Jagger responded by saying, “The last time they banned one of our records in America, it sold a million.”

Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy ’Cause summer’s here and the time is right For fighting in the street, boy

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