 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
on Wednesday, February 8th. 2006 The band gave a great show
here in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Set list:
Jumping Jack Flash - Let's Spend The Night Together - It's Only Rock'n'Roll -
Oh No Not You Again - Sway - Worried About You - Tumbling Dice - Midnight
Rambler - Night Time Is The Right Time - Intros - This Place Is Empty - Happy -
Miss You - Rough Justice - Get Off Of My Cloud - Honky Tonk Women - Sympathy For
The Devil - Start Me Up - Satisfaction - You Can't Always Get What You Want (encore)
- Brown Sugar (encore)
Reviews:
Non-stop Jagger prances Philips stage
By Bill Hendrick, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After warming their seats for an hour in mumbling discontent, about 20,000
mostly graying baby boomers lept to their feet screaming as one when the
legendary Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones began their second Atlanta concert
in six months Wednesday night before a packed house at Philips Arena.
The unbelievable Jagger, 62, pranced and skipped almost non-stop across the
Philips stage, flailing his arms, waving his hands and skimming across the floor
on his spindly legs like a practiced ballerina.
The group opened with the classic “Jumping Jack Flash” and raced through
most hits familiar to baby boomers who’ve grown old with Jagger, reed-thin
Keith Richards and Charlie Watts. The Brits, accompanied on both sides by a host
of singers, never stopped moving, and neither did the crowd, which undulated
like a giant snake, most fans waving their arms and clapping their hands almost
continuously.
Jagger, dressed in his trademark skin-tight black outfit, showed no signs of
weariness from his appearance at halftime at the Super Bowl just a few days ago.
Rather, he seemed invigorated with each new round of thunderous applause.
Richards, puffing on cigarettes, spelled Jagger twice during the non-stop
concert, which started a little after 9:30 p.m. — an hour late — and ended
two hours later.
Jagger didn’t even appear to sweat, though the hot lights had thousands
fanning themselves in front of him. Hundreds took pictures of Jagger and other
band members with cellphone cameras.
Older folks, obviously close to Jagger’s age, leaned to the music at first
but were bouncing and rollicking by the end of the night.
Gail Norton, 57, of Lawrenceville, said “I was inspired by the group and
I’m their biggest fan.” Her husband Etowah Norton, 60, said “it’s
impossible to believe someone that age can do what they all do.”
His wife added: ” I’ve been a Stones fan since I was 16.”
They were there with their teenaged grandchildren.
David Taylor, 41, of Knoxville, said he paid $450 for a $352 seat “but it
is worth every cent.” He called his wife in snowy Knoxville several times to
give her a chance to listen to songs like “I can’t get no satisfaction”
and “You can’t always get what you want.”
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