 River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
on Tuesday, February 21st. 2006. The first of the two 55.000
audience shows in Buenos Aires. It is a well known thing that the fans in
Argentina really loves Rolling Stones, and everyone felt that. It was an
incredible show according to fans who mailed stonesplanet.com
Set list:
Jumping Jack Flash - It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Shattered - Oh No Not You Again
- Tumbling Dice - Worried About You - Rain Fall Down - Midnight Rambler - Night
Time Is The Right Time - Intros - This Place Is Empty - Happy - Miss You - Rough
Justice - Start Me Up - Honky Tonk Women - Sympathy For The Devil - Paint It
Black - Brown Sugar - You Can't Always Get What You Want (encore) - Satisfaction
(encore)
Reviews:
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Brazil beach gig was far bigger but
Argentines filled a soccer stadium and clashed with police on the streets
outside as the Rolling Stones rocked Buenos Aires with their A Bigger Bang tour.
More than 50,000 people wearing Stones T-shirts and wagging-tongue tattoos
lustily welcomed the top-grossing rock tour Tuesday night.
It wasn't the more than one million people who thronged Copacabana Beach in Rio
de Janeiro on Saturday but fever for the "Estones," as they are known
in Spanglish slang, gripped the Argentine capital in the dog days of the hot
South American summer.
"Hola, Argentina! Hola, Buenos Aires!" a fired-up Mick Jagger said as
he kicked off the concert just as he did in Brazil, with one of their older hits
- Jumpin' Jack Flash.
Wearing a tight red satin jacket over a black T-shirt, he then wiggled riotously
through another old favourite, It's Only Rock 'n Roll.
"It's been eight years and we've missed you!" Jagger shouted as the
crowd roared its approval, many still pouring into the Monumental Stadium, home
of the River Plate soccer team.
Outside, police fired a water cannon at dozens of people as some knocked down
police barricades in an apparent bid to reach the stadium entrance.
Television news footage showed groups of young people running from police amid
flying bottles. At least one car had its windows shattered and firefighters put
out a burning pile of debris on the street.
At least two people were reported injured, the Diarios y Noticias news agency
said. But police had no immediate report. Security was tight inside the stadium.
Ticket prices started at the equivalent of $85 Cdn, large sum for Argentines
still recovering from a deep economic crisis in 2002. But many gladly paid that
and some even more for scalper prices.
Many mused whether the band's third appearance in Argentina, after concerts in
1995 and 1998, might be their last. Both Tuesday's concert and another planned
for Thursday sold out.
"This is the last time they are going to play here. They are a myth, a
legend," Romina Bitullo, 23, said.
As for Mick Jagger, she added: "I love him. He's ugly but for me he's
beautiful."
Fans rocked through the night, sweat glistening on their necks in the sultry
heat.
"All my life I've been waiting for this moment," said Marcelo Zapata,
15.
"On the outside, I am calm but inside my heart is beating fast."
Argentines came from across the country to attend the concert.
"I'm just lucky to be here," said Nahuel Casares, 14, who came from
central Cordoba province on a bus with his middle-aged father.
One Stones die-hard, Juan Jose Banegas, 57, said he saved up for weeks for
tickets to both concerts.
"They're my whole life," said Banegas, who spent days lounging with
other fans outside the Stones' hotel.
Dozens of fans have kept vigil for days, many of them so-called "Rolingas,"
who wore hairstyles with short bangs reminiscent of a Mick Jagger '70s look.
Borrowing chants normally reserved for soccer teams, they waved homemade Stones
flags.
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