 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles California on
Sunday, November 6th. 2005. The famous Hollywood Bowl place, an
amphiteatre with 17.000 people had a great show.
Set list:
Jumping Jack Fash - It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Live With Me - Tumbling Dice - Oh
No, Not You Again - Back Of My Hand - Dead Flowers - Midnight Ramblr - All Down
The Line - Night Time - Intros - Slipping Away - Infamy - You Got Me Rocking -
Wild Horses - Get Of Off My Cloud - Sympathy For The Devil - Honky Tonk Women -
Start Me Up - Brown Sugar - You Can't Always Get What You Want (encore) -
Satisfaction (encore).
Reviews:
Stones roll into Hollywood Bowl for historic show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones returned to the Hollywood Bowl for
the first time since 1966 Sunday, playing for about 18,000 fans at the historic
venue including U2 guitarist the Edge, actor Tom Hanks and cycling champion
Lance Armstrong.
The two-hour set was the first of a pair of sold-out performances at the
83-year-old hillside arena as part of the rock band's "A Bigger Bang"
world tour: a second show will take place Tuesday.
Two days after the band played a spotty show at the vast Angel Stadium in
Anaheim, south of Los Angeles, the Stones had to adjust to a no-frills set-up on
a relatively tiny stage. At times, hyperactive frontman Mick Jagger could barely
contain himself within the tight confines.
In a rare nostalgic mood, he told the crowd that a lot had changed since 1966,
noting that tickets were $4 back then. This time, the top price was $479.50,
although some seats in the front were set aside for hardcore fans at $122.50
each.
"The only thing that's a bit similar is the set list," Jagger added,
jokingly, although in truth the only songs that dated from that era were
"Get Off Of My Cloud" and the encore tune "(I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction."
Clearly on a roll, Jagger later commented that every time he turns on the
television, "what you get is Arnold propositioning you, y'know," a
reference to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to win support for
four ballot initiatives ahead of election day Tuesday.
But Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood, and drummer Charlie Watts
largely let the songs speak for themselves. Despite the historic nature of the
show, the Stones did not unearth any rarities, opting for a stable lineup of
tried-and-tested tunes that have been played multiple times since the tour began
Aug. 21 in Boston.
The show kicked off in top gear with such chestnuts as "Jumpin' Jack
Flash," "It's Only Rock'n Roll" and "Tumbling Dice,"
and detoured into country ("Dead Flowers"), and epic blues ("Midnight
Rambler"). Jagger kept his gaze on the TelePrompTer during the brass-heavy
stomper "All Down the Line," successfully avoiding a repeat of last
Tuesday's performance in Portland, Or., when he forgot the words.
He also strapped on a guitar for several tunes, including the bottleneck blues
of "Back of My Hand," one of three from the band's new album, also
titled "A Bigger Bang."
Besides a delirious Hanks, a low-key Edge and Armstrong, the celebrity
quotient also included actor James Spader, who reverentially shook his head
throughout the show, his "Boston Legal" co-star William Shatner,
Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, comic Garry Shandling, baseball slugger
Barry Bonds, actress Meg Ryan, and liberal activist Steve Bing.
text/photos Reuters
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