 Madison Square Garden, New York
on Tuesday, September 13th. 2005. When Rolling Stones arrives at MSG
it is always something special, the atmosphere and the audience are always good,
and this night was one of these marvellous nights on a tour, and the band did
it, A Bigger Bang in New York
Set list:
Start Me Up - She's So Cold - You Got Me Rocking - Tumbling Dice - Rough
Justice - Back Of My Hand - 19th Nervous Breakdown - Bitch - All Down The
Line - et Up Stand Up - Intros - The Worst - Infamy - Miss You - Oh No,
Not You Again - Satisfaction - HonkyTonk Woman - Sympathy For The Devil -
Paint It Black - It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Jumping Jack Flash - You Can't
Always Get What You Want (encore) - Brown Sugar (encore)
Reviews:
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - In the tradition of the great blues masters
they've long emulated, the Rolling Stones are giving it all they've got, four
weeks into a world tour that will keep them on the road for the better part of a
year.
Tuesday night at New York's Madison Square Garden, their 20th show at the
storied venue since 1969, the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band, delivered a
two-hour, 22-song set that included many classics, four selections from new
release "A Bigger Bang," a few relative obscurities and a stirring
cover of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh's reggae classic "Get Up Stand Up."
Mick Jagger was in top form vocally and
physically, not to mention comedically. He welcomed both old fans and the
youngsters who accompanied many of them. In a reference to the astronomical
ticket prices being charged, he jokingly advised the latter, "There goes
your college fund."
Keith Richards again displayed his absolute
euphoria at playing, effortlessly swapping lead guitar chores with Ron Wood,
while drummer
Charlie Watts kept a dependably monstrous beat.
Beginning with the now de rigueur "Start Me Up" and concluding with
a confetti-strewn encore of "Brown Sugar" (with production otherwise
fairly spartan by Stones standards), the band tore into its catalog with a
vengeance, even managing to infuse even such warhorses as "Satisfaction"
and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with tremendous urgency. Among the highlights:
"Tumbling Dice," "Paint It, Black" and a riveting "Sympathy
for the Devil." Most of the versions remained faithful to the originals,
with the exception of "19th Nervous Breakdown," a new addition to the
set, effectively rearranged as a slowed-down bluesy stomp.
The new tunes, although lacking the memorable hooks of the old, came off
quite well in concert. Jagger, playing slide guitar, ripped through the Delta
blues-inspired "Back of My Hand," Richards delivered charmingly sly
vocals in the slinky "Infamy," and the band raged through the rocking
if derivative "Rough Justice."
As usual, the highlight of the evening came when the band was transported to
the center of the arena on the moving stage. Delivering a furious four-song
miniset that included new track "Oh No Not You Again," "Miss
You" and "Honky Tonk Women," the Stones made the vast arena feel
as intimate as a club.
The band crosses the Hudson Thursday to play Giants Stadium, and then heads
north to play Albany Saturday before taking a week off.
Reuters/Hollywood reporter
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