 Moncton,
New Brunswick, Canada
on Saturday September 3rd. 2005. The 85.000 audience big show at Moncton
started at noon. The programme is as
follow:
3 pm Les Trois Accords, 3.50 pm Our Lady Peace, 5 pm Maroon 5, 6.30 pm The
Tragically Hip and 8.15 The Rolling Stones.
The weather was excellent for a show like this, more than 80.000 people
attended the show, the biggest show so far on Bigger Bang Tour.
Set list:
It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Start Me Up - Tumbling Dice - Rough Justice
- Ruby Tuesday - You Cabät Always Get What You Want - All Down The
Line - Night Time - Intros - The Worst - Infamy - Miss You - Oh No, Not You
Again - Midnight Rambler - Honky Tonk Woman - Live With Me - Sympathy For The
Devil - Paint It Black - Jumpin' Jack Flash - Brown Sugar - Satisfaction (encore)
Reviews:
MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - There was satisfaction all around following a
record-shattering performance by the Rolling Stones in New Brunswick on the
weekend.
Organizers said Sunday that the crowd swelled to between 80,000 and 85,000
people by the time Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones took the stage the night
before for the biggest concert in Atlantic Canadian history.
"It's great to be here," drawled the skeletal Keith Richards, the
band's lead guitarist.
"It's good to be anywhere."
People streamed to the Magnetic Hill concert site in Moncton N.B., from all four
Atlantic Provinces and several states.
The aging rock stars - all of them in their 60s except for 58-year-old Ron Wood
- were the highlight of the day-long concert, delivering a dazzling show filled
with light, sound and some of the greatest songs from their enormous repertoire.
From Start Me Up to the classic I Can't Get No Satisfaction, the Stones served
up a first-class show, lasting about an hour and a half.
"Thank you New Brunswick," yelled Mick Jagger, 62, who continues to
defy time with his youthful, high-voltage performances.
Fans left the concert happy.
"I'd give them another 10 years," said an enthusiastic G.G. Slaney,
who drove down from Bathurst, N.B.
He ignored his wife whispering to him that in 10 years the Stones will be in
their 70s.
"They're in their 60s now and they haven't lost it."
Still, many fans figured this would be their last chance to see the Stones live,
especially in Atlantic Canada.
"Probably not again in my lifetime," said Wanda Hallett, 47, of
Fredericton.
"It was worth making the effort to see them here."
The concert was the first time the Stones have played an Atlantic Canadian venue.
The performance in Moncton is expected to be the largest of their world tour
promoting their new album, a Bigger Bang.
There was a heavy security presence for the concert, which involved managing a
population equivalent to a large Maritime city.
Several drunk and disorderly fans were removed from the concert site, but
overall police said the event was remarkably problem free.
"All the planning really paid off," said RCMP Cst. Mark Gallagher.
It took less than two hours to get most of the pedestrian and vehicle traffic
moved out from the site.
Ian Fowler, spokesman for the City of Moncton, said the success of the show will
help establish the Magnetic Hill site as a future venue for major performances.
with special thank you to Colin Russell.
© AP and Reuters photos
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