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Yesterday Mick Jagger celebrated his 60 years birthday in Prague, and among guests were many close friends and celebrities as well. But the show must go on, and tonite almost 100.000 will visit the Letna Park for an incredible show. Our Czech reporter Jana, will be there.

Set list:
Brown Sugar - Start Me Up - You Got Me Rocking - Don't Stop - Wild Horses - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Midnight Rambler - Tumbling Dice - Nearness Of You - Happy - Sympathy For The Devil - Neighbours - Little Red Rooster - Street Fighting Man - Gimme Shelter - It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Honky Tonk Women - Jumpin' Jack Flash - Satisfaction.

It is 1.32 am and I just arrived from the party completely "STONED" lmao ... Thank you Paulo the rapporteur :-D ... I ended up in the first row and at the end guess what I could not take photos for the uncompromising security guys were right in front of me LMAO ... I took few during the main photo session AND heavy rain ! ... and that was it. But VLADIMIR took a couple of pics with digital camera so I just asked him whether I may use them for the boards. ANYWAY, the almost 3 hour concert was a real blast, VACLAV HAVEL opened it, and then ... straight line of the classics ...from Brown Sugar, over You Got Me Rocking, Midnight Rambler, Street Fighting Man, Happy (I love that piece !) Satisfaction and very many more :-D.

Anyway, I can hardly walk, I lost my voice ... but I must admit, I am happy. Btw. some gossip for the ladies :-D ... MJ is still unbelievably fit ! Ronnie perhaps never changes ! Charlie is Charlie - he always receives warmest welcome in a way, and Keith : a) the same, b) some added weight around waist area, GUITAR: silver / PINK ! Pina, you would not believe it: exactly the same tone of pink you used for my hair, LMAO. PAULO, having been so close to the guys, I am slightly reconsidering my reaction to your statement, LOL. But nevertheless, the FDs do rock !!! Good night all and have a fine week ! Love, Jana

Ronnie at Miro Gallery

Rolling Stones in Prague - Diary (NEW: 4 photos I took at the concert .... and photos from a mini exhibition at ARZENAL)

Rolling Stones in Prague - Media coverage NEW: More photos from Czech news servers ... some are actually pretty good !

Review from Sister Morphine:

I wrote it for especially for You and to pay homage to THE ROLLING STONES and for my Satisfaction (in fact I can’t Get No!).

Show in Prague (czech Republic) on 27th July (day after Mick’s birthday).
It was exceptional concert and I met with success and saw it! I went there with my sister and we can’t recover from the shock till this day. It was the best concert - not because I was there but... The scene was big but not as big as in Bridges To Babylon - lower than ever, the Stones was closer to people, the atmosphere was more intimate. It was more amusement and show than concert! The screen was really HUGE! It was gaping, coming apart and binding together.. All those effects - it was very showy! Just GREAT!We were in front of center stage!!! Next to barrier!!! I think ticket for sector B is better than A because on center stage there’s better show. It’s not allowed to enter the stadium with camera but we hided it and took about 10 pictures but some nice bouncer made an observation to us and then we stopped. What a shame - Mick was so close and I couldn’t make a photo... It was on Sunday, 38°C - what a heat! In the evening temperature fell down and started to rain, everybody got wet. The Rolling Stones should start at 19:00 but started at about 20:20. Every time when music from loud speaker quiet down everybody was clapped and shouted „Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones..” and repeated about 10 times and at last! First was coming on the stage Charlie Watts, next Ron Wood, Keith Richards playing first chords of Brown Sugar and dancing Mick. Incredible noise! When I’ll get tape with this concert I’ll correct the order of the songs. You don’t believe what they played:

SUPPORT
Brainstorm
We singed Happy Birthday Mick!
Some inner band
MAINSTAGE
Brown Sugar !!!
Start Me Up
Happy Birthday To You... (Mick thanked, laughed and maked many greetings and kind regards)
Don’t Stop
Wild Horses
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Everybody singed chorus - great!)
Midnight Rambler !!!!! (Much to my surprise most people singed it all, I didn’t expect that Stones will play it so
good - as 1969!!!)
(Now I’m not sure about the order of the songs)
Tumbling Dice (One of my favourite!!!)
It’s Only Rock’n Roll
You Got Me Rocking !!!
Jumping Jack Flash (It was great!!!)
I don’t remember when but Mick introduced all the band (Lisa, Chuck, Darryl etc.) And Keith singed:
Happy
??? - KR
The last was Sympathy For The Devil!!! (Mick had two red lights below His neck on His jacket!!!, effects was...
There’s no words to describe it - all those explosion, blowing the fire
then was very hot)
CENTER STAGE (I was there!!!)
When Mick were coming to us everybody was shouted, Mick went aroud the scene few times and waved to everybody, looked at people next to the stage and He looked at me!!!!!!!!!! He looked much much more slim than on the photos and much less old! He was so close to me... I have never felt better and more excited in my life.
Happy Birthday again!!! J Mick was so amused, last words singed with us and danced and thanked.
Little Red Rooster (WOW!!! Mick played on harmonica)
Neighbours!!!!! (Oh My!, do you imagine?)
Street Fighting Man (before Charlie put his sticks in the people, I didn’t manage to catch it L, after Mick took
off His shirt - !!!!!!!!!! - everybody was shouting and some women put on Mick next shirt -
it was so sweet - and blue jacket but Mick went few steps and came back to the women,
shoke His head because jacket was unsuitable, Mick pull His arm off the sleeve with her
help and put it on again)
Back To MAINSTAGE
Gimme Shelter (Mick was touching Lisa’s leg)
The last was Honky Tonk Women before there was a few other but I think I placed songs wrong but surely it was 19 songs during the concert.
Mick said „Dobranoc” what means „Goodnight” (in Poland and Czech Republic it’s the same word, those languages are similar so I understood almost all He said) and The Stones came down of the stage. Anyone knows that without encore and without Satisfaction concert can’t go on so everybody shouted „Satisfaction”!!!!!
ENCORE
Satisfaction!!!!!!!!!! (During the song Mick came again on the little scene to good-bye with us, suddenly the stage sent up clouds of smoke and confetti with it - red circles - I’vo got 3! It was the last song this evening L, I saw Mick the last time while He was coming down of the stage)
After show there was a huge explosion and a thousand of fireworks blowed into the sky. I’ve never seen something like that - even on New Year’s Eve. It was for Mick’s birthday.

The public was really fantastic - the most knew all words of the songs even those less popular! It was like a dream - I don’t remember much because of shock. Before and after concer I bought few thigs connected with Forty Licks Tour and not only. On the stadium I found 2 RS bags with 3 tongues and took 3 confetti. On the concert I had a flag with the Stones and I will never wash it! I met two fantastic man - all the time they were drinking beer, smoking cigarettes and they had Brown Sugar! The were so stoned, so sweet. I’ll never forget them. When I hear The Stones I’m the happiest person in the world. I never forget when He looked at me, His body. It were the happiest moments of my life - I want to feel it again. I think They will give us next album (not miscellany and not live, what is adjective of studio?) in 3 years which means in 2007 They will go on the road and in Europe They will be in 2008. I can’t imagine it. It’s impossible. Mick will be 65. „What to do yeah, I really don’t know, I really don’t know”. I regret I didn’t go to Munich or Berlin for RS concert - I thought I have no money for two concert, didn’t think about it but now I know I did wrong. I can’t back the time. For next concert I’ll have a banner (transparency) with note: MICK HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD? J I confirmed there’s nothing and no one more important in my life than Rolling Stones - THEY are my way of life. Mick, Keith, Charlie, Ronnie, I love You, love You, love You. I love Mick like I don’t know how.

Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c'mon now
Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c'mon now

Well there's a brand new place I found
People coming from miles around
They come from everywhere
If you drop in there
You see everyone in town

Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c'mon now
Don't you wanna go
And that's alright tell me

Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go

It doesn't matter if you're black
It doesn't matter if you're white
Take a dollar fifty
A six pack of beer
And we goin' dance all night

Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go, c'mon now
Don't you wanna go
And that's alright, tell me

Yeah, don't you wanna go, and that's alright, tell me

Going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go

It doesn't matter you come in drag
It doesn't matter you come in stag
I'm telling everyone to get down here
Every taxi that you flag

Is going to a go go, everybody
Going to a go go
Don't you wanna go
And that's alright, tell me, yeah
That's alright, yeah

If you like this or were on this concert it would be nice to hear from You. Bye bye!

In the article is stated that these furnitures are stuff they prefer to have in their own vip rooms - probably the furnitures are transported to each and every show. Thanks Jana for this great stuff.