Rolling Stones Toronto May 25 2013

[Zint]

Since we had a few people at this show, a thread to discuss, share pics etc.

Quick summary for now, but, best Stones show I've experienced since the '78 tour.

Sorting through pics and videos now...more to come.

Here's a pic of the stage from my seat.

[Powerage5]

Sorry, but I'll be hijacking this thread (Not that anyone will mind I don't think ). Took close to 300 pics from the barrier, lots of great ones of Keef especially.

[Black Sabbath]

Did you get gamble tickets, zint, or paid for your section?

[Zint]

Did you get gamble tickets, zint, or paid for your section?

I locked in.

[Zint]

First of my videos..

[Zint]

[Daedalus]

1. Get Off of My Cloud
2. You Got Me Rocking
3. Paint It Black
4. Gimme Shelter
5. Angie
6. Street Fighting Man
7. Emotional Rescue
8. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (with Carrie Underwood)
9. Doom and Gloom
10. One More Shot
11. Honky Tonk Women (followed by band introductions)
12. You Got the Silver (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
13. Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
14. Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
15. Miss You
16. Start Me Up
17. Tumbling Dice
18. Brown Sugar
19. Sympathy for the Devil

Encore:
20. You Can't Always Get What You Want (with the Toronto All Star Wood Cutters)
21. Jumpin' Jack Flash
22. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor)

[Powerage5]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

[classicrawker]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

LOL, no shit!...you think posters here are tough on Axl they should go read some of the posts on the IORR Stones forum...you would find it hard to believe these people actually are Stones fans..........

[James Bond]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

If that was a mailed in performance I'll take it. What an unbelievable show.

One of my favorite songs of the night was Gimme Shelter. Midnight Rambler is up there too, as is Street Fighting Man (which I'm happy to say I voted for). The only real "meh" song for me was Doom & Gloom. Not that it was bad I just didn't find it that exciting live. The rest of the set list was perfect, especially for it being my first show. Some of the old standards like Miss You and Emotional Rescue sounded just amazing.

I hope I can move half as good as Mick when I'm 70. He can still sing too.

I mentioned to P5 last night that for all I'd be hearing about Keef's declining skills, I thought he nailed it.

[ZoSoRose]

They did angie, awesome

[Coma16]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

LOL, no shit!...you think posters here are tough on Axl they should go read some of the posts on the IORR Stones forum...you would find it hard to believe these people actually are Stones fans..........

Hardcore fans bitch. Glad you guys had a blast!

[Powerage5]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

LOL, no shit!...you think posters here are tough on Axl they should go read some of the posts on the IORR Stones forum...you would find it hard to believe these people actually are Stones fans..........

Yep

I hope they play You Got Me Rockin' when I see them!

Y'know, I always said I couldn't care less if I ever got to hear them do YGMR live, but after seeing it, it is a great live song. Wouldn't complain to see it again.

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

If that was a mailed in performance I'll take it. What an unbelievable show.

One of my favorite songs of the night was Gimme Shelter. Midnight Rambler is up there too, as is Street Fighting Man (which I'm happy to say I voted for). The only real "meh" song for me was Doom & Gloom. Not that it was bad I just didn't find it that exciting live. The rest of the set list was perfect, especially for it being my first show. Some of the old standards like Miss You and Emotional Rescue sounded just amazing.

I hope I can move half as good as Mick when I'm 70. He can still sing too.

I mentioned to P5 last night that for all I'd be hearing about Keef's declining skills, I thought he nailed it.

Gimme Shelter was great - Mary J Blige kinda fucked it up in Brooklyn, so hearing Lisa Fischer nail it was a nice treat. Even though we voted for Shine A Light, SFM was a great live song. Not gonna lie, we both thought Miss You was the low point last night

Most of our discussion the rest of the way home after we dropped you guys off was about Keef - he is so fucking good with connecting with the audience when you're up front. He just makes the most intense eye contact with everyone on the barrier. Mick is the total opposite, Mick doesn't make eye contact with anyone. But I respect Keith so much more as a showman after seeing him up close, he just has all these little nuances you don't catch when you watch videos or see him from a distance.

[James Bond]

Fair enough. I think it was because I was expecting both of those to be boring live songs but they ended up being among my favorites of the night.

That's awesome though! It seems like Mick is more by the book when it comes to his performance, as in he doesn't feed so much off the crowd as he does the energy of the band, whereas Keef from what you've said really gets off on the crowd. It almost makes me want to find some money and splurge for the 6th.

[Powerage5]

Fair enough. I think it was because I was expecting both of those to be boring live songs but they ended up being among my favorites of the night.

That's awesome though! It seems like Mick is more by the book when it comes to his performance, as in he doesn't feed so much off the crowd as he does the energy of the band, whereas Keef from what you've said really gets off on the crowd. It almost makes me want to find some money and splurge for the 6th.

Seriously, if you can find a way to do the second show too. Do what we did and wait until desperation day (24 hours before the gig), and you could get another really good deal. Plus 4 songs give or take that we didn't get last night

[James Bond]

I admit the fact that Ticketmaster can get me a single ticket in Section 119 Row 2 right now is very tempting.

I just can't do the price as tempting as it is. I likely won't be able to get the night off work anyways but maybe I'll do what you did and keep on checking.

[WhazUp]

Everyone on IORR is bitching about how the band mailed it in last night. What a bunch of miserable cunts

They said that at the gig I was at too

The way Mick Jagger still moves around is incredible, that dude has way too much energy on stage to be phoning it in lol

[Zint]

The low point was One More Shot, judging by audience response. I thought it was as well.

Next lowest audience response was Doom and Gloom, but I thought it was pretty cool.

Miss You and Emotional Rescue were a blast! I enjoyed ER much more than I thought I would, great song live.

[Zint]

Just uploaded another.

[dalsh327]

The low point was One More Shot, judging by audience response. I thought it was as well.

Next lowest audience response was Doom and Gloom, but I thought it was pretty cool.

Miss You and Emotional Rescue were a blast! I enjoyed ER much more than I thought I would, great song live.

The "disco" songs work better live. They should try to get Prince to show up and do "Miss You" with them ,because of the notorious show where he opened for them in '81, Guaranteed the place would go crazy if he made an appearance.

[Zint]

The Stones can rock the shit of Miss You.

[gunsguy]

Thanks for sharing pics n' vid Zint, looks like ya'll had a good time

Can't wait to see more

[Powerage5]

In case anyone is only reading one Stones thread and not the other, here's my review of Toronto:

Okay, time to type up my full review. I won't bore you guys with all the ticketing stuff, since I've already explained how it went down

Got our pit wristbands (And they're really fancy, I'll have to post a pic) and went into the venue. Got our spot on the barrier, which was the very end of the barrier on Keith's side. They got every inch out of the barrier that they could, we were almost under the bridge over the pit entrance, so we couldn't see when Mick or Keith were up on the side (Or the horn section for that matter), but we had a great view of the rest of the stage, including the end of the tongue when we turned around. Guy next to us was from Indiana, seeing the Stones for the 27th time, he was extremely nice and spent most of the pre-show talking with him. We told him we go see Maiden the way he goes to see the Stones, so he was asking us all about how it was different than Stones shows, etc. He'd never seen them in Europe, so he was interested to hear our take on European crowds.

There were 2 rumors circulating in the pit - one was that Mick Taylor would do 4 songs again. This one was apparently "confirmed" by the Stones' FOH people (NOT house security, mind you). The second was that the tour manager had said to someone in the afternoon that there was a second guest that was a name too big to announce beforehand. JB texted me that Q107 was reporting Pete Townshend would join them since he was in town promoting Tommy - obviously that didn't happen

Around 8:15 Darryl Jones came out into the pit. He was super relaxed and very nice. He signed a few autographs, took a few pictures with fans (I got one with him ) and chatted with a few people then went backstage again. Never expected to meet a Rolling Stone last night (Sorry to any Bill Wyman purists, but I consider Darryl a Stone whether or not Mick considers him an employee )

Show got started around 8:50. Same intro they used last year, which is really cool with the video tribute to the band. Band came on and the energy in the pit was just absolutely electric! I still think Get Off My Cloud is a great opener, and combined with You Got Me Rocking it's a nice one-two punch. One thing I noticed is Keith throws a surprising number of picks. I thought he threw them pretty sparsely, but he tossed one after at least half of the songs in the set. Paint It Black was next. Now, I love PIIB, it's one of my favorites of the hits, but it was so. danm. slow. last night. Like, painfully slow.

Gotta let the photographer in me geek out for a minute. The light show was, as a photographer, the best I've ever seen. The show was so vivid that even when they weren't using whites, it was almost always bright enough for pictures to come out at a nice shutter speed. The colors that Keef was wearing all night really popped well in the pictures too. Speaking of Keef, he is the most photogenic musician I've ever shot. Every damn picture of him exudes that Keith Richards attitude, because he is seemingly always in oen of his signature poses. Mick was much harder to get pictures of, I got some good ones, but many more of Keith.

Gimme Shelter was incredible with Lisa Fischer, it was my first time hearing her do the duet since Mary J Blige did it in Brooklyn. Man, Lisa has some serious pipes!!! While Mick was talking after GS, I saw Keith putting on his acoustic, and figured they were about to do Wild Horses and let Carrie Underwood botch it. Angie was a very welcome surprise (IIRC, it was never mentioned in anyone's reports on what they rehearsed?). Angie is one of my favorite Stones ballads, so it was great to see it live. And even though my mom and I both voted for Shine A Light, Street Fighting Man had so much energy live. I hate to say it, but SAL would've been out of place if they'd done that. Emotional Rescue was great live, I wasn't sure what I'd think of it, but it's a lot of fun live and a good singalong song.

Around this time Mick Taylor came into the pit to watch a few songs...and was standing right next to us!!! I didn't ask for a picture since it would've attracted a lot of attention in the middle of the show, but I did say hi and shake his hand.

I was pleasantly surprised in Carrie's performance on IORR, it was a great song for her to guest on. I thought Doom And Gloom was okay last night, but nothing special. It was definitely better in Brooklyn. One More Shot was still great though! And Honky Tonk Women was as good as it's ever been. Keith was having a bunch of fun teasing the crowd on those first couple notes until he finally took played the lick that leads into the first verse. He'd shake his head at the crowd like "nope, not yet!" every time he vamped it. I forgot to mention earlier, that it was fucking loud in the pit. We didn't bring our earplugs last night because we figured we wouldn't need them becuase really, what are the odds of getting pit off of $85's? We've both got some ringing in our ears today, it was as loud as a Maiden gig in the pit!

When they did the band intros, I was surprised how big a response Ronnie got, the crowd couldn't get enough of him. I can never believe how shy and timid Charlie seems, with how Mick has to literally push him on stage. And then there's Keith. You Got The Silver was great to hear, nice mellow moment in an otherwise high energy show. And I'm happy (No pun intended) that they did Happy instead of Before The Make Me Run last night. Still hope he breaks out Little T&A soon, I'd love to hear that one.

Then the real fun began. I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd ever get to hear Mick Taylor play with The Stones, and it was absolutely everything I hoped for and more. Last night was absolutely, bar none, the best Midnight Rambler I've ever heard, live or on recording. It's so clear how much fun they're having jamming with Mick too, him and Keith gel so well together. Absolutely the highlight of the night! One thing that amazes me and it was especially apparent on MR is how they're always so together when their songs are usually so open-ended live.

And then the hits started. The Stones are one of those bands where I can't get tired of the hits, they're always great live. With the exception of Miss You, I thought it was kinda boring last night. But I don't have many comments on the rest of the show - the hits were as good as they've ever been, and seeing Mick on another song was great too!

Sorry, I've been writing this on and off throughout the day and just wanted to fucking get it over with But just to leave you guys with a little something until I can start post-processing my pictures, check out what I did manage to score last night:

[classicrawker]

Great Review Powerage thanks for sharing and what a great souvenir of the show scoring that setlist! looking forward to seeing your photos...

time to go mow the lawn and crank some Stones then barbecue some chicken while cranking the Stones, then eat dinner while cranking the Stones, and maybe watch some Stones videos tonight...it is all Stones all the time until June 12th in my house...........

[ZoSoRose]

what the fuck... you met daryll, mick, got random pit seats, and got a setlist

fuck you!

thats awesome