Time marches on and all good issues should come to an finish. But don’t inform that to The Rolling Stones.
What many imagine to be the best rock ’n’ roll band on this planet confirmed no indicators of slowing down anytime quickly as they kicked off their newest tour Sunday night time at Houston’s NRG Stadium.
The Stones have been touring for greater than 60 years. Frontman Mick Jagger and lead guitarist Keith Richards are each 80, with guitarist Ronnie Wood not far behind at 76. Their tour is being sponsored partly by AARP.
But throughout a vibrant two-hour present, the Stones performed with the vitality of band that was on tour for the primary time.
“It’s great to be back in the Lone Star State,” Jagger informed the packed stadium, full of longtime followers, many carrying pale live performance shirts from earlier excursions.
Jagger usually strutted up and down the stage with seemingly boundless vitality whereas Richards and Wood performed many acquainted guitar riffs beloved by followers. Jagger usually led the viewers in sing-alongs.
“The energy level is up and it’s always up with them. The age doesn’t show,” Dale Skjerseth, the Stones’ manufacturing director, stated Friday earlier than the live performance.
The Stones have hit the highway to assist the discharge of their newest album, “Hackney Diamonds,” the band’s first file of authentic music since 2005.
Houston was the primary cease on the band’s 16-city tour throughout the U.S. and Canada. Other cities on the tour embody New Orleans, Philadelphia and Vancouver, British Columbia. The tour ends on July 17 in Santa Clara, California.
During Sunday’s 18-song live performance set listing, the Stones performed a number of tracks off the brand new file, together with lead single “Angry.” They additionally performed classics together with “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Gimmer Shelter,” Honky Tonk Women” and “Start Me Up.”
After taking part in “Beast of Burden,” Jagger stated that concertgoers in Houston had voted to incorporate it on the set listing.
“You can’t go wrong with that,” one man within the viewers could possibly be heard screaming.
The Stones additionally performed some sudden decisions, together with “Rocks Off,” from their 1972 double album “Exile on Main St.” and “Out of Time,” a 1966 track that Jagger stated throughout the live performance had not ever been performed by the band within the U.S.
With the 2021 dying of drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones are actually comprised of the core trio of Jagger, Richards and Wood. On Sunday, they have been backed by varied musicians together with two keyboardists, a brand new drummer, backup singers and a brass part.
While the stage was surrounded by a big assortment of video screens projecting photos all through the present, the primary focus of the live performance was the band and their songs
Before Sunday’s live performance, Jagger frolicked on Friday touring NASA’s Johnson Space Center in suburban Houston, posting pictures on his Instagram account of him with astronauts inside Mission Control.
“I had an amazing trip to the space center,” Jagger stated.
When requested if the band is likely to be excited about retiring, Skjerseth stated he doubts that can occur.
“This is not the end. They’re very enthused,” he stated.
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