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Rolling Stones tour includes AAC stop

By THOR CHRISTENSEN / The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS, Texas - The Rolling Stones will play Nov. 29 at American Airlines Center – their first North Texas show in eight years.

The band, still fronted by 61-year-old "Glimmer Twins" Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, announced a yearlong world tour Tuesday during a news conference at The Juilliard School in New York City.

The tour will kick off Aug. 21 at Fenway Park in Boston and bounce between baseball and football stadiums and indoor arenas like American Airlines Center and Houston's Toyota Center (where the band plays Dec. 1). The stadium shows will feature hundreds of seats built into the stage – a gimmick that won't be used in the arenas.

Ticket prices and a sale date have yet to be announced for the Dallas show. But seats in other arenas are selling for $60 to $350 – roughly the same as the band charged on its 2002 tour, which came to Houston and San Antonio, but not Dallas. By comparison, Paul McCartney is charging $250 for the best seats at his Nov. 20 AAC concert.

The Stones last came to town in 1997, when they played Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Before that, they played at the Cotton Bowl in 1994 and 1989.

Sir Mick and company haven't made a new studio album since 1997's Bridges to Babylon. But they performed a new song Tuesday during the news conference – "Oh No Not You Again" – and plan to release a new CD this year in conjunction with the tour.

TexasStooge wrote:Rolling Stones tour includes AAC stop

Wow...for a second there I thought it said AARP stop.

Long live Keef! Can't wait to see him play Johnny Depp's dad in the"Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel!

I've seen the Rolling Stones twice, 1981 Tatoo You tour in the Cotton Bowl with ZZ Top and the Thunderbirds ($25 a ticket), and again in 1989 Steel Wheels tour also in the Cotton Bowl with Living Color ($55 a ticket).

Last time I saw the Stones live was in 1972, the year I got married. 2 shows, 1 day and I was the floor manager fro both shows. Much more to the story, but it was all up close and personal and both shows kicked ass!!

How many of them are still alive?

StormChasr wrote:How many of them are still alive?

Contrary to modern myth, Keith Richards is NOT among the walking dead, he's alive, well and still the sole rightful claimant to the title "The Human Riff"

Brian Jones, of "Dead Rock Star Found in Swimming Pool" fame is the only deceased Stone...unless you count the late, great Ian Stewart (piano), as you should, but that's one for true hardcore Stones fans.

Bill Wyman (bass), and before him Mick Taylor (Jones' guitar replacement), each left the band.

START ME UP....I am only 62!

I keep trying to tell my Mom - "Look, now - the Stone's
drummer is your age, and, he's still kickin' arse in a rock
band - get out there and SHINE!"


LOL - what else is a girl to say?

Seems like only yesterday I thought the Stones were second best only to the Beatles.

And today while driving to see a client, I laughed out loud as the radio host referred to Mick Jagger as Skeletor...and mentioned that spending a hundred bucks on a ticket to see them in concert here in Phoenix would be a wise use of funds if you want to hear their famous hits like Brown Sweet and Low and I Can't Get No Metamucil!!!

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" is my favorite by the Stones. Anyone wanna hear me sing it?

george_r_1961 wrote:"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" is my favorite by the Stones. Anyone wanna hear me sing it?

It's a great song!