ROLLING STONES: They Have Started Up
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 50th anniversary celebration Sunday night at London's O2 Arena by turning in a 25-song set. Opening with Lennon and McCartney's "I Wanna Be Your Man," they ended two-and-a-half hours later with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Playing on a newly designed stage in the shape of their lips and tongue logo, with a giant video screen in the mouth, the curve of the tongue extended out into the audience, allowing Mick Jagger to walk out and be closer to those in the middle of the arena.
In addition to their longtime backing band that includes former Allman Brothers Band keyboardist Chuck Leavell and sax player Bobby Keys, they were joined by Mary J. Blige on "Gimme Shelter," Jeff Beck on Freddie King's "Going Down," which he used to do in The Jeff Beck Group, and former Stones bassist Bill Wyman on "It's Only Rock n' Roll" and "Honky Tonk Women," and former guitarist Mick Taylor on "Midnight Rambler." Their second London show is Thursday followed by one in Brooklyn, New York on December 8th and two in Newark, New Jersey on December 13th and 15th.
O2 set list:
1) I Wanna Be Your Man
2) Get Off of My Cloud
3) It’s All Over Now
4) Paint It Black
5) Gimme Shelter (w/Mary J. Blige)
6) Wild Horses
7) Lady Jane
8) All Down the Line
9) Going Down (w/Jeff Beck)
10) Out of Control
11) One More Shot (Keith on vocals)
12) Doom And Gloom
13) It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (w/Bill Wyman)
14) Honky Tonk Women (w/Bill Wyman)
Band Intros
15) Before They Make Me Run
16) Happy (Keith on vocals)
17) Midnight Rambler (w/Mick Taylor)
18) Miss You
19) Start Me Up
20) Tumbling Dice
21) Brown Sugar
22) Sympathy For the Devil
ENCORE
23) You Can’t Always Get What You Want (w/London Youth Choir)
24) Jumpin’ Jack Flash
25) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
New Music Jukebox
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