August 12, 2005














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    2005     		World Tour
    2005 – 2006     		Toronto
    club show         		Toronto
    rehearsals         		New album
    A Bigger Bang         		Wish
    list         		LICKS Tour
    2002 – 2003     		Tell Me
    Forum     		Mick
    Jagger     		Ronnie
    Wood     		Press
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    The Rolling Stones
    Rehearsals club show
    Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Canada
    Wednesday, August 10, 2005


    The set list



    1. Rough Justice
    2. Live With Me
    3. 19th Nervous Breakdown
    4. She’s So Cold
    5. Dead Flowers
    6. Back Of My Hand
    7. Ain’t To Proud To Beg
      — Introductions
    8. Infamy (Keith)
    9. Oh No, Not You Again
    10. Get Up, Stand Up
    11. Mr. Pitiful
    12. Tumbling Dice
    13. Brown Sugar
    14. Jumping Jack Flash (encore) 
    Show start :  9:35 pm
    
Show end   : 11:20 pm


    Show review by IORR

    Tickets were given out to approximately 250 people, some who waited 24 hours in line. Also, the night before at the rehearsal hall, approximately 50 tickets were given to regulars who had been hanging around the rehearsal hall for the past few weeks to see the Stones. Tickets were sold for $10 each and each person in line was allowed only 1 ticket. They had to provide photo ID, and were given a wrist band and ticket for their $10. When they arrive at the concert hall (which holds approximately 1,000 people), they have to provide their wrist band (which hasn’t been removed or tampered with), their ticket and their photo ID.

    The warm-up act was a band called “The Trews” from Canada. Great band. Hard hitting and fast rockers from start to finish. If there was any dust on the walls before they took stage it was all blown away when they finished. Great warm-up. Two guitars, one bass and drums. That’s all it takes to make great rock’n roll. They even played louder than the Stones!

    But we were all here for the Stones tonight… On time shortly after 9:30pm Michael Cohl had the great pleasure of yet again introducing the greatest rock’n roll band in the world doing a rehearsals club show in front of a lucky crowd in Toronto.

    The stage was all in red. Stones red. On the left wall they had put up three hugh banners with the “Bigger Bang Tongue”. The Stones tongue exploding in a big bang. And around the place they had placed a few posters promoting “A Bigger Bang”. Those posters soon got into souvenirs for fans picking them down from the walls. The building had a small bacony for VIP’s and family of the band, while the less than 1,000 lucky fans downstairs had open admission and could move around anywhere. Except for the fact that they all crowded up in the front of course.

    Opening song was “Rough Justice”. They played it like it has been performed for ages, but it was in fact the very first time it was performed live in front of an audience. Great rocker with a big punch from their new album. New look on stage. Bernard alone in front at the left. Chuck Leavell could hardly be seen at the far left. Then the four Stones. And Darryl on the far right.

    “Live With Me” rocked.

    Then “19th Nervous Breakdown” in a strange, almost ballad-like reggea version. Slower than in the original version. Still great and unique. But the crowd was sort of quiet on this one…

    “She’s So Cold”. No more quiet crowd. They all went mad. A fast and hard-hitting version with Mick all over the stage. Just wish it will be permanent for the tour. What a great version!

    “Dead Flowers”. Just have to love it every time you hear it. Great solo by Ronnie.

    Then Mick was all up front with a guitar. He started up the blues song “Back Of My Hand” from their new album. Playing the slide. Singing the deep blues like it was a club in Chicago with four people in the crowd only. Then he moved back after a while and left the 2nd part over to Ronnie. First time Mick was doing slide on stage? Well it was great and again it is kind of strage how great a new song is sounding, performed live for the first time ever.

    “Ait’t To Proud To Beg” is another one which is rocking the crowd and again you just have t love these guys doing such great songs!

    Introductions. Lisa and Blondie have been very low profile. Only Bernard up front mostly.

    Then Keith is doing his new song “Infamy”. From the new album. Sort of reggea style. Still quite unique, and a great we all can hope they will keep in the set.

    “Oh No, Not You Again”. Better than the version performed at the press conference. Great song from the new album!

    Then the Bob Marley & Peter Tosh song “Get Up, Stand Up”. At first a song which was straight forward, but then Mick is starting to work the crowd with a great sing-a-long. Everybody is singing and dancing, a great, great song for any size crowd!

    Another cover version coming up: “Mr. Pitiful” by Otis Redding.

    Then, if you ever was not sure this was a Rolling Stones show, because you got so many new songs, you got three of the greatest: “Tumbling Dice”, “Brown Sugar” and “Jumping Jack Flash”. They had been on stage for 1h 45 minutes, but it felt like half an hour. How time flies when you have such a great show going. And they don’t need to rehearse anymore. Not really. Just bring this show on to Boston, and all the fans will be more than happy.

    Final bow. It is all over. The three ex. Charlie is saying godbye for now. Not the first time Charlie is just leaving stage, but the nice thing is he is coming back. On his own. Looks a bit confused. Missing the others. But it is a great memory to bring on to Boston. And talking about Charlie… When Bobby Keys was introduced he hit his drums so hard I was sure Mick was jumping an inch or so. That guy is not old for sure. I am sure Charlie can hit them hard until he hits 100.

    Epilogue: We were all sort of family out there in the street last night, Queuing for tickets. Sharing water, muffins, stories. Unfortunately not everyone coming could get tickets. But those who came early, those who did not wait, those who just left once they got the message, got bonded tonight. When we all came back tonight for the show, after a few hours sleep, all looking fresh, there were smiling faces everywhere. Shaking hands. Smiling. Lucky fans. The best and most precious Stones shirts were on of course. One from Glasgow. The Scotland special 2003 T-shirt. Another one from the 1994 Oakland Halloween show. Then all the other specially selected shirts for the night. And after the show they had to kick us all out. Even bigger smile on all faces. No rush. Big kisses and goodbye when we finally had to go.

    You have something to look forward to. Bridges To Babylon was great. But this is unique. Hard hitting. Great guitars. Less brass. Less backup. More Stones. And with one more week of rehearsals still in Toronto, it will be even better, if possible. Enjoy the tour – soon it will come to a place near you!










    Review by David, Toronto

    The show was unbelieveable. “19th” was swampy slow when they started i thought they were doing “Who’s driving your plane”!!! “She’s so cold” wicked, “dead flowers” bang on “back of my hand” unbelieveable. The band has hit their stride. Jagger playing slide!!!! (no harp all night) then woody comes up behind and compliments his playing with more slide true highlight. “Proud to beg” yeah babeeeee…. keiths song “Infamy” was wonderful, the guitar work between him and ron were beautiful, what a great tune. “oh no…” rocked. “get up stand up” wow wow what a groove song comes to an end and jagger fires it up again for an amazing verson. ok after thinking love train was a weird choice last tour “mr. pitiful” made up for that when jagger said here is an otis song i would not have picked that (remember in the ’89 tour satisfaction was the otis version?) got horns use’em, wonderful. clearly having fun they blasted through “dice”, “Brown sugar” (charlie!!!!!) and “flash”. a good time was had by all, i was 7 people from the stage in the middle, very very sweaty and i had lost my voice within minutes of the show starting!!! and lorraine got hit on the forehead with keiths pick and caught it.

    Review by John Creighton

    I was at the show last night in Toronto and was blown away – again by the band. They seem as great as ever. The new songs are awesome! For me it was one of the best part of the show. I was lucky enough to catch a arrent keith richards guitar pick. I scooped that up as fast as he threw it. Mick was the man last night. Strong vocal performance. He’s definetly ready to rock the world this year. The whole band sounded great. I hope i did’nt hurt any ones ears screaming for my favorite band last night, and especially for charlie. It was a honour to be there last night, a night i will never forget.

    Reports please!

    Please send your reviews and reports to iorr@arena.no – Thanks!

    News reports and links



    Thanks to Høgne Midjord for news links!

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