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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

Rest assured he is behind the scenes calling the shots. It's called RSTF (Rolling Stones Tour Foreplay).

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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

Rest assured he is behind the scenes calling the shots. It's called RSTF (Rolling Stones Tour Foreplay).

No, it isn't. It's called "nothing is official until it's official (according to the band)". Anything else is merely more tedious speculation. The Stones are not "officially" set to do anything. The title of this thread is a misnomer.

Sorry for the negativity but this is so damn boring at this point.

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

Whatever you say. I hope it all works out for you.

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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

Rest assured he is behind the scenes calling the shots. It's called RSTF (Rolling Stones Tour Foreplay).

No, it isn't. It's called "nothing is official until it's official (according to the band)". Anything else is merely more tedious speculation. The Stones are not "officially" set to do anything. The title of this thread is a misnomer.

Sorry for the negativity but this is so damn boring at this point.

Maybe take a little time off (since you are bored) and come back when it's official? Or at least refrain from reading the tour speculation posts? No offense, Just trying to help.

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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

Rest assured he is behind the scenes calling the shots. It's called RSTF (Rolling Stones Tour Foreplay).

No, it isn't. It's called "nothing is official until it's official (according to the band)". Anything else is merely more tedious speculation. The Stones are not "officially" set to do anything. The title of this thread is a misnomer.

Sorry for the negativity but this is so damn boring at this point.

Maybe take a little time off (since you are bored) and come back when it's official? Or at least refrain from reading the tour speculation posts? No offense, Just trying to help.

You can help by not posting another speculation thread every day.

But yeah, maybe staying away might not be a bad idea. Repetitive non-information has a numbing effect on my brain.

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

Whatever you say. I hope it all works out for you.

You mean for US, right? You are a fan, right?

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

Whatever you say. I hope it all works out for you.

You mean for US, right? You are a fan, right?

I am a fan or I would not be here. I just am not attached to the whole July 12 thing. It is a meaningless date. Sorry.

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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

Rest assured he is behind the scenes calling the shots. It's called RSTF (Rolling Stones Tour Foreplay).

No, it isn't. It's called "nothing is official until it's official (according to the band)". Anything else is merely more tedious speculation. The Stones are not "officially" set to do anything. The title of this thread is a misnomer.

Sorry for the negativity but this is so damn boring at this point.

Maybe take a little time off (since you are bored) and come back when it's official? Or at least refrain from reading the tour speculation posts? No offense, Just trying to help.

You can help by not posting another speculation thread every day.

But yeah, maybe staying away might not be a bad idea. Repetitive non-information has a numbing effect on my brain.

Well, I warned you a long time ago how this thing was going to go down. I knew we were in for a long wait after ABB. I just didn't think they would take us all the way down to (and beyond) the 50th anniversary before making it official. Reading Mick's mind isn't a perfect science.

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Since it's all official now, shouldn't this be a Sticky thread?

No!!!

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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

As if to say, he is the only Rolling Stone. Not likely!

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

Whatever you say. I hope it all works out for you.

You mean for US, right? You are a fan, right?

I am a fan or I would not be here. I just am not attached to the whole July 12 thing. It is a meaningless date. Sorry.

Meaningless date? For crying out loud it's the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all times (next to the Beatles) 50th birthday! It's historic! To them, and to us, as fans!

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..well it's certainly not "official" !!!

It never is until Mick says, "enough"! He is really taking us to the limit this time around. I know exactly what he is doing but it still is driving me crazy! I thought I would hold up better!

Try harder.

I have done just about all I can do. We all have. Those of us that care, that is. I really think they should make it official on July 12. At least announce that they plan on doing at least one live show and are planning a new album. They can give us details later.

Whatever you say. I hope it all works out for you.

You mean for US, right? You are a fan, right?

I am a fan or I would not be here. I just am not attached to the whole July 12 thing. It is a meaningless date. Sorry.

Meaningless date? For crying out loud it's the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all times (next to the Beatles) 50th birthday! It's historic! To them, and to us, as fans!

My guess is that Charlie's 50th anniversary with the band in January means more to them than many of us want to believe. It doesn't change the official anniversary date but it sends a message to Charlie that the band really believes the Stones truly became the Stones when Charlie joined the band. It's a show of respect, plain and simple. I like it.

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Since it's all official now, shouldn't this be a Sticky thread?

No!!!

Why not? According to the thread title, it's "official."

Are you telling me it's not official?

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stones are going with a bang.THEY ARE WAY OF LIFE,50 YEARS,YEA,YEA,YEA.

They will close their career in the same fashion that they close their concerts! They are the greatest "closers" in the business! They tease, then please!

Its a nice article.
But, i agree its not official.
Its "just" Keef talking.
And you know: Keef has a big mouth, just like Ronnie.
Its all up to the Mighty Ego of Jagger!!

The documentary should be good anyway

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I hope they rerelease 25x5
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The article, while encouraging,lacks any input from Jagger. At this point his is the only voice that matters.

As if to say, he is the only Rolling Stone. Not likely!

he is the only rolling stone that decides. as george dubya bush might say...he's the decider.

Sorry to interrupt the usual meaningless vomits by MightyStonesStillRollin50, I would like to touch the original subject of this thread and say, that the article says there will be a meeting, where the possibilities of recording and touring will be discussed. I can't really see how that makes the "Stones officialy set to record and tour," so I think it will be at least appropriate to change the title of the thread, which is misleading, which is why I (and I am sure many others) bothtered to open it only to realize, that it was just another place for thewatchmen / stonescrow / Mighty...whatever...



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There are too many self acclaimed Stones Insiders spreading to many gossip news just to keep the steel wheels turning.
As Happy24 wrote it's already in hypothetical and nothing more.

Grison, those "insiders" do their spamming not to keep the steel wheels turning, they do it to desperately and sickly attract attention to themselves. But right now I am doing what I have just criticised - I am turning this thread towards tose sick creatures. I believe there is pretty much one, but whatever, this is exactly what he/she/it wants us to do, so let's leave it

When ROLLING STONE speaks, we better listen.. the magazine seems to their main unofficial information forum. Most of it is Jane Rose's client on fire, but there is also news-like stuff there. That the Stones will meet in next month in London. And most likely to discuss of their further performance-related plans. Keith's hints are typical Keef-like vague, and it is rather hard to distinguish the actual point from his fan and image-friendly wish-wish-talk. Seemingly some here take it it now as 'a deal done' that there will be a tour and a new studio album... Anyway, I am more skeptical here. This very sentence took my attention and made me wonder:

"Sources add that the band is still considering a tour in 2013."

To my ears this sounds a bit worring ... the tour or the nature of the performances is not really decided yet - June 2012 - but they are still considering it. (By the way: I have learned to trust quite a lot to ROLLING STONE's "sources", sometimes even more than to actual quotes.). This is to say that all of it still in the stage of planning (discussing "live performance possibilities" - nothing firm yet. I honestly thought that after their several meetings and reherseals the plans would be more concrete and firm by now. To me it looks like that they are very insecure of the whole thing. If anything, their old diesel seems to take quite a long time to run again...

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When ROLLING STONE speaks, we better listen..

I agree, that this is far better reason to start a discussion like this (except of the misleading title, as I wrote before) than the other usual newspaper made-up nonsences. I also believe that this particular article is based on a true information, which is, that there will be a meeting...

So far it sounds exactly the same as what was said about the meetings in London and NY - the usual - getting together, discussing the possibilities, "getting chops together"...

The thing is that there must be a reason why they have those repetitive meetings, why tey get together AGAIN - that is important. They clearly want to head towards something, but as you wrote, they seem very incecure. My personal feeling is that they would not do that "only" because of a documentary or such a thing.

We have to wait. The fact, that we don't know pretty much anything about their previous meetings is great I think, it is really rear today, when any news spread like virus. I think it is really cool that nothing has leaked in this case.



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When ROLLING STONE speaks, we better listen..

I aggree, that this is far better reason to start a discussion like this (except of the misleading title, as I wrote before) than the other usual newspaper made-up nonsences. I also believe that this particular article is based on a true information, which is, that there will be a meeting...

So far it sounds exactly the same as what was said about the meetings in London and NY - the usual - getting together, discussing the possibilities, "getting chops together"...

The thing is that there must be a reason why they have those repetitive meetings, why tey get together AGAIN - that is important. They clearly want to head towards something, but as you wrote, they seem very incecure. My personal feeling is that they would not do that "only" because of a documentary or such a thing.

We have to wait. The fact, that we don't know pretty much anything about their previous meetings is great I think, it is really rear today, when any news spread like virus. I think it is really cool that nothing has leaked in this case.

Exactly. Jagger would not take part of Keith's jam session just for fun, nor he would arrange a rehearsal session in NYC/New Jersey if there is not more than that. They have their wheels rolling (stupid metaphors I know..), but the fact that there is nothing concrete yet, and even the hints are a bit insecure sounding - this is a worring aspect to my ears. They seemingly want to do it, but probably it is not so easy anymore to accomplish (for whatever reason). Keith's rosey words sounds bluffing - everything's so fine, oh yeah - and I don't take them at face value at all.

There is that deja vu -effect you mentioned in regards to this London meeting. Of course, it can be that all the previous meetings were done for the documentary or other "nice things" purposes, along with some warming up, and now they seriously start to thinking live performances.

But like you I think is really interesting to see how the all will develop... we live intersting times in Stonesworld!

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we live intersting times in Stonesworld!

Absolutely true.
Thanks, but I will pass on the beer. Still a bit too early for me

Keep On Rolling

yep,old diesel engine is starting again,i think their biggest problem is how to do this.They can´t or should NOT repeat 40-licks,can´t do ABB kinda tour again.
I think,we´ll get sort of "full" tour,starting in January from US,they play there january-march. Then its japan-australia,europe and US again during the fall.
Like this,they could easily share shows between stadiums are arenas/theatres.

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it can be that all the previous meetings were done for the documentary or other "nice things" purposes, along with some warming up, and now they seriously start to thinking live performances.

The thing is that I don't believe that NOW they start to think about live performances. When the news that there won't be a 2012 tour, because the anniversary is actually 2013 (nonsence) broke out, most of us agreed and I still think so, that it all sounded like there was clearly an intention to tour in 2012 and it was changed at the very last moment for whatever reason and The Stones themselves were surprised by that and were looking desperately for some excuse. So I don't think they start to think about it now.

But what puzzles me most is really the obvoius insecurity you mentioned, since nobody in the world knows better than them what it takes to do a tour and how long it takes to plan it. From the little we know it looks like if they were lost in something they were doing for the first time, which is not true. So again, they know exactly what it takes and they and only they know what shape they are in. It seems it should be quite easy to put those two things together and the equation should have a simple solution. But it obviously doesn't. That's what puzzles me and can't see a satisfactory explanation. Not that I don't sleep at night because of it

"The Rolling Stones are strongly considering at least one live concert later this year to mark their 50th anniversary" - is coordinated with Ronnie leaving october / november free to Stones.


"We're going to talk about that in July and see. I mean, I'd love to get some tracks down and see what songs we've got. And that goes along with part of getting the band back together and getting things moving. So I'd love to cut some tracks, yeah." - Let's see in a month or so, July is not too far away.

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There are too many self acclaimed Stones Insiders spreading to many gossip news just to keep the steel wheels turning.

well, it's that balance between too many and too few that's so difficult to achieve. what's the proper number of self-acclaimed stones insiders spreading too much gossip news? I'm thinking six....