Haven't they rehearsed yet? No info on songs played anywhere. It was supposed to be yesterday wasn't it?

JumpingKentFlash

They will for sure do some takes of Tumbling Dice. They always do. That's a good start.

Bjornulf

bv Wrote:
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> They will for sure do some takes of Tumbling Dice.
> They always do. That's a good start.


Yeah. Great song too. But didn't they start last night? Why haven't we heard anything yet?

JumpingKentFlash

Try OUT OF TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe they could move the gig to Sportpaleis in Antwerp

The stage doesnt fit in sportpaleis, ofc if they are indeed using the big one.

Does the Sportpaleis fit on the stage?

I saw when I came back from Brussels (and this was totally by chance) around 5 pm on the motorways towards Brussels -they came from the direction of the airport- a convoy of 3 monovolumes with in front of them motor police racing toward the city and taking the tunnel direction their hotel and where they have hired 4 complete floors for 2 weeks.

I have the feeling that the boys are in town!

Seems normal because roumor has it that tomorrow evening the first rehaersal will take place.

The are still unloading trucks at the Videohouse studio at this moment.
I saw already some familiar looking roadies at noon entering the studio.



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Hey Bart! Please remove the name of the hotel!!!!
But great info you're providing. If it's impossible to hear the rehearsals, it's because it's in a TV studio... Sound proof walls.

I think it is wise not to publish names of hotels and so on. People who want to find it and who are real fans will sort it out anyway. The psychos don't know the right questions to ask. We do know they sign material and are quite friendly when arriving and leaving. No reason for making the job easier for the psycho. Thanks!

By the way - thanks for the great news from Brussels!

Bjornulf

Sound proof walls indeed, but there is on the right hand side of the studio bulding a gigantic gate that can be opened to roll in decor items in the studio. I hope Keith gives the order to open it a little bit so the fans can enjoy the rehearsals, just like in Toronto.

I removed the name of the hotel as you requested, because I agree with the webmaster.



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On shidobee I posted some photos which I made today.
Hope that I can post tomorrow photo's of the boys themselves!

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Brilliant coverage, thank you very much!!

Reminds me of the summer days in 2002, when I was lucky enough to "follow" the rehearsals/recordings in Paris from outside with some of you people, great weather, only a handful of people who "knew" and direct contact to the Stones and their entourage everytime they arrived and left (those who watched the Four Flicks documentary know what I mean...), great memories!

Hope you guys in Brussels will have a chance to catch them, too, and to hear a bit of what´s going on inside, good luck!

Maybe also edit the hotel name on Shidoobee?

Done!

Good.
Thanks for sharing the photos!

I can not afford to go to Europe to see the Boyos. All of this talk of rehearsals has me salivating for more Stones Live.

It's a long shot, but I hope to see them here in New York City in the Fall.

Don't you think this Hotel-name-thing is a tiny bit exaggerated :-)?

Harm Wrote:
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> Don't you think this Hotel-name-thing is a tiny
> bit exaggerated :-)?

Agreed. It's like some lunatic would browse through iorr before he'd zero in on the band.
On the other hand, bv might delete this thread so we'd better keep the name of the hotel unpublished.

Hello Bart from Brussels (I hope that you're NOT the brother of Jean-Claude),

On stonesforum.nl, you've a link to the ****** Hotel where the Stones are staying. Someone even posted the exact address of the rehearsel studio in ....

Anyway, I'll go to the Hotel this WE and I went already inside the studio this morning! I hope that NO Stones T-shirts will appear or that nobody of the Belgian fanclub with the ridiculous TV-crew of Man Bijt Hond will be at the gate in the following days.

Oh yes, just watch Ring TV in Belgium for all updates.

I agree that it is not important if or if not somebody publish the name of the hotel in general. Just be sure not to write in detail exactly when they leave, what they do, where they go etc. You know... common sense. That is all I am asking for. Everybody in Brussels know about the great hotel they have there. It is not a big deal. Feel free to stretch the rules a bit on this thread, withy common sense, but still no politics. Sure Conrad is a great place. We all know. OK? Thanks!

Bjornulf

I think I'm going to Vilvoorde tomorrow. Without a silly stones t-shirt

bv Wrote:
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> I think it is wise not to publish names of hotels
> and so on. People who want to find it and who are
> real fans will sort it out anyway. The psychos
> don't know the right questions to ask. We do know
> they sign material and are quite friendly when
> arriving and leaving. No reason for making the job
> easier for the psycho. Thanks!
>
> By the way - thanks for the great news from
> Brussels!


no psycho will kill the stones anymore
they are way too much out of time
sorry

glimmer twin 81 Wrote:
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> no psycho will kill the stones anymore
> they are way too much out of time
> sorry

Sorry?

sorry that they are out of time :-)

This is an artikel in "De Standaard" newspaper today, which enlarges the negative perception around the Stonesconcert in Werchter en Nijmegen. What a shame because the rehearsals can start any moment now.

The artikel makes the link between the concerts of the Stones and the Who. The Who have sold only 4.000 tickets and the concert will not be in the "Sportpaleis" in Antwerp, but in the nearby much smaller Lotto arena (which will be 'sold out').

donderdag 24 mei 2007
Verkoop Stones valt tegen
Het concert van The Rolling Stones is verre van uitverkocht en het concert van The Who verhuist naar een kleinere zaal.


De belangstelling voor de aanstaande concerten van de Rolling Stones valt erg tegen. Voor het optreden in Werchter zijn nog maar 20.000 kaartjes verkocht, nauwelijks een derde van de capaciteit. De organisator Live Nation verwacht dat de wei uiteindelijk maar voor de helft gevuld zal zijn.

Voor het concert op 8 juni in het Goffertpark in Nijmegen worden op het internet al volop afgeprijsde kaartjes aangeboden. De organisator van dat concert denkt dat maar 40.000 van de 60.000 kaartjes zullen worden verkocht.

Toen de Stones twaalf jaar geleden na een lange afwezigheid weer gingen toeren, waren de concerten in de Lage Landen snel uitverkocht. Maar sindsdien heeft de groep de ene grote tournee na de andere afgewerkt. Veel landgenoten gingen ze ook bekijken in Londen, Parijs of een vakantiebestemming.

Ook de ticketverkoop van The Who valt tegen. Het concert zou op 8 juni in het Sportpaleis plaatsvinden, maar is nu verhuisd naar de Lotto Arena naast de deur. Door de verhuizing zijn er maar een honderdtal tickets meer beschikbaar. Wie zijn kaartje kocht bij Proximus Go For Music of Tele Ticket Service, krijgt automatisch een nieuw ticket toegestuurd. Wie zijn/haar ticket in een van de Fnac-winkels kocht, kan het voor het concert aan de kassa omruilen. (red)

(red)

The stones crew stays in a different hotel (also very classy, but not that classy as the one where the 'members' are staying) in the Brussels city center. No swimmingpool e.d.

De belangstelling voor de aanstaande concerten van de Rolling Stones valt erg tegen. Voor het optreden in Werchter zijn nog maar 20.000 kaartjes verkocht, nauwelijks een derde van de capaciteit. De organisator Live Nation verwacht dat de wei uiteindelijk maar voor de helft gevuld zal zijn.

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Imagine the Stones open an European Tour and nobody is interested...

bartfrombrussels Wrote:
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> This is an artikel in "De Standaard" newspaper
> today, which enlarges the negative perception
> around the Stonesconcert in Werchter en Nijmegen.
> What a shame because the rehearsals can start any
> moment now.

Well, that's just the way it is. This is the last stadium tour. Yihaaaaa!

rknuth Wrote:
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> De belangstelling voor de aanstaande concerten van
> de Rolling Stones valt erg tegen. Voor het
> optreden in Werchter zijn nog maar 20.000 kaartjes
> verkocht, nauwelijks een derde van de capaciteit.
> De organisator Live Nation verwacht dat de wei
> uiteindelijk maar voor de helft gevuld zal zijn.
>
> --------------------
>
> Imagine the Stones open an European Tour and
> nobody is interested...

Such a disaster would not have happened if the tour would start in Dresden or Erfurt ;-)) Cohl has lost his relation to reality completely.