>> Keith played one song with the Dan Armstrong acrylic guitar <<

~*THANK YOU Txussilvestr3!*~
yes yes yes - i thought i was hallucinating, but if he used it at San Sebastian
then the chances are he *did* use it in Barcelona - that's what i thought i saw in the youtube clip,
but that guitar is so damn hard to see! :E could it have been SFTD he used it on??

i'm foolishly happy that i spotted that - and no, he doesn't use it very often at all.

Keith used a Dan Armstrong guitar in Barcelona for Ain't Too Proud To Beg & Sympathy For The Devil.

During Sympathy Woody seemed to have troubles with his guitar and switched it in the middle of the song for Dan Armstrong. So Woody & Keith were using Dan Armstrong guitars on Sympathy in Barcelona.

with sssoul Wrote:
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> >> Keith played one song with the Dan Armstrong
> acrylic guitar <<
>
> ~*THANK YOU Txussilvestr3!*~
> yes yes yes - i thought i was hallucinating, but
> if he used it at San Sebastian
> then the chances are he *did* use it in Barcelona
> - that's what i thought i saw in the youtube
> clip,
> but that guitar is so damn hard to see! :E could
> it have been SFTD he used it on??
>
> i'm foolishly happy that i spotted that - and no,
> he doesn't use it very often at all.


you're welcome With Sssoul!

I don't remember if it was during Sympathy but, if it actually was, then Ronnie used that guitar in Brown Sugar, could it be?

I do remember that Ronnie used that guitar after Keith did, but not in the very next song that was PIB (he used the electric sitar) and almost sure not in JJF (encore) neither, so probably during BS

EDIT yes, I have look the setlist, and it was after the B-stage so it has to be during SFTD when keith use that jewel



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thank you thank you thank you - both of you :E

>> So Woody & Keith were using Dan Armstrong guitars on Sympathy in Barcelona. <<

way cool - that's surely the first time that's ever happened!
sure hope someone got some photos of the guitarists during any/all of those numbers

~*THANK YOU!*~
it's really adorable how happy that makes me - i'm sitting here glowing like a fool :E

I wonder if they're maybe the recent high quality and improved re-issues ?
[They've adressed the old neck stability issue I believe]

there are a couple of photos from real early in the tour of Keith and Ronnie with them (not at the same time, though!)
and someone on one of the sites has said he gave one to Keith. i reckon they must be recent models -
when was this improved re-issue unveiled, Spud?

update: i've put some of the earlier photos up in this thread: [www.iorr.org]
and sure hope someone will be able & willing to post shots of these instruments from Barcelona & San Sebastian -
ahem, which i guess i've said a few times already. sorry! i'm overexcited :E



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Did this show sell out or was stadium half empty?

slybri74 Wrote:
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> Did this show sell out or was stadium half empty?


4000 tickets left from the 40000 capacity. Nothing awful.

Reviews and videos from the concert - enjoy it:

[canales.diariovasco.com]

[canales.diariovasco.com]

I'll Go Crazy"? Who did this first?

>> I'll Go Crazy"? Who did this first? <<

James Brown. they're doing it as a tribute. love & light to James

A link to Ruby Tuesday in San Sebastián





I must say beautiful version, very emotional, and the crowd singing along massively.
It send shivers down my spine (In spain we say "chicken skin" --> carne de gallina)



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Look at the last photo from El Diario Vasco website: is this woman, on the right, Uma Therman? Just kidding... But there is much likeness, isn't it?

stickydion Wrote:
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> Look at the last photo from El Diario Vasco
> website: is this woman, on the right, Uma Therman?
> Just kidding... But there is much likeness, isn't
> it?

Blond bottom right corner.

She is something else.

The expression on her face !!!.

Everyone else looks elated. she looks like she just landed from another planet..

Beautiful acoustic from Keith!


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Hi all.

Phd wrote:
"As I do not speak a word of spanish, can this phrase be translated :

Si en taquilla había papel para 40.000 espectadores, la entrada rondó los 35.000, según los organizadores. Una masa plural en género, edad y estéticas, aunque la media de años tirara hacia arriba; no actuaban U2 o Dêpeche Mode, que han precedido a sus satánicas majestades".


If in the box offices there were 40.000 tickets, according to the promoters, the attendence was 35.000 fans. The crowd was heterogeneus, different ages, sexs and aestethics, although the age average was a bit high; it was not the concert of U2 or Depeche Mode, those who have played before Their Satanic Majesties.

By the way, arizojp, lovely pics.

Si, incredile pics
Carlitos

Hi all.

25 hours after the lovely show in Donostia-San Sebastian.
Great sound, about 30.000 -35.000 people, several sitting places not fulled but completely packed standing pitch and even the top of the roof of the seventieen floor high skyscraper placed just in front of the venue. I think when they fineshed the last song and right before the final bows, that Ronnie was laughing while pointing the people on the building to everybody on the stage.

Grey, covered sky all the evening but no rain at all. Nice temperature, but really hot all along the show. Gates were opened at 18:20 hours, not at 17:30 as it was said. First warm up started at 19:30, Zenttric, a group from Bilbao, doing a pop-rock set for thirty minutes sharp. At 20:30 it was time for Arno Carstens who played his rock and roll for 45 minutes, good performance but not got the connection whit the audience.

Finally, at 22:17, after several oe-oe-oe-oe from the crowd, lights went off, a huge explosion, video started on the big screen. Start me up, with Keith doing a powerful riff fired the crowd right to the end of the show. Ronnie, in a great shape all along the show, reached the top in C´ant you hear me knocking, one of the higligths of the night. Charlie, as sharp and solid as ever, time is on his side, definitely. And Mick…, well, if you have the greatest r&r band ever, you should have the greatest frontman ever, this is, Mick Jagger.

The second one, Let´s spend the night together is another song very loved by the people. They know it well and people don´t stop dancing and sing this one. First words of Mick in basque, I really hope that: “Gabon, Donostia, zer moduz?” (Good evening, San Sebastian, How are you?). Later he said some words in Spanish, again in basque “mila esker” (thank you very much) and welcomed people from Bilbao and France.

Rough justice, the only song from A Bigger Bang sounded well and so did one of the other highlight, All down the line, lovely to hear that song. The band was really rocking and, I got surprised when Keith went on the well known riff of You Got Me Rocking. I could see Keith very concentrated on this song, like in a kind of exam, will it be a good show today? For me he had a hard job to do but he was regaining confidence and getting better. He looked for the feedback with Bobby Keys and felt more relaxed.

Again another gem, Keith took the acoustic, lights went down and for a few seconds everybody was in a big expectation and a classical funny situation happened, Mick ready to start the song, has a look to Chuck and Ronnie is just in the middle and Mick can´t see Chuck; Mick waves his hand and finally Ronnie notices it, and bends down, here you are, Ruby Tuesday, first time in this 2007 Bigger Bang European Leg Tour. Keith did the chorus.

Can´t you Hear me Knocking, as I wrote before got the everybody loved Bobby and Ronnie on this song. Of course, Mick´s harp made the song even greater. During the guitar solo, Keith placed between Blondie (playing his acoustic) and Bernard (playing key boards) while Ronnie took the front side of the stage and tried to do his best, and he really got it, for the pleasure of everybody. Totally highlight. Later Mick announced next song as a king of paying respect for James Brown, I´ll go crazy and after Lisa´s part of the song, the stadium broke in a good ovation for her. Tumbling dice, as nice as always.

Then band introductions came and when Mick introduced Keith, a long oe-oe-oe-oe from the people, Ronnie started jumping and leading the crowd and Keith was even impossible to speak. I think he really thanked this moment. The Keith´s set was You Got the Silver, with no guitar, the last pirate took the centre of the stage and sung and danced in his particular way around Ronnie, while the late played his acoustic. I think it was a magical moment. Then, I Just Wanna Hold You, very celebrated for everybody in the house.

They moved to the B-stage doing IORR, Keith and Ronnie on Ronnie´s side this time, and as I was on the other side, could see Mick and Darryl very close to me. It´s All Over Now was the next one and Satisfaction, where the introducaion riff played by Keith could sound something like bitch. Well, from my point of view, sound on the B-stage is not the best one. Of course, the crowd went mad. Back to the main stage, with Honky Town Woman, what a feeling, Keith very concentrated on his playing, just two meters from me. At the end of the solo, he smiled.

The final rush, as always, but I noticed this was not the best rendition ever of Sympathy. The stadium in fully red, Mick starring and Keith went to the very far side of the stage but as he was running it was the moment for his guitar part. Anyway, he finally did it.

Paint it Black was the next one; for me, the first time live, I was looking forward to it. Just before they played Brown Sugar, another pyro explosion and everybody enjoying, I say yeah, yeah, yeah, wooooooh! JJFlash finished in a powerful way the great night. I can´t forget when Mick went downstairs and from the beginning to the end of the catwalk he goes and gets back in a crazy sprint just like only Jumpin´Jack can do it. Some folks say, did you say nearly 64? No, man, you must be wrong!

Last chord, bows, pyros and oe-oe-oe-oe from the crowd again. I just could see on everybody ´s face nothing but happy smiles, from those who see the boys for the first time, i.e. Ol from Guadalajara or people from A Coruña and Valladolid, to those old fans as Rafa from Malaga.
Thank you, Stones, for all the stuff. I know, it´s only r&r, but I loved it.

Jon, thanks so much for the play-by-play, tune-by-tune review!
Sounds wonderful. Glad you and many others enjoyed the show so much.

That was a well written review. Really enjoyed it - many thanks from back in California.

Cheers.

Wish I was there

John

Hi all.

Thank you so much.
I hope to write a new review next friday,
after the Madrid Show on Thursday.

Jon Lasa Wrote:
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> Hi all.
>
> Phd wrote:
> "As I do not speak a word of spanish, can this
> phrase be translated :
>
> Si en taquilla había papel para 40.000
> espectadores, la entrada rondó los 35.000, según
> los organizadores. Una masa plural en género, edad
> y estéticas, aunque la media de años tirara hacia
> arriba; no actuaban U2 o Dêpeche Mode, que han
> precedido a sus satánicas majestades".
>
>
> If in the box offices there were 40.000 tickets,
> according to the promoters, the attendence was
> 35.000 fans. The crowd was heterogeneus, different
> ages, sexs and aestethics, although the age
> average was a bit high; it was not the concert of
> U2 or Depeche Mode, those who have played before
> Their Satanic Majesties.
>
> By the way, arizojp, lovely pics.

My late thanks.