the Rolling Stones at Levi's Stadium, August 18, 2019

AEG Presents’ Concerts West presents the Rolling Stones' No Filter Tour, with opener Vista Kicks
Levi's Stadium
4900 Marie P. DeBartolo Way, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
7:30 PM, Sunday, August 18, 2019

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[7:29 PM lights down, band out]

1. [7:30 PM] Gimme Love
2. [7:34 PM] Gotta Get Away
3. [7:38 PM] Chasing Waves
4. [7:44 PM] Marceline
5. [7:48 PM] Numbers
   [DT swaps to guitar]
6. [7:53 PM] Me & Mr. Reilly (SP)
7. [7:58 PM] If I Didn't Have You (SP)
8. [8:03 PM] Twenty Something Nightmare
   [set ends 8:12 PM]

• Nolan Le Vine: drums, harmony vox;
• Sam Plecker: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Trevor Sutton: bass;
• Derek Thomas: keyboards, guitar, lead and vox.

[8:52 PM lights down, introduction by Matt Clifford, band out]

1. [8:53 PM] Jumpin' Jack Flash
2. [8:57 PM] Let's Spend the Night Together
3. [9:01 PM] Tumbling Dice
4. [9:07 PM] Out of Control
5. [9:14 PM] Rocks Off
   [Mick on acoustic guitar for start of next tune]
6. [9:20 PM] You Can't Always Get What You Want
   [roadies set up the B-stage; the core four saunter down the runway to the accompaniment of 2120 South Michigan Ave; Mick, Keith & Ronnie on acoustic guitars]
7. [9:29 PM] Sweet Virginia
   [Ronnie swaps to a Weissenborn-style lap slide acoustic on a stand or table]
8. [9:34 PM] Let It Bleed
   [back to the main stage; quick costume changes]
9. [9:40 PM] Sympathy for the Devil
10. [9:46 PM] Honky Tonk Women
    [Mick introduces the touring band, then departs for Keith's spotlight tunes; Keith on acoustic guitar]
11. [9:54 PM] You Got the Silver (KR)
    [Keith back to guitar]
12. [9:59 PM] Before They Make Me Run (KR)
    [Mick back]
13. [10:03 PM] Miss You
14. [10:12 PM] Midnight Rambler (with vocal insert of a bit of You Got to Move at 10:20 PM)
    [Ronnie swaps to Rickenbacker electric sitar]
15. [10:25 PM] Paint it Black
    [Ronnie back on guitar]
16. [10:30 PM] Start Me Up
17. [10:34 PM] Brown Sugar
    [set ends 10:41 PM]
    
    Encore
18. [10:43 PM] Gimme Shelter
19. [10:50 PM] Satisfaction
    [show ends 10:57 PM; all bow, then just the core four, then all off. Way over 10 PM city curfew: no fireworks!]

the Rolling Stones

• Sasha Allen: lead and harmony vox;
• Matt Clifford: keyboards, French horn, percussion;
• Karl Denson: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, percussion, harmony vox;
• Bernard Fowler: percussion, harmony vox;
• Mick Jagger: acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and harmony vox;
• Darryl Jones: bass;
• Chuck Leavell: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Keith Richards: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Tim Ries: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, ?keyboards;
• Charlie Watts: drums, percussion;
• Ron Wood: guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar, acoustic lap slide guitar.

Interesting. Looks like I went back and fixed things up from my day-of-show setlist notes, but then failed to write a review or post anything here on the wiki.

Well dang! How's a guy supposed to remember something that happened more than a few months ago once his aged synapses are soused and fried?

At this point, I can pull together only a few scattered thoughts regarding this event:

• We walked in from a parking lot over a mile away, hoping that would be a good way to beat the traffic mess on the in out (and avoid the scam of $60 parking up closer to the venue). Our plan worked (except that we probably lost any time savings in all that walking)!
• Security to get in was kinda tight – Ting needed a second try to bring in her pocket camera – even though it was clearly on the list of allowed items.
• Despite being a huge event, we ran into a fair number of friends… several were even seated in our same section of the stadium.
• Vista Kicks gave it a good try; I'd go see them again for free sometime.
• The main event was truly a giant spectacle. Almost like opera or kabuki in the degree of hyper-exaggerated activity. Plus lots of costume changes.
• As much as I liked the show, and loved hearing the many hits, I thought the sound mix was kinda strange. Too busy! Like, “Oh, time for a piano solo?” and then whoosh! The piano goes from being barely audible to really dominating the mix. I thought the effect was quite distracting.
• All in all, I'd probably go see them again … I hear they'll be back here in 2021!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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