the Rolling Stones at Levi's Stadium, August 18, 2019
Set One: Vista Kicks
[7:29 PM lights down, band out]
[7:30 PM] Gimme Love
[7:34 PM] Gotta Get Away
[7:38 PM] Chasing Waves
[7:44 PM] Marceline
[7:48 PM] Numbers
[DT swaps to guitar]
[7:53 PM] Me & Mr. Reilly (SP)
[7:58 PM] If I Didn't Have You (SP)
[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.
Set Two: the Rolling Stones
[8:52 PM lights down, introduction by Matt Clifford, band out]
[8:53 PM] Jumpin' Jack Flash
[8:57 PM] Let's Spend the Night Together
[9:01 PM] Tumbling Dice
[9:07 PM] Out of Control
[9:14 PM] Rocks Off
[Mick on acoustic guitar for start of next tune]
[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]
[9:29 PM] Sweet Virginia
[Ronnie swaps to a Weissenborn-style lap slide acoustic on a stand or table]
[9:34 PM] Let It Bleed
[back to the main stage; quick costume changes]
[9:40 PM] Sympathy for the Devil
[9:46 PM] Honky Tonk Women
[Mick introduces the touring band, then departs for Keith's spotlight tunes; Keith on acoustic guitar]
[9:54 PM] You Got the Silver (KR)
[Keith back to guitar]
[9:59 PM] Before They Make Me Run (KR)
[Mick back]
[10:03 PM] Miss You
[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]
[10:25 PM] Paint it Black
[Ronnie back on guitar]
[10:30 PM] Start Me Up
[10:34 PM] Brown Sugar
[set ends 10:41 PM]
Encore
[10:43 PM] Gimme Shelter
[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;
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Mick Jagger: acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and harmony vox;
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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.
Notes
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!
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