Rolling Stones' '50 and Counting' tour coming to Philadelphia in June
Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie to play the Wells Fargo Center on June 18.
Rolling Stones' '50 and Counting' tour coming to Philadelphia in June
Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
If you try sometimes, you just might find that the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary tour which never materialized in 2012 will finally make its way to South Philadelphia in June.
The Stones' '50 and Counting' tour will play the Wells Fargo Center on June 18. The tour kicks off in early May at the Staples Center in Los Angeles (weirdly, the opening date is not yet announced due to potential NBA and NHL playoff game scheduling conflicts.) Mick Taylor, who was a member of the Stones from 1969-74 and who sat in for "Midnight Rambler" during the band's December shows in London, Brooklyn and Newark, N.J., will be a guest throughout the tour.
There is not yet an on sale date for the Wells Fargo show, which is the last date listed on the Stones' North American tour. (The band will go to Europe in the summer, playing the Glastonbury festival on June 29.)
Will there be only one show, if the first sells out? Let's see: It had been previously leaked that the tour, which is being promoted by AEG Live, will include 18 shows. But there are only nine cities listed on the itinerary, which goes from L.A. to Oakland to San Jose to Las Vegas to Anaheim to Toronto to Chicago to Boston to Philadelphia. Do the math!: The smart money says the band will play two shows in each market.
The question is, just how high will Mick Jagger and the band push the ticket price ceiling? For the New York area shows, face value topped out at over $700.
Also, it had also been rumored that the band, who released two new Don Was-produced songs on their GRRR! best-of compilation that came out last year, has been working on a new album with Was in Paris. There's no mention of new music, though, in the press release the Stones put out this morning, so it sounds like '50 and Counting' will be a pure greatest hits tour, for better or worse.
Here's my Inquirer review of one of the Stones' anniversary shows in Newark from last December.
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Not a huge fan but it is pretty amazing they've been doing it for 50 years.— Phillies2008WSChamps- $700 bucks????? Dudes should be playing for $20 a seat and try to get someone under the age of 30 to know who they are. Better be bringing Brian Jones back from the dead for this tour for that money.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatusTheSecond
- These guys are past the mandatory retirement age for rock and rolling, aren't they?— pic man
- I saw Dylan and Knopfler a few months ago, much to me regret. Time to let go boyz...especially at those prices! I will not waste money again on acts that ought to retire.— Themonkofmagdalena
- zzzzzzzz— carl and sons
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My Lord. Those boys still going strong. I remember listening to them on my car radio back in the late 60s. They are all still pretty hip. This proves that drugs do not kill. They make you live longer and enjoy life when done in moderation. Diet pills especially. Ms. Lou loves her some Rolling Stones. I would love to see The Zombies and Sly Stone perform on the same ticket.— MS. LOU.- I was at the Thursday Newark show, and the Stones were absolutely in top form. I agree that the ticket prices are extraordinary, but the target market group is baby boomers; the house is paid for, the kids are gone, and many are living on retirement income, pensions, and 401K funds, which can be substantial. All 5 of the 2012 comeback shows were sellouts; they are charging what the market will bear. And please don't compare the Stones with Dylan, who SHOULD retire. The Stones will sell out both Philly shows and give quality performances to the people who really want to see them.— guitarman
- I just hope no one mistakes them for the Walking Dead experience...— Tacony Palmyra
- CiceroSpuriousDeodatusTheSecond - I totally agree with what you said.— MS. LOU.
- One of them will kick the bucket during a concert. That's the way to go out. I wish Mick would bring on Tina Turner and her girls for a set. Mick got all his nasty moves off her anyway.— MS. LOU.
- Think they'll play the Tower?— toke
- $1,400 for two tickets isn't a bad deal when you consider that it includes a complementary portable defibrillator.— Weightman
- I heard on a radio interview years ago that the big acts have disassociated themselves from the ticket pricing... Promoters bid on the tour and the act chooses what they think is best deal. Check to performers is cut up front basically.
So then its up to the promoter to set ticket prices, find sponsors etc.
The band has an idea of the what the promoters full package is, and what sponsorships are... and they should have a general feeling of where ticket prices should be (simple math if anything).
But what the band focuses on "18 shows, 9 locations, 5 mill per show? Deal. Where do I sign and when do I show up for rehearsal?"
Not to say thats how the Stones do things...— OnTheBandwagon - Cicero who cares if teeny boppers don't know who they are. Then can charge $1000 a ticket and would still sell out. The Stones, Zepplin, & Beatles are the greatest bands ever.— Niko
- THE STONES ARE BY FAR THE BEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME AND IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!!— PHILLIES & GMAN FAN 4 LIFE
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