Rolling Stones @ Roseland, NYC...worth $4000?

[Footix]

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I can't believe people are actually paying that kind of dough for this show. CBS radio was reporting this morning that tickets were going for $4000...PER TICKET!

To their credit, the Stones have done their damndest to keep these $50 tickets from being scalped. I've got a pair, and in order to pick them up, I had to register my name and my guest's info online, and then have to pick them up within 48 hrs before the show at Roseland. Since we were in the city yesterday anyway, we went to the ballroom, each had to show photo ID, and were given the hard tickets and wristbands that must be shown with the tickets to gain entry to the show. I've been to a black-tie dinner at the Waldorf where the President spoke, and had less hassle gaining entry.

I've never seen them before, and knowing that they are fossils is keeping my expectations low. But I've heard great reviews of them so far on this tour...The (to me, anyway) totally uninteresting Jonny Lang will open this show, giving me a few extra minutes to park my car.

Short of Mick & Keith inviting me onstage to play guitar during "Shattered", I can't imagine I'll walk out of that place saying, "That was SO worth $4000!".

[Unorthodox Yank]

That.
Is.
Insane.

[obie]

The most extreme anti-scalping system I've ever personally experienced is Springsteen's holiday shows in Asbury Park for the past two years. First, they check your ID at the front door to ensure that you're on the ticket buyers' list. Then you go to the second table and pick up your tickets. Then you go immediately in -- you cannot leave the building. So the best a scalper could do is buy two tickets and bring their dupe with him to the show.

The guest registration thing is a new wrinkle, but wristbands can be removed and replaced.

[655321]

You'd have to pay me $4000 to go there.

[nicodemus]

Originally posted by 655321
You'd have to pay me $4000 to go there.

No kidding. The Rolling Stones have got to be one of, if not THE most overrated band ever.

[jamison]

Think of it this way, 4 grand is a like 4 bucks per year Keith Richards has been alive, so it's like 80 bucks for a Britney Spears concert. Which is the ripoff?

[Footix]

What a disappointment.

Mostly covers and obscurities. A hardcore Stones fan's dream. A casual fan's nightmare. Critics will probably rave about this show, so they can show off their own "knowledge" of the "jems" the Stones played, which were conveniently made available to the media via photocopied setlists.

There were several other reasons I didn't care for this show...
--A way oversold Roseland...I can't count how many shows I've seen in that venue in the last 20 years, and I've never been more uncomfortable.
--A weird crowd...these were mostly the same dopes that go to Jimmy Buffett shows. I wouldn't hang with these people in regular life...why would I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with them at a show?
--No fun...the band looked like they were enjoying themselves,I guess, but it really wasn't contagious.

And by the way, Pelle's the reigning King of All Frontmen. Mick looked tired, and really seemed to be doing Jimmy Fallon doing Mick Jagger.

[sanariot]

So how was it Footix? I told my GF who is a major Stones fan (and who's seen the Stones three times including once in the '70's) that people were paying 4 g's for this. She said to see them at Roseland would have been worth it.

Your thoughts?

[sanariot]

My post went through after you posted yours. Even your lukewarm review won't save me from the "what ifs?" from my GF. (We have tickets to see Bryan Ferry at the Beacon on 11/15, so I'm sure you understand) Thanks for the review anyway.

Cheers.

[Footix]

Having seen Ferry a few times, I'm sure I'd rather have seen him last nite than the Stones.

[obie]

What exactly did you expect, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"? The small shows are *supposed* to be about the hardcore fans' dreams come true, not the industry reps & beautiful people event that Roseland obviously was.

This is from the Stones' web site: "Not only are the venues different, but so are the play lists. The stadiums are for showcasing the monster hits ("Brown Sugar," "Jumping Jack Flash," "Tumbling Dice"), while the arena shows are meant to be a little more eclectic, each one spotlighting a different album (for the First Union Center, it was 1969's Let It Bleed). The small theater shows are meant for the hardcore fans, including songs the band has rarely, if ever, played in front of an audience. (The Tower set included "Heart of Stone" which probably hadn't been heard live in 35 years.)"

Honestly, you probably shouldn't have been there. 95% of the people who were there shouldn't have been there.

[Footix]

Originally posted by obie

This is from the Stones' web site: The small theater shows are meant for the hardcore fans, including songs the band has rarely, if ever, played in front of an audience. (The Tower set included "Heart of Stone" which probably hadn't been heard live in 35 years.)"

Honestly, you probably shouldn't have been there. 95% of the people who were there shouldn't have been there.

Then props to The Stones for keeping a promise. I agree, this show had to have been manna from heaven for "real" fans. It just looked like there were so few of them there, myself included.

I did get a perverse kick out of the people with the "E-Trade VIP 'Laminates'" on, signifying that they paid HUGE extra dollars for the bonus of being crowded on the elevated side section rather than being crowded on the floor. Most of these high rollers spent the time before the Stones set walking around showing off their "credentials", and then were the ones filing out 5 songs in when it appeared that a hits set was not forthcoming.

Something else I failed to mention previously was my amazement at the merchandising. There must have been 20 different choices of very expensive t-shirts, and an alarming amount of people broke Jeremy Piven's Golden Rule from the movie PCU about being "that guy" who wears the shirt of the band at the concert. I'm sure they needed a special Brinks truck for the merch table receipts alone.

[MeridianFC]

Rolling Stones @ Roseland, NYC...worth $4000?

************ no.

[nancyb]

gotta agree with you there, Kelly.

[Bilbao2Brooklyn]

Originally posted by Footix
What a disappointment.

........And by the way, Pelle's the reigning King of All Frontmen. Mick looked tired, and really seemed to be doing Jimmy Fallon doing Mick Jagger.
I second this.