Monday, 26 November 2012

Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor and more join The Rolling Stones at London O2 gig ... - Gigwise

Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor and more join The Rolling Stones at London O2 gig

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The Rolling Stones were joined on stage last night in London by former bandmats Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor, reuniting with the band for the first time in 20 years.

The former band members joined the band, alongside US soul star Mary J Blige and Jeff Beck at the band's show at London's O2, performing in front of 20,000 fans at the huge London venue.

The band were greeted on stage by video messages from stars including fellow rockers Iggy Pop and Hollywood A-lister, Johnny Depp. Elton John, Cate Blanchett, Nick Cave and The Black Keys. Depp described The Stones as making 'songs to do bad things to'.

The band performed some of their biggest hits at the show including 'Wild Horses', 'Brown Sugar', 'It's Only Rock And Roll' and 'Jumping Jack Flash' - but reportedly didn't have time to perform "Satisfaction' because they ran out of time.

They also performed a cover of The Beatles' 'I Wanna Be Your Man' and premiered a cover of 'I'm Going Down' with Jeff Beck, a cover of the St.Louis Jimmy Oden classic.

Wyman joined the band to perform 'It's Only Rock n' Roll (But I Like It)' and Mick Taylor took to the stage for 'Midnight Rambler'.


The Rolling Stones, live (2006)

During the show, Jagger took a made a cheeky reference to the high prices of the tickets for the event - which ranged from £100 to £1000.

"Everyone all right in the cheap seats?" Said Mick, addressing those in the £100 seats. "They are not that cheap though, are they?"

Touts were selling tickets for up to £15k ahead of the show.

The band's full setlist is below.

I Wanna Be Your Man (first live performance since 1964)
Get Off of My Cloud
It's All Over Now
(The Valentinos cover)
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
(with Mary J. Blige)
Wild Horses
All Down the Line
I'm Going Down
(St. Louis Jimmy Oden cover) (with Jeff Beck)
Out of Control
One More Shot
Doom and Gloom
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
(with Bill Wyman)
Honky Tonk Women
(with Bill Wyman) (followed by band introductions)
Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
Midnight Rambler(with Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Start Me Up
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Sympathy for the Devil

Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Jumpin' Jack Flash

Below: then and now - 50 years of The Rolling Stones

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