Word: licksã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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This past Sept. 3, the Rolling Stones hit the road yet again, beginning their “Licks?? tour at Boston’s FleetCenter. A svelte-looking Mick Jagger opened, “There’s nothing so exciting on an American tour—the first day.” With the 59-year-old Jagger rapidly approaching retirement age, fans must have been excited to see him on tour at all. His bandmates are no more youthful: guitarist/vocalist Keith Richards is 58, drummer Charlie Watts 61 and guitarist Ron Wood is a relatively spritely...
...Rolling Stones routinely have the most profitable tours in the music industry. In the 1990s alone, they racked up $750 million dollars in earnings, and the “Licks?? tour should be no different. For the Fleet Center show, ticket prices ranged from $50 for the nosebleed seats to $350 for a close up view of a Jagger jiggle. Scalped tickets went for hundreds of dollars more, ranging up to the thousands. Inside, the giant corporate tour machine found other ways to fleece inebriated concert goers. Flimsy t-shirts were being sold for $35 or $45. Even...
...Boston, as with several cities on the “Licks?? tour, the group played in three different sized venues. This novel approach had the Stones playing the medium sized FleetCenter, the large Gillette Stadium and the tiny Orpheum Theater. In each case, the band tailored its setlist to its audience; at the big stadium they played mostly hits, at the midsize venue a combination of well and lesser known songs and at the small club rarities for the diehards...