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Rolling Stones rock at vibrant US show
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December 10, 2012, Monday
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FIFTY years since their first London jam sessions, the Rolling Stones kicked off the US leg of a brief anniversary tour with a vibrant show in New York on Saturday that belied their years - wrinkles and nostalgia aside.
Drummers wearing gorilla masks warmed up the crowd packed into Brooklyn's Barclays Center as black-clad women swung their long tresses in rhythm.
Mick Jagger pranced, shimmied and howled his way through the 2-1/2 hour show, pausing to reminisce about the band's history and its first New York concert at Carnegie Hall in 1964.
For a group whose early years were marked by quarrels and occasional brushes with the law, the biggest controversy ahead of Saturday's show was the price of seats - up to US$800, and as much as 10 times that amount on websites offering last-minute tickets.
In those days, milk was cheaper and "tickets to the Rolling Stones was - well, I'm not going to go there," Jagger said.
The band's last major tour was in 2007 and the latest reunion almost didn't happen, owing in part to a spat between Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards over comments Richards made about the singer in a 2010 autobiography.
Richards joked in a recent interview: "We can't get divorced - we're doing it for the kids."
A tribute video opened Saturday's proceedings featuring celebrities praising the band.
The Stones - average age 68 - ripped through 20 hits. The Stones started their brief diamond jubilee tour in London.
Drummers wearing gorilla masks warmed up the crowd packed into Brooklyn's Barclays Center as black-clad women swung their long tresses in rhythm.
Mick Jagger pranced, shimmied and howled his way through the 2-1/2 hour show, pausing to reminisce about the band's history and its first New York concert at Carnegie Hall in 1964.
For a group whose early years were marked by quarrels and occasional brushes with the law, the biggest controversy ahead of Saturday's show was the price of seats - up to US$800, and as much as 10 times that amount on websites offering last-minute tickets.
In those days, milk was cheaper and "tickets to the Rolling Stones was - well, I'm not going to go there," Jagger said.
The band's last major tour was in 2007 and the latest reunion almost didn't happen, owing in part to a spat between Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards over comments Richards made about the singer in a 2010 autobiography.
Richards joked in a recent interview: "We can't get divorced - we're doing it for the kids."
A tribute video opened Saturday's proceedings featuring celebrities praising the band.
The Stones - average age 68 - ripped through 20 hits. The Stones started their brief diamond jubilee tour in London.
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