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The Rolling Stones in the press: “Stones’ stormy opening” (by J.T.)

*From the New Musical Express, England, November 15 1969

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LOS ANGELES, Sunday. The Rolling Stones made an amazing comeback onto the American scene tonight, when two capacity 18,000 audiences paid homage to the group by cheering and clapping their hearts out during the show, after having to wait two hours for the show to start. They invaded the stage at each show. had recaptured America! They are now on an 18 concert, 14 city jaunt which will bring them a fortune. (Ref. Rolling Stones 1969)

The venue was the Los Angeles Forum, and earlier it was the scene of an ice hockey match. The organisers miscalculated the time necessary to transform the arena from hockey to concert, consequently the two hour wait. The fans didn’t mind that once the Stones came on stage, all havoc let loose. The frenzied Stone followers swept aside barriers, trampled any guards out of the way and stormed the stage. It was a fantastic “business as usual” scene for the Stones.

They played numbers from recent LPs and singles, and brewed up a storm. Mick Jagger, looking bronzed from his stay in Australia, was in dynamic form, writhing and jumping and tearing into his songs. The terrific music from Keith Richards’ lead guitar, Bill Wyman’s bass and Charlie Watts’ drums stirred up a storm of action. Newcomer Mick Taylor’s guitar playing was tremendous, too, joining Keith as two leads, a great sound. (Ref. Rolling Stones 1969)

Hippies danced in the aisles and everyone had a great time. The second show didn’t start until the early hours and the Stones appeared at 4 a.m. for their stanza and didn’t finish till about 5.30. No one went home and at the end, as dawn was breaking, the fans were screaming for more.

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