If someone else posted this my apologies, I just read it on Pollstar.


The Stones Go Clubbin'
Updated 10:48 PDT Fri, Sep 29 2006
The Rolling Stones have announced two shows at New York City's Beacon Theatre October 29 and 31.
A brief statement from the band's publicity firm said tickets would go on sale to the public "with details to follow shortly."
According to a Washington Post report, the October 29 concert will serve as the grand finale to former President Bill Clinton's 60th birthday party, which is to span the entire weekend with packages starting at $60,000.
The Beacon, with a capacity of 2,894, is the smallest venue the Stones have played since September 2002, when they visited NYC's Roseland Ballroom. The band's ongoing 2006 world tour has, as usual, included sellouts at stadiums with capacities well above 50,000.

aren't the stones notorious for playing very small shows as warm-ups to tour legs? i'm pretty sure they've recently played the phoenix in toronto, which i believe is around the 1000-capacity mark. also, i wouldn't really call the beacon a club.

they've played the aragon, double door and checkerboard lounge (which holds about 8 people) around here.

I don't consider anything over 500 to really be a club, but I live in Nebraska. I'd say playing a 2,900 capacity venue in one of the largest cities in the world does sort of count as a club.

I wish they'd just record one of these fucking shows already.

im sure they are all recorded; its just a matter of Jagger wanting to release them.

And to a dude who still thinks opening shows with Start Me Up is what his fans want, I'd imagine he doesnt want to.

"Wha the fans want is a snapshot of the stadium shows..."

you think it's all Jagger? are they waiting for Keef to die? Because seriously, it's not like they can expect a huge resurgence into their music. They've done a pretty good job of roping anyone who's interested in a long time ago...

agreed. im a HUGE stones fan and havent listened to anything new in 10 years and dont plan to. They released the greatest five album stretch in history, i think, (Banquet, Bleed, Yayas, Fingers, Exile) and Between the Buttons, Satanic Majesty, etc. were all still very good. I think that their prime rivals the Liverpudlians for sure, but boy is their shit just pure shite.

My opinion.

And your opinion is wrong. Those albums ARE the best 5 album stretch, but there are gems amonst the supposedly bad albums, as evidenced by my Latter Day Stones Mix.

The Beacon is a huge theatre, and sucks to no end acoustically.

Ha! Only if guest-listed, only if guest-listed. Too bad Ronnie Wood doesn't still have his club in NYC, that place was great. Saw Treat Her Right there, among others.

This gig should be at Webster Hall, or whatever club is now on the site of the old Ritz.

I was reading about some club Ronnie had in South Beach on wiki today:
In 1988 Ron opened "Woody's on the Beach," a one of a kind venue featuring a house band headed up by Bobby Keys, hosting a continuous stream of artist friends of Woody's, and providing a venue for local acts to perform original music with no pressure to play "cover" tunes. The stage was up close and personal with the entertainers literally feet away from the crowd. Ron played whenever he was in town, with friends, or the local band of the week. The defunct Hotel which housed the Club allowed for Woody to set up a world class backstage VIP area upstairs, displaying Woody's artworks, and providing a private party area for the Musicians and their guests, local nightclub VIPs, politicians ect.

Although Woody's pioneered the club scene transitioning the neighborhood of South Beach (the Mariel boatlift had flooded the streets with all of Castro's misfits), and was highly successful, it was closed by Woody amidst a flury of complaints from the then predominantly geriatric neighbors who found it too loud, despite the wave of security (11 "locomotive shaped bouncers") and prosperity (expanded development of the areas tourism) it fostered.

Wouldn't that make a GREAT sitcom?

Pretty much fits the description of Woody's in NYC. Nasty stains on them couches.