The Rolling Stones played their first U.S. concert in six years last night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It was the third of five 50 and Counting Run performances and the setlist was nearly identical to the opening show of the run which took place in London on November 25th. Former Stones Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor did not appear last night though Mary J. Blige reprised her role in Gimme Shelter and Gary Clark Jr. stood in for Jeff Beck on Going Down.
An exceptional pit-shot video of Gimme Shelter featuring NYC native Mary J. Blige has already surfaced on YouTube thanks to BadboyView. Check out MJB’s wailing on the classic tune…
The Rolling Stones’ 50 and Counting run comes to Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays Center on Saturday night. The Stones have welcomed special guests at each of their previous 50 and Counting shows at London’s 02 Arena and will continue that trend at Saturday’s show.
Mary J. Blige, who joined the Stones at the first London show for Gimme Shelter, will sit-in in Brooklyn as well. While, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton sat in on a blues tune a piece at the London shows, young axeslinger Gary Clark Jr. will get the call in Brooklyn. These 50 and Counting shows are the Rolling Stones’ first American gigs in five years. The run concludes at Newark’s Prudential Center on December 13th and 15th. The show on the 15th will be broadcast as a Pay-Per-View special.
Easily the biggest story to come out of last month’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival was D’Angelo’s headlining appearance at the ?uestlove curated Superjam, marking the first time that the reclusive neo-soul singer had appeared on an American stage in over 12 years. D’Angelo, who is rumored to be almost done with this first album since his seminal release Voodooin 2000, will continue with his comeback. He announced that he will be teaming up with Mary J. Blige later this summer for Liberation Tour. The joint tour, which has only reveled six dates, is currently scheduled to kick off on August 18 at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach, with an additional 14 shows to be announced.
If you’re not into a night with the D’Angelo and Ms. Blige, then maybe you’ll be interested in hitting one of these recently announced tours…
in 2000, will continue with his comeback. He announced that he will be teaming up with Mary J. Blige later this summer for Liberation Tour. The joint tour, which has only reveled six dates, is currently scheduled to kick off on August 18 at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach, with an additional 14 shows to be announced.
