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“Rolling Stones should return to their roots” says Elton John
Elton John has often given his fellow rock legends unsolicited advice over the years, and the Rolling Stones, once again, are the recipients. In a new interview, he said the Stones should return to their roots and stop following current trends. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesOi Stones, get your ear trumpets out. No Trumping and No Cruzing. No band wants to be associated with losers!
Feb 16th, 2016 - 09:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who is Elton John?
Feb 16th, 2016 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Marti, you must live in Argyland? Have you got TV yet?
Feb 16th, 2016 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Do you understand the concept of sarcasm ?
Feb 16th, 2016 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, who is he? :-) Is he something to do with Queen?
Feb 16th, 2016 - 12:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Stones are not dead yet… . https://youtu.be/yJbahAv8hHU
Feb 16th, 2016 - 01:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They will probably go upstairs having given so much pleasure.
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Feb 16th, 2016 - 02:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Do you understand the concept of inflection...?
@7 Do you understand the concept of treatment for your infection?
Feb 16th, 2016 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0yeah...I'm not getting that one at all...
Feb 16th, 2016 - 03:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure your response sounded plausible in your head...
The British group, the Rolling Stones must be a huge sell out in Argentina and SA.
Feb 16th, 2016 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Already, the van carrying just the proceeds of the drinks at the Arg. concert was ambushed and the two occupants shot. One died.
There has been one arrest.
The Stones have had to beef up their already formidable security.
@10 “It is believed the band, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts, have taken no chances with their safety while in the dangerous region......”
Feb 16th, 2016 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Dangerous region !
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3445835/Rolling-Stones-24-hour-armed-guard-worker-tour-South-America-shot-dead.html#ixzz40LjZm43t
Other reports - that the bag guys didn't get any loot.
Local media describe attackers in three or four vehicles as “commandos”
“Un hombre fue asesinado ayer por la madrugada de un balazo cuando un grupo comando interceptó el vehículo en la autopista Buenos Aires-La Plata, en el que llevaba la recaudación obtenida por la venta de gaseosas del último recital de los Rolling Stones....”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3445835/Rolling-Stones-24-hour-armed-guard-worker-tour-South-America-shot-dead.html#ixzz40LjZm43t
For a British band to play anywhere in SA its very difficult to make enough money to make it financially worthwhile. Thats why the Stones are doing several gigs in the same place. They have a big crew, big rig, lots of airfares, hotels, security etc. Its an act of kindness to appear there at all.
Feb 16th, 2016 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And still they get robbed
Feb 16th, 2016 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@13 “And still they get robbed”
Feb 17th, 2016 - 12:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0I believe that Argentistan is still the Robbery Capital of the Western Hemisphere. If it isn't, maybe Tink can tell us who is.
It's likely the Argentistanis will tell you they also they invented gravity, serial default, and spoons.
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@12 I noticed the scalpers were selling Stones tickets for between 3000 and 8000 pesos, about US$200 to US$500. No idea how much of that is scalper overhead and how much goes to the performers.
The media here were reporting that due to concerns for the characteristically untoward Orc-like behaviour of the natives here, the band members went to Macri's reception in separate cars and with seriously armed protection.
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The artists wont get a penny more from scalped tickets. But knowing Mick they are not doing this for washers, they will be getting serious loot. The Stones can afford the very best with their own plane etc, but for lesser bands its often a hard life. SA just doesnt pay enough for the vast majority of British artists to travel there and many of tbe bigger names wont anyway. Festivals and big gigs are the main income stream these days because of copyrighted music theft.
Feb 17th, 2016 - 02:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@15 Reasons for not wishing to perform in Argentina were made very obvious in the news that workers carrying the soft-drink sales proceeds are likely to be murdered, and band members have to travel in convoys with guards armed with automatic weapons. That is the reality of Buenos Aires today. The Mogadishu of the Western Hemisphere.
Feb 17th, 2016 - 03:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can you still walk safely at night from the Hilton down to those nice restaurants on the dockside?
Feb 17th, 2016 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Contrary to popular belief...I think these decrepit old timers are indeed gathering Moss....
Feb 17th, 2016 - 05:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can you? Obviously never been there…
Feb 17th, 2016 - 05:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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