They had an actual bridge with 2 big lights for eyes that elongated from their main stage over the crowd, and down to a small intimate stage about the size of a garage in the middle of the arena. It was beyond cool. They played some of their most early stuff like the garage band they were in the beginning. No special lighting or gimmicks - just Mick, Keith, Charlie, Ron, their long time pianist, and the bass player they've had for years.
Of course Mick camped it up going to it and back to the main stage. Poor Charlie was hanging on to the rails both ways. The latest live concert DVD's are weak, especially Martin Scorsese's tribute. Think they should retire before one of them keels over at a performance.
Last time I saw them was at the LA Coliseum around 1990 when Guns & Roses opened for them. G&R were having internal problems and Axl Rose whined about it might be their last concert to the audience.
Stupid thing to do because when the Stones finished their big intro number, Mick said, "Hey, how about Guns and Roses?, but they should play more and talk less"! The applause was deafening. I will never forget it and the Stones kick them off the tour a couple dates later. You don't upstage Mick Jagger...har!
Sorry Beatles fans, but who do you hear most at your local watering hole? Who has the most songs on a jukebox? I rarely hear the Beatles on dinosaur classic rock stations, but the Stones are always played. Still, I admit the Beatles were good song writers, but they had no soul.
Best intro ever to a rock song? The hauntingly "Gimme Shelter" intro. That song (and other Stones hits) have been in the soundtracks of countless movies.
Saw them at the Cotton Bowl in 89, Living Colour opened for them.
Don’t have the video but when we went to the concert in Orlando, our seats were about 4 away from the “outer platform” so when the bridge swung out to it we had awesome seats. Quite a production. We weren’t sure what the contraption was at first thinking it was maybe for the sound guys but it proved to be a pretty cool piece of engineering for the bridge to swing out that far and the guys to run across to that platform for a couple of songs.