Stones back on the road

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34152, 13 May 1976, Page 12

Stones back on the road

GLASGOW. The Rolling Stones are back in Britain. They had 4000 fans cheering, on their feet, clapping and yelling as they blasted off their comeback to Britain with “Honky Tonk Woman” here at the week-end. The lights had gone out in Glasgow's Apollo Theatre, coming on with the music to reveal Mick Jagger emerging from behind a revolving parasol. The Stone’s sensational $1 million European tour was on the road. ’’This is a unique concert here in Glasgow," Jagger told the Press Association in an exclusive interview before the concert. “It is the smallest theatre we play in all Europe, but tonight is going to be fun.” The Stones did not use their SlOO,OOO-plus road show effects that night. “We are keeping all that for later in the tour — probably the London shows," said Jagger. "Tonight it’s just us on stage — putting over the old 1966 rock’n roll show." Jagger is excited at being back in Britain. Dressed in his stage gear — pink shirt, blue leather shorty jacket and black and yellow “harlequin trousers" he took a liberal swig at a half-empty bottle of whisky. “It’s great to be back in Britain. I would love to live here again. But I don’t think I’ll be back here

again for at least a year.” In spite of being a tax exile, Jagger claims he could move back and settle in London at any time. “But it won’t be for at least a year because we will be busy. At the moment we are thinking of going back on the road after this tour, probably in September. “It depends who will let us in. I suppose I will have to settle for just two weeks in London during the tour this time, but X would like to stay.” Jagger gave an electrifying performance that night — a stunning show

as he cavorted about the i stage, leaping, gyrating, 1 pouting and posturing his 1 way through the string of ! the' Rolling Stones’ greatest songs. He proved that he is < still the greatest rock’n i roller of them all. i Backing him were the . Stones he started with — 1 Bill Wyman, almost mo- 1 tionless on stage in a 1 white suit. Keith Richard < who says he will marry his long time girlfriend, Anita 1 Pallenburg, during the Brit- < ish tour. and Charlie 1 Watts, sporting a close cropped “mod” hair-do. i They hit the audience i with a barrage of searing ‘

numbers like “It's Only Rock 'n Roll,” “Midnight Rambler" and “Brown Sugar.” The audience was still on its feet when Jagger stripped to the waist as he went into the “Jumping Jack Flash.” And then a blistering, ear-slitting finale of “Street Fighting Man" which practically deafened the audience. “I knew it would be too loud on the first night,” said a happy Jagger after the show. He had left the stage in true Jagger fashion — “Thank-you very much Glasgow,” he said, “You’re . . . great.”