Stones open concert tour to 50,000 fans
NZPA-AP Philadelphia The Rolling Stones opened their first concert tour in eight years with fireworks and Mick Jagger’s trademark strut as 50,000 fans jumped to their feet and began a night of dancing at their seats. The Stones, launching their 29-city “Steel Wheels” tour with two concerts at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium, played on a stage 33m high and 91m wide showing a scene of industrial decay with catwalks, grey girders and black nets. “Strong, tough, urban, risky,” is how the set designer, Michael Fisher, who previously designed the stage for Pink
Floyd’s “The Wall” tour, described the set. The Stones opened with “Start Me Up” from 1981, followed with “Bitch” from 1971 and “Shattered” from 1978. They then left the stage briefly, explaining they had lost power. The stage was unveiled just hours before the opening show of the tour. About 250 people are needed to handle all of the equipment. Michael Ahearn, production manager, called the stage a “stirring indictment of contemporary society.”
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Press, 2 September 1989, Page 13
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