Set to celebrate 60 years of The Rolling Stones, the Australian quartet of certified rock & rollers, Adalita, Phil Jamieson, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers (with a fully blown rock & roll backing band of virtuoso musicians) bring The Stones: Sticky Fingers spectacular to east-coast audiences this winter.
The tour, which commenced last month in Wollongong, lands in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle from late July into August.The first set from The Rolling Stones Revue brings to life the Stones' 1971 record 'Sticky Fingers' (considered by many as one of The Rolling Stones greatest albums); the record will be played its entirety including 'Brown Sugar', 'Can't You Hear Me Knockin', 'Sway', 'Wild Horses', 'Dead Flowers' and 'Moonlight Mile'.
The Rolling Stones Revue will then return for second set of classics like 'Satisfaction', 'Jumping Jack Flash', 'Gimme Shelter', 'Start Me Up', 'Honky Tonk Woman' and, of course, 'Sympathy For The Devil'.
"Them bloody longhaired Rolling Stones have ruined it for all us good-hearted folks with morals and underwear. What can a tender boy do, huh? Can't beat 'em, gonna join 'em. This malarkey happening again. Shadoobie," enthuses self-professed Stones' tragic, Tim Rogers.
Ahead of the tour, here Rogers lists his five favourite Rolling Stones songs (as of today). "The Stones were my parents band, and then overnight they were MY band.
"I was about 11 and interested in romance all of a sudden, in smoking, in things beyond the cricket nets and football practice, and they were the soundtrack, but also, through the magazines and books I stole, borrowed and ogled over, the introduction to literature, fashion, de-terrorised sex and a fluidity of spirit."
'She Said Yeah' (from 'December's Children' - 1965)
The Larry Williams original has all the horny enthusiasm of a great R&B tune, but the Stones cover is even looser. Fuzz guitars and a herky-jerky rhythm that is as unsure as it is abbasolutely RIGHT. Stones in the garage.'Citadel' (from 'Their Satanic Majesties Request' - 1967)
No. This LP sounds nothing like that Pepper album; and whatever clumsiness it has is comparable to thousands of other '67 LPs made while trying to grapple with 'the' experience. Sneering, snapping guitars break and enter like the intruder you wanna keep under your bed and under wraps from all responsible parties.'Fingerprint File' (from 'It's Only Rock 'N' Roll - 1974)
Slinky funk riff with whiff of gutter and a rhythm track of twitchy paranoia while somehow MJ's paranoid rant 'n' whisper is as danceable as a prison break.'Dance Part 1' (from 'Sucking In The Seventies' - 1975)
You WILL be dancing to this at my joint at some stage. Dress inappropriately. Disco done right. Disco sucks? Ha. You can't dance. Funk you.'Side 2' of 'Tattoo You' (1981)
I'm not being wilfully obscure. Us Stones fans can go waaaaay deeper. This whole side is one of the best 'suns comin' up, and I'm stickin' 'round' feels. Though every track was a re-hashed older attempt, it feels confident, swaggering, keening and can I grab another sluice o' juice please? Shadoobie, Tim Rogers.The Rolling Stones Revue Present The Stones: Sticky Fingers 2024 Tour Dates
Fri 26 Jul - Palais Theatre (Melbourne)Sat 27 Jul - The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Fri 9 Aug - Llewelyn Hall (Canberra)
Sat 10 Aug - State Theatre (Sydney)
Sun 11 Aug - Civic Theatre (Newcastle)
Fri 16 Aug - Mundi Mundi Bash (Broken Hill)
