Fenway Park's Next Concert The Rolling Stones

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » March 14, 2005 2:35 pm

Rolling Stones may play Fenway
By the Associated Press | March 14, 2005

BOSTON (AP) -- First Bruce Springsteen, then Jimmy Buffett, and now a published report says The Rolling Stones are the latest rock and roll act to set their sights on Fenway Park.

Mayor Tom Menino's office confirmed that a hearing is scheduled for March 30 on a proposal by the Red Sox to hold a third summer concert series at the historic ballfield. But a spokesman for the mayor said he could not confirm a report in the "Boston Courant" that Mick Jagger and the boys are the ones in question.

The Boston Herald reported the tentative dates for the two shows would be August 21 and 23.

Bruce Springsteen was the first to hold a pair of rock concerts at Fenway in 2003. Jimmy Buffett and his "parrotheads" took over the ballpark for two nights last September.

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Dave Matthews Band and Bon Jovi want to play at Fenway Park according to the Boston Herald.

tryin' to reason · Post by **tryin' to reason** » March 14, 2005 3:33 pm

Wonder if they'll offer a Senior Discount...

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » March 14, 2005 4:12 pm

tryin' to reason wrote:Wonder if they'll offer a Senior Discount...

concert will start at 1pm so everyone can still make it to the early bird special for dinner

jimsig · Post by **jimsig** » March 14, 2005 8:11 pm

The Stones have announce their tour sponsors, Viagra, Geritol, and Lark Scooters.

DisisDave · Post by **DisisDave** » March 14, 2005 8:47 pm

Say what you will but the stones will rock that place harder than either Bruce or Jimmy, they may be old but Jagger has only lost 1/2 a step.

SchoonerWharf · Post by **SchoonerWharf** » March 14, 2005 9:44 pm

lol I know seriously...guys HOW OLD DO YOU THINK JIMMY IS?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 14, 2005 9:48 pm

SchoonerWharf wrote:lol I know seriously...guys HOW OLD DO YOU THINK JIMMY IS?

He's 3 1/2 years younger than Mick Jaggar.

BostonFins · Post by **BostonFins** » March 15, 2005 8:09 am

There's also a rumor that the Dave Matthews Band may be playing Fenway Park. They have the dates of July 9 & 10 listed as Boston, MA TBA. Every other date lists a venue except those two dates. The Sox happen to be out of town during that weekend. Usually they play GW every summer and list it on their schedule as Mansfield, MA, so this looks like it could happen.

Sat / Jul 09 / TBA / Boston, MA
Sun / Jul 10 / TBA / Boston, MA

parrotheadduff · Post by **parrotheadduff** » March 15, 2005 8:52 am

BostonFins wrote:There's also a rumor that the Dave Matthews Band may be playing Fenway Park. They have the dates of July 9 & 10 listed as Boston, MA TBA. Every other date lists a venue except those two dates. The Sox happen to be out of town during that weekend. Usually they play GW every summer and list it on their schedule as Mansfield, MA, so this looks like it could happen.

Sat / Jul 09 / TBA / Boston, MA
Sun / Jul 10 / TBA / Boston, MA

I'd be very surprised if they allowed more than 1 artist per season at Fenway.

BostonFins · Post by **BostonFins** » March 15, 2005 8:59 am

Yeah, Fenway isn't going to let more than one artist per year play there. I believe that's the agreement they have with the city. One local newspaper mentioned that DMB and Bon Jovi have both inquired about playing there, as well as the Stones.

prthd1958 · Post by **prthd1958** » March 15, 2005 10:12 am

I bet Dave Natthews is holding off name a place till the Stones get the approval. The Boston papers say March 30th is the hearing The neighborhood was pulling a nutty last year worrying about Jimmy, I bet they have a cow with the Stines coming in. Noise is always a big factor with the shows at Fenway. Personally I am hoping for DMB to show up at "Great Woods" like last year.

pgr17 · Post by **pgr17** » March 15, 2005 1:35 pm

DMB will be playing at the tweeter center this summer. it was confirmed by a few different sources.

excited that jimmy will be back for two dates there as well this summer...

Matty · Post by **Matty** » March 15, 2005 1:59 pm

I hope Dave skips Fenway. I hated my Buffett experience at Fenway. I hated it because there was no tailgating, because I was surrounded by rude fans, who were just ignorant jerks(non-parrotheads who wanted to go for the hype of seeing a Buffett show at Fenway), and because the Fenway ushers were completely unprepared for this sort of thing. The crowds never seemed to move in the concourse (mainly because the concourses were built to support a traffic flow of 25 thousand people, not 40,000), so getting a beer or going to the bathroom meant that your concert was essentially over. I'm glad I can say I saw Jimmy Buffett at Fenway Park, but on the other hand, never again...

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 15, 2005 2:01 pm

Well, as Mick Jaggar always says, "You can't always get what you want."

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 15, 2005 2:07 pm

In all things in life ...

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » May 10, 2005 2:14 pm

It is Official Rolling Stones will play Fenway Park this Summer. August 21 and 23.

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles ... ck_fenway/

BOSTON -- According to a Red Sox team official, The Rolling Stones will be playing at Fenway Park this summer.

The concert by the venerable rock band has been strongly rumored for several weeks. They will hit the stage at Fenway on Sunday, August 21st and Tuesday, August 23rd.

The Fenway shows will be the launching point for the Stones' latest world tour. The band also chose Boston as the first stop on its "Forty Licks" tour in 2002, opening at the FleetCenter on that occassion.

This will mark the third straight year that Fenway Park has hosted a major concert. Bruce Springsteen performed in 2003 and last year, Jimmy Buffet brought his "parrotheads" to the 90-year-old stadium.

Tickets for The Rolling Stones will go on sale Saturday through Ticketmaster.

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yes they have Buffett with one T

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » May 10, 2005 11:07 pm

Yeah and they stole the Comerica Park date I was holding for Jimmy

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » May 11, 2005 8:49 am

Over $400 a ticket face value for most of their shows. I dont care how much I like an artist, I would NEVER pay that. Even for Jimmy.

DTinPA · Post by **DTinPA** » May 11, 2005 8:57 pm

DisisDave wrote:Say what you will but the stones will rock that place harder than either Bruce or Jimmy, they may be old but Jagger has only lost 1/2 a step.

I sat in the nosebleeds for Bruce (MSG, 2000) and in the 12th row for the Stones (The Vet, 2002), and no one rocks any place better than Bruce. He's pretty far down on the list of my favorite artists, but nothing matches his live show with the E Street Band.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » May 11, 2005 9:07 pm

UpstateNYPH wrote:Over $400 a ticket face value for most of their shows. I dont care how much I like an artist, I would NEVER pay that. Even for Jimmy.

Look a little closer...
$400 is for the exclusive Gold Club seats right up front incl/backstage access. Nothing unusual about this.
Jimmy gets $275 usually for his exclusive seats.
The seats I'll be buying for Stones' Petco Park show in SD will be $99.
I've paid this (and more) for face value seats to Buffett, U2, Eagles etc....

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