How Much Bigger?

It's now well into 2007 and I am still waiting on concrete news about further Rolling Stone shows this year. It seems clear that the band will return to Europe this summer. However, being essentially selfish, all I care about is the possibility of more North American shows.

It is true that I enjoy the fact that the band is playing anywhere. It became my ritual to log into rollingstones.com in the mornings and check the setlist if they had been onstage the night before. It also provides the opportunity to find fresh bootlegs and the exciting prospect of adding a 2007 section to my collection.


Popular opinion seems to be that there won't be more American shows this year. This leaves me with the morose and uncomfortable prospect of waiting for the next tour and counting on my fingers the possibility that this won't happen until 2008 or 2009. This is utterly depressing. The few things that brighten the prospect are possible Mick Jagger solo projects, the requisite live album from the Bigger Bang tour, and the upcoming Martin Scorsese concert film.

All of it is exciting, but it pales in comparison to having a ticket in hand for an upcoming show. If only my bank account could absorb the cost of a trip to Europe this summer....

Until then, I'm listening to a tape of the Rolling Stones in Atlanta in 2003. Oh to go back in time...