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The Londoners play Switzerland-exclusively in Bern in June. We’re already providing facts about the band that you can brag about when queuing at the beer stand.
The Stones last played in Switzerland in 2017 – here are some highlights of their gig at Letzigrund.
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The Stones are coming!
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Namely to Bern.
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On the 17th of June.
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Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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So set an alarm then, otherwise you can’t get no satisfaction.
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Okay, okay, we’ll find out for ourselves, bye.
60 years of «Paint It, Black», «Start Me Up» and «Sympathy for the Devil»: The Rolling Stones are celebrating their anniversary with an open-air gig on Friday June 17th, in Bern’s Wankdorf Stadium. Tickets for this are available from next Friday, March 18, at 10 a.m bei Ticketcorner.
As a media partner, we deliver five entertaining mini-stories from six decades of blues ‘n’ roll:
Charlie Watts had nothing to do with groupies
The drummer was always loyal to his wife Shirley, to whom he was married from 1964 until his death last August, according to the band. When he visited the Playboy Mansion in 1972, he spent days there playing pinball.
Jagger and Richards were betrayed by their dealer
In 1967, police raided a party at Keith Richards’ Redlands home, and he and Mick Jagger were later charged with drug possession. She was betrayed to the authorities by her LSD dealer David “Acid King” Sniderman – according to Jagger’s biographer, because he made a deal with the FBI and MI5 to avoid being sentenced for drug trafficking himself.
They threw cake at Journis
For the release of their 1968 album “Beggars Banquet”, the Stones invited journalists and people from the entertainment industry to a banquet. This ended with the band throwing dozens of custard pies at those in attendance.
The band got cake too – much to the delight of Mick Jagger here at right.
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They made over half a billion from just one tour
On their «A Bigger Bang Tour», which lasted from August 2005 to August 2007, the English took almost 560 million dollars – only Guns N’ Roses, U2 and Ed Sheeran had more successful tours financially.
They played for 1.5 million fans at once
It was on this very tour that the Stones gave their biggest concert to date in 2006 at Praia de Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. The crowd was spread over such a large area that the technicians had to delay the sound by a second every 900 meters or so so that the sound was not completely distorted.
Since Charlie Watts’ death, the band has consisted of guitarist/bassist Ronnie Woodfrontman Mick Jagger and guitarist/bassist Keith Richards (from the left). Other live musicians accompany the trio on tour.
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We were involved in setting up the show at Letzi in 2017 – production director Dale Skjerseth had impressive things to tell.
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