Cheap Stones
08/30/05
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(Day in Rock) It appears that Mick and Keef want every last cent they can get their hands on. The band has gone so far as to charge their opening acts for tickets for their friends and family. This according to Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace who recently spoke with Erick Bieger of Circle 6 Magazine about a variety of topics. Below is just an excerpt of the extended conversation about the Stones need for more cash (to be fair they did offer a discount for nose bleed seats and they let the band look at Keff's amp). JT: And we've got some family members that wanna come to the show. They [The Rolling Stones] are charging us $200 to anything...they don't even have guest lists. DC: Yeah, we have a 30 person guest list. But we just found out that the 30 person guest list is they reserve you 30 tickets that you can buy for 200 Canadian dollars ($155 US). JT: One show. 75,000 people are going to be at this show. That's what...$15 million dollars or something like that. We just want, ya know, maybe 10 tickets for some friends. (Imitating Mick Jagger) "I'm sorry lads. That's not going to happen on this tour." C6M: Were they at least good seats? JT: They're in the middle! You can't even see Mick! DC: It'll be cool. The coolest thing about playing with the Stones in the past...well, we didn't meet them so that wasn't so cool but the coolest thing was that the guitar tech let us come up and look at Keith's tweed amps. The old, old, old school (I forget what year it is) feather-tweed amps, first year it was made and the serial number 2 and serial number 3. Read the full interview and find out how OLP almost made their opening act break up and read a bit more on the Stones ticket issue by clicking on the full story link.
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