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11 February 1999: Place: The Arrowhead Pond, Aneheim,
California.
Track status: Bootleg only.
Rolling Stones with Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell.
Potential dates for 1999 were discussed in the summer
of 1998. The UK section of the tour had been re-arranged for May
and June but consideration was also being given to a further USA
tour of arenas. On 16 November 1998 it was announced that the NO
SECURITY arena tour would be from January to April 1999 which meant
the band would play live in the USA three years in a row. At a show
in Chicago on 12 April 1999, Chris Evans interviewed the band for
a revealing UK TV documentary shown as a C4 TFI special to help
promote the European tour. Ronnie Wood admitted to having four or
five pints of Guinness and a shot of vodka before hitting the stage
- having just got up before the show, it constituted his breakfast!
Keith Richards had chains woven into his hair and joked, 'Should
I see a doctor?'. He explained that the 'ancient form of weaving'
was not about splitting solos up but bringing the song together.
He thought the band were getting so hot that they could not afford
(finacially or artistically?) to stop. On tour the main stage was
decked in yellow and black 'no security' with a walk-way to a b-stage.
The opening was to the strains of Might As Well Get Juiced during
which the band appears back-stage on a black and white video making
their way towards the audience, a technique used by other bands
but still very exciting. The first night, the highlight of the show
was Keith doing You Got The Silver and Midnight Rambler returned
to the set as the first encore before it was moved to the b-stage.
A weird gimic was used for Out Of Control in which Mick opened in
a cage before escaping, Hoodini-like, to the stage at the song's
climax. This routine was only used for three performances. The more
intimate nature of the NO SECURITY shows made them a big success
with audiences totalling more than a half a million during the four
months.
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