Stones Rock Toronto with a Surprise Show
August 11, 2005
The Rolling Stones stunned their fans in Toronto Wednesday night with a surprise show, and fans lined up the second they saw Mick Jagger duck into the nightclub through a side door.
"Extra's" music critic Jude Cole talked to Jagger and Keith Richards about the band's first album in eight years, "A Bigger Bang," as well as one of the songs, "Sweet Neo Con," which seems to be a direct hit at the Bush administration.
But despite reports that the song is about President
Bush or even Condoleeza Rice, Jagger told us, "It's
not really aimed at anyone in particular. It's not likely
you would write a song about Condi Rice."
Meanwhile, drummer Charlie Watts is back with the band
after undergoing treatment for throat cancer. And Watts
admitted he's just happy to be alive: "When I was
diagnosed and going through treatment, I didn't think
of the Rolling Stones." So how did Watts feel about
going back on the road? "I was more concerned than
anything," he told us.
The Stones have been going at it for more than 40 years, but as guitarist Ron Wood put it, this is not a farewell tour. "I think we'll keep rolling… forever," he said.
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