The Rolling Stones played one of their final U.S. dates of their brief ’50 and Counting’ tour on Thursday evening in Newark, NJ at the Prudential Center. Special guests included John Mayer, Trinity Wall Street Choir and Mick Taylor. Notably, the band covered Chuck Berry’s “Around and Around” for the first time since March 5, 1977. Lady Gaga will join the band at their tour-closing show on Saturday. Continue below for the setlist and tweets from Jersey.
SETLIST: The Rolling Stones @ Prudential Center, Newark, NJ | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2012
* Pre-Show Music: Muddy Waters
Set: [Marching Band Walks Through Arena Playing Sympathy For The Devil] Get Off of My Cloud, The Last Time, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), Paint It Black, Gimme Shelter (dedicated to New Jersey), Respectable (w/ John Mayer), Wild Horses, Around and Around^
(Chuck Berry cover), Doom and Gloom, One More Shot, Miss You, Honky Tonk Women*, Before They Make Me Run, Happy, Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor), Start Me Up, Tumbling Dice, Brown Sugar, Sympathy for the Devil
ENCORE: You Can’t Always Get What You Want (with Trinity Wall Street Choir), Jumpin’ Jack Flash, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
^ First live performance since 3/5/77
* Followed by Band Introductions
TWEETS (#StonesNJ)
https://twitter.com/phillyrob1/status/279388025342021633
https://twitter.com/rossmiller17/status/279389103416553472
https://twitter.com/IanRobertson2/status/279392068219043840
Nicola from Germany will be watching the show from the Tongue pit! #stonesnj pic.twitter.com/f2Mlc2rT
— GRRRegory (@GRRRegory) December 14, 2012
#StonesNJ Ronnie on sitar #PaintItBlack
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) December 14, 2012
@DinaMarie8 RT @PruCenter: The @RollingStones are electrifying the crowd! Unbelievable show! #StonesNJ Photo: http://t.co/ongPaFWY
— Mike (@DestructnIsNice) December 14, 2012
"We wanna thank you so much for coming to our shows for fifty years, you make our nights!" #StonesNJ @MickJagger
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) December 14, 2012
Mick is wearing a magnificent gorilla-esque cape designed by @lwrenscott #sympathy #StonesNJ
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) December 14, 2012
Also, check out moment.me’s extensive social coverage of the show here.
