The Rolling Stones warmed up for their current North American tour with a surprise show at the 1,200-capacity Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on May 20. Now comes word that the intimate gig, during which the British rock legends played their entire 1971 Sticky Fingers album, may be the focus of a new concert movie or home video.
In a Rolling Stone interview last week, frontman Mick Jagger said his band worked hard rehearsing for the show because it was being filmed for a possible future release.
“We had to revisit tunes that we don’t do very often, and we had to make sure they worked really well,” Jagger explained. “We worked quite hard on ‘Sister Morphine’ and ‘I Got the Blues.’ They’re not actually that easy to do — it’s not simple 12-bar stuff.”
Guitarist Keith Richards, meanwhile, revealed he and his band mates have been discussing the possibility of making a new album. “Just last week, the word ‘studio’ popped up while we were rehearsing,” he told Rolling Stone. “I said, ‘Well, let’s find a time. I’m ready!'”
That time likely won’t open up until later in the year, since The Stones are eyeing a fall South American trek after the North American tour winds down in July. “I’m looking at what the options are,” said Jagger about the fall outing. “We haven’t etched it in stone.”
Guitarist Ronnie Wood, meanwhile, told Rolling Stone he and his band mates are getting along great.
“I think it’s the best vibe ever within the band,” maintained Wood. “We’ve never been closer.” Richards agreed, while suggesting that the tragic suicide of Jagger’s longtime girlfriend L’Wren Scott last year has made the singer focus more on the group.
“Mick went through that terrible thing, and the band has become even more important to him because of that,” Keith said.
The Rolling Stones play their next show on their North American Zip Code Tour in Dallas Saturday, June 6.
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